variFLEX
Kona Summer
nationals
TUESDAY, JULY 7
On July 7th I entered Kona
Skatepark in Jacksonville, Florida
to be greeted by Mr. Ramos,
park owner and contest coor
dinator, who had a nicely plan
ned wook of skate activities ar
The VARFLEX/KONA
ranged
SUMMER NATIONALS was offer-
ing the largest purse for a
Pro/Am contest in quite some
time. Starting with $1000.00 for
1st and paying all the way down
to 10th with $100.00 For the
Amateurs $1000.00 worth of
prizes were to be awarded
WEDNESDAY, JULY 8
Wednesday saw the arrival of
the Losi family and the Variflex
Pro team, midway through their
summer tour. They nearly had
the whole crew, Steve Hirsch
Eric Grisham, Freddy De Soto,
and blazing amateur. Lance
Mountain
You've g to give
got
credit to G Los driving his
team across the country in the
Team Van and now getting set
to direct a week long contest,
and when it's all over, packing it
up and driving back to Calfor
nia. That is dedication
Word of the contest had
spread far and wide and skaters
from all over the country began
fitering into the pork Skaters
from Texas, Alabama, Ten-
nessee, North Carolina South
Carolina, Georgia, New Jersey
and even a couple of
skatedogs from Puerto Rico.
who had flown up and pitched
a tent in the field next to the
park. Over the next few days
some top California Pros began
showing up. Mike Smith, Duane
Peters, Neil Blender and Billy Ruff.
and were eager for big bucks.
SATURDAY, JULY 11
For Kona Skatepark Saturday
night is the occasion for their
weekly backside air contest.
Since there was a large crowd
of skaters and spectators it was
decided to include an open
freestyle event to the
nights
Held i
in the reservoir
program
and connecting bowl the event
was won by Dan Mumay of
Bocaraton FL getting a pair of
froestyle wheels for his efforts. I
placed second winning a pair of
ZGloves and 2 "Z" copers, ac-
cording to Mr. Ramos these
The beautifully constructed hall pipe ramp at Kone Skatepark
Steve Caballero
Steve takes the cash.
SATURDAY, RAIN OUT
Mike McGill