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CONTEST WRAP-UP
LOC
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FALL 1982
TEXAS OUTLAW
CONTEST
Question 1: What happens to a
skatepark when it closes down?
Answer: It gets skated, destroyed,
skated, gratified, skated, thrashed, and
trashed.
Question 2: What happens when you
hold a contest at said park?
Answer: You have a fuggin' good time.
The last time I'd been to a contest at
"Texas Pipeline" was in Nov. of '79 (the
day the hostages were taken; for those of
you who need a reference of more than a
date). It was to have been the "State
Championships," what a joke!
Well, that was then, this is now. It seems
that this park closing down was the best
thing that's happened to skating in
Houston in a long time. Firstly, by having a
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free place to skate and secondly, by being
a place to vent aggression (with spray can
or skateboard) that are brought about by
living in a sprawling megalopolis like
Houston.
When we rolled into the parking lot after
the five hour drive from Dallas, I was
relieved to see the park was still standing,
and people were skating. (For some
reason, the whole way there, I kept
imagining that the park was bulldozed the
day before, what a nightmare!)
In typical fashion of events like these,
things got off to a slow start, but who
cares? Today's celebrity judges were
Dave, of Code of Honor, Tim & Biscuit of
Big Boys fame. Also on hand were: not so
famous judges Cecil of Corpus, Brad
Featherhead, and the time keeper, Elsie,
also of Corpus.
The first three events were freestyle.
Seeing how when you entered the contest p
you were automatically entered in all
events-when your name was called to do
freestyle, you did freestyle. No complaints,
everyone will skate, no excuses. Surpris-
ingly, almost none were given (complaints)
and all but a couple did their best (or
worst). Coming out on top of the pile here
was Tim Litzman of Galveston (I think I've
lost the sheet with the rest of the results of
freestyle).
Slalom was up next. I almost blew off
this event because I didn't think there was
any interest. Boy, was I wrong! Even
though the course was fairly easy, there
were some heavy slams trying to push for
that tenth or hundredth of a second
difference. That difference could be
detected easily using the electronic timers
we had. Isn't science and technology
wonderful? (Nah.) With the fastest time of
the day Alan Guimond of Dallas. (I think)
I've also lost the results for this event).
Finally, the bank event was ready to
happen. The only problem was that we
couldn't decide which of the two banked
areas would be used. Then the brainstorm.
came, why not use both and combine
scores and the outcome would show the
true "Ruler of the Pipeline." After a little
persuading to those who didn't like the
idea, the event began. The crowd of
spectators that had been gathering were at
last getting what they came for. After the
25 or so entrants had taken their two runs
each in the bathtub bowl, we moved over
to the 3 wall freestyle area to repeat the
run. Well, the time factor wasn't calculated
properly and the sun set just in time to give
out the prizes. In the dark. Thanks to all
who showed up and hope to see everyone
next time.
RESULTS:
18 & UNDER
1. Tommy Harmel
2. David Reul
3. Rob Williams
19 & OVER
1. Jeb Woods
2. Joe Nichols
3. Ed Beaudet
4. Hubert
4. Todd Prince
5. Allan Burris
5. Troy Gardiner
INDY
SPONSORS:
ACTION SPORTS POWELL
G&S
GULLWING
SANTA CRUZ
SCMITT STIX
SPONSORED
1. Craig Johnson
2. John Gibson
3. Andrew Lopez
4. "Bugger" Cram
5. Kevin Northrup
THRASHER
TRACKER
VARIFLEX
ZORLAC
ST. PETERSBURG RAMP
CONTEST
It's Friday, October 1, and I just got off
from work and am on my way to St.
Petersburg to help host the St. Pete ramp
contest tomorrow. I arrive to see such
notable skaters as Chris Baucom, Buck
Smith, Month Nolder, John Grigley,
Robbie Weir, Billy Beauregard, just to
name a few. I was glad to see that Baucom
had gotten a slight hair trimming the day
before the contest so that he could pull
higher airs.
SATURDAY MORNING
People started to gather at around 9
a.m. to warm up. The skating was as hot as
the weather, so it was decided to wait until
5 p.m. for cooler temperatures.
The energy was high, as the amateurs
wanted the over $400 in prizes and the
pros were after the $145 purse. Prizes
were donated by G&S, Powell, Tracker,
Santa Cruz, Indendent, Madrid, Gullwing,
Sio Barry, THRASHER mag, and Schmitt
Stix.
It was agreed to have three 45-second
runs with the best two runs combined. The
unsponsored went first with Todd Webb
winning and Mark Bustin not far behind.
The sponsored division was won by John
Grigley with a large margin over Robbie
Weir who was second, with Buck Smith
close behind.
The long awaited pro event was next.
During practice it was obvious that the
competition was going to be close. The
rude boy, Chris Baucom, unfortunately
came out on top by pulling consecutive
flawless runs, with Monty Nolder skating in
close behind for second. Third was taken
by Billy Beauregard, fourth was amateur
winner John Grigley, who wanted to
challenge the pros. Competition was so
close that second, third and fourth places
were only one point apart.
I am glad to say that the contest was a
success and that we had over 200
spectators for the day. It was promised to
have yet another ramp contest in the
future. I would like to thank the Grigleys
and myself for hosting the contest. I would
also again like to thank our sponsors.
SPONSORED
The ramp sits in John Grigley's yard on
a site which has had many ramps on it over RESULTS
the years. The latest ramp is only six
weeks old and is one of the finer ramps in
existence. It is 10 feet tall with 1% feet of
vert, 16 feet of flat bottom and 16 feet wide.
It will soon be 24 feet wide once we contact
some more local contractors. It sports real
pool coping, with 8 feet back roll out decks
and staircases.
1. John Grigley
2. Robie Weir
3. Buck Smith
4. Bill Proko
5. Cleo Coney
6. Pat Clark
Paul Schmitt
UNSPONSORED
1. Todd Webb
2. Mark Bustin
3. Walter Lewelin
4. Wayne Dehanan
PRO
1. Chris Baucom
2. Monty Nolder
3. Billy Beauguard
4. John Grigley