WRASH
FREEBIES
Strange ramblings in the kingdom of
freestyle lately. Rodney Mullen has been
spotted sessioning near the CBS Building
in New York. Rumor has it that a TV show
called Doctor Fad will give Mr. Mutt some
sort of award. Equally strange are the tales
surrounding the Bones freestyle video.
which a) doesn't exist, b) is done, or c) isn't.
done. This epic production has approach-
ed the level of legend in the F-style com-
munity. Over three years in the making or
non-making? Does it exist or not?
Other skaters reportedly involved in a
much debated freestyle renaissance in-
clude: Stefan "Lillis" Akesson, Stephen
Harnish, Kevin Harris, Per Welinder, Per
Holknekt, Fabian Kravetz, Eric Sander-
son, Gunter Molokuys, Jean Marc
Vaissette, Christian Seewaldt, Yo-yo
Schulz, Shane Rouse, Steve Olson, Art
Gracey, Denny Riordan, Lynn Cooper,
Cris Dawson, David Hackett and Jim
McCall. Rumors tell of a certain pro sports
agent who is attempting to organize a pro
freestyle tour. Is freestyle rapidly ap-
proaching worldwide mass-medial
popularity? Is former world champ Bruce
Logan actually in training and awaiting the
Ade
Once again
spearheading
a freestyle
revival, Rodney
Mullen pulls a
Casper disaster
from the rubble.
proper moment to stage his
public comeback? What of
Ty Page, seen recently with
Peralta? Was Peralta not
busted in Echo Park by
Jerry Valdez as he was F-
styling for a large film crew,
which included cameraman Tony
Friedkin? Has Lonnie Toft really been
eight-wheel F-styling it at Ventura Center?
Can Doctor Rick Blackhart be serious
when he says ten-minute stationary nose
wheelies are back?
BITE THE BIG APPLE
While Glenn E. Friedman remains
solidly enterprised and unavailable for
comment, even lower deeds are being
done in the Big Apple. What was Chip
"Limpy" Morton doing backstage in a tux
at the Grammy's? His West 57th St. yellow
cab boneless at rush hour amazed even
the mounted police. Was Mr. Limp really
in town for the Atlantic Records party,
which included the dreaded Led Zep
reunion? Were underground artists Spain,
Tumbleweed and K.C. Jones not very
much in evidence there as well? Did Todd
Hastings gain entrance to the gig by
and
THAT Cher
THRASHE
We've HaD
DE WITH IN BUTT
DOS MMES PEU
AND BON
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FIRST
CLASS
SEATING
-HAVE A SEAT
LGERS, HALFASSaners
The time HAS Come To unleash our CENa
and FOR YOU TO EXPERIENCE this AS ASSAULT. We're WATch your
EVERY MOVE and Now You See ours. Call the police...
SEATBOARDING
IS NOT A CRIME
Interey SLIDER ler&LIZR
LIVE TO SLIDE
Imagine the
future.
dri
posing as Jason Bonham or was it the
other way around? Does not Hastings so
resemble young Bonham that even
Robert Plant and Jimmy Page can't tell
the difference? Fortunately Hastings'
appearance at the simultaneous Toronto
Skate Fest will legally absolve him from the
skate and destroy bill left at NY's Sheraton
Center Hotel. Worst of all, just who was
that lanky lensman observed in the Zep-
pelin Hospitality Room? Surely not Glenn.
E., rap maestro deluxe? Is it Def Jam Goes
Led Zep or mere delirium?
More realistic entertainment surround-
ed the end of Club Fenders in Long Beach.
The venue burned to the ground hours.
after several hundred prominent skate
types attended a gig including The Drunk
Injuns, Odd Man Out and a host of
Suicidals. Mo and Cab appeared distinct-
ly serene while the stalwart lads De Sost
demonstrated pride in action. Taters,.
Lance Mountain and the young white
bluesman went for the limit. Did Paul
Schmitt really sing French folk songs a
cappella in the men's room? Stranger than
the fire was the abandoned Odd Man/In-
juns tour bus that police later found hun-
dreds of feet from a world class architec-.
tural landmark which initiates know func-
tions as the studio of one of our sport's
most elite. Did the bands meet with foul
play or perhaps an errant Dodge truck
motor? Did they make the gig the next
night in San Francisco on time or are these
musical stalwarts wandering somewhere
on the underbelly of Los Angeles?
An anonymous threat to the upstanding skaters of
America.
RUMORS
Rumored to have erected a $20,000
ramp indoors in Toronto, Canada - Greg
Lowe.
Rumored to have lost his bass, had his
car impounded and received a severe fine
at a U.S. government checkpoint over two
seeds? Chris Goldsmith, manager of
Borracho y Loco.
Rumored to have been observed dining
in Santa Barbara with some other promi-
nent skate industrialists NHS' Richard
Novak.
Rumored to be the worst skate article
"Hot
ON BOARD
spike-heeled skinch shot ever- Vogue
Mag subscription card.
Rumored to have been watching at
Dogtown/V-Beach ramp session including
Dressen, Muir, Stranger and Murray-
Sylvester Stallone and Vanna White.
Rumored to have possible effects of
widespread proportions.
- an Ohio
Supreme Court decision which states
"Municipalities are immune from lawsuits
arising from accidents on city-owned
recreational areas used by the public free
of charge."
Rumored to be looking into public skate
parks as a result of the aforementioned
decision-Cleveland, Dayton, Berea and
in a "reputable news mag" -
Wheels" in Time Magazine.
Rumored to be the most ridiculous Cincinatti, Ohio.
Leather clad Cab clashes chords a la Elvis.
Rumored to be compiling a skate spot
info interchange Acworth, Georgia's
Mike Weaver.
Mike Smith won't sell out but he'll sell the shirt off
someone else's back.
hours late for a S.C. video shoot-Scott
Dietrich.
Rumored to have equated the act of
skateboarding with "Home Swimming
Rumored be somehow related (accor- Pools" and "Darvon" on the public's dread
ding to Dan Belyusar of Portland, Ohio)-list-Harper's Magazine.
The Vision shirt in the Poison video and
the Lance Mountain deck ridden onstage
at INXS concerts.
Rumored to have shorn his locks in
homage to Joe Lopes and in anticipation
of his upcoming Fillmore gig with Leon
Rumored worst anti-skate comic strip-Russel and Edgar Winter - Kevin
Wheeler Dealers.
Rumored to be heading south to live-
Sam Cunningham.
Rumored to be the latest wheel magnate
in disguise Jim Gray.
Rumored to have offended all of the cor-
rect types and rumored most likely to be
fitted for a short leash - Steve Rocco.
Rumored to be building a city half-pipe
(still) Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Rumored to be sending their parents to
Hawaii again this X-Mas Kevin and
Carla Staab.
Rumored to be true, skateboards
replace bikes
as the London
messengers
vehicle of choice
-according to
Matt the Mag-
got of the
psyco killer
band, the Taco
Slammers.
"Tumbleweed" Ancell.
Rumored to have fled the tent and to
have moved into an apartment int
downtown S.J.-Corey O'Brien.
Rumored to have broken off his stickshift
while downshifting from a record Upland
speed run-Jeff Grosso.
Rumored to have been
banned and physically
Grosso-he said he wanted to
be in Trash.
Rumored to be filming their own vid-
Steve Caballero and Lance Mountain.
Rumored to have been very upset when
certain illustrious skaters showed up five
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