Olson cracking wheelers over the spine and making most
Photography by-Stecyk
LOST IN LOS
A TEXAN LOOKS PAST LYNDON
AND OTHER SHORT SUBJECTS
by lowboy
....but it has nothing to do with
skateboarding Ah, yes, but of course
life never does. I've got no chance,
I've got no choice; it's six thirty and
the sheriff is coming to evict me at
seven. The phone rings, it's MOFO,
ereudite scion and overlord from the
underground. The word is that
the editor (aka Ted) will pay on
delivery 50 dollars. I'm gone, problem
VEXDASHU
maaker
is, I've got to survive three days in
L.A. and have to attend a Pro-Am con-
test debacle at Magic Mountain. This
is reality and I'm paying the price.
Outside of the pad I observe the
man arrive. He is coordinating the 7
o'clock assault with my soon to be
formerly infuriated landlady. It is now
that I realize that life is exactly like
skateboarding; you have to attack not
react. the Sherriff is intent on
eradicating the vermin/scum, and I'm
obsessed with nailing the door shut
from the inside. Now its out through
the secret trap door in the floor and
over the fence. As I skate down the
block, I can see a small crowd form-
ing around my former home.
"Better call the SWAT team, the
suspect has barricaded himself in-
side, armed and dangerous."
The Car Wash: Day Oneplus ex-
penses thats the key.....
I have no money yet Olson
somehow expects me to front the bill.
Bulkys talking expense account. It's a
word Teds never heard of. Mr. Olson
decrees that I will treat all of the boys
to the Keith Joe Dick concert at the
Palomino club. I finally tell him to
meet me at the stage door, knowing
that I'll never show up.
We begin to session the wall in
front of a car wash on Sunset
Boulevard in Hollywood. Good ap-
proach, brutal transition. Bulky is
cracking one wheelers over the spine
and making most. On the ones you
lose, your stick goes through 8 lanes
of traffic on the boulevard. We try to
remain as invisible as possible, but
the Nationals from the car wash put
down their towels and begin to watch.
Across the street even the working
girls are picking up on the action. So
do the cops.we leave satisfied,
knowing that we have stopped traffic
in a town thats' seen everything.
Downtown: Day Two
Amidst thousands of Saturday
afternoon shoppers, Rodney Mullen
works on his freestyle routine. He
really is just screwing around and kill-
ing time, but to the bored, jaded and
faded in the downtown scene, it's
epic entertainment, They are totally
uncomprehending and completely
amazed.
Deep in the heart of the southbay,
Rocco practices pressing pants in the
vortex of a dry cleaning establish-
ment. He's really just working,
but the moneys' not bad and the
fumes aren't either.
Caballero's doing drop ins off a
giant Coke bottle placed in the in-
dustrial zone. He's really just playing,
but at Stevies level its always
SERIOUS fun. There are no new
moves reserved for pedestrians.
"He's really just playing."
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