1982
Character in residence at every
contest, Mike Smith hurties himself
around the Skate City keyhole as a
participant in the Rusty Harris
Series, 1982.
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Christian Hosol bounds off of a launch ramp;
THRASHER streetstyle 1983. Photo: C.R. Stocyk
Tall tales from Texas included this
spillway death run at the Ammo pipe.
Tony Alva and Duane Peters take
the plunge.
IT STAND
Thumping his Rick at the Tool and Die skate rock
show, scoundrel, Tony Alva.
Certainly one of, if not the, largest backyard struc
tures ever built for skating, the Great Desert ramp
in Palmdale hosted the first major backyard pro
event
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Quote: "Somebody had to do "-D.
David Morin answering Lowboy's point-1
ed question, "Why'd you kill the sport?"
Action Now is dead, skateboarding
goes underground.
Skatographer Rusty Harris is eulogized
with a summer series of park events.
Micke Alba wins $150.00 for first place
at the Upland opener
Caballero lets his dog Pee Wee stand
in during part of his interview sessions!
and calmly takes another thou at
Pamona park pro event
Stacy Porata sums up his mid-life crisis,
torn between a skate and a desk. Skat-
ing wins
Euro-skaters make their everpresence
known via hot ramp developments.
Apple skatepark is long gone but has
been replaced by numerous ramp struc-
tures. One, the Cherry Lane ramp is
constructed by Apple local Rob Ros-
kopp.
GSD (Gary Scott Davis) sends à mes-
sage from the Midwest.
Backyard contests at the Summit ramp
are the rage for San Joseans and all
are welcome.
Jay Adams is still shredding waves and
walls.
Whiter and Paramount continue the
Harris Pro/Am schedule while Varflex
goes back to Kona with a big pro con-
tingency attending.
The summer of 82 comes to a close
with Tony Hawk winning pool and Rod-
Iney no. 1 in freestyle. Billy Rut takes
the overall. Freestyle is raging while
"Stop skate harassment" is the cry the Swedish Summer camp is declared
heard across the land.
a big success with Caballero. McGil
and Mullen attending.
McGill wins a chilly off-season pro vert
contest at Upland. Brien Martin takes
the bankod slalom
Cab and McGill christen a new parkin
Livingston, Scotland. While Japan, Ger-
many France, Italy, and even the Soviet
Union report growing skate scenes.
Hutson takes Capitola again.
Snowboarding, already raging for the
past few years, really comes to life with
simultaneous Wintertime skate so-
sions happening at Chantry's Mile High
Hosoi debuts a bomb drop off of the
moof of Caballero's house into the ramp,
which, along with the Lopes family.
ramp, are hosting a lot of sessioning.
1983|
Skate City Whittier holds a classic with
a strong turn-out. Neil and Rodney take
respective divisions in pro. Chris Miller
(pool) and Keith Butterfield (free) take
am honors.
Skate Rock rears its ugly head, im
maciately some bands claim they are
not skate rock. Those who are include
Faction, Big Boys, JFA and Die
Kreuzen
Parker Webb's plywood bowl blows
minds
The Great Desert Ramp battle, a first
for backyard skating, comes off bo-
twoan showers at the massive Palm
dale ramp. Cab takes it
Whittier bites the dust.
Tony Hawk top notches everyone to win
the pool at the Del Mar Spring Nation-
als. Wolinder shocks everyone by beat
ing Rodney in pro free
East Coast begins to thaw-out as many
skaters make plans to visit California.
A San Francisco Streetstyle contest
brought to you from the minds at
THRASHER and held in Golden Gate
Park debuts a new type of "fun" contest
format with banks and curbs
THRASHER continues to break ground
with another backyard pro event and a
new format: Joe's Ramp Jam Cab rips
McGill for the check.
San Jose is a perfect example of the
varied skating happening throughout
the land
Again it's Caballero at the Summer
World Series opener in Upland, the in-
augural event for Frank Hawk's National
Skateboard Association,
Newtron, Gibson and Johnson embark
on an East Coast swing from Florida to
NYC and back again. THRASHER tags
along
The NSA Summer Series wraps up with
contests at Oceanside (freestyle) and
Del Mar, Tony is no. 1, Rodney retires.
Eurocana again hosts the annual Swed-
ish summer camp. Bily Ruff, Neil
Blender, Rodnay Mullen and Martin
Sweaney act as trainers in residence.
Traveling pros shake up the heartland
with a Midwest Melee in Lincoln, Ne
braska
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