ON BOARD
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COMING EVENTS
NATIONAL
SKATEBOARD ASSOCIATION
1985 SERIES OF EVENTS
April 5 & 6
DEL MAR SKATERANCH
Amateur Invitational/Pro
Pool, Freestyle
July 12, 13 & 14
VANCOUVER B.C. CANADA
Pro/Amateur Open
Both of these contests are part of the
NSA Western Edge Series" coming up
this Summer. At this point it looks like four
more events will be added to the calendar..
Two will be on ramps, one at Upland and
the finale at Del Mar. For more details write
the NSA: P.O. Box 1325 Upland, CA
91786 (714) 981-6014
April
NORTH AMERICAN
SNOWBOARDING CHAMPIONSHIPS
$10,000 in prize money
To be held at Sunshine Village Ski Resort,
Calgary, Canada
CONTACT: The Sno Board Shop
for further information. (403) 286-7347
May 4-5
SACRAMENTO STREETSTYLE
Invitational Pro/Am
For info, call (916) 971-4020
PROPOSED 1985 CASL SCHEDULE
March 16
April 20
June 1
July 27
August 17
September 21
October 19
November 2
Pipeline, Upland
Full-Pipe Bowl
Bank Slalom
Covina Park
Freestyle
Del Mar Skate Ranch
Key Hole
Tight Slalom
Ramp
Information at
Later Date
Montrose
Freestyle
Cross Country
Venice Beach
Freestyle
Tight Slalom
Del Mar Skate Ranch
Banked Streetstyle
Banked Slalom
Pipeline, Upland
Combi-Pool
Tight Slalom
THE CAUSE
This is a really cool poem written for the
3rd issue of True Devotion skate rag....
Skaters unite in freedom of choice-
We ride with no question, we are one voice
Tales of devotion, solid and true
Answering to no one, your board and you
Skating for reality in this screwed up place
Dealing with mindless clones of our race
Heod your call, you know it's right
You have a cause, stand up and fight
The parks are gone, ramps torn down
Victims of society must make more sound
Slander not, but speak your mind
You gotta skate, you gotta grind
Join us in our individual crusade
The truly devoted will make the grade
Bonnie
Richmond, VA
WUMPH!
"HUH?"
Skate hot, but be cool."
-T.J. Whinnery
Dallas, Texas
"We live amid surfaces and the true art of
life is to skate well on them."
claimed to be Ralph Waldo
Emerson, submitted by
Thomas Stolmar, S.F., CA
"He switched his roof
Tommy Guerrero
after watching Billy Ruff
do a switcheroo at Boys Club
Is there a contest happening or
somethin
-Various voices upon seeing
Molo scrambling for some
sequential action at Del Mar
a few Saturdays ago.
Scott Foss, never left, Andrecht toe flapper.
WE WON'T SAY THEY'RE BACK, DEPT.
Working out with the crow in Caballero's
backyard the other weekend, Scott Foss,
flashing some brilliance of the upside down
nature. Foss, who surfaced alongside Cab
as a norcal terror at the height of the Hester
series in 79, keeps busy these days on the
streets and waves and holds a job in San
Jose.
Spotted up in Lake Tahoe during the
Sierra Snowboarding Championships,
Doug DeMontmorency, another skate
stand out from a few years back. Doug's
had some times over the years and is now
back on the roll and into the snow...board-
ing, mind you!
SKARTISTS
Talking crime with no punish-
ment... What pair of prominent Malibu
skate types have taken to the clandestine
execution of unauthorized high art murals
upon some of Los Angeles' most public
walls? These massive paintings are
reportedly created under the cones of
darkness and there is allegedly a future
skate subject slated for a particularly
bustable public wall. The two skaters in
question are reportedly operating under
the street names of Splash 'n Fling, Bill
them as applicators of liquid colors.
QUESTIONABLE
Strange but possibly true...Is Lance
Mountain taking LaMaze deep breathing
lessons?
is Christian Hosol going solo?
is Eric Gordon skating into contention for
a G & S management spot?
Is it true that Paul Schmitt found an
oceanfront apartment in posh Newport
Beach for only one hundred and twenty
five bucks a month?
SHOWTIME SHOWDOWNS
AS ON BOARD
Can it really be true? Just what was the
lovely Tracker Peggy whispering into the
ear of Independent man Big Eric at the
Action Sports Retailer Trade Show
exhibitors party? Bystanders such as T.A.
and Disco Brad Dorfman are keeping
strangely silent. Even weirder was the
luncheon several of our ace informants
witnessed between the prime movers of
two prominent skate publications at the
same show-one can only wonder with all
this overt chumminess between com-
petitors can a skate manufacturers softball
league be far behind, how about lawn
bowling? Tennis anyone?
Also seen carnivorously cruising the
Act/Sport party was the ever popular Fats
Macintyre who recently re-entered Santa
Cruzian civilization after a prolonged loss
of mental clarity when Big Mac, of all
things, mistakenly assumed the identity of
a used car salesman,
Also noteworthy at the big show was the
abundance of skate vendors making the
rolling activity very visible. In other words
after a couple of more shows like this
watch for bikini clad skate wenches
hawking their assorted roller wares from
crushed velvet pedestals. The standout
skate booth of the event was one put
together by an infamous cheap-out which
featured a full line of disgustingly executed
rip off graphics of all the established
company logos. These blatantly sleazoid
offerings came in the "latest" colors and
featured trucks, wheels and laminated
decks which definitely were the pride of
Taiwan.
Very much on the scene were the
Jimmy'z crew led by illustrious henchmen
such as David Hackett, Jim Ganzer, Sep
Donahowers and Roy of Skate Beach
Cabana Fame. Also in close proximity was
the famed mysto-man himself Mr. Skip
Engblom. Rumors were circulating as to
Just what this group was actually up to." In
fact some malicious miscreants were so
anxious to find out that they broke and
entered Hackett's truck searching for
clues. D.H. of course kept them dry as he
was only storing a stash of paint rags in the
cab of his truck.
SANTA BARBS
Meanwhile back at the ranch...when we
last left Parnelli Powell he and Father
Bones had just totalled D.D.M.'s much
renowned 914-6 Porsche up in the hills
while scouting video locations. Now the
story goes that a certain skate engineer is
rebuilding a slightly hotter version of said
car for yet another rapid transit assault on
the legendary killer curve. Powell-Peralta
sales person Todd Hastings steadfastly
denied these rumors although he did admit
that George recently did install a full race
IF CAUGHT SKATING
SKATEBOARD THE NEIGHBORS POOL
ETIQUETTES
QUIZ#1
CRACK
You SHOULD ANSWER...
(PUNK
A
SMS
SMITH IT WON'T Happe
AGAIN, PLEASE DON'T TELL MY DAD
ILL HOW YOUR LAWN FOR TWO
MONTHS
cam in the balanced and blueprinted mill of
the official factory Chevy station wagon.
Even more silent on these matters is
Stacy Peralta. Perhaps his recent T.V.
O.D. has rendered him temporarily mute.
More likely it's his Hollywood workload with
appearances coming on T.V.'s Remington
Steele among others. We did notice
Peralta being busted for skating inside the
Long Beach arena at a recent trade show
so perhaps the effects of that white chunky
tuna are wearing off.
STARTRACKS
Hollywood gigs are in vogue this season
apparently. Following Speilberg/Smeltzer
and Wellnders lead D. David Morin,
OR
A#2
g
SHIT GET OFF MY BACK OR 14
LISTEN YOU FAT OLD PISCE OP
KILL YOUR DOG AND PISS IN
CLARKTON
onetime Krypto rep and the editor of some
mag whose name we all forget, is being
slotted as 1) The thief on an American
Express commercial, 2) a Japanese
Marlboro Man and 3) a basketball-playing
yuppie who grooves on the common man's
beer. Not to be outdone the real Tom
Sims, (yes, there really is one), "just
returned from doubling for James Bond in
Europe. Sims (who we all know actually
returned to the U.S.A. about three months
ago), snowboard stunted his way through-
out the continent's finest slopes. Tom
naturally insists he returned to the civiliza-
tion of his Santa Barbara treehouse just
yesterday. Is it possible that Mr. T. is
scamming some extra location Eurodol-
lars?
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