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DRASH
And from our twisted splendor file: Can it
be true that the long-awaited grudge match
from the late seventies is about to come
down? Yes, wretched excess fans, un-
founded rumor has it that Tracker Larry has
purchased seven racing go-karts. Ace
mechanic Frank Fahey is reported to be the
modification man. In a supposedly unrelated
incident it was revealed that Independent
men Fausto V and Mister E are in the pro-
cess of designing and building-what else
but-go-karts. The fabulous Fernando is
reputedly team wrench. In the ranks, rumors
relate of the gauntlet being tossed down from
GHOUL GRUEL
Meanwhile, in skate town, San Jose,
that's Steve Caballero in full Nikki Sixish
get-up and fellow homey Bob Denike en-
joying a costume-only Halloween bash at
Ray Stevens' pad. Contrary to popular
belief, Cab's new band Odd Man Out is not
a heavy metal crossover and Denike hasn't
lowered his VW Jetta, yet.
both sides. Let's all break out our 100%
polyester silver Skateboarder Magazine
jackets and get down to the motorway for
some winner-take-all grudge match racing!
But who's next? Will Jimmy "G-Dog"
Goodrich take a leave of absence from the
Highway Patrol to race for Gullwing? Will the
Ball Brothers represent Sure Grip on that
asphalt ribbon to Utopia? Will Magic Sam
come back from the great beyond to cham-
pion the Chicago cause? What about Brian
Ware and the team Thunder challenge? Will
Fat Mac and Dick Vak race for Road Rider?
More vicious innuendos: Is it true Gonz
is purchasing a house? Does he really test
ride each home real estate agents show him?
Has Bill Danforth moved up to R&D team
head at G & S?
Is Powell design unit man Nick Dinapoli
designing a record-breaking skate car? Will
Henry Hester break out the white whale as
rumored? Will Sam Puccio return from the
docks to defend his mark?
And from the depths of depravity: Eric
Dressen swears he saw evangelist Jim Bak-
ker and his wife Tammy getting off a plane
with their thirteen year-old son. The son was
carrying a Hawk deck. Perhaps this is the
proof regarding those allegedly demonic
graphics we've been looking for. Please
address all correspondence to Box 666.
Did BK go down to get a new tattoo the
other day? Did Mo go along just for the ride?
Did Fo just mysteriously appear with a new
chest-size tat? Was not a certain tattooed
American Indian seen doing the Ghost
Dance Buffalo ceremony high on a mountain
top? Was he in the company of a prominent
young off-white bluesman?
Was ace skate-lens man Warren Bolster
recently married? Did he honeymoon in the
Philippines with his new bride? Does Warren
have a perfect World War II vintage concrete
playground staked out in the Philippine
jungle? Do better-than-Hawaiian waves
break directly in front? Is this the same spot
pioneered by innumerable yank sailors,
including Everready Eddie Craig?
Is Brian Ridgeway organizing a certain
skate team's tours to such suspicious spots
as Las Vegas, Atlantic City and Reno? Does
Ridge love to put his money on the line?
Does not Larry Balma's cousin own a
casino?
And further Gonz rumors: Was Mr. G's
collarbone broken following a high-speed air-
port security check skate session? Did Mark
ollie over the metal detector?
Have movers from companies X and Y
been holding secret meetings lately and in-
cluding very top riders from team 2? Does
the X factor sound like Santa Claus, but not
quite? Does only Rocco know the truth?
LIP PLANT
AK
To all the young dudessa's who have
been begging for his address and phone
number. sorry, not available. Here is
photographic proof, though, that the Hawk
man is quite the stud. After winning this
year's Saint Louis NSA ramp event, Tony
swept trophy girl, Judy Coombs, off her feet
with a lip plant.
Does he now run the industry?
Are John Hutson and Mike Goldman not-
so-secretly training in the hills behind
Capitola? Will Bob Skoldberg campaign a
Rusty Preisendorfer downhill skate team?
Are such skaters as Chris Miller, Ray
Bones, Chris Borst and Lee Kennedy
suddenly much-desired commodities in the
surfing industry? Is it because these skaters
can get airborne at will in the water? Could
a pro skater turn pro surfer and gain the
gold? One thing's for certain, it definitely
wouldn't work the other way around.
Is that one man industrialist John Lucero
doing graphics and design work for David
Lee Roth's new effort?
Is Kid Knee, the infamous skate-type,
dumping 70 grand into a failing surf mag?
Is this a desperate play to prove he can be
a business factor in the white man's world?
Was not his plywood skatepark a better plan?
from the ocean to the valley of the sun only
Did Skipperboy, Natas and K.T. travel
to find that it was permanent low tide con-
ditions at Big Surf? Will Engblom train boxers
in the Phoenix environs?
Fran Zine by Mike Taylor is the most
emulated zine around these days. Following
issue two, unrelated pros have copied Fran
graphics.
FURTHER RUMORS
A Quicksilver 90 is said to be on exhibit at
the Smithsonian National Museum of
American History
The ever-reclusive Tom Sims is reportedly
thinking of writing a book chronicling his
obtuse life and times. Word has it he willi
prequel it in a prominent slicko publication.
The Charleston Municipal Pool is the
rumored site of a proposed big money East
Coast contest. The rumored event would be
sponsored by a prominent East Coast
clothing manu and occasional wooden car
collector. The Chas Pool has got 35-year-old
cured crete and is occasionally home to such
epic individuals as Hank Beiring and Blaize
Blouin. If the ruins of the pool can be legally
accessed, watch for a possible East Coast
sweep.
Sergie Ventura has been the topic of
discussion in VA Beach circles lately. His
aggro aerials are the standard of
comparison.
Allen Midgett, Marcus Wilcox, Jeff
Thompson, Bob Umble, Jim Noonan and
Reese Simpson are all said to be on fire.
Several are fabled to be on the Coast for the
so-very-hard-to-pin-down NSA Finals (if and
where they are?).
Derek Krosaukas of Chesapeake Ramp
fame is reported to be considering attending
dental school. Would D.K. be the kind of
dentist you'd entrust your teeth to?
Will those Radioactive Glowing Limpy's be
the next true skate fashion to break out?
Rumor has it that McGill, Bowers and the
Skate Rags types are helping Chip Morton
get "organized." Hmmm...sounds like.
another McGill plan? Meanwhile, just to keep
himself honest, McGill pulled off 15 McTwists
at Lance Mountain's latest ramp for the
filming of Gleaming the Cube. Try that in at
single session sometime. Mountain is
reportedly going steel in his ramp plans. PS.
Mike Mcsurvived the head shot by the
motorcycle.
GOING FOR THE GOLD
SKATE JOLLITY IN AN ENGLISH PUB
You cannot be serious! A ramp in a "ye
olde" pub? A bloody ridiculous suggestion
it surely is. But no! It did happen.
As Eric Dressen would tell you, the
people in Bristol, U.K., enjoy the odd beer"
and a damned good skate. It seemed logical
that the two would eventually be combined
and it took a skate-crazy owner of a well-
used downtown pub, the Fleece and Firkin,
to do it. He paid for a small ramp for an eve-
ning, and local skaters supplied various
snappy videos and some disgustingly
abrasive music.
The under 18's were smuggled in so as
not to offend the local cops. Bewildered
regular drinkers at the pub stared slack
jawed at the ramp antics whilst grumbling
at the less than subtle sounds we had sup-
plied. By mid-evening these types had
finished up their pints and staggered out
with bemused expressions on their faces.
Now we had the joint to ourselves and the
barrage of skate action was getting hotter
and higher. Suddenly there was a SMASH!
Tinkle! tinkle! A rougue skateboard had
careened into three bottles of 10 year-old
malt whiskey. WHOOPS!
Things kept rocking until 10:30 p.m.
when, due to our dumb ass drinking laws,
the establishment had to close its heavy oak
doors. Talk about stifling creativity! Just as
Is not G.S.D. hanging a lot in Seattle.
lately? Could the reason be a girl? Are a
certain company's phone bills on the rise?
Or is Davis merely addicted to the two-foot
high, hundred foot-long perfect curve down
at the Kingdome?
ON ARD
Skate muties Hacken Bush and Chaos of Chaos
U.K. tip a few between runs.
well, really, as various older skaters had
perhaps had one too many pints of frothy
warm beer and were convinced that
McTwists were "Naw probem, matey!"
Most folk had enjoyed a good night-no
one went over the top with their booze intake
and there was only one minor slam. Skaters
were already excitedly chatting about
planning a second event. Hacken Bush
RAMP UPS AND DOWNS
Dougi Bolles reports from Twin Falls, or
Wallace (he's not sure exactly which he lives
in), Idaho, that the town dads have closed.
off the downtown area to skating. But then,
out of nowhere, Twin Falls decides to throw
Is former Haut wood man Mr. XX joining up a 20-foot long by 10-foot transitioned half-
forces with Santa Cruz?
pipe for the masses. ►
Roger Hickey and the boys got nothin' on
Duncan Kennedy. Duncan (shown here
backsliding on vertical at a speed of some
84 miles per) is a member of the U.S.
Olympic Luge team and is training in
Calgary, Canada, for the '88 Games.
Duncan is an avid skater and his luge record
places him 9th at the '87 World's and 14 in
total World Cup points for '87-highest
among the US men. Duncan designs and
builds sleds and runners for other racers as
well. Good luck Duncan, we'll be rootin
Right: Duncan Kennedy, slip sliding at 80+.
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