Above: See the bi-plane fly over the fairgrounds, over a
miniature Statue of Liberty. Holy-Heck!, there's people out
on the wings of the bi-plane.
Right: Lester Kasai proves that he is definitely a candidate
for highest air with a skateboard' if there was such a
category in the Guiness Book of World Records.
Below: Neil Blender dukes a hard right boffo in this
dramatically staged stunt.
Opposite Page: Mr. Reategul looks mighty clean in this
straight-armed upside-downer.
for pictures with a pack of girls with pom-
poms. We then dork-danced to a cool coun-
try western band, Rivers of Steel, who were
railroad conductors and engineers for
Southern Pacific Railway. We dorked so
hard the singer couldn't sing for laughing.
Spidey was mysteriously missing, Lance
flew home after getting booted the night
before, Phillips was still sick and Gator.
stood around with a brace that looked like
a corset.
Christian blazed real hard then got
some pretty girls to give him a ride to the
airport. Magnussen and Lester were hav-
ing an airwar, with Lester playing the
Samurai Warrior and Tony wearing
warpaint.
Tony Alva was ripping his familiar style
and Paul Schmitt took a couple good runs.
Neil Blender and Kendall were seen in the
rocket plant position. Captivating a lot of
attention were Chris Miller's bio-stylish surf-
airs and Adrian Demain's ever advancing
precision runs. Steadham covered some
maximum distances with his backside airs
in contrast to Caballero's hang-time on
each and every type of air trick he did. He
must have the bones of a seagull. Danforth
just looks downright mean, as if at any mo-
ment he's gonna say, "What'd you say
about my mother!?!" Ramp constructors,
Tim Payne and Rodney Paul were having
some close calls on their doubles attempts,
the kind where you close your eyes and go,
Above: It was girls like these who made the stay in St. Louis
a little more pleasurable. Below: Eddie shows the kind of
friends you can make with some good skating.