Education
He attended the University of Texas in Austin to study architectural engineering, before moving on to film and advertising and subsequently dropping out.
He attended the University of Texas in Austin to study architectural engineering, before moving on to film and advertising and subsequently dropping out.
He is also a freelance journalist and a SXSW Interactive Media Award winning designer. January Welch started his aggressive skating career in 1991. He travelled and skated throughout the state and the rest of the southwest.
January had a vision to unify the unorganized lesser-known factions within the sport through the creation of Scum Magazine.
Only two years after starting Scum, it became a global phenomenon that encompassed aggressive skating, its lifestyle, music and art This magazine brought many unknown skaters during the "90s into the spotlight, through the web and its print publication that lasted from 1995-1999.
In 1999 January was offered a position to build a web site for Daily Bread Magazine and went on two create two videos for them, entitled Quatro and Number One"s Children. January obtained an associates degree in Printing Management from Austin Community College.
In 2002 January Welch and professional aggressive skaters Jon Elliott and Brian Shima started a distribution company called Rat Tail.
Rat Tail was to be the foundation of a collective that then included some well known companies in aggressive skating. These were 4x4 Urethane, Vicious Bearings and Nimh Skates. In 2010 the founders of Rat Tail parted ways and the company came to an education
As of early 2015, January is currently working on a new video project
This is video will be his 20th Anniversary. Scum Magazine - Owner Transit Clothing - Owner Farmland Clothing - Owner Rat Tail Distribution - Company-Owner 4x4 Wheels - Company-Owner Has contributed to the following magazines: Inline Magazine (Germany) out of business Flavor BMX Magazine (United States of America) out of business Crazy Roller Magazine (France) out of business Scum Magazine (United States of America) out of business Be-mag (Austria) Daily Bread (United States of America)out of business 1999 - South by Southwest - Best Recreational/Hobby/Sport Site for Scum Magazine.