RadiAm Lance Mountain grabs
some tail while doing a lein-air
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Second place amateur Christian Hosoi had the most air lines. Lein air.
Steve Caballero didn't fare too well in the competition, but was more than impresare while doubling up
with Grisham
and came up short in a hectic
duel-one loss for Duane. Now
Micke squared off against Ziggy
and the victory in this closely
fought battle went to local favorite
Ziggy Duane now was up against
Zegfried the loser being
eliminated and the winner getting
one more chance at Smith. With
their backs against the wall these
two
great skaters gave it their all
the crowd screaming their
encouragement. DP. had to pull
out all the stops to give Ziggy his
travel papers Being undefeated
meant that Smith would have to
lose twice to Duane to be
eliminated, this time all of Duane's
skills were not enough to beat
Smith. Thus Mike Smith became
the undefeated winner of the
Variflex
Spring Nationals
As usual the Pro skating was
awesome, the ability of the top
Pros to shred any terrain i
is
unequalled Mike Smith left little
doubt that this was his contest-
blazing every run and attacking
the pool with authority, and serving
notice that he will be a force in
the Pro ranks
The Pro Doubles event was held
immediately following the Pro
Final. Mike Smith and Billy Ruff
going against Eric Grisham and
Steve Caballero. Mike and Billy
were first up and blazed airs over
carves, air over boards and an
amazing fall stall by Smith off the
nose of Billy's board. But it was not
enough to beat a team consisting
of Eric Grisham, probably the
greatest doubles skater in the
world, and Steve Caballero
winningest Pro bowl rider in the
past year. Eric's usual partner was
out due to injuries but, Caballero
filled in nicely and there was little
elbow room between the skaters
as the duo blazed carves under
inverts, handplants off of boards
and a crowd stoker when
Steve did a rock 'n roll off of Eric's
board slid into a 50/50 and rolled
back in with the winning run
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The Women's Event was won by
Patty Hoffman showing smooth
lines and a familiarity with the
pool Denise Danielson was runner-
up, while Carabeth Burnside easily
captured the Amateur class
Under still threatening skies and
occasional droplets falling in the
pool the Men's Amateur event got
into gear, first being the cut from
16 to 8 for the previously explained
head to head formaf-going
into the round robin were
Mountain, Hosol, Serafin, E. Meek,
Hawk, Rogowski, Joseph and
Rennie
The Amateur skaters are exciting
to watch, each has his own well
rounded repertoire of tricks that
have been finely tuned. On this
day, however, Lance Mountain
was unbeatable as he combined
consistency with an aggressive
style to win his second straight
Amateur contest. Second place
went to Christian Hosol who put
on quite an air show, but could
not hang on to beat Lance.
In between the commotion in
the pool competition there was a
Pro Tight Slalom event. Steve Evans
came out of the Badlands to
edge out rival Billy Hanes in a
tightly fought race. The course.
although not really creative, was
nevertheless demanding in skill
and concentration.
As we packed up and headed
west into a sunset that was
obscured by rain clouds, we
realized that skateboarding had
been spared a defeat by the
thundergods and we could hear
Gilbreathe a sigh of relief just as
drizzling rain began to fall
Thanx again to Mr. and Mrs. Losi
for their hospitality and for their
patience in putting up with a
bunch of mad dogs, Later.
-Mike Folmer with Dudley Counts
Christian Hoso
Results
Pro/Pool
1. Mike Smith
2. Duane Peters
3. Mike Siegfried
4. Mike Alba
5. Bert Lamar
6. Neil Blender
7. Eric Grisham
8. Billy Ruff
Am/Pool
1. Lance Mountain
2. Christian Hosoi
3. Tony Hawk
4. Mark Rogowski
Pro/Slalom
1. Steve Evans
2. Bill Hanes
3. Gil Losi Jr.
4. Steve Olson
Women/Pool
1. Patti Hoffman
Am/Slalom
1. Brian Martin
2. Rick Howell
3. Henry Matus
4. John Hawthorne
2. Carabeth Burnside
3. Denise Danielson
4. JoAnna Field
Doubles
1. Eric Grisham/Steve Caballero
2. Mike Smith/Billy Ruff
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Steve Evans' dominated the slalom
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