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The finals, as usual, in a Pro
event were an all-out skate shoot-
out. On this day Duane Peters and
Stevie Caballero were a cut above
the rest. These two phenomenal
on a tremendous show
which ended with identical scores
skaters put on
for their two best runs The fie
breaker third run went to Duane
who consequently b became the
winner of the 1981 Whittier Pro/Am
Nell Blender, a crowd favorite, was
a solid third His routine e was strong
featuring totally contorted inverts
If he had a shortcoming it was in
the fact that he did not utilize all
45 seconds of each run. Steve
Hirsch was
was a well deserving fourth
He truly lived up to his nickname
Tron Man b
by skating in the intense
run-off with l Ruff and then coming
back to skate in the demanding
final round
"Potato" brought the carving
event, always a crowd pleaser,
back to the Whittier contest. In the
regular foot class Duane Peters
took top honors, while in the goofy
foot d
division Steve Olson shed his
judge's robe and claimed first
place
Although 1981 will not have a
Gold Cup Series it is certainly not
due to a lack of interest Skate-
boarding is back on the right
track Manufacturers, parks and
skaters are all working towards a
common goal to make skate-
boarding a highly visible top closs
sport. Finally we have returned to
the glory days of the Hoster Series
when contests were fun At Whittier
there was nothing but smiling
faces, the only talk was of how
cool everything was and what a
stoke the Colton Pro/Am was going
to be
Till then-Keep Shredding
-Dudley Counts
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dison winner Carabeth Bumde airs out of the keyhole
Steve Hirsch and Ene Grisham continued their mastery
of doubles competition
Rail foot plant
Texas phenom John Gibson continues to improve and impress
Bob Serafin reaches for the nose as he grinds coping
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Lance Mountain had Whittier's keyhole wired. Bionic backside-air on his w
spot in the Amateur division
Tony Hawk has set his sight on the top o
Amateur ranks Straight arm invert over Whittier's coping
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THRASHER
FINAL RESULTS
PRO EVENT
1-Duane Peters
2-Steve Caballero
3-Neil Blender
4-Steve Hirsch
5-Billy Ruff
6-Mike Folmer
7-Alan Losi
8-Eric Grisham
AMATEUR EVENT
1-Lance Mountain
2
John Gibson
3-Bob Serafin
4-Tony Hawk
5-Mark Rogowski
6-Lester Kasal
7-Nick Rosenthal
8- Rick Tracy
WOMEN'S EVENT
1-Carabeth Burnside
2-Patty Hoffman
3-Denise Danielson
CARVING-REGULAR FOOT
Duane Peters
CARVING-GOOFY FOOT
Steve Olson
DOUBLES EVENT
1-Eric Grisham/Steve Hirsch
2-Mike Folmer/Duane Peters
Duane
wors relaxing between rounds
Amateur winner Lance Mountain
Co-promoter Dan analyzing the schedule of events
RCADE
"Y'all come back, hear."