WRASH
DEUTSCH TREAT
We'll begin with the World Championships
in Munster, Germany-bigger, for sure; bet
ter, perhaps. An interesting outing, without
a doubt. Imagine Tony Hawk running full
speed from contest final to contest final. Pic-
ture Lance Mountain and Lester Kasai, both
severely injured recently, coming out, blow
ing minds and placing high. Think about
crowds of over 10,000 per day. Recall may
hem such as Peralta's two-hour, 160 mph-
plus blitz on the autobahn with Frank M. Or
for pure strangeness, consider the journey
of Kevin Staab who flew from Arizona to
Paris to Germany and finally arrived at the
Munster train station.
According to rumor, our
amazing ace surveyed
the surroundings and,
without a word, got.
back on the train, rode
back to the airport, flew
back to Paris and back
to Arizona. Perhaps he
forgot his bearing tool.
and simply flew home
to retrieve it? Hawk
reigned supreme (1st
vert, 2nd street). Also strong were Mountain,
leader of the street contest, Magnusson and
Kendall, who came close in vert, and
Barbee, with third in streetstyle. The surprise
of the contest was Gator's weird placing?
... Dick Vak, Big Mac, GAP and Titus of
fered impromptu vignettes of Lifestyles of the
Rich and Famous while NSA president Tom
Cozens appeared cool, calm and amused.
For the record: lieutenants of Santa Cruz czar
Richard Novak gleefully related that Mr. Dick
was not responsible for the bomb threat
which drastically delayed Mr. Stacy Peralta's
plane. Greg Smith, Rodney Mullen, Pierre
Andre, Don Bostick, Fabian Kravitz and
Jean Marc Vaisette have all been curiously
silent in this matter.
STUNTS, RUNTS AND PUNKS
Do you ever wonder where everything
goes after you flush the toilet? What about
Above: The dancers got a treat at Das Klub In
S.F. when Ray Bones, Christ and T.G. dropped
in. Right: Why does George Powell's arm look
broken, and what's the Invisible man doing
behind the gap woman? Below Left: Is this the
new Bill Tocco or just a blow up? Below: On
Darryl Degado's 25th the LaMesa pool was host
to wild romping and ripping by the likes of Zip-
perhead, Miller, Duncan, Pressley, Partain and
numerous Frogtowners-harsh good times.
g all that goop from the
sewers? Try the ocean.
Unfortunately for peo-
ple living in the Los
Angeles area, it winds
up in the Santa Monica
Bay (not to mention
clogging up a few prime
concrete skate spots.
along the way). Recent-
ly Stussy hosted the
Heal The Bay benefit
gig which raised $5,000
to help clean up the bay so that people would
have a "swimmable and fishable" ocean.
Skatemaster Tate MC'ed the affair while
25-member Trulio Disgracias (including
several Fishbones, Chili Pepper Flea and
Bronx-style Bob among others), the
Bonedaddys, Momma Stud and Rising
Roots jammed until the wee hours. Concern-
ed citizens included James Muir, Christian
Hosol, Chip Morton, Julien Stranger and
a host of others.
Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity of Cal Poly
University in San Luis Obispo is putting on
another "Thrash-A-Thon" to benefit the
American Cancer Society. Over the last six
years this event has garnered positive skate
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Bill on a soap opera, as widely rumored?
publicity as well as helping out those in need.
This year's event will feature 72-hour live
radio coverage, mega fun, etc. For info con-
tact Ryan Iwanaga at 805 549-0255.
Are Jaymison Snow and Dale Marble
serious? The lads have been amazing
skaters in the North Hampton, New Hamp-
shire, area with their apparently real,
undoctored photos of Brady Bunch star Greg
Brady passing himself off as Mark
Gonzales. (Or is that the Gonz posing as
Greg Brady?) We're certainly confused, but
the real Gonz (we think), was seen hanging.
in the Laguna Art Museum with artist Lynn
Coleman, causing further speculation that
Mark and Coleman are conspiring to commit
board designs?
In another sick incident, Nintendo of
America in its "Tips on the Run" comic.
rather obviously plundered a notorious issue
of Thrasher Comics. The In-Ten-Dork hero
"Brian" rides an all-too-apparent Ken Jones
Thrash Gordon model, while the gang of
drooling skate zeros all look like Kevin Ancell
and ride Mike McGill clone boards.
Is is possible that the publicity sheet pro-
moting Bill Tocco making the skate rounds
is real? Is Tocco's agent intent on getting Mr.
THINKING ABOUT THE
David Barnes is a young skater with a
mission. The 17-year-old dreadlocked
Seattle denizen has declared war on that
death-spewing mechanical monstrosity bet-
ter known as the automobile. Fed up with
the environmentally devastating side-effects
of the evil rolling steel box, David designed
an anti-car decal and is now slapping it up
all over town. So far, proud pedestrian
Barnes has distributed over 1,000 copies of
his sticker throughout the Emerald City. He
does all this, he says, to "wake people up.
They have to realize that we're running out
of gas, and that cars ruin the ozone and kill
off trees. Anyway, there are cheaper and
cleaner ways of transpo."
Barnes himself rarely rides in cars; he
skates almost everywhere he goes. And he
hopes that by sticking his no-drive message
all over Seattle's ramps and pools, he'll
encourage more skaters to use their boards.
The anti-car campaign is not Barnes' first
nature-minded action. For three years he's
been an affiliate of Earth First!, an en-
vironmental group that stages protests and
PEDESTRIAN
MALL
How about the photo (far left) of an oiled up
Mr. X which was sent to our offices anon-
ymously? Is the identity of the hunky male
model none other than Bill? (Perhaps it is
Greg Brady in disguise?) Will all other pro
skaters now take to the gym?
And for our photo of the month examine
skate mogul George Powell presumably
caught in the midst of some penetrating.
market research at an undisclosed location.
EARTH FIRST by Bill Donahue
sometimes "monkey-wrenches" (i.e. secret-
ly sabotages) bulldozers and chainsaws that
would otherwise be used to transform
forests into shopping malls and gas stations.
David has taken part in about fifteen Earth
First! happenings. One noteable incident
was the time he got arrested for leaping over
the fence surrounding a Nevada nuclear
bomb test site. "By getting arrested,"
Barnes explains, "you get media attention
to show people you care, that you don't want
to see a beautiful spot in the desert ruined
by nuclear radiation."
Barnes has another plan to get the
media-and the population in general-to
see that skaters are sick of the smog and
want cars off the road. Although he won't
disclose the details, he says it has
something to do with blockading traffic on
a major road. He hopes this will cause a
traffic jam and that people stuck in the jam
will get angry and will start thinking, "Cars.
are a hassle. What we need is more mass
transit, more alternative vehicles, more
skateboards."
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