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JULY 1989
HELL OF A PARADISE .....
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THE DROP-IN EVENT FOR THE 1989 NSA CALENDAR AND ITS NEW
LEADERSHIP STARTS OFF ON THE MINI-RAMP IN HONOLULU'S
BLAISDELL ARENA.
101: THE KING'S HIGHWAY
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SKATING THE "EL ROLLING ALONG THE MISSION TRAIL. THE
LONGEST STREET IN CALIFORNIA PROVIDES A GOOD CROSS
SECTION OF LIFE ON THE WESTERN EDGE.
NOT THE TYPE.
55
WHO SAYS SKATERS ARE JUST REBELLIOUS YOUNG PUNKS WITH TOO
MUCH ADRENALIN? HERE ARE THREE RIPPERS WHO BREAK THE
MOLD OF THE STEREOTYPICAL ROLLER TYPES.
SKATETOWN: SAN FRANCISCO....60
BRYCE KANIGHTS TALKS TO THE CITY BOYS ABOUT HILLS, CURBS
AND DRIVEWAYS AND REVEALS THE FOUNDATION OF THE SAN
FRANCISCO SCENE.
KICK TALES
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FOUR FLIPPED-OUT FABLES FROM THE TWISTED PSYCHES OF OUR
SCRAWLING PAVEMENT-BRAINED READERS...A SPILL ON A HILL, AN
AIR AND A THRILL, AN ANGRY CHILD AND A RAMP IN THE WILD.
GUMBY
.76
THE ORIGINAL CONTORTION MASTER AND HIS MAKER ART CLOKEY
ARE BUSY WORKING ON SOME NEW TWISTED MANEUVERS FOR A
FULL-LENGTH FEATURE FILM.
WRECKING CREW.......
82
THESE HARDCORE HARD HITTERS FROM BOSTON ARE LEVELING
HOUSES EVERYWHERE WITH THEIR FRESH AND FEROCIOUS SOUND.
MIKE GITTER PICKS THEIR BRAINS.
DEPARTMENTS
MAIL DROP
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ASK THE DOCTOR
33
RANT 'N' REEL..... 92
STEP BY STEP.
95
RAMP PAGE
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IGOR'S.
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PRODUCT PATROL.. .99
TRASH/ON BOARD... 122
NOTES..
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SOMETHIN' ELSE.....127
COVER
Ron Allen, dusky frontside railslide at Oakland Tech. Photo by Bryce Kanights.
CONTENTS
Mark Partain picks at the cross, Ventura, CA. Photo by Kevin J. Thatcher.