Guys ollied-to-wheelies (nose and tail) on the fake sidewalk. A large angle-banked
ramp with a four-foot wide transitional jump ramp affair at dead center became the
scene of many whacked-out high throttle ultra-flairical maneuvers: ollie-one-
eighties-to-axle, McTwists, backside slashers, frontside gnarlers, corruptible ollie
back flats and the odd shimmy shimmy ko-ko-pop or two. The men were
assaulting the slightly banked ramp (which included boardsliding elements) up to
a near-vertical wall. A handful did frontside grinds on this copingless lip. All the
ramps withstood the physical blitzkrieg as the riders slashed through the course,
clipping the assorted other obstacles which included a couple steps of staircase, a
curb and many puddles of spit. SINUS THUNDER AND LIGHTNING: Luigi awoke
Saturday morning with his head surrounded by pizza, pillows, skate shoes and
skate pads. He was obviously a victim of snore-haters Brad, Bill Thomas the
Assassin and Jeremy Henderson the Chop Fighter. The latter two
were New Yorkers who had emitted an intense barrage of bubbling
banter throughout the night. "Hey Luigi. Tell-a-me. Whatsa NARD?"
"Whatsa matta you face? Don'tcha know nothing?" Luigi said
ignorantly, as if he knew better. "It's-a French for a the arm-a-pit." THE
ROMP: The first half of the competition was closed to the public and
consisted of qualifying runs for fifty unseeded riders. The best
of their two one-minute runs counted in a cut to twenty. Those twenty
were combined with twenty already seeded riders in two more
one-minute runs. These riders were whittled down to the top twenty.
This spectacle was a slam-fest of compounded aggro (conwed on page 119)
Clockwise from Above: Ray Barbee 180° ollies over the
steps leading to nowhere. Grosso and Lance steppin'
out to some strange tunes. Dressen toes in some precise
lip movement during the finals of this hotly contested
event. BANZAI. BANZAI. The locals defend Suribachi.
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