CONTENTS
OCTOBER 1989
COMPETITION CLOSE-UP
...42
BILLY RUNAWAY TOASTS THE HAMBURG AND EUROPA CUPS. INNER
CITY STREET SCRAMBLE IN NYC. NSA AMATEUR RESULTS.
WEEKEND WARFARE
.48
THE NSA HELD TWO INSIDER-ONLY EVENTS: A PRIVATE PRO BOUT
AT THE VANS RAMP AND A SECRET SOUL SESSION IN THE PINK POOL.
SKATETOWN: NEW YORK CITY....58
IN THE SHADOWS OF THE SKYSCRAPERS AND THE BACK ALLEYS OF
THE BOROUGHS LIES A GRITTY SKATE HISTORY.
INTERVIEW: LESTER KASAI
.66
MILD-MANNERED LESTER USUALLY LETS HIS EXPLOSIVE SKATING
DO THE TALKING, BUT HE FOUND TIME TO CHAT WITH OUR CREW.
GHOST RANCH INN.
.74
A NOMADIC SKATE FANATIC HITS THE HIGH PLAINS IN SEARCH OF
INNER PEACE AND THE COMPANY OF OTHER DRIFTERS.
THROWING MUSES...
...78
A GAGGLE OF BRAINY SONGSTERS WHO AREN'T AFRAID TO SAY
"FOLK YOU" TO THE COLLEGE RADIO CLIQUE.
HANGMEN
.80
THESE WEST COAST SWINGERS PLAY ROCK AND ROLL LIKE IT WAS
MEANT TO BE: HARD, DIRTY AND LOUD.
MORDRED....
.....83
SPAWNED IN SAN FRANCISCO, THIS CRUSHING QUINTET IS BREAK-
ING OUT NATIONALLY WITH THEIR BRAND OF SOULFUL METAL.
DEPARTMENTS
MAIL DROP..
Posted Toasties
6 IGOR'S
89
Extra Spinnings
ASK THE DOC.
.34 RANT 'N' REEL
92
Hipper-cratic Oath
New Boo Review
SKARFING MATERIAL...36
STEP BY STEP
95
Tricky Treats
Reese Releases
POLICE
RAMP EDGE
Spinal Tap
PUSZONE
Love & Rockers
NOTES
Rollercoaster of Dirt
COVER
84
PRODUCT PATROL .....97
Shalom Slalom
TRASH/ON BOARD....128
Lowboy's Soiled Linen
86 SOMETHIN' ELSE......135
Cop Appeal
Pushing his own limits in pursuit of pave-
ment domination, Jeremy Henderson
hits the wall at the Brooklyn Bridge
banks. Photo by Bill Thomas.
CONTENTS
Lloyd Gonzales lifts one over his
homeboys (L to R: Jose Portes, Roger
Francis, Wayne Shallow) and three of
NY's finest. Photo by Charlie Samuels.
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