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Not too long ago I moved from LA..
where I used to take the bus to Skate City
and watch the Whittier classics, but when
we moved to our new neighborhood.
(Stalesville, Calif.), the skate scene was
basically non-existent. Sure there were.
skaters but most of them were "all show
no go skaters and carried a skate for rec-
ognition. I am glad to say that in recent
days the action has picked up considerably
I had heard rumors of a new quarter being
constructed in the neighborhood, so as any
dedicated skater would do, I grabbed my
10
skate and searched diligently till I found it.
It's a mere 5-1/2 foot by 5 foot with about
1 foot of vert, but it's fast and responds to
any action on the part of the skater. Since
then, three quarters and one halfpipe have
gained my attention but the real reason I
wrote is the basic problem, my parents!!
You, no doubt, get letters like this every
day, but I need help. My mom and pop hate
the crowd I hang with (skate punks,
newavers), and they think Billy Idol is the
title of a book I am doing for a book report
(hell no!). Please help!! (Is there a
remedy?)
Dave Carr
San Jose, CA
Okay, okay. Everybody listen up. This
is going to be the last time. Parents, par-
ents, parents, all they want to do is
watch out for you. Always trying to make
sure you don't screw yourself up in life.
So you have to realize it and make sure
they understand that skating is here to
stay and that's what you're going to do
no matter what they say, you're going
to go tear it up. My motto is: "Go ahead
and rip, just remember to cover your
ass." Some day your life is going to be
in your own hands. If you don't have
something to show for it, what good is
it anyway, huh? Just take life in three
parts: what your parents want, what you
want and what you need. What you need
and have to do is the bottom line. Just
remember that they probably know
something you don't, so give them an
ear some of the time. Then go skate.
SEEPAGE SOLUTION
Hey, D.R.B., what's shakin'? Anybody
that says you're uncool, well shine them!
What I'm asking is this: we found this way
"jammin" ditch, the only problem is, it has
a little bit of water running in it. How do I
plug it up? What law would I be breaking i
by doing this little job?
Dan Herwig
Bradenton, FL
Yeah, right on, dude. I don't know how
many times my colleagues and I have.
come across this problem. Without a
doubt there will be some labor involved,
depending on just exactly how much
water we're talking about. Again we
have to revert to yer basic "skate guer
rilla tactics." Tools required are as fol-
lows: shovel, broom, and some old tow-
els or rags. If you can, try to get some
thin plastic or visquene. Walk as far up
the ditch as feasible for skating, take
your plastic and lay it across the water.
Get some rocks and dirt and start piling
it on the plastic until the water stops.
Dr. Rick Blackhart
Use yer broom and towels to sweep and
mop until dry enough to skate. Hope-
fully the ditch is worth all the trouble.
Numerous times we'd drain a pool five
gallons at a time or dam up a ditch or
whatever only to find that it's completely
unskatable. It's that one rippable spot
out of five bunk ones that makes it all
worthwhile. As far as breaking the law.
is concerned, police tend to frown on
just about anything a skater does, so
don't get caught and you won't have to
worry about it.
Speaking of getting busted, reminds
me of a skate search and destroy mis-
sion K.T. and I went on back in '78.
This was about the time when the
Arizona pipes were the hot item. We
figured, hey, pipes are definitely where
it's at, right? And where do you find the
pipes? Wherever there's large amounts
of water that need to be channeled, like
a reservoir dam. So we grabbed our
skates, brooms and ice chest, hopped
in the ol' Pinterra and headed off to San
Louis Dam. After about a two-hour drive
(all this just to skate), we spotted the
spillway located behind the dam, parked
across the freeway, jumped two or three
fences, and hiked up to the top. When
we got to the spillway, we just walked
along until, ahoy mate! Thar she blows
off the port bow. You guessed it, pipeline
realities.
We immediately took diameter read-
ings, finding it was only about a 12-foo-
ter. We could have started skating right
away, but there was some debris that
needed to be swept away and guess
who forgot the broom? So, I suggested
we go back down, have lunch, come
back and skate. Agreed, we started
back. Sounds simple, right? Wrong!
About halfway back down we hear the
booming sound of a Cal. state trooper
who had positioned his car right in the
middle of the freeway barking at us
through his loudspeaker to "GET OFF
THE DAM! After doing so he proceeded
to search us and our backpacks, men-
tioning something about terrorist at-
tacks on the power plant adjacent to the
spillway. After explaining our intentions
were only to skate, he then stated he
was only doing his job and handed us
both tickets for trespassing on state
property.
So there we were, out $175 each, and
we never did skate that piece of shit
pipe. Although we did find a skatable.
ditch on the way back, somehow I don't
think $350, four hours drive, and a whole
day lost was worth just the ditch. The
thing is, it could have just as easily been
the hottest spot we ever skated. You'll
never know until you check it out.
DRB
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