CONTENTS
PHOTOGRAFFITI
This month is literally a
collage of all sorts of rad and
gnarly skating action from
our readers...
TONY ALVA:
LIFE AND TIMES
Mr. Electric, Maddog, man of the
moment, maniac, obnoxious,
20 rude: whatever you call him,
TA is still out there doing
SKATING HOLOCAUST
When the big bang came
you couldn't skate, you couldn't
do anything. Here's a cover
we hope never to have to print.
Comix and fiction from the
skater's eye
it
COMPETITION
SNOWBOARDING
ROCK TALK
MAY 1984
Vol. 4 No. 5
Flipper flaps a jaw with
Mofo
DEPARTMENTS
MAIL DROP
ASK THE DOCTOR
28
The radically growing sport
of snowboarding will definitely
be back next winter. Plus:
24 Fogtown ramp jam
40
11
SKARFING MATERIAL.. 12
THE SKATER'S EDGE
14
PRODUCT PATROL .... 18
NOTES FROM THE
UNDERGROUND.
43
PUSZONE
44
36
IGOR'S RECORD
COLLECTION
45
ON BOARD
52
SOMETHIN' ELSE
55
COVER: Rad McShredder, Chuck Treece, con-
torts bodily and facially as he rolls out of the
Groholski ramp in New Jersey. Photo: Glen E.
Friedman
RAMP PAGE
Now that you've completed
the bueno skate ramp it's time
to take some preservative
measures to insure a long
24 skate life
CONTORTION SESSIONS
Here are some photos from
the files that illustrate the
finer points of getting
torqued
Above: Back in action Christian Hosoi has been
46 flying the Playa Del Rey h-pipe lately and blaz-
ing. Sunset silhouette photo by Don Earley.
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