SUAS/TEXAS
"Clamp your trap and work that camp"
Shut Up And Skate at the Skatepark of Houston
fueled blazing fun on the weakond of November
5th and 6th. What happened? Well..
in the amette Danny Way shredded a win with
moves like Caballerial to nose pick, 50-50 to
and stale tall sides. Dave Nielsen and Mike Con
roy pulled respective second and third as Nelson
tweaked high airs, take inverts and 540's
In the pronks, Jeff Phillips grabbed bear air
and commanded barke scross the long metal ap
Premiere pro Brian Pennington ripped with the con
fidence of a seasoned vet His unreal runs included
380 body-jars, frontside rock slides and channel
cle to tl that left the crowd stomping and
screaming Foreign-bred Hugh Boyle fashed in-
pressive control and body English with lofted airs.
hurricanes and fa-stretched layback Tony
Magnusson, dropping for speed from the turbo
channel roll-in, puiled out all the stops. He instantly
blasted skyward to line up the tallest airs of the con
Best Overhead stale fish and varial variations
ed it up as Magnusson ripped to the maximum
Tacas sons were clear-cut local favorites, but the
tonality of contestant oneringe conspired to inspire
everyone to shut up, go home & skat.
AUSTRALIA TORQUAY RAMP RIOT II
Oct. 29-30, 1988, Rip Curl Ramp - Torquay
Objective: To pit the best skaters from Australia and New
Zealand against a gang of touring pros from America,
on Aussie turf.
The Action: Approximately 30 skaters were
vying for a fair amount of bucks. This
wasn't going to be just a picnic in the park.
Five heals quickly broke the cut to 16
on the first day. The wind was definitely
a factor, making for a lot of deep landings
on high airs. After a press party hosted by
Rip Curl in their shop lounge, many of the
boys stayed tuned with a raucous mini-
ramp session in front of the shop. Lance,
Christ, Nash, Gonz and Grosso blazed into
the late eve. Grosso did just about
everything except pull his pants
down on a rock 'n roll. (Oh, wait,
he did that!)
Sunday's finals were of a caliber
that ranks with the best we've seen
all year. The Kiwis, Gregor Rankine
and Lee Ralph, were wrecking. Aussie
champ Tony Hallam was working. Sorgie
Ventura was flying Mike Crescini con-
quered. Nash and Grosso got ugly. The
Bones Brigade burned and the Hosoi air
show was in full effect. Then there was
Tony Hawk
SNA
Ramp Riot II
1. Tony Hawk
RESULTS
2. Christian Hosoi
$3,000
1,500
3. Steve Caballero
1,000
4. Lance Mountain
750
5. Jeff Grosso
500
6. Mike McGill
300
7. Mike Crescini
250
8. Eric Nash
200
9. Loo Ralph
75
10. Gregor Rankine
75
CD&E
SHUT UP AND SKATE
November 5-6, 1988
Houston, TX
SPONSORED AMS
1. Danny Way
2. Dave Nielsen
3. Mike Conroy
4. Jeff Hedges
5. Mike Crum
6. Bob Umble
7. Dave Herbert
8. John Fabriquer
PROS
1. Tony Magnusson
2. Brian Pennington
3. Jeff Phillips
4. Hugh Boyle
5. Mark Anthony
6. Nicky Guerrero
7. Henry Guitterez
8 Monty Nolder
Above: Anatomy of an indy air,
the Danny Way way Right: Tony
"Wanna See Me Go Real High
Magnusson, backside fakie ale
STREET
WEAR
Fast and fancy, Tony Hawk takes over down under
VSW Award-Highest Place Aussie
Tony Hallam
$500
540 Mag Highest Air Competition
1. Christian Hosoi
9½
$300
2. Tony Hawk
95
200
3. Sergie Ventura
7½
100
VISION
STREET
SNAKE
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