ON BOARD
COMING EVENTS
CASL 1984 CONTEST SCHEDULE
September 15°
October 13
Pipeline, Upland
Combi-Pool
Banked Slalom
Skate Ranch, Del Mar
Key Hole
Cross Country
October 13. Skate Ranch, Del Mar
Kay Hole
Cross Country
October 27 ........ Pipeline, Upland
Combi Pool
Banked Slalom
"Note: Originally scheduled Paramount
contest is now set for Upland, Sept. 15.
M.E.S.S. 1984
The Mid-Eastern Skateboard Series
August 18
Indianapolis, IN
For more information contact:
Britt Parrott 314 W. Hutchinson
Smyrna, TN 37167 (615) 459-7048
NSA SKATEBOARD SERIES '84
Aug. 5
Freestyle San Diego
Aug. 24,25,26 FINAL
Del Mar
September 1, 1984
CAPITOLA STREETSTYLE CLASSIC
This year the annual Capitola Classic,
which has traditionally been a downhill
event, will be run as a streetstyle event
featuring jumps, ramps, slides and curbs.
For more info write to N.H.S., 825 41st
Ave., Santa Cruz, CA 95062.
T-YRANNICAL
R-AMBLINGS
A-BOUT
TRASH
S-KATEBOARDERS'
H-ABITS
"DON'T SCRATCH MY BOARD"-
SYNDROME
Typical scenario-person enters a
skateboard shop to purchase, what is
probably their first-skateboard. Shop
employee administers the set-up, applying
wheels, trucks, various synthetic protec-
tors and finally a coating of the hallowed-
Grip tape. Now here is where things most
often get touchy. A popular method of
application is to gingerly apply the tape,
lapping over the edges, then filing around
the edges for an even trim. The customer
reels back in absolute horror, screaming,
"Don't scratch my board." Now, come on.
What kind of skater is it that cries over
scratches in his or her board?
Confucius says, "A skater, whose board
remains unscathed, is not a skater, but
merely a poser."
THE QUEST(?)
Be on the lookout for a special "QUEST-
ISSUE in the upcoming months. The
QUEST? The Quest of the road, to skate
in places you've never skated before. To
go to the unknown, be brotherly with bret-
hren of your physical/habitual distinction.
Yeah, that's right, TRAVELLING. Posted
for potential article material in that issue
is a travel diary by Bob Denike. He and a
van-load of skaters are skating across the
United States, from Newport, Ore. to
Newport News, Vir, taking turns every 40,
or so, miles. Also, a tour diary by Don
Pendelton of J.F.A., chronologically log-
ging their trip all the way around the U.S.,
up into and across Canada, then back
down into the U.S. So far, they've incurred
skating at every stop. Rounding off the
issue will probably be notes on the
"SQUID-TOUR 84," where four young,
skate-hungry dudes purchase Greyhound
tickets and take off for points unknown, to
anywhere in the U.S. It should prove to be
some pretty enlightening stuff.
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TRANS-AMERICA 64
The Skateboard Crossing
For Multiple Sclerosis
ORONTO VIRGINIA
Cross Country
crew, Jack Smith,
Gary Fluitt, Paul Dunn, Bob
Denike and Chrysler relief van
SKATE ART
Check this hot item. It'd look cool next
to the couch with a coke/beer/Perrier on
it. Actually, this contraption is art. Created
by Skip Engblom artist/skateboarder for a
Whitely Gallery showing of furniture made.
with real sports equipment that is de-
signed by artists and designers. The
show; called "The Un-official Olympic
Sports Furniture Show." This
"SKATEBOARD SIDE-TABLE is an
abstract painted skateboard, with wheels
and all, and the base is made from lef-
tover maple cut-outs from skateboards,
and sports wheels as feet.
VIDDY OH?
Brad Dorfman is busy producing his
own video, which is to feature pro
verticalists, Mark Rogowski and Lester
Kasai. It's also to feature Agent Orange
playing at Upland in the combi-pool while
the boys session around them. Stay
tuned, it should be a hot one.
SKATE OR MOVE
Recently spotted while skating to a
nearby store was this rather skate/related
vehicle. It soon became a question in the
mind as to whose truck it was and if the
owner did, in fact, skate. After many re-
petitive phone calls to the company, a
secretary noted that none of their em-
ployees skate or had heard of Thrasher.
Perhaps they never did move furniture
with their skateboards, as presumed.
WHERE THEY SAY, "YA'LL."
Well, one of the places, anyway. That's
where photorambler MoFo went, just to
check a contest of the M.E.S.S. series,
held in Johnson City, Tenn. Mofo's usual,
post-travel grumblings briefly complain
about not bringing a knife to cut through
the thickly-humid atmosphere, Bat-
skaters, a Dickman, all-white southern-
accented Break-dancing gangs, that are
about as stupid as leashes for sunglasses
("Hey, why do you have a leash on your
sunglasses? Do you take them for
walks?"), and marathon, displeasurable
plane flights during ungodly hours of the
night when even angels are asleep. The
Editor says it's for next issue, so we'll see
what happens.
NOTICE! NO FREAKS
We're not sure, but we're pretty darn
sure that if you look closely at this issue-
we mean look real close-that you will not
see one, or very many clean-cut kids in it.
What in the hell is a "clean-cut kid" any-
way? Who's the guy out there setting the
standards? Shit, on one hand you have
parental/authority types telling you that all
of this sub-culture underground bad-boy
radical poo-pah is bad for the soul and
mind. Then on the other hand, mass
media and the record buying public is
keen to endorse freako's like Boy-George,
Prince, and Duran-Duran on our ears and
minds. There's no accounting for taste
anymore, is there?
ONLY THE ONLY
It seems that a certain surf-industry
type of manufacturer-sort, has the audac-
ity to not only use this publication's name
for one of their products, but it even went
Daddy D ON BOARD
Duck
TRUCKERS
MOVING & STORAGE
45931-6006
as far as using the same gosh-darn type-
style that you see emblazoned on our
cover, every single issue. Now gee-willik-
ers fellers, does water on the brain cause
originality to fly right out the window?
PROBLEMS
Some kids just aren't cut out to be
chained to a desk. THRUST, a magazine
for educational leadership, dealt with
"Solving students' problems" in an article
in their April issue. The funny thing is, as
a graphic example on their cover, they
showed a kid asleep at his desk, on his
shoulder a Thrasher patch. The kid in
front of him has his feet on a skate that's
beneath his seat. The mind is sometimes
elsewhere.
GO FLY A RAMP?
Joe Johnson, known vert-man from
Colorado recently experienced a true test
of ramp construction. It seems that when
Joe left on skate duty to Del Mar the half
pipe in his yard was treated to a free wind
job. Local news reported wind speeds of
up to 125 mph. When Joe returned from
his trip he found the high winds had torn up
the ramp so that half of it lay on its side. Joe
was rightfully bummed but his buddies
helped him to right the wrong. It was all
completed except for one sheet of plywood
but Joe had to go to the Upland contest
that day. When Mr. Johnson returned from
the Upland trip he was to find that, once
again, the wind had peeled over the
opposite side of the ramp! Double drag! If
the wind gods are listening in Boulder, Joe
Johnson sends a big F.O.
MILE-HIGH-MASSACRE-PLUS-
ASSORTED-OCCURRENCES
The past three weekends have brought
many assorted skaters and groupies to
the region of North Lake Tahoe. The
reason? A flawless 24 ft. wide ramp com-
plete with extensions, a 3% ft. wide can-
yon, and an ultra smooth surface. The
creator of this super structure, Mike Chan-
try, played host to the likes of Joe Lopes,
Fish, Ffej and crew, Chaco and wife,
Livmo Joe, the Underwear Girls, O. C.,
Katen, B. K., Mofo and a hoard of others
during their stay at his more than crowded
residence.
The first day of July was the day set for
the MASSACRE. The site: Chantry's Mile
High Ramp. The calibre of skating: Like
none ever seon before. The incidents
surrounding the event: MANY-MANY-
MANY
INCIDENT #1: Daily skarfing sessions at
J.R.'s (a well known local eatery).
INCIDENT #2: Chantry's house gets
swarmed by skatertypes. Cops come, say
skate videos are too loud. Time 1:17 AM
INCIDENT #3: Late night street skating
in Tahoe City.
INCIDENT #4: Tommy Guerrero falls
asleep too early and becomes a prank
victim.
INCIDENT #5: Various participants play-
ing quads til the early morning hours.
INCIDENT #6: Toilet paper becomes
scarce.
INCIDENT #7: Girls in big demand, none
was safe.
INCIDENT #8: Due to crowded bathroom
conditions, B.K. is forced to shower with
Chantry's garden hose.
INCIDENT #9: INTENSIFIED RAMP
SESSIONS.
INCIDENT #10: Joe Lopes' nature hunts.
INCIDENT #11: MEGA PARTIES-Girls-
finally. Mostly too young, or too dumb.
Cops make another appearance.
INCIDENT #12: Moto's 30 minute swim
sessions in the lake despite the chilling
30 water.
INCIDENT #13: "CENSORED
INCIDENT #14: Read next issue for semi-
complete details.
Joe Lopes showing off his prey