ON BOARD
ON THE POLITICAL
FRONT
Recently the Florence (Alabama)
Skateboard Club lost a battle with the
city government to use city vans on the
weekend for trips to Get-A-
Way Skatepark (Huntsville), an hour
away. A local businesman, Neil
Jackson, sympathetic to the club's
transportation dilemma, donated a
vehicle to the club. A 1961, big, black,
Cadillac Limousine. Yes, a Limo.
Another local businessman,
Wayne Tippett, donated a new battery
and challenged other local businessper-
sons to do their part and help the club
put the Caddy back in mint condition.
Now the club lowrides, and for
FREE. When club member Tim Burnett
was asked about the stroke of luck, he
responded, "I'm stoked, I didn't want to
ride in their stinking vans anyway." The
club is thinking about renting the Limo
to local bands to help pay for the gas.
COMING EVENTS ********
FOURTH ANNUAL PEPSI TEAM CHALLENGE
Sensation Basin, Gainesville, Florida
The fighting Gators" from the University of Florida are challenging any collegiate
teams who wish to compete for the Collegiate Trophy. All 5-man teams are
welcome-any individuals without a team, call for openings. This unique event takes
place over Thanksgiving weekend, on November 28th and 29th. Come and join
those Gators for a great fun time.
Contact Chris Baucom, Contest Director, or the staff at Sensation Basin,
(904) 377-9503, for more information.
Thanks, Neil Jackson, for opening
up new avenues of thrashing for this
future generation of Alabama
skateboarders. This is yet another
example of what a little drive and
Initiative can accomplish for you and
your skate crew. It happened in
Alabama and it could happen to you,
whether it be donated wood for a ramp
or even land for a small scale
community skatepark. It's all available,
sometimes you just have to reach out
and grab it.
PATRICK WACHTER
COMIC OF THE MONTH Ken McGuire Buena Park, Ca.
JAIR MAIL
Runner Up
Ted Alb Riverdale, Md.
EXTENDED
GRINDS
KILL
DOWN WITH
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AXLE
STALLS
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CURBS
KILL
US
ON BOARD
Coping Devices Go On Strike
Plastic coping devices of the skating
world have announced that they are going
on Strike this week. It all began a mere nine
days ago as copers from every corner of
the globe secretly detached themselves
from axles during non-skating hours and
gathered en masse at a confidential meet-
ing spot. Led by a self-styled martyr coper,
the multitude began shouting cries of pro-
test against extended grinds and excessive
curb rides. Later, after the meeting, a
spokescoper talked to this reporter to ex-
plain the reasons behind the strike.
Exactly what has provoked this strike?
Coper: Well, the general gripes among
all brands of us copers are basically on the
same tone. We are tired of being over-
worked. We have no chance of survival if
these negligent, rowdy skaters continue to
constantly burn us down with ultra full-du-
ration axle slides.
What do you hope to gain from the
strike?
Coper: First of all, we demand shorter
grinds on vertical and banked edges, and
we want to outlaw curb grinding completely
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since that form of grinding burns us down
more than anything else.
How is that?
Coper: Well, unlike on banks or vertical,
when some rowdy grinds away on slanted
curbs, most of his weight is directly over the
board, which causes excruciating friction to
occur between ourselves and the surface
thereby grinding us to our death. We also
want to eliminate aerial axle stalls.
What will happen if these conditions are
not met?
Coper: We will not return to the trucks!
But how will you survive without work-
ing?
Coper: We will find new jobs. I have dis-
cussed with a few of my fellow copers all
the jobs available to us. We could work as
bicycle handlebar grips, pencil holders,.
conversation pieces, et cetera. But, if none
of that works out, we could be melted down
and molded into other useful objects, imag-
ine plastic money!
GARY SCOTT DAVIS
Reprinted courtesy of SKATE FATE Magazine,
Cincinatti, Ohio.
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