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Our Mail Drop Dept. has been absolutely
COMING EVENTS flooded with letters stating that the skate
1983 FLORIDA BACKYARD SERIES
#4 June 11th, St. Petersburg
1983 CASL SCHEDULE
California Amateur Skateboard League
Location to be announced
June 11
July 9
Aug. 13
Sept. 17
Oct. 8
Oct. 29
SKATERANCH
1555 Turf Road
Del Mar, CA 92014
(714) 481-0242
OCEANSIDE PIER
UPLAND
PARAMOUNT
DELMAR
For Further Information
call: (714) 981-6014
M.E.S.S. Schedule
JUNE 12
Contact THRASHER;
(415) 822-3083
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
SUMMER WORLD SERIES
1983 PRO/AM
June 25, 26
PIPELINE
Combi pool, banked slalom.
July 30, 31
PARAMOUNT
Freestyle, tight slalom.
August 14
OCEANSIDE PIER
Freestyle, high jump.
August 26, 27, 28
SKATERANCH, DEL MAR
Freestyle, tight & banked slalom, pool.
For more info call 714-981-6014 or write:
NATIONAL SKATEBOARD ASSOC.
P.O. Box 1325
Upland, CA 91786
ENGLISH SKATEBOARD ASSOC.
Skater of the Year Series
June 26
FARNBOROUGH PIPE
halfpipe, freestyle, slalom.
August 20, 21
KIDDERMASTER
Pool, slalom, freestyle, high jump, speed.
scene is raging in their locales and
furthermore, that it has become the "in"
thing to do. Of course, the hardcore
skaters know that the "art" never left and
will always move forward.
Speaking of moving forward, staffer
MoFo has now moved his act uptown
(Berkeley, that is) and was recently
interviewed on KPFA's Maximum Rock 'n'
Roll's gnarly music show. Rumors say that
it was secretly recorded and will be
syndicated nationwide where it will
greasily slide out of radios everywhere.
Anyone forced to listen to that guy is in for
it. Today Maximum R 'n' R, tomorrow
Donahue. What about it, Phil?
Another forward mover is The Faction.
Their EP is doing fine in sales and they are
playing more and more gigs.
Speaking of bands (forward types, that
is), Big E has been negotiating with The
Black Athletes' management in hopes of
signing the group to a big time contract.
Even further music notes reveal Johnny
Ray of the Red Devils regularly shredding
'crete with the likes of Olson, Folmer,
Alabamy Jay, and other L.A. notables...
T.S.O.L. broke up?...and even further
music notes has B. Ruff spending intense
time behind closed doors mastering the art
of the stand-up bass and better conceal-
ment of Trojans.
Final further-further music notes, the
notable Big Boys are said to be the latest
to capture a signature model board, this
from Zorlac, and like the Big Boys, it's
street-oriented.
Moving on and moving out, Tracker's
notorious Larry, once again was foiled in
his attempt to buzz a skateboard contest
with a light plane. The latest episode
involved the S.F. streetstyle event, where
he was again deterred by foul weather
conditions.
IMPORTANT NOTICE:
Always remember this: "The
FACTS, just the
facts, all else are
lies."
Jaks Team on night patrol.
We all remember Rev. Jones and his
mass suicide escapade, well, no, he's not
back...chaos once again reigns in the halls
of the old People's Temple on Geary St. in
S.F. Some woodchuck skater dynamos
have further bashed the boundaries of yet
another social-religious modern myth by
erecting a skate structure inside the
infamous temple. The pulpit has been
shredded with religious fervor, enough to
keep the 900 ghosts on their toes.
Due to the probability of an over
successful Midwest Pro Ramp Contest,
the Ramp Clash has been cancelled.
Apparently the owner of the property
fathomed the possibility of thousands of
mad and craving skaters from the sur-
rounding states. We'd like to thank Britt
Parrott and friends for trying their hardest
and doing their best to make the contest
possible. We know you tried.
So, now what? The contest is going to
happen regardless. It will be held at Joe
Lope's ramp in San Leandro, Calif., on
June 12. Just recently, Joe's ramp has
been renovated. It is now 20 ft. wide, 10 ft.
tall, with a channel on one wall, and about
10 feet of flat bottom, entirely masonite
surfaced.
Mini Cab model.
In quiet, artsy-coolsy determination,
Stacy P. continues to hang upside down,
forever searching for truth and, of course,
that one elusive break into the Tinsletown
big time. Meanwhile...Powell wonders if he
could have signed a big time USFL
contract with the Santa Barbara Waves.
Question of the season: "Where the
hell is the Jaks interview?"-Jaks team.
Bail of the month
Christian Hosoi at Cab's ramp.
Traveling skatesman Gary Scott Davis
pulled up stakes again and transplanted
himself southward to Cardiff and a spot on
a high-tech assembly line.
Jack of all trades...in his continuing
quest to do everything, Sims' Brad
Dorfman has set a new record for
productivity by speaking on six phone lines
at once, taking 24 orders and wrapping up
18 deals, all in the span of 60 seconds.
What is not gone in 60 seconds is sold in
60 seconds.
TID-BITS
Salba once again has been kicked out of
the Upland Pipeline for rebellious riding
sans safety equipment. Bad boy, Salba.
No, no, no.
The Big Boys were involved in a riot
somewhere in Texas, at the Fiesta.
Gardens in front of MTV cameras. Some
longhairs have short tempers.
Todd of T.S.O.L. beefed heavily onto
some broken glass while bank skating with
The Big Boys in Texas. Result, one badly
punctured palm, requiring a skin graft.
Orders for the SkateRock Tape have
been pouring in and a giant crowd is
expected for the SkateRock San Francisco:
Tour '83. Two nights of SkateRock in the
big city. One night, May 29, at the Tool &
Die, 974 Valencia St., starring J.F.A., Los
Olvidados, The Skoundrelz, The
Faction, and Minus One. Then, on the
next night at the On Broadway with Black
Athletes, The Big Boys, Drunk Injuns,
The Faction, Minus One and The
Skoundrelz. It's going to be a big skatin'
and rockin' weekend. Rumors have it that
Independent, Sims, Tracker and Powell
Peralta are sending Pro riders up here
just so they can attend the gig.
A final thought out to you who care to be
concerned. This was written on the back of
a fanzine from Akron, Ohio, "As an act of
sanity, ban nuclear weapons...or have a
nice doomsday."
THRASHER
TRICK
TIP;
with
Rodney
Mullen
Sequence By
Stacy Peralta
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