COMPETITION
TEXAS UNDERGROUND
Photography and text by: Jeff Newton
Dan Wilkes hovers an aerial above the Pflugerville ditch
Tom Barrows carves a high line over the runnoff pipe, a high scoring maneuver.
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Sun, suds and skating go hand in hand in the Big state
PFLUGERVILLE
DITCH CONTEST
Texas, known for it's outlaws
and gunslingers of long ago, has
sprouted a
new
age of outlaws
armed with skateboards and
boundless enthusiasm. With no
skateparks this energy has been
i onto the streets and
One prime location for
this kind of activity was used
recently for Texas first unofficial
outlaw contest
The Pflugerville Ditch is set
next to the interstate
ways
north of Austin so it is
easily accessible to any and all
skaters Austin's own thrashing
band, the Big Boys, have been
skating theen for yea them
so it
seemed logical to have
help judge the events
Jerry Defrese from Easy Rollers
in Ausin got the whole thing
together and made s
sure that
everything ran smoothly. Quite a
few skaters and spectators
showed up at the ditch to
spend the day in the Texas sun
and check out the varied
methods of attack on this
favorite local spot.
It was decided not to ask per-
mission to hold the event
because we probably would
have been turned down, so we
took our chances and had the
contest hoping that the powers
that be wouldn't come down on
us Well, they didn't and now the
contest is history.
RESULTS
14-16
1-Blake Hallmark
2- Phillip Taglavore
3- Mike Delong
17-19
-Mike Valdez
2- Dan Wilkes
3- Tom Barrows
20 & Over
1- Ron Sharpe
2- Brete Anderson
3- Jeff Newton
"Hey Tim, would that be a footplant?" "Yeah! I guess you could call it that Biskur
Doubles
1- Mike Laird/Dan Wilkes
2- Tom Barrows/Mile Valdez
3- Kenny Pagton/Mike Delong
4- Blake Hallmark/Phillip
Taglavore
Freestyle
1- Dan Wilkes
2- Jeff Newton
3- Cody Bell