LIFE & DEATH
A STEP BEYOND PAY SKATEBOARDING?
SKATE PARK
VICTORIA
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"Easy come easy go. after that it'll be just a popular memory."
Buildozer kook dropping in on unsuspecting local. Milpitas' day of execution.
Photo Paul Andrakin
Just recently I was blessed
with an assignment of close
regard. I look around to see
Myself in the eighties. Although
My vision of this era and
anothers vision of this same era
might differ, I do not care.
might I do not
But
the question is always this, "Just
what is a poor dwid to do in this
society of
electronics and big
of care?
missiles? Do I
What do
think? I
om directed
Towards the Bay Area (that is
San Francisco Bay Area for all
of you foreigner types who
usually don't seem to know bet-
ter) c and just a sttle south of
there is a valley known as that
of the con variety. Some of
the older inhabitants in the area
still call it, affectionately. The
Santa Clara Valley. But we know
better, DON'T WE MY LITTLE
KIMOSABEESI The area has
been the victim of a vicious
predator, who
who in massive
numbers c
could ruin many peo
ples lifestyles, BUT, when cor-
nered alone, one could squish it
in ones fingers Yes kiddies. THE
MEDFLY (appropriate mood
music to be inserted herej "Sure,
what the hell, let's just kill it with
malathion", you might be saying
But no. You see you will only get
some of the Flies. But you won't
get 'THE FLY. (But if the
chemicals affect 'THE FLY from
having any little maggotts, with
the
the San Diego connection will
ing is another story and should
be referred to in
oned to in your history
books in the distant future)
won't get rid of 'THE FLY at all
because what you don't see is
that THE FLY is not an insect. It
is still a vicious predator though
don't get me wrong (In fact it is
You
not an it. It is a he, and will be
ing
referred t to as such in the future
OK? OK (sorry) A predator, not
in search of fruits like the Medfly
mind you, but in search of
banks. No I know what you are
thinking There's some guy runn
around trying to rip off the
First National right? WRONG!
Fools, this is a skateboarding
magazine, not a guns and
revolution commie rag I'm talk
ing sweat and guts die hard
skateboard breathing full on to
the hilt no if ands or buts I don't
care if this move kills me type of
publication. Are you still with
me? If you're not, then you are
"Skating's not nice. You don't grind to be nice. "Milpitas. Photo: MOFO
reading the wrong stuff and
should be concerning yourselves
with more meager matters, say
domestics or something as
wel
as depressing Sorry to come
down c
on your foolish little heads
like that, but I just had to weed
out all of the jerks in the au-
dience. OK. If you know what is
good for you, you will listen
because this is good. And from
good you will learn. Trust me.
MF: How do you feel now since
you have these two parks
behind you, the highly
acclaimed pool that every-
one loved to skate? Is there
any feeling of loss?
RS: Is not a loss to the skateworld
really
MF: No. what I mean is, do you
feel that it is a personal loss?
RS: Yeah I guess so, but the other
factors outway that loss Poor
management. Well, not poor
management but
but it was the
bossing around of skate
boarders that was the bad
factor Condescension
MF: Dwid management?
RS: Yeah dwid management
MF: Well, who in particular would
say was responsible for
this?
RS: I don't want to say any names
MF: Those blond guys?
RS: Yeah those blond guys
MF: They always hassled people
The kings They thought they
were God's gift to the skate
boarding i industry
creatures of the Skate Genera-
fion. His name, as known to a
very few up until now, is Robert
Schloefs
Let
t me tell you a little bit
about this guy. Rob OK? OK
Tve known him for
or quite awhile
now. Behind him is a massive
splatter of Northern California
calenderistic (if there is such a
word) skateboard history. Now
keep in mind
mind that I am writing
this while listening to the Germs
and watching The Godfather
This is I and probably what I will
be and that he is he and
maybe he won't always be is
another thing that really doesn't
concern me. Do you follow? Do I
care? What
What do you think You
see there once was this duck
And then this rich
care
this rich farmer came
along and killed the
ed the duck
fell no
But what you are always
failing to see is that there is
always this FOWL (me), who has
a tale to tell, and this FOWL
won't die until it is told Read
on
talere, dead c
sort of got away from my
whole scheme of things there
for a moment but a quick slap
soon brought me around to my
objective of completing t
Article? Interview?
story
this
Retrospective? I don't know
what you can call it when I'm
through Oh wow, they just shot
Sonny There I go again off the
track of my goal Where was L
Oh yeah, Rob. Sorry Rob, didn't
mean to forget you so soon in
your Interview. Article?
Retrospective?, hey I fooled you
You thought I was going to lead
off into a bunch of stupid words
THE FLY, is one of God's good and meanderings
RS: You'd take your helmet off
for one second to get the
sweat out of your eyes, some-
one would be coming down
on you
Spread my wings I FLY Winchester half pipe. Photo: T-Bone