ON BOARD
THANKS DON 000000000000000000000000000
The Gold Cup was financed by
the skateboard industry and pro-
duced by Don Hoffman. It was a
monumental task from beginning
to end with hundreds of things to
be taken care
the season
and afterwards. N
core of during the s
No one single
person was more responsible for
than t
the success of the Series DH:
he literally worked his butt off to
give skateboarding something
that was needed, and, most of all,
all be proud of. At
that
we c
Lakewood Don capped off his
effort by throwing a little get-
together at the neighborhood
food establishment for the purpose
of passing out the money to the
top ten finishers of the Series
Being the correspondent at
large I was tapped by KT. to cover
Eddie put on a show of consistency
during the Series that is rarely seen
in sports, especially one as demand
ing as bowl riding.
Again Td like to congratulate
Don for a great effort, the skate-
board industry for having the vision
and putting up the bucks, and last
but not least, the skaters who put it
all on the line on every run and
advanced skateboarding one
step closer to the major recognition
that it deserves
-Dudley Counts-
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this official hand-out. I managed 8 Lamar
to down some suds and gobble
up
some pizza while socializing
with the gathered i skaters i industry
Insiders and the usual entourage.
LaMar fully impressed me with his
accuracy during an unofficial pea
shooting contest where he man
aged to
to polt several unaw
unaware
individuals all the while flashing his
ever-present nice kid smile. DP
was stoked with his take for the
Series. He is in the process of
acquiring a full array of musical
instruments and equipment plus
handing over his monthly payment
to the Orange County Court Sys
tem. The biggest smile of the night
belonged to Elguera, who col-
lected $1500 for first overall and
the title of Series Champion.
Gold Cup Series-
Top Ten Prize Money
E. Elguera
D. Peters
$1500.00
1100.00
700.00
50000
500.00
M Alba
40000
D. Andrecht
300.00
M. Folmer
20000
M. McGil
150.00
10000
50.00
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Skate safe today,
skate again
tomorrow.
Don't be bored,
be on board.
Hillary Stench
ON BOARD
News Flash
December 18, 1980 John Hutson
of Santa Cruz, CA set a new world
speed record for skateboarding.
Performing for the cameras of
ABC's "That's Incredible," the Hut
reached 56.8 miles per hour in
Palos Verdes, CA John tells us the
footage is outrageous, so keep your
eyes focused on your T.V. Guide for
the date in your area, probably to
be aired sometime in January.
5 FROM THE
UNDERGROUND
A's
1 West 72nd, Manhattan, NY
Tonite as I write this piece one of
the finest and most outrageous
musicians of the last 20 years was
brutally and maliciously slain That
man was John Lennon There are
no words to describe the great
sense of loss and somow that I and
many of my friends in the skate
and music community are feeling
at this time. He died of several gun
shot wounds almost immediately.
NY. Police rushed him and his wife
Yoko to the Emergency Room of
Roosevelt Hospital, where he was
pronounced dead on arrival
It is with great difficulty that I try
to write a few words about this
extraordinary man I grew up
listening and watching John
Lennon perform, first as a member
of the Beatles, and later as a solo
artist. He was not only a fine musi
cian he was also a fine man, a
very real down-to-earth person
The kind of person you could actu
ally meet on the street or anywhere
else and talk and relate to. He was
a man loved and respected world-
wide. He will be sorely missed by
all John Lennon was 40 years of
age
12:9
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"the Hut"
Now to the business at hand-
SVT is an up and coming Rock
band featuring Brian Marnell guitar
and vocals Paul Zoulon drums
and Jack Cassady, formerly of
Jefferson Starship and Hot Tuna
on bass. This band is quite a differ
ent thing from what most people
would expect it to be. They have a
raw and extremely hard driving
sound
They've just returned from a very
successful tour of the East coast
and are planning to do another
four quite soon. The name of their
album is simply SVT on 415 Rec
ords. If you can get a hold of it buy
it quick, cause it's damned good
My favorite out on the album is
also their 45, an original written by
THRASHER WORLD CHART
Selector-Too Much Pressure
Specials-More Specials
Madness One Step Beyond
Police Regatta de bianca
Whirlwind Blowing Up A Storm
Vapors New Clear Days
XTC-Black Sea
This is Reggae Music-Burning
Spear, Desi Young Wallers. Third
World Jimmy Cir, etc
Kraftwerk-Man Machine
the group and called Heart of
Stone, it's ghot. I recently
cought two of their gigs one at the
Stone and the other of the
infamous Mabuhay Gardens
where they totally packed both
houses and fully shredded. By the
way, the group's manager, Chris
Coyle, is an extremely competent
freestyle rider also Jack is into
skating ice skating that is his
specialty being speed skating. He's
also been known to temorize hotel
lobbies while wearing special
skates used for ice skate training
on dry land. Keep thrashing. See
ya next month
GMaile
The Jam-Sound Afect
Sex Pistols
SVT
Code Blue
Club Bands
Circle Jerks
Adolescents
The Verbs
Das Blok
De De Tro
Joe Allen and the Shapes
15OL