PRO
"Sae Bob the hot line goes like this"
Micke Alba lays the facts on Ser
Rookie Pro and contortionist extraordinaire Nol Blender stailing out an invert
Steve Hirsch came on strong on Sunday and mahed a well placed fourth overal
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Mae Folmer enjoying beautiful sunny Calforma
air, and yet, held on to make the
rest of his routine. Stevie Caballero
also served notice that he was in
search of yet another win. His
Saturday run was varied, and, as
usual, full of mind-boggling tricks
Eric Grisham was also attacking
Whiskeyhole in his own all out
way, Eric skates the limit-nothing
ese Jim Gray roun
rounded out Satur
day's top four with an aggro routine
that was blo in every respect. The
remaining 12 qualifiers in order
were: Ruff, Blender. McGil M
Smith S. Hirsch, Folmer, DeSota
Sigfried A Losi, Inouye and David
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Sunday's competition began
with the women's division. Pro
Patty Hoffman and Amateur Cara-
beth Burnside are fierce competi
tors, yet always ready to smile and
stoke the crowd At Whittier Caro-
beth edged out Patty for first place
I look forward to a very com
pettive year for these popular
young ladies
the Men's Pro competition
began it was obvious that this
contest was going to be high
energy all the way. The first break
was to eight and the survivors
were Peters Caballero, Blender,
Ruft, Hirsch, Folmer, Losi and
Grisham. In this round it was evident
that Stevie and Duane were really
primed for a showdown. With the
retirement of Eddie Elguera (hope
fuly, only temporary), the top spot
is up for grabs and Stevie and
Duane have put early claims to
the the of #1
The second round competition
was fierce, with scores varying by
only one or two points. At this point
fd like to add that the judging was
the most consistent I have ever
witnessed. Tony Alva, Steve Olson
Chris Strople, Wolly Holiday and
Peter Droffeff were very able and
aware Judges must have a clear
criterion for scores, and after talk-
ing 1 to the panel, I was convinced
that each of them had a solid
idea of what he was looking for in
a routine Credit must go to " Potato
for picking such an outstanding
group of individuals to judge the
event. The semifinal round left four
great skaters to battle it out for the
top rize of $600.00 Moving to the
final four v were rooke Neil Bender
along with veteran Pros Steve
Hirsch, Duane Peters and Stevie
Caballero, Steve Hinch made it
into the finals by defeating Billy
Ruff in a hotly contested run-off for
the fourth spot
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Folmer culminated his trip across the
Southeastern US with a well deserved sixth place
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ACT
David has redefined the meaning of bionic Ole attack during qualifying
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