WRASH
Trashman Lowboy and another trophy catch
from Cadillac Creek.
VARIOUS AIR
Word has it that Mr. Ivan has edited the
long awaited Christ video down to 20 hours
of primo classic original stuff. No word yet
as to the final release date or length.
Mark Gonzales has turned architect and
is drawing up plans for Louis B. Dorfman's
newest house.
Beau "Come on let's get behind these
guys" Brown is now fully recovered from his
grueling gauntlet run in Toronto where a few
fans and NSA competitors offered full
physical therapy and stylistic critiques.
Rumor now states that Brown has an agent
and is negotiating an appearance on the
David Letterman Show. Beau also married
recently, which may explain any unusual
behavior on his part...
QUESTIONABLES
Has Chet Thomas' appearance in an up-
coming McDonald's commerical led to the
nickname "Burger Boy"?
Have the motel owners of America issued
an all-points bulletin following Wilkes and
Groholski's leg of the Skate Rags tour?
Is the ever-so-mysterious Bones Brigade
mobile tour ramp actually parked in a secret
aircraft hanger just outside Amarillo, Texas?
Were there more people in the bathroom
in Savannah than in the arena at the NSA
Toronto event? Does Sonia Catalano make
questions like this up to test skaters mathe-
matical abilities? Does Brian Ridgeway have
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all the answers? Was he not seen wearing
a tuxedo at a wedding in Huntington, West
Virginia?
Was not the head of a highly visible skate
division allegedly issued a legal cease and
desist order by his corporate associate?
Did Lord James Ganzer actually take his
entire Z art department to Hawaii on al
research junket? Was Vince Klyne behind
this astonishing corporate field trip? Were
Hackett, Johnny Ray, Lance, Wolfe and
Jimmy Z actually constructing a skate ramp
on a Sandwich Isle volcano?
Is Natas actually leading
wine appreciation tours in
France?
Are Jay Adams and Chris
Cook the most in demand
demo duo? Did Jay Boy ac-
tually arrive at a Miller's Out-
post demo with his head.
shaved and his cranial zipper
tattoo clearly visible? Did
Cook and Adams stay an hour.
and a half after the demo signing
autographs?
Is the father of the windskate, Jamie
Budge, the 40-year-old business suit-type,
seen skimboarding in a national TV spot? Or
is it skooter king "Manic Mort" Helig?
Did congressionally investigated Fawn
"Shredder" Hall actually state on national
TV that "Skateboarding is not a fad, it's at
Skater, architect,
artist, Mark Gonzales,
showing his colors.
VISION
serious sport."?
Is Knee Gasket man Ray Underhill now
so financially flush that he bought a new
washer and dryer on his way to the airport
for a European skate tour?
Is artist Ms. Squid "O" actually making
Adirondack style chairs out of skateboards?
THE SISTERS OF MERCY
HRAS
Session man
Joel Gomez is so
fired up for the
snowboarding
season that he
applied an early coat
of sunblock in
anticipation.
Artist Scott Dunham claims to
have never touched a skate,
but this 8% lampworked
wine glass doesn't give it
away. Supposedly Scott
actually sold this piece at a
chi-chi art gallery.
Are Herbie Fletcher and Jonathan
Paskowitz fronting the Astrodeck-goes-
skating transformation? Was not Christian
Fletcher observed doing some mean rock
walks and rock 'n' roll slides with Alan
"Catalina Classic" Seymour at Cottons
Point recently?
Did Ed Riggins unmask a Rob Roskopp
imposter at a Harley Davidson run sporting
over 5,000 bikes? Is this what Time magazine
does to the life of a normal man?
Is Hawaiian pool mania now at an all-time
high? Is Chris Owens now the tropical pool
man? No pads, no shirt, no B.S.
Is ex-Skateboarder Mag editor Warren
Bolster writing a book about an unexplored
mid-Pacific paradise? Is he a staff columnist
now for the prestigious Honolulu Advertiser?
Is former world champion surfer turned
politician Fred Hemmings now advocating
drug tests for professional surfing athletes?
Is Hemmings a shoe-in for either gover-
nor or senator of Hawaii? Has Fred
duplicated Rory Russell's old
ramp so his kids can skate?
Is Mike Vallely actually
related to Pocahantas, the
legendary Indian of Puritan
times? Is THRASHER artist
Ken Jones actually related to
Miles Standish, the legendary
Puritan leader? Does this mean
that Vallely and Jones are related to
one another? Is Robert Williams ac-
tually on Easter Island delivering the
ashes of a dead friend?
Was Salba hassled for devil worship by
security agents in the Chicago airport? Was
the basis of this harassment a few well-
placed stickers?
Did Christian and Salba start a rumor that
Gary Arlington, comic book czar, sits in the chaos of
the S.F. Comic Book Co. Gary was the seminal force
In unifying and publishing underground comics in the
60s and 70s. Skate by his 23rd and Mission St. store
in S.F., CA, and pick up the latest THRASHER comic.
Hosoi slammed so hard spinal fluid was
coming out of his nose? Is this rumor now.
running through Eastern Europe and
Australia, where it is regarded as truth?
ON BOARD
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Gibson) was unprintable, but Dan Wilkes and Craig Johnson are missing.
Originally, this message from the Texans (L to R: Todd Prince, Jeff Phillips, Ken Fillion and John
exist? Was Hayes busted for skateboarding
in a town which had no written prohibition
of the act?
Has Jeff Phillips shed some prior com-
mercial affiliations as rumored? Is J.P. going
to do a skate venture with a prominent
clothing company?
Is John Grigley now the hot prime time
designer? Is Swatch trying to sign him to do
timepieces? Will Grigley move to New York
to do the lounge lizard designer deal?
Is the ever-healing Joe Lopes now official
dispenser of Rector gear as rumored? Is
Lopes now driving around the country in a
new Toyota van sponsored by guess who?
No word from Joe-at last report he had
chicken pox.
Was the recently bulldozed San Luis pool
sent off to oblivion by the likes of Duane
Peters, Salba, Spidey, Grosso, Staab and
Mr. L.?
When Brad Dorfman surfaced backstage
at the Poison gig at the L.A. Forum, was he
there as a fan or as a sponsor?
Did Grosso demonstrate the mind over
flesh broken glass dance technique only to
wind up later bleeding in the hospital? Was
Jeff trying to impress a girl or is he really into
magic? Was Grosso kidding when he ac-
cepted Stacy Peralta's award at a banquet?
Are they really half-brothers?
Is Mark Richards, one time maker of
skateboards in the 60s, trying to buy the
Santa Cruz trailer ramp because he loves the
transitions so much?
Are towns like Huntington Woods,
Michigan, and Montague, Massachusetts,
actually seeking skater input?
Did the arrest of Scott M. Hayes in
Johnson City, NY, spark a major controversy?
Can you be arrested for a crime that doesn't
Was not the Fabulous Skipper Boy seen
on international TV at the final Lakers-Pistons
championship game standing courtside
wearing a top hat? Was his diamond earr-
ing also visible? Did Jack Nicholson have.
on Ganzer's personal shirt?
QUOTABLE QUOTES
"I'm a man for the 90s."
Ray Underhill
"The Bordeaux is good this year."
Natas
"I've been beat up by better people than
you."
Duane Peters (after disarming an
angry party host in Louisville)
"I wasn't there."
Per Welinder and Ken McGuire (in unison)
With harrassment on the rise, cities have found
new uses for old road signs.
RAMP
CLOSED
HAZARDOUS AREA
NO TRESPASSING