WILD RIDERS OF BOARDZI
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LIFE IS A PLAY AND THE WORLD IS
A STAGE. EVERYONE PLAYS A ROLE.
ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO SCRIPT,
EACH PART IS VITAL FOR ANOTHER
TO EXIST. WE FIND OUR TWO
ZEKES FACED WITH A CRITICAL
SITUATION IN THEIR LIFE'S DRAMA
THIS INSTALLMENT, GANG MEETS
GANG
Nachos band of revelers formed
a smart skirmish line in response to
some mutually understood com-
mand. They slowly rolled forward
Silently. The outnumbered pair
stood fast, wondering what their
course of action would be. They
knew what they wouldn't do they
would not run away
Eddy Boy thought to himself with
total irrelevancy to the issue at
hand. He thought of that girl he
had seen earlier in the day when
he skated up to Blode's house
"Blade" Eddy-Boy voiced
EDDY-BOY
the
Zeke
Yean"
"What's that girls name?"
"What girl?
You know. The one who
across the street from you
lves
"Oh her. Why that's Naomi When
did you meet her? Blade said
"Well I didn't actually meet her.
She was watching from her window
when I pulled off that gnarly one
this morning in your driveway
Eddy Boy said as he glared at the
oncoming squad now halfway
across the parking lot
"Why do you ask?" Blade spoke
"Do
you crave?
gnarly
n a big way. She is totally a
one. Is she attached? If she
is well... Eddy-Boy paused, T
change that I can change that. I
can change anything
"You don't have to change a
thing she's all yours 'cause I say so,
and what I say goos. Bosidos, she
digs ya"
NAOMI, DREAMY-EYED ZEME
DEB CHIK STEADILY GAZES AT
EDDY-BOY, THE MAN OF HER MOST
CCPEST ATTRACTION, IT COULD
BE LUST MAYBE JA, MAYBE NO.
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"SHE DOESI Eddy Boy shrieked
as he averted his gaze towards
Blade.
Yeah, I told her all about you
and she's seen you around, she
craves you as much as you crave
her
"GET DOWNIr Eddy-Boy grunted
with assurance.
"Now will you shut up so we can
commence to getting down to
what's going down Nacho Cruz
bolted away from his advancing
crew coming to a sliding, screech-
ing stop directly in front of Biode.
The rest of the Vatos Banditos
halted about 10 feet behind him.
There was an eerie tenseness in
the air. Not unlike the calm before
the storm or the electric jingling
one gets after pulling off an extra-
ordinary maneuver. The two Zekes
unblinkingly eyed the group before
them. Everything was silent as if
time itself had come to a stop. The
leaders of the two rival gangs
stored each other down. Bolts of
lightning traced between them
eye to eye. Neither finched nor
breathed One could almost see
steam (from the seething hate
they held for each other) omanat
ing from their bodies
The scene is set. Assembled in
the parking lot of a savings and
loan in the middle of a large
suburbia are some of the most
fierce skaters ever known, in what
should be a camaraderie of sport,
instead exists a vicious rivalry of
territorial stakes. Vatos Banditos
and Zekes Face to Face. Nacho
and Blade Face to Face
Blade thinks to himself of the
odds, he's afraid that they are
hopelessly uneven numerically
but he, being a notoriously sea-
soned street fighter, and Eddy-Boy
Just as adequate, should be able
to hold their own. For a while of
least. But what then? It was highly
unlikely that they'd make it out of
this alive Sure it would be brave
but foolish all the same. There
must be an alternative. Blade
speaks out, "Nacho
"Blade" the reply comes
What goes?
You're on our turf man" A solid
reverb
"No way! This is neutral turf
MIDWAY
This is our turf And we are going
to make you pay for being on it
"You have us outnumbered four
to one. What kind of BIG MAN do
you think you are? I wouldn't doubt
if you would shoot a man in the
bock or, worse yet, you probably
beat up girls. You must have some
sort of honor
Ya know he is right mon Joker
says to his leader
"Shut up you" Nacho snaps at
his subordinate. "Well, then what
do you have in mind Blode, you
bastard?
Blade, fully realizing the deli-
cateness of Eddy-Boys and his
situation, winces at Nacho's i
mercy. He sets the terms 1 suggest
we have a skate-off for the turf.
You and your best skater against
me and my best skater. We'll skate
at a neutral pool One that none
of has wired"
Nacho ponders the proposition
for a moment, then says. "There is
such a pool. It's in the hills by the
lake. The house is abandoned, so
there's no hassies"
"How do I know that you don't
have it wired?
"DON'T TRY ME BLADE." Nacho
says loudly. Tm not a very happy
dude. I went up there day before
yesterday when it was raining and
saw it for the first time, but it was
too late to ride. We'll meet there in
two hours, agreed?
Blade, now satisfied replies
"Agreed, just you and one and me
and one, and no weapons.
Nacho gave an affirmative nod
and then turned away, his com-
mand following in unison
The two Zekes stood in silence
as Nacho and his gang rode
away. Several moments after they
were out of sight Eddy-Boy spoke
to Blade. We're gonna shred on
those guys
"You're damn right we're gonna
shred on those guys 'cause we're
the best! Now let's jet back to my
place and see if we got some
quad rubbers to got to that pool
Righteous bro, let's golf howled
Eddy-Boy as he took a couple of
strong pushes and flashed across
the lot towards homeland turf
Blade and Eddy-Boy made
record time in their fight back to
Blades As soon as they got there
Eddy-Boy glanced over to Naomi's
house and saw her lying on her
front lawn. She was reading
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ously getting a day-glow tan
Eddy Boy was feeling good so he
skated up to her fence. She set
down the mag her attention
drawn towards Eddy. He spoke
Uh searching for the perfect
opening line he faked a cough
Hm Naomi and you're Eddy-
Boy. Blado told me all about you. I
think you're handsome and your
skating is just the greatest. You are
so boss
By this time Eddy-Boy was pretty
dumbfounded and didn't know
what to say. He just stood there
with a sort of dumb grin on his
face and a watery winking in his
eye as he looked into hers. Passio-
nanely he said. "Do you have a
car? She replied in the same
manner, dreamily speaking "Yes"
"Can Blade and me use it?
Oh yes yes As she handed
him the keys and pointed to her
car, their gaze unbroken the whole
while Eddy Boy, holding the keys
and her hands, leaned over the
fence and whispered into her ear
b
I be back in a while. I shall return
in triumphant glory" With that he
spun around and rode off to get
Biode. Naomi turned and walked
into her house to wait for her
champion
WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT?
THRILLS? SPILLS? THIS COULD
VERY WELL BE THE SKATE-OFF THAT
WILL GO DOWN IN HISTORY.
SUSPENSE. ROMANCE. NAOMI
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