SAN DIEGO
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Skating wise it's different now. I
think it's more of a united scene. At
one time the southern guys didn't
hang out so much with the northern
guys. Even after all the southern San
Diego parks closed there was kind
of a divide; those people skated
Imperial ditch and a few ramps that
were scattered throughout the south.
All the other people continued to
skate Del Mar, even some people
who had skated Oasis and some of
the south parks. In about 1983-84
everybody started skating Del Mar
and people started getting really into
it. The guys from down south started
coming up and some of the guys
from up north started skating down
there more. That's what really united
the whole scene. Skating was so
mellow at that time. It seems like
there were about twenty people
skating in all of San Diego at that
time. A lot of skaters also moved out
here around that time and started
working for Tracker and Gullwing.
Transworld, etc. G&S got back into
the scene. These companies started
sponsoring riders again.
San Diego is growing really fast
and I think a lot of the scene revolves
around the environment. It's a real-
ly comfortable place to live, the
weather is really good, the at
mosphere's really nice, the moun-
tains are close to the ocean. Unfor
tunately the whole world can't be like
San Diego. San Diego's probably
one of the nicest places to live
whether you're a skater or not. I think
you'll see a lot more of the hot kids
come out of San Diego because the
scene's so strong. When Del Mar
closed, a whole new group of kids
started skating vertical and building
their own ramps.
TONY HAWK
We've got land, we've got ramps
there's no reason to ever leave. I'm
not talking about street shit, I'm talk
ing about vert and mini-ramp action.
Right now, after coming back from
knee surgery, I'm just stoked to be
skating. If Danny Way wins the whole
series this year, I'm just stoked to be
skating.
Living in San Diego county is
reclusive. I've got my own ramps, I
hang out there and not too many
people come over because they
know that it's hard to have your own
ramp. I let them, but they know how
hard it is to have a ramp.
The happening guy is Danny Way.
Josh Nelson is going to be a threat
on the mini ramps. Wait till you see
him. I've been checking out Mario,
I've been checking out Alphonso. I
don't hang out at Mike's park, but I
know all about it.
There's really no reason to leave
San Diego. The only reason to go in
land is to build ramps. The surf is
hot now. I'm getting a plaster pool
put in. They're going to keep it emp
ty for a while. It'll have good transi-
tions. Anthony Pools is building it.
MIKE MCGILL
Some of the rippers to look for in
my opinion are: Alfonso Rawles, Matt
Goldsby, another ripper 11 years old
is Brian Duvorak, Jordan Richter,
to skate real stuff. They just relayered
McGill's skatepark recently. It's
happening. I skate there, Linda Vista
and Fallbrook.
There's no reason to leave here;
it's the best. It's mellow. You've got
places to rage, Tijuana is right there,
good cheap girls. They're really into
it because I have long hair. There's
so much stuff to skate right now and
every ramp is good. It's not like we
only have one shitty little ramp to
skate. Three of the ramps are built
by Tim Payne and one is built by
Rob-O. They're all perfect. It's great.
Fucke
Mark Hostetter, frontside fracas out of county at the Elsinore pool.
Derrick, Jason Rodgers. So many
people were spoiled with the park be-
ing there, then it closed and people
started building ramps. Skaters took
to the streets, and cities started to
get involved on good and bad levels
The main reason for my park was
that skaters would always say they
couldn't skate the same ramps that
I could skate. I wanted a spot where
everyone could skate.
San Diego rules, that's all I can
say. West of I-5 is the life. The surf
ing scene is hot. There are good
waves in San Diego. Black's Beach
in La Jolla is cool. I surf before school
and then I go skate after. San Diego
has Danny Way and that's all that
matters because nobody is going to
beat him next year
The weather is nice in San Diego.
A lot of people have no conception
of the humidity on the east coast
during the summer. The curbs and
benches are poured and designed
differently. There are so many places
to skate, the variety keeps skaters in
terested in going forward. Most of the
best guys don't live by the beach, so
they skate more. You can surf, snow
board and skate all in the same day.
The only way for people to have
more places to skate is to go out and
do something and make it happen.
I don't think that skateparks are the
answer to keeping skating alive, but
if kids and cities start creating skate
facilities, it will at least provide a
guaranteed place to skate.
JOHN SCHULTES
There are plenty of ramps in San
Diego. When Del Mar closed it was
hard for me because I had to learn
MARIO RUBALCABA, MARC
HOSTETTER, BUDDY CARR
Marc: It's a circus down here.
Mario: Most kids around here now
are a lot more competitive and they
just want to skate and show off to
you. It seems like they don't take the
time to learn normal basic stuff first.
Marc: The kids on the street any
where learn a lot quicker now be-
cause they have somebody to learn
from instead of always inventing
something. They can see it in a
magazine, learn something, and just
go back and forth. Basically, kids
now just do whatever they see in the
magazine and see who's better than
the other. We're aside from the
majority of the skaters in our area.
Buddy: I came from the midwest. It
seems kids don't look up to the pros
as much anymore. They want to be
better than the pros. No respect
whatsoever. The closing of Del Mar
was the end of a transition period
that has fully gone over to wood and
street. In a way it's bad because kids
around here won't learn to skate
pools or it will be harder for them to
learn. The closing of Del Mar made
us go out and find new pools.
Marc: We ask a kid, "Hey can you
skate a pool?" Then you take them
to a pool and they just street skate
out in the parking lot.
Mario: The guys who are ripping at
the park (McGill's) are Sean
Andrews, his friend Derrick, Jason
Rodgers, Jordan Richter, Mario
Rubalcaba and this kid named
Richie has gotten a lot better lately.
There are a bunch of little kids who
are starting to rip.
Marc: The high-boys are the hot
thing in North County-the H-
Streeters, Danny Way and John Son-
ner rip vert. In the street there's Matt
Hensley and Steve Ortega. There's
a lot going on in the North County.
Buddy: Our crew was pretty much
responsible for finding VC pool,
Ashhole, Steam bowl. Places come
and go all the time.
MATT HENSLEY & STEVE ORTEGA
Matt: A lot of good skaters come from
Vista. Shane Holliday, Marc
Hostetter-he's an all around skater
who influenced a lot of our street.
skating. That's why I started skating.
Steve: We're Renaissance men. We
do everything we can, everything we
can get a hold of. We dog it up.
Matt: We've got our favorite spots.
but we roam. We go to banks one
It's all in what you make of it. Even
though it's illegal where we live, like
week, then somewhere else the next.
the downtown area, we don't care.
When Del Mar closed, it affected my
skating only because I didn't really
skate pools any more after that.
Until now.
Steve: I think what makes San Diego
unique is that everybody is mostly
friends, everybody gets along.
REESE SIMPSON
Mar we made him tail drop into the
When Danny Way first came to Del
keyhole.
"Darrel Delgado carries 5 buckets,
towels, a generator and lights in his
car. Most skaters carry helmet and
pads."
Dave Duncan
"San Diego hasn't been the same
since the Texas crazies moved to
town."
Cindy "X sometimes" Johnson
"Carve every inch. Don't leave any
wall unskated."
Darrel Delgado
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