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ShApes
KONALEN
NEAPOLI
KATE-TOWN
INNEAPOLIS
no scratch graphic
H-STREET
Eric Froland fuels the
energy level among the
What makes Minneapolis, the land
of ten-thousand lakes, a skatetown? Scabs, blood, sweat and more
than twenty-five years of killer grinds. Let's set our time machine
back to 1965 B.C. (before coping)...
And there he goes! The hottest skater in town with top o' the line gear-
Malibu wood board, Chicago trucks and Makaha wheels-flying down the
hill. Lo and behold, at the bottom is the local rip-off chain store (which to
this day is still selling sub-standard quality skate gear). And then the travel-
(above). Postcard from ing Hobie demo team blows away our local skate god with such radical
boys on the deck of the
ramp (top). Eric
Thompson lays low of
top of the Cargill pool
Minny showing skate
terrain (inset). and progressive moves as kickturns, 360s and, oh my God, tic-tacs! ►
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