Above: Sky-high Madonna by
Jumpin' John Schultes. Left: Danny
Way flings a soulful sole-exposing
varial. The future looks pretty rosy
for both of these aggressive
upstarts. Photos: M.Fo.
Gator, Shultes, Jesse, Park, McGill, Losi, Ventura,
Caballero, Simpson and Morrison launched into the
semi.
Morrison? That'd be Andrew Morrison, he's a Kiwi so
don't call him an Aussie, and he skates smooth clean
and fast. Andrew's handplants were a joy to watch and
he mixed and matched with fastplants-to-tail, fast-to-
fakies and boisterous backside airs. Mark Anthony
skated just like Gator, and on plastic trucks no less. He
twisted fatties, got all wrapped in Saran, did f-side b-
slides, picked his nose and axled-out on the oververt.
To top it all off Gator knee slid right off the high part of
the flat bottom into the spectator pit. Ya gotta love it. John
Schultes was the lone other who came out of heat seven
(which included Tony Hawk) and skated far out, solid
and right on in the jam. John 50/50'd over the Taco Bell-
to-fakie re-entry, reverted his Madollies, aired his varials,
switched his stance on a backside ollie that went vir-
tually unnoticed and skated every which way, including
sideways. Jason Jesse seems to skate injured most of
the time these days so you have to wonder what damage
he can do when he's healthy. Double J yawned as he
rolled in frontside, practically closed his eyes on a
50/50-to-fakie at warp speed, casually stretched a huge
straight-legged frontside air and (Continued on page 115)
Below: Beyond vert, beyond
coping, beyond sanity, a wide-
eyed Tony Hawk rocks to fakie on
the % pipe. Photo: Chris Ortiz.
Right: Bigger is better-Bod busts
a burly one. Photo: M.Fo
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