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COMING EVENTS
1983 FLORIDA BACKYARD SERIES
#1 April 9th, Brandon
# 2 April 30th, Naples
#3 May 21st, Jacksonville
#4 June 11th, St. Petersburg
1983 CASL SCHEDULE
California Amateur Skateboard League
April 16
PIPELINE
May 7
June 11
July 9
Aug. 13
1777 W. Arrow Hwy.
Upland, CA 91786
(714) 981-6014
PARAMOUNT
14925 Paramount Bl
Paramount, CA 90723
(213) 633-1224
Location to be announced
SKATERANCH
1555 Turf Road
Del Mar, CA 92014
(714) 481-0242
OCEANSIDE PIER
Sept. 17 UPLAND
Oct. 8
Oct. 29
PARAMOUNT
DELMAR
For Further Information
call: (714) 981-6014
M.E.S.S. Schedule
MAY 7-8, Dayton, OH
contact: Mike Hill
1929 Campus Dr.
Fairborn, OH 45324
JUNE 4-5, Nashville, TN
(June 5, possible site of Thrasher Pro
Contest)
contact: Britt Parrott
314 W. Hutchinson
Smyrna, TN 37167
JULY, 2-3, Cincinnati, OH
contact: Marty Jimenez
7474 Timberview Dr.
Cincinnati, OH 45241
JULY, 30-31, Huntington, W. VA.
contact: Bryan Ridgeway
1626 13th Ave.
Huntington, W. VA 25701
AUGUST 27-28, Oak Ridge, TN
contact: Joe Bowers
104 Adelphi Rd.
Oak Ridge, TN 37830
TRASH
PURE DIRT
From the deep, dark, dank, dirty, dreary,
damp and damned vestiges of a desk in a
far corner of the THRASHER Editorial
offices, come more wonderful, wily,
worldly, words fo wrangling wisdom. Hey,
we call 'em as we see 'em, and if we don't
see 'em, we make 'em up. Anyway you
look at it, it's still about skateboarding. If
you can't relate, you aren't a skateboarder,
and therefore don't even matter, so go golf
or something. Types should be more
concerned about the darkness that looms
overhead than hallucinating over these
hallowed pages. Could you imagine what a
skateboarding magazine would be like,
written and devised by pedestrians? It
already happened once, and it died.
Someone said they know who it is that
knows all of the incredible gossip and elite
info that you see here in THRASH,
i.e...."someone said...." except we lost the
piece of paper it was on. Meanwhile,
someone else said (not related to the
original "someone") that over in Danville,
Ca., and the surrounding townships of
Walnut Creek and nearby Pleasanton,
halfpipes and hundreds of new skateboar-
ders are sprouting up like weeds. Look for
future coverage of that area.
Bet you all thought that the behemoth in
the December 82 issue was our publisher.
Wrong rudeboys, this here is none other
than Edward Riggins in his own leathered
biker glory, circa 1962. High Speed
Productions! Hell bent for leather! Death or
Glory! Skate and Destroy! Board to Death!
For those who crave the best of the
tunes to beat all tunes, the all Skate Band
Thrasher tape is in its final stage. Joey
Headbone, in the tunes dept. says that by
next issue, it will be available to the world.
NO QUARTER
Don't ask for quarters and don't take no
quarters. Go the full, half bro. Halfpipe that
is. We're talking The Palmdale Ramp
Battle. It was of course a dynamic success.
Needless to say, the pros were, as usual,
creative on and off the ramp. Micke Alba
and Christ Hosol proved that if you have
a sucker to sponsor gas money, you can
drive 300 miles to "scam on gams," return
in the middle of the most massive storm in
the history of the Mojave Desert, eat a light
snack at 3 a.m., and then compete in a
major Pro event the same a.m. Oh, that
highlife. In other unrelated but definitely
deranged instances, the likes of Adrian
and his covey of G&S'ers, the Powell/
Peralta boys and the Variflex crew
accompanied by some of our noble
staffers, managed to teach some Palmdale
locals the art of "impressing them by
depressing them." Fausto & MoFo, of
course managed to pile on their 1500 mile
weekend as they drove everywhere, trying
to find somewhere. Lowboy, as usual,
could not go anywhere. Luckily, General
Powell came out of nowhere and brought
him there. One thing is for sure, if you
weren't there, you were definitely square.
Ken McGuire, the wild skate cartoonist
from Southern Cal., visited the
THRASHER editorial offices recently. His
comments on San Francisco, "We had a
great time reading the graffitti downtown"
Ken's escapades ranged from skating on
the rain-soaked streets to punching out a
homosexual at a New Wave dance club.
Our advice, don't mess with Ken.
Also at Thrashquarters, Ivan Hosoi,
Christ's father installing art in S.F. and
partying with the staff."
Notes from the Brigade, Freestyle Unit
Commander Rodney Mullen has been
hired by the THRASHER front office
to further expand our "Skate-Tip" feature,
so look for more ammo to add to your
repertoire. Further Brigade notes, none
other than General Powell himself took
pictures of the Desert Battle (fought
against Rommel on the African front) and
submitted such to the mag, his work may
be viewed in this issue's feature story.
Thanks for the input, General, sir.
Also serving in The Desert Battle
TRICK TIP
HELIPOP 360°
by Rodney Mullen
1. Start by rolling slowly forward and wind
up your upper body. Start leaning
towards the nose.
2. Tap the board off of the nose as you go
into a twisting hop. A good wind up is
important because it causes the board
to spin almost automatically underneath
you.
3. Keep your weight centered and your
body in a fairly upright position as you
and your board leave the ground.
4. If your board seems to be spinning
faster than your body, try pulling in your
arms as you go, like when you're
spinning multiple 360s.
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5. Don't try to land on the back wheels
because you will anyways. This sort of
helps you to complete the full 360°.
GENERAL TIPS
The best way to start practicing for this trick
is by doing front foot, or reverse foot
ollies. After you get those wired start
winding up.
Keep your back foot just inside of the back
truck (towards the center of the board).
This gives you a narrower stance. As you
get this trick dialed in, you can move your
foot even closer to the center of the board
and you'll go higher and higher.
ED NOTE-Rodney claims to be executing
this trick up and over three boards,
stacked! Go for it!
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