APA MOAN
Did Salba recently reveal the existence
and method of operations of Team Virgin to
reporters from a national news service? Was
not mention of the team goal, "To find places
nobody's ever skated before," included in art-
icles from coast to coast?
Is the artistic tenor of White Plains, Now
York, Mark K. Odell now pursuing plans to
teach assorted taggers how to do New Age
modernism in public?
And from real life, consider the quote from
Lexington police officer Paul Williams:
"Shouldn't be hard to locate...sounds like
one of our typical skate crew." The descrip-
tion that prompted this mega intellectual
grunt was, "The male suspect was wearing
large, baggy shorts and had spiked blond
hair" The suspected criminal allegedly fled
the scene of a failed robbery on a skateboard.
If he had fled on a watermelon, would officer
Williams have said he was a typical farmer?
QUESTION QUEUE
Who stickered Charleston police chief
Reuben Greenberg's patrol car with
"Skateboarding is not a crime" bumper
stickers? Is Chief Greenberg an avid roller-
skater? Were the stickers a response to the
police raid on the old city pool? Are respon-
sible citizens like Hugh and Denise Hiatt
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C.R. STECYK: PAPA MOANA
The totenkopf on the brilliantly-colored surfboard leaning against the corrugated
wall in a room at the South Coast Plaza Mall was perfect. It sort of symbolized the
power struggle between the universe and the yuppies. That, or it confused the yup-
pie universe. The board was but one piece of Papa Moana, an installation in the
spirit of the Pacific Rim, by the man behind the movement, C.R. Stecyk. C.R. never
decided to be an artist. He had to be one. Besides,
what the hell is an artist, anyway? Few people in the
skate world realize that much of the imagery in
skateboarding has been conceived, created, or directly
influenced by Stecyk. At the reception for Papa Moana,
the gurus of the groove crawled out of the woodwork
for much beer ingestion, re-acquainting, newly ac-
quainting and a bit of the toe-to-toe. Such luminaries
as Stacy P., Alaric V., Art B., Skipper E., Lynn E.
C., Larry B., Peggy and Tom C., Steve S., Sarge C.,
O., Lester K. and crew, Morizen F., Buckwheat,
Charo, Ron Reagan Jr. and Captain Cook all payed
homage to the living legend of the underworld Cult 13.
demanding a place to skate legally?
Have local ragers such as Hank Bier-
ing banded together to circulate a
petition which has over 1,000 signatures?
Was Tumbleweed evicted from BK's
warehouse to make room for a ramp
extension?
Did recent NorCal transplant James
"Frisco Dog" Muir lay down his Harley in
a vicious accident? Was fellow rider Chip
Morton so worried that he promptly rode
1,200 miles on his motorcycle to lend sup-
port? Is Muir now restoring his scoot with two
former Harley factory team mechanics?
Is Juan Pablo Saavedra of Santiago,
Chile, in the process of completing a massive
seven-halfpipe plywood complex? Does
Juan Pablo regularly session the roofs of
Santiago subway cars?
Has Claus Grabke gained the attention of
a prominent eastern bloc art curator who in-
tensely admires Grabke's capitalist skate art?
Why did Bob Denike tell a national news
service that 150 million dollars was the yearly
total of skate hardware vended by the big 3?
Was Tony Hawk's ramp the scene of a
hush-hush all nighter Bones Video Crew
outing? Did the B-Boys use so many lights
in their quest that the nearby Mount Palomar
observatory was tweaked? Were such eso-
teric types as The Sherm, J. Grant, Adrian
Demain, Underhill, Otis, etc. also present?
Did the high level of illumination stop traffic
on nearby roads? Did visitor Danny Way
claim he thought that a spaceship had
landed? Was the total bill for the 24-hour
romp over 15 grand?
For good measure, did Hawk groove the
gunite on his new wet pool in a practice
session?
Thrasher's
FLORAL
FLOWERS
DO IT!
The next time you go to a skater's wedding, funeral
or hospital bed, you might want to do it with
Thrasher's flowers (above). The flight to the USSR is
a long one. What better way to kill time than putting
a Thrasher sticker in one of the darndest places.
Below: Southern California glossy reg types captured
In thinly amusing undercover garb at the glow-worm
strip-poker celebration. Could this be the highest
form of garbonzo journalism?
Did Fausto, Swenson and Aaron manage
to place 8th in their class at the go-kart
nationals? Is this what grown men do on their
days off?
Is competitive slalom being re-introduced
at the Virginia Beach contest? Will the old
Soap Box Derby hill be the site? Will Hester
Meanwhile, on the other end
of the continent, General
Ed Riggins and Emporer
Dick Brown display the
proper facial methods of
publishing and
distribution.
ON BOARD
and Skoldberg be head to head again?
Though slalom racing has threatened to
come back several times in the past few
years, hasn't it been wriggling right along in
Europe? Will NSA/USA champ Jim Korten
survive his own challenge and remain the
best in the U.S.? Will Santa Cruz have a crew
of specialists and their production boards on
hand as loaners?
Did the members of a legendary mobile
team all decide to quit their current
assignments while in Reno, Nevada?
Did Art Brewer bring back hand-woven
Nepalese tapestries for the amazing SMA
Skipperboy? Is Engblom having these
incorporated into his fall clothing line?
Was Danny Galton playing the Cat Club
in New York City for an audience which in-
cluded Malcom Forbes and Axl Rose? Did
he then appear on the TV soap opera "One
Life to Live by the Guiding Light with One
Day to Live," (or whatever they call it) the next
day, and then cruise Cali in a '32 Duece with
Leado Bob and Tall Dog during a lunar
eclipse the next night? Were they really
bound for the Fender guitar factory?
Has GSD taken up health food as a dietary
attitude?
Has Todd Hastings scored 6 perfectly new
60s Hawthorne boards (still in the box)? Is
Toddster threatening to hold a vintage board
contest?
QUOTES
"I'm into rice rockets, not style monger
sleds."
Ken McGuire
"I think it's kinda cool that the kids think I'm
hot."
Attributed to a Bill Tocco press release.
"I pay 100 bucks a month and I don't even
get coverage."
Keith Cochrane
"Chip Morton is the great white liar
Steve Sherman
COMING EVENTS
National Skateboard Association
October 28 Santa Cruz, CA Mini-ramp
at Santa Cruz Civic Center
December T.B.A. Jacksonville, FL
Grand Finale vert and street
For information about the NSA pro con-
test schedule write: N.S.A, PO. Box 1916,
Vista, CA 92083 or call (619) 941-1844.
NSA Amateur Series
Western Region
Regionals Oct. 28-29 Redding, CA
Nat. Free, Street, Vert; Locals - Mini
For complete information on the N.S.A.
amateur program call (714) 883-3581 or
write to NSA Am Series, PO. Box 30444,
San Bernardino, CA 92413.
RADZ WINTER CHILL OUT
December 30 Springfield, MO Spine
mini & ditch half sponsored ams contest.
1300 St. Louis St., Springfield, MO 65802
(417) 869-7237
THRASHER BBS
Call (415) 822-5630-300/1200 baud.
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