COMPETITION
CASL '83 DEBUTS AT PIPELINE
April 16 dawned sunny and warm at
Pipeline Skatepark in Upland, Califor-
nia. We hoped the beautiful weather
would be an omen of success for the
1983 CASL series.
CASL officials and volunteers had
spent the winter months planning the
series and providing clinics to teach
beginning skateboarders the fine
points of pool, freestyle and slalom.
The months of work paid off as 60
amateur skateboarders and roller-
skaters arrived at the park to compete
in the pool and banked slalom events.
The pool event, held in the full-pipe
bowl, gave the skateboarders a com-
bination of surfaces and transitions
that taxed the ability of even the best.
The three 1-A groups composed of
skateboarders new to competition
were fun first. These guys made im-
pressive runs considering the fact that
they had never competed before. The
top prize in each of the groups went to
Marc Hosteter (12 & Under), Chris
Ortiz (13-16), and Bob Goodsby (17 &
Over).
The two, 2-A groups were up next.
These skaters are higher in ability and
have competition experience. Jason
Catalano took top honors in the 15
and Under group, followed closely by
Eric Sanderson and Ryan Hoffman.
Representing 16 and Over, Pete Fin-
lan demonstrated what it takes for a
first place run with Tom Landis and
Matt Richards second and third.
Rollerskaters then made their runs
with Gary Dunlap, Jimi Scott and Tim
Runningen taking first through third.
Chris Robinson ollies out
timer to competition, took first in his
group. Bill Swartzbaugh blasted to
first with a fantastic run followed
closely by Steve Steadham and Rick
Demontrond.
It was a fantastic day and as the last
of the awards were taken away, we in
CASL breathed a sigh of relief. Not
only was the contest a success, but
we were pleased to see many new
skaters and people interested in
skateboarding. This was the biggest
success of all. The wave of skate-
boarding is rising again and CASL will
ride it to its crest or wherever it takes
-Carol Sanderson
us
Steve Longacher, who pulled off neat
two handed indy airs on his first at
tempt at skating this ramp. Oscar Otis
took third place, whose aggressive
style and consistent grinders looked
like they might take him all the way to
first place. His attempt was stopped
short by an excellent run by Heaton.
After the beginners section Kenny
Hamilton and Brandon Ellis con-
ducted a quick freestyle exhibition on
the bottom of the ramp and showed a
few tricks that might have impressed
The Mutt hisself. After this was the ex-
pert practice.
Among the out-of-towners was the
infamous "Ridge" and his side kick
Rick Summerfield. Bryan and Rick did
their best to adjust to the ramp and
were soon ripping with the regular
crew. Tim Kline, owner of a BIO new
ramp in Scottsville, site of contest no.
2, was looking good in practice but a
bad fall caused some water to form on
his knee which hampered him all day.
Tim was appropriately renamed the
"Elephant Skater. The skating was
looking beyond rad, I don't think there
was a move in skating that wasn't
being pulled by someone. Bones
Brigadier Brian Ridgeway skated
smooth after his nine-hour drive to the
contest and kept the crowd enter-
tained with his antics. A local favorite
Dwayne Kurd has some kind of flu all
week and skated with a temperature
of 102. Dwayne wasn't his usual gutsy
self, but still showed the best Miller
Flips and layback airs of the day.
Os (what is your first name any-
ways?), Oscar's older bro, was doing
his best with front-handed frontside
airs off the top of the ramp landing all
the way at the bottom of the roll-in
VIRGINIA SPRING SKATEBOARD ramp. This caused many eyes to
The 3-A group, the best of the un-
sponsored amateurs, were next on Photos by Chris Ortiz
deck. Chris Black rode away with first
followed by Lynn Cooper and David
Bedore.
Jeff Grosso ollies in
As expected, the Sponsored Ama-
teurs provided plenty of action.
Twenty sponsored team riders battled
it out and when the dust cleared, Pipe-
line local Chris Miller made a seem-
ingly effortless run for first. Ed
Reategui took second and Jeff
Grosso with some great backside ol-
lies into the pipe came in third.
The banked slalom event run by
Beau Brown of Madrid was full of sur-
prises. Out of all the skaters, only one
who came in first in the pool also took
first in this event.
In 1-A, skaters John Schultes, Dar-
ren Stafford, and Steve Leistikow took
firsts in their respective age groups.
Ryan Hoffman and Pete Finlan cap-
tured 2-A firsts and David Bedore first
in 3-A. Rollerskater Jimi Scott, an old-
SERIES 1
Richmond, Va.
April 16, 1983
Sponsors: Thrasher Magazine, Gull
Wing Trucks, Madrid Skateboards,
Sims Skateboards, Independent
Truck Co., Santa Cruz Skateboards,
Very Sketchy Skatezine, Yuk Prod-
ucts.
A thriving Richmond skate scene
and five out-of-towners made the first
V.S.S.S. contest a big success. There
were 24 total entries and nearly 100
spectators at the event.
The contest was run as a double
elimination head to head which
worked very well and gave all the
skaters a lot of runs. Each skater was
given two runs per heat with the best
one counting
After warm-ups the beginner sec-
tion was run. It proved to be a good
idea to have two divisions because a
lot of the newer skaters might have
been discouraged from entering if
they had to compete against the locals
who hit the ramp daily. Each skater
pushed himself to new limits and by
the end of the event airs, grinders and
slides were being pulled left and right.
Rusty Heaton didn't fall more than
twice all day and worked clean mute
airs and grinds as he battled to a first-
place finish. Second place went to
bulge beyond their normal size. Rick
Summerfield did his best to adjust to
the ramp and blazed all day. Rick
FINAL RESULTS
Beginner
1. Rusty Heaton
2. Steve Longacher
3. Oscar Otis
4. Russ Bahorski
5. Greg Smith
6. Cleve Luckadoo
7. Jason Watts
8. Jerry Burd
9. George Gibrall
10. Bo Steele
11, Mark Oliver
12. Brian Harvey
2nd place, Nick Smilek, layback rollout.
made a varial rock 'n' roll which was
one of the neatest moves in the con-
test. Joey Boisenau owns the ramp
and was very consistent in his
routines: mute airs, inverts, backside
sweepers and 50/50 ramp edge grin-
ders were the highlights of his
routines. Nick Smilek, ex-Powerflex
team long-time Richmond Ripper and
Rusty Harris cohort (Did any of you
know the late Rusty Harris was from
Richmond? A lot of his first photos are
still here) was the crowd favorite and
picked to take it all. Nick has so many
tricks he could mix up his routines
well. Nick was doing front and back ol-
lies, footplants where he'd hang his
board off the edge of the ramp and
dive back in, frequently grinding his
trucks all the way down the edge,
bionic airs, laybacks, etc., etc. Nick
went undefeated all the way to the
finals where he had one of his worst
runs while yours truly had one of my
best. Nick ended up with second
place.
After the contest the prizes were
given out and thanks to the great com-
panies, not a person went home
empty handed. Everyone at least got
a shirt or some stickers or something.
A great time was had by all. I'd per-
sonally like to thank all the skaters
who showed up and were so profes-
sional in their attitudes and made this
contest so successful. Thanks also to
The Ridge for teaching me how to run
a contest and Russ for the P.A. Mr.
and Mrs. Boisenau for letting us have
it. The weatherman for keeping the
skies sunny and clear. Especially all
the companies who helped SO
MUCH!! In what other sport would the
industry do so much to promote their
sport? Yes, only in skating folks. Con-
test no. 2 is planned for the new ramp
in Scottsville.
-Steve Schick.
1st place, Steve Schick, backside air.
Expert
1. Steve Schick
2. Nick Smilek
3. Joey Boisenau
4. Rick Summerfield
5.??? O
6. Dwayne Kurd
7. Bryan Ridgeway
8. Lee Buckner
9. Brandon Ellis
10. Kenny Hamilton
11. Tim Kline
12. Matt Rhodes
Florida Backyard Series
Brandon, Florida
April 9, 1983
Well, this is it!! What have Florida
skaters needed? Answer: Organized
skateboarding activities. So to re-
medy the situation, the Florida Back-
yard Ramp Series has been created.
The series consists of four contests
around the state. Each contest to be
held on location in the following cities:
Brandon, April 9th, Naples April 30th,
Gainsville May 21st, and St. Peters- Randy Barfield
burg June 11th. There are Unspon-
sored, Sponsored, and Pro divisions.
Points shall be accumulated from all
contests to produce overall winners.
So now let's talk about the 1st con-
test held in Brandon on April 10th.
Friday afternoon skaters started
showing up to practice for the big day,
even Pro skater Mike McGill showed
up to impress a few people. Unfortu-
nately, Saturday's weather forecast
didn't look too well. After the sun set,
most of the out-of-towners headed to
my house to pack in all over and
under. After a street session, most de-
cided to rest for tomorrow.
Who's the mask man who left a
Sprite bottle in the freezer? Why was
there a house shattering bang in the
middle of the night?
It's already Saturday and I look out
the window only to see an overcast
sky. I tripped over many a person on
my way downstairs, but still managed
to arrive at the ramp. I was glad to see
mass amounts of skaters from all over
Miami, Brandon, Staurt, Palm Beach,
and more.
The sky didn't look too well, but we
still had hope. After a short session, it
started to sprinkle.
The ramp dried and more hot skat-
ing ensued only to have it sprinkle
again. After a heavy rain it was de-
cided to postpone the contest til
Sunday.
Oh no! Everyone is packed back
into my house again! After boredom
and disappointment sets in it is de-
cided to go eat and play 'ditchman' in
the mall. Did the security guards not
care for skaters running through their
mall? These security guards were so
nice that they even escorted us to our
vehicles, and out of the parking lot.
Then it's back off to my house
again! there were mass discussions
over what was to be done. Why were
people eating from Sprite? We then
dediced to hit the pizza parlor. Why
did the people there not care for us?
We retired for the evening with hopes
for Sunday sessioning.
Sunday morning we awake to a
clear sky. We arrived at the ramp only
to find some puddles and a saturated
ramp, but we still had hope.
Finally it looked as though we were
going to have a contest. A day late,
our hope had finally paid off.
The ramp is 16 ft. wide with 18 ft. flat
and is 9 ft. high. It was replyed 2
weeks before so it was in primo
shape, but as always some managed
to complain.
So far, we had seen some hot skat-
ing with more in store. It seemed the i
RESULTS
CONTEST
BRANDON RAMP
Results
492
UNSPONSORED
1. Ronnie Lewe
2. Randy Barfield 475
3. Jim Tesnar 472
4. Chuck Hults 421
5. Tom Robinson 412
POOL
Rollerskaters
1. Gary Dunlap
2. Jimi Scott
3. Tim Runningen
1-A 12 & Under
1. Marc Hosteter
2. John Schultz
3. Steve Allison
4. Dylan Stevenson
1-A 13-16
1. Chris Ortiz
2. Miki Vuckovich
3. Myron Samiano
4. Chuck Sanders
5. Trevor Raham
1-A 17 & Over
4. Albert Hale
5. Tim Runningen
2-A 16 & Over
1. Dave Tucker
2. Matt Richards
3. Dwight Saguing
4. Bob Staton
5. John Countee
3-A 15 & Under
1. Greg Smith
3-A 16 & Over
1. Pete Finlan
2. Lynn Cooper
3. Cameron Tabbytite
4. Gary Sherrill
5. Barry Field
Sponsored
1. Keith Butterfield
Buck Smith
SPONSORED
1. Buck Smith
519
2. Mark Buncy
3. Bill Procko
495
4. Pat Soleman
490
1. Bob Goodsby
5. Cleo Coney
489
2. Steve Leistikow
2. Ray Gardea
6. Steve Mariak
481
3. Jeff White
3. Anthony Sedillo
7. John Grigley
479
8. Greg McCall
4201
2-A 15 & Under
1. Jason Catalano
2. Eric Sanderson
weather had taken its' toll on skaters
and spectators.
Mike McGill shows up only to find
no competition in sight. Since the Pro
division was cancelled Mike had to
settle for a judges seat.
Now let's talk about the contest.
This is the moment we have been
waiting for.
The turnout for the Unsponsored di-
vision was not too good. There were
five spirited skaters to battle it out.
Ronnie Lewe from Stuart had the
highest score in his division with some
lofty lines to take 1st.
Jacksonvilles' Randy Barfield cap-
tured 2nd, showing that little kids can
skate too. Jim Tesnar, a college trans-
plant from Penn., took 3rd, de-
monstrating some future potential.
Now, it's time for the sponsored di-
vision, it is obvious that the competi-
tion will be very close.
Buck Smith from Jacksonville
showed that consistency counts, and
that 4% ft. backside airs don't hurt, to
capture 1st with a large margin. Mark
Buncy showed up from somewhere
(with people saying, who is this guy,
and where is he from? to impress
quite a few and captured 2nd. Port
Rickey's Bill Procko assaulted the
ramp to take a very close 3rd. Pat Sol-
eman from Winter Haven showed
enough to capture 4th.
After the contest we had a drawing
and distributed the prizes donated by
Gullwing, Indy, Madrid, Motobil,
Tracker, Sims, Thrasher, and Schmitt
Stix. Shortly afterwards skaters dis-
persed to locations all over the state.
I would like to thank the Sutterlands
for the location, all skaters who had
the spirit to participate, Pat Love, Mike
McGill, and myself for judging, and
especially our sponsors.
CASL
4-16-83 Pipeline
BANKED SLALOM
Rollerskaters
1. Jimi Scott
2. Gary Dunlap
3. Tim Runningen
1-A 12 & Under
1. John Schultes
2. Marc Hosteter
3. Steve Allison
4. Dylan Stevenson
1-A 13-16
1. Darren Stafford
2. Mike Pinetal
3. John Roa
4. Miki Vuckovich
5. Chris Ortiz
1-A 17 & Over
1. Steve Leistikow
2. Bob Goodsby
3. Jeff White
2-A 15 & Under
1. Ryan Hoffman
2. Jason Catalano
3. Greg Nichols
4. Eric Sanderson
5. Karl Trout
2-A 16 & Over
1. Pete Finlan
2. Tom Landis
3. Matt Richards
4. Bill Dorr
3-A
1. David Bedore
2. Lynn Cooper
3. Barry Fields
4. Dave Swift
5. Craig Stein
Sponsored
1. Bill Swartzbaugh-
2. Steve Steadham
3. Rick Demontrond-
4. Keith Stephenson
5. Bill Wahl-
6. Ken Park-
7. Gary Sanderson-
8. Rusty Morris-
9. Steve Dyer-
10. Erik Jueden
3. Ryan Hoffman
4. Greg Nichols
5. Tim Runningen
2-A 16 & Over
1. Pete Finlan
2. Tom Landis
3. Matt Richards
3-A
1. Chris Black
2. Lynn Cooper
3. David Bedore
4. Dave Swift
Sponsored
1. Chris Miller-
2. Ed Reategul-
3. Jeff Grosso-
4. Steve Steadham
5. Eric Nash-
6. Don Pollard-
7. Steve Dyer-
8. Gary Sanderson-
9. Erik Jueden-
10. Bill Wahl-
CASL
Paramount
FREESTYLE
Rollerskaters
1. Jimi Scott
2. Bob Schmelzer
3. Gary Dunlap
4. Mike Constantinou
5. Tim Runningen
1-A 12 & Under
1. Marc Hosteler
2. April Hoffman
3. Dylan Stevenson
4. Steve Allison
1-A 13-16
1. Myron Samiano
2. Wendy Carmona
3. Chris Ortiz
4. Mike Johnson
5. Michelle Sanderson
1-A 17 & Over
1. Bob Goodsby
2. Fernando Olson
3. Steve Leistikow
4. Jeff White
2-A 15 & Under
1. Jason Catalano
2. David Martin
3. Eric Sanderson
4. Bob Schmelzer
5. Adrian Demain
6. Bill Swartzbaugh
7. Massimo Vanderplas
8. Leslee Ann Miller
9. Bill Wahl
10. Diane Veerman
TIGHT SLALOM
Rollerskaters
1. Bob Schmelzer
2. Jimi Scott
3.
Mike Constantinou
4. Gary Dunlap
5. Tim Runningen
1-A 12 & Under
1. Marc Hosteter
2. Dylan Stevenson
3. Steve Allison
1-A 13-16
1. Chris Ortiz
2. Mike Canavan
3. Myron Samiano
4. Troy Lorita
5. Mike Johnson
1-A 17 & Over
1. Bob Goodsby
2. Steve Leistikow
3. Jeff White
2-A 15 & Under
1. Albert Hale
2. Jason Catalano
3. Eric Sanderson
4. Tim Runningen
5. David Martin
2-A 16 & Over
1. John Countee
2. Shirley McLeland
3. Matt Richards
4. Bob Staton
3-A 16 & Over
1. Craig Stein
2. Barry Field
3. Cameron Tabbytite
4. Pete Finlan
5. Paul Young
Sponsored
1. Steve Steadham
2. Rusty Morris
3. Keith Stephenson
4. Chris May
5. Chris Robison
6. Erik Jueden
7. Eric Nash
8. Jeff Grosso
9. John Lucero
10. Gary Sanderson