arts training, saw the guy coming,
grabbed him first and kicked him
square in the face. The guy fell.
down and ran away, we think he's
bummin'.
Detroit is around where Ted
Nugent lives-so much for know-
ledge. (Oh yeah-somebody stole
his $50,000 Bronco.) We pulled into
the club and the owners immediatly
started giving us shit-great...
we've got two shows tonite too (all
ages, early). There wasn't much to
skate around the club so we took a
street skate/urban shot. Brian was
supposed to go wide and grind the
curb, but he forgot and I nailed the
shit out of him when we both
rounded the corner (think fast). We
crashed at a local's house and
headed out the next day for the
"Endless Summer open skatepark!
It was closed so our line was over a
fence and then to the pool. On the
way, we passed an 8' wood halfpipe,
a nice banked reservoir (partly
dirty), an 8' snake, an 8' cement,
halfpipe (50 yards long with bowled
end), and a smaller peanut bowl.
The main pool, we heard, was
supposed to be really gay (goofy
foots can't ride it). Bull We are
talking 12' deep kidney, carve-grind-
forever-wide, smooth as glass, with
rideable, wide shallow end, and a
canyon. It was power. We spent
most of our short session just
with locals for about 2 hours in this
humid "Walton's Mountain" type
setting (lots of trees). The late show
was highlighted by these cool kids
from Birmingham who somehow
scammed a car (the oldest one had
a permit) drove a couple of hours,
and scammed their way in. Stage
dives later, we're bidding farewell to
the Ann Arborites, and out of town-
ers that showed (including the
downhillers-the art). Oh Yeah!
Brian almost lost it on a burly left
hander at 40 mph.
CHICAGO, IL.
We pulled into Chicago and
parked by Lake Michigan for a dip.
The club was called Tutt's and it
was to be another double header
(two shows-minors early). Whew!
the third double header in a row. We
didn't get to skate (no skaters
showed until showtime), but met
some cool dudes and traded stories
of the local Illinois halfpipes (at least
3 in Chicago area), the pool near
Detroit (if you're ever there go ride
it), and other skate exploits.
MADISON, WI.
year, the gig was at the same place,
with one of the same bands (Baby
Hotline) and the skating again
proved to be good.
We wound up at the promoter's
house and immediately met cool
local skaters. First it was off to "Pier
One for a cool concrete 3 walled, 8'
bank-thing with curb. It was one of
those things you find and just go
"Yeah!" We checked out a cool
"carve-grindable-bowled-concrete-
ice-rink-with-canyon," and then me
and Brian and about 8 locals as-
saulted this wide "S" turn downhill
One kid beefed pretty hard going for
it on a loose Duane, but showed at
the gig O.K. From there it was off to
a 16 wide 8' high halfpipe. High-
lights of the session include Brian's
decision to acid drop the ramp, and
then I went off and started doing it al
lot. Then a stoked local guy powered
one after 4 tries. Nice tries. We also
shot the hill in front of the club.
MINNEAPOLIS, MN.
I can't believe I skipped a city. It
was a hectic day: first off to an
in-store record appearance to sign
except for a couple of screaming
multimile downhills, with runaway
truck lanes. I think it was the "no
burrito all candy meals," the endless
cokes and the boring scenery that
contributed to the all-nite rocket
attacks on various cities, bridges,
and rest areas in Idaho. Other
contributing factors include the
Wyoming "Kung-Fu Fireworks
Emporium and Lloyd's (Brian, aka:
LLoyd Mongo) Star Trek tape. The
next day we drove all the way to a
waterfall outside of Portland. We
woke up at the waterfall, where a
dummy was assembled out of
Bam's pillows, Brian's clothes and
Lloyd's (Brian) Pro-Tec helmet. The
dummy was then floated over the
top of the falls, falling some 600
feet, splatting first on some rocks,
and then crashing into the pond
below with a loud "thud-splash." It
bummed the shit out of the assem-
bled tourists (we have it on video
tape; it goes perfect with "Do the
Hannigan"). The Pro Tec cracked,
we want a new one.
Our first stop in the northwest, at
the Satiricon with Youth Brigade. Of
course, we skipped sound-check,
opting for grub and cool tunes on
the jukebox. Before our set, me and
Brian left with about 5 skaters for an
underground parking lot with a
banked entrance ramp. The place
was really shot-looked like the St.
Sonic Wave, Albany NY.
forever-carve-grinding it. I don't
understand why nobody's into it-at
least the guys we talked to-they
were saying it was all cracked and
lame. There was some coping
chipped away, merely a chatter on
bare metal when moving fast. The
lady that owned the park came and
started screaming "Get out of my
runs," great-I guess we have to be
in Ann Arbor by 2 p.m.
(all ages matinee) anyway (shoulda
got more pics, but that woulda
meant less rides).
Lady: "Come out through the front."
Me: "It's O.K. I'll go out the way!
came in" (it just felt right). I later
walked in with Thrasher and JFA
stickers and said, "Tell 'em we were
here." Incredible rules in parks
anyways.
ANN ARBOR, MI.
Another 2 show stint. We gotta
quit doing these things (tiring) but
it's worth it, minors can't get in
otherwise. We played Ann Arbor
last year and skated a banked
parking lot called the "Thrasher
banks (and got heavily rained on).
This year it rained too. We skated
We focused in on Madison too
early. It's sandwiched in between
two lakes (one of them, Otis Red-
ding disappeared into and was
never found). Bulky, who plays
guitar in the "Tar Babies," drove us
to a cool 16' wide halfpipe with a2
tombstone on one side. The ramp
was way killer and was situated on a
ranch way out in the hills, like the
"Big Valley." We left before Nick and
Heath rode up, so me and Bam
ground the curbs in front of the club.
We played with "Meat Joy," a really
cool band up from Austin, Texas.
LINCOLN, NE.
We pulled in expecting a lot. Last
year, it was a way cool gig at the
"Brickhouse" (at the bottom of a
small hill) and lots of skating at a
ramp which was later the site of the
Midwest Melee (Thrasher). This
mostly skateboards, then for a radio
spot, and then to the club for two
shows. I opted to eat while Bam
Bam and tons of locals assaulted
some local brick banks we skated
last year. Busy day.
DENVER, CO.
Last year the gig was cancelled in
Denver so we played a party in
somebody's basement and went
downhilling. This year we had the
gig but didn't connect with any
skaters until it was too late. Tales
ensued of a local halfpipe, a pool
and tales from Texas of a Colorado
15' pipe. We pulled away looking at
two days off and a long drive to
Portland, Oregon.
PORTLAND, OR.
We trucked through Colorado,
Wyoming, Idaho (the long way) and
Oregon. Driving was pretty boring
Don, Bloomington, Ind.
Valentine's massacre or somethin'.
Once again I didn't bring my cam-
era, it just didn't feel right cruising
Disneyland-style through this place.
We played and lots of people
(non-skaters) were into breaking
bottles. Oh yea there was tons of
Indians and winos, all claiming to be
from Viet Nam, blind drunk.
SEATTLE, WA.
We arrived the day of the show to
do a record store/skateshop appear-
ance. After that it was off to the club
to play a show with Youth Brigade.
Lots of people (mucho skaters)
showed up and then the cops and
fire department showed and closed
the show one song into Youth
Brigade's set. We didn't get to play.
They shoulda had a bigger place for
all those people. We stayed that nite
at a house with a banked parking lot
that was too rough to skate and a
parking garage directly across the
street. We opted for the garage.
Being veterans of numerous gar-
ages on this trip and countless
others, me, Bam and Brian all took
big pushes looking for the fastest
line through the cement caverns.
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