The Contest
The prime attraction was the Pro
freestyle event. Particularly with such
verticle crossovers as Smith,
Caballero, Grisham, Dennis Martinez
and Folmer in contention.
The Site
A dance pavillion-a controversial
choice due to the stain resistant top
coating on the concrete floor. The
coating made it too slick, which
precluded some maneuvers and im
paired many others. The pavilion of-
fered good crowd visibility and crowd
control which is probably why it was
chosen.
The Crowd
On an average Sunday, 30,00 plus
visit Magic Mountain. The contest
drew several hundred at the minimum
consistantly. Add up the numbers and
you get thousands, equalling a lot of
exposure.
The Comments
RODNEY MULLEN:
"good crowd, O.K. judging and poor
surface."
STEVE ROCCO:
"The judging was hysterical, the
worst you did the better they scored
you. Six months ago I told Lou to
close off one of the streets in the
park and have the contest there. I told
him then, I knew he wouldn't listen. I
was right, he didn't. I'd just like to
see those judges try to skate on this
shitty surface."
REGGIE BARNES:
"Good energy and crowds, back
east they don't have much going on
like this, so it's good for a change of
scenes. Lots of fun."
DENNIS MARTINEZ:
"I'm definately the most experienc-
ed guy here so I'm just doing it for
fun. I don't care how I do. When you
work seven days a week, you practice.
differently."
MIKE SMITH:
"Something didn't work, I was sup-
posed to do better."
STEVIE CABALLERO:
"I'm stoked I beat Smith, the sur-
face was beyond bad."
MIKE FOLMER:
"It was a good scene definately
good exposure for the sport."
MIKE MILLS:
"Since there are so few freestyle
contests, this was a good event. The
judges were totally uninformed
although the crowd response partially
made up for it.
The Crime.
The punishment.
The Summary
On my way out, I ran into Downs.
She was functioning as surrogate
mother to the masses. I passed on
being dad. An offer of some grade C
was accepted. Seemed like a bables
laxative. Doing it in the women's
bathroom offered moderate interest.
as scores of Mexican Madonnas drop-
ped their shorts. Downs had some
disconnected rap she offered the
other women telling them that I was
her terminally retarded son. The
substance helped me drool so it was a
good ruse. Out in the parking lot I
spotted Lou's truck. Someone
had drawn a SWASTIKA on it with a
magic marker. Another critic in
amusement land.