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listened to disco's greatest hits and behind the left eye. "Heya bud!
JEFF KENDALL all the music before we went out to
(From page 75) more established, like a
sport; that's kind of an ugly word.
People are going to have to realize
that all their buildings will get
thrashed if they don't create public
skating facilities.
Don't you think cities are already
starting to do something about it?
A friend of mine runs a public park
in Indianapolis with a killer metal
ramp and a mini-ramp. Unfortunately,
it happened right after I left. It seems
there are a lot of ramps out there now.
Have you had any major injuries?
No. I've never had a cast, although
maybe I should have a couple of
times. At a M.E.S.S. contest a long
time ago I was doing a layback air
and somehow I ended up flipping
over. The ramp only had an eight-foot
transition so I fell straight to the flat
bottom and landed on my back. It
was sore for a long time, but I wasn't
seriously hurt.
Anything you want to try that you
haven't done yet?
I've never tried surfing. But the
thing I want to do right now is bungi
cord jumping. That looks like a blast.
Done any crazy stuff since you've
been here in Germany?
Well, last night we all decided to
take bike rides. Then Bod puked on
a cop. I still feel he should get money
or something for doing that. Bod is
pretty much a cop magnet. He
always manages to lure the police.
It's never his fault really.
You ever been thrown in jail?
After a Damned show, we were
running through San Francisco when
someone jumped up in a tree and
shook it and a car stereo fell out.
Someone else we didn't even know
threw it through a big window and we
took off running. The cops got us,
they thought we did it. They were
interrogating us, trying to get us to
say we knew who did it. We weren't
there for very long.
Any other incidents like that?
Once we (the San Jose crew) all
dressed up like Travolta, Saturday
Night Fever. We kind of wanted to
bring the whole disco thing back. It
was probably the most fun night of
my life. We all went to thrift stores and
got full bell-bottoms, white shiny
shirts and big heels. We unbuttoned
our shirts halfway and sported gold
necklaces, rings, shiny gold watches.
There were about fifteen of us and
we ordered a limousine. We got in the
limousine and drove around for
awhile, got our money's worth out of
that, then it dropped us off at a club
with a huge line in front. With a few
people's connections we walked
straight into the club in front of
everyone who was waiting in line.
They were pissed off at that.
It was too funny to explain. We'd
get the little disco circles going, had
disco lingo, the full disco lines. We
put us in the mood. It was hilarious
Did you ever make a zine?
Yeah, when the whole zine thing
was going around I had a magazine.
My first issue was called Street Issue,
it was just street skating. Zines really
kept skating alive, because you'd
know what was going on in other
towns without having to travel all over
There should be more zines nowa-
days, no one does them anymore.
What's your best placing in a pro
contest?
Second place in the TOL jam, I
believe.
Who do you think is right there on
the top?
Bod. Bod's the type of skater who
could be up there. He could win a big
contest. I think it's going to come
down to skating style. How a skater
flows is going to be pretty much as
important as the tricks. I think it
should be that way.
Do you train?
No. I just skate. If I don't feel like
skating I don't skate, because then
I just end up having a bad session..
I don't like skating in the morning.
What's the typical day in the life of
Jeff Kendall?
I get up kind of early now. I go
through stages where sometimes I
sleep late and sometimes I get up
early. I like to get up, jump in the pool
at my condominum complex and
swim laps to wake up. I'll hang
around until three, go to the skate-
park, open up and stay till around
nine, skate and watch the place, then
go home and do whatever.
Anything you want to say to the
kids, skaters, adults out there?
The main thing is that you have to
listen to Pribble to get anywhere in
life. Pools, ramps, banks and lofts.
Pribble is probably going to be run-
ning the country in a few years. Right
now he's probably doing a little
Secret Service work, top secret. Prib-
ble is from Indianapolis. Pribble's hot.
He's definitely aware of things.
CHICAGO
(From page 82) assaults. The mean and
tough, skate-till-you-bleed breed
slashed their way through the course.
The top twenty qualifiers included the
following: Jimmy Acosta, Jeff Ken-
dall, Steve Saiz, Ben Schroeder, Pat
Ngoho, Ray Barbee, Mike McGill,
Jason Lee, Tom Guerrero, Mark Par-
tain, Mark Gonzales, Colby Carter,
Tony Hawk, Steve Caballero, Eric
Dressen, Christ Hosoi, and (surpris
ing everybody by qualifying first) Tom
Knox. The public was let in at this
time. "Luigi! Willa you lookit all of the
people. Ooh-a-boy, there's a plenty
of-a girls!" Brad reached for his
breath spray and comb. Luigi
leaned over and slapped his brother,
hard, with a couple knuckles right
What'sa matta you? Pay a conven-
tion to the skate-a-board contest. You
missed-a most of the whole last part
of the qualifying you som-na-bish!
Put your hormones-a back inna your
wallet, and pay-a better invention to
the up-a coming semi-finals. They
izza gonna cut to the ten top, thenna
bang! The finals with-a one one-
minute run each. The arena filled
with 2,000 spectators. They saw Ben
Schroeder leap off the top of the
judges' platform, over the angled
wall, to try and land on his board
which lay discarded on the floor,
shooting it into the audience. They
saw Tony Hawk do some insane acid-
drops and 540's, then pay homage
to Jesse Martinez with a "flail madly
because you're pissed at the world,
your board and your shoelaces"
dukie-dorkout easel splat onto his
back. They saw Tom Knox do shove
its, kick-flip-to-wallrides and intense
curb-slappy footwork. Knox rode so
devastatingly that much of his reper-
toire appeared almost invisible. Still,
his action was all too real and utterly
impressive. They saw Ngoho and
Hartsell redefine style-monging in
expletive-deleted fashion. They
heard over the speakers, "And
remember, you are witnessing the
death of skateboarding." Somehow
Mr. Grosso had infiltrated thei
announcers booth and blabbed
some babble before the men in the
white coats came to strap him into
his new custom-tailored jacket. The
ten-cut included Caballero, Jason
Lee, Ray Barbee, Steve Saiz, Tony
Hawk, Tommy Guerrero, Eric
Dressen, Christ Hosoi and Tom
Knox. But before the finals got under-
way, announcer Dave Duncan said
that immediately after the finals, the
altar boy for "Pouty-Puff Magazine"
was going to throw his camera equip
ment into the crowd. Christ Hosoi
is synonymous with the term skate-
boarding. Streetstyle is one of his
many fortes, and here in Chicago he
proved his mettle. Take all of your
standard Hosoi moves (pumped-up
ollies, big laybacks, footplant
boosters, Samoan squat nose
wheelies and powerslides), arrange
them handsomely, and you've got
about half the story. Ray Barbee
worked the course bite by bite.
actually nibbling the ramps a bit at
a time with a conservative appetite,
ollieing over the incomplete stairs,
kickflips-to-tail wheelies, all with a big
grin on his face. Tommy Guerrero
stalefished into oblivion, on a wild
flight path for destruction. Caballero
displayed the ultimate in marksman-
ship by being calculatedly on target
on all moves. Jason Lee's command
of altitude was a fresh breeze on the
future horizon. Eric Dressen's board
seemed to be controlling itself, taking
Eric along for the ride. Steve Saiz and
Colby Carter stayed on and jammed
through the finals with adversity and
aggression. Tony Hawk further
displayed his command of the
streetstyle environment viciously
dissecting everything, making tricks
he shouldn't have made. Tom Knox
came on like a stampede of hot lava,
with an insane trick every second.
FINAL GREASE: "Hey-a Brad, who
do you think-a won-a here today?"
Luigi said, getting back off the edge
of his seat. "I thinka the one inna the
back row. She's-a got-a the big-a
boobs," Brad said just before Luigi's
hand once again struck his skull.
"Let's-a go, "Luigi said, grabbing
Brad's ears in a clenched fist. "I'm-
a gonna take-a you back-a to El Paso.
You're-a no good for here." The
crowd emptied onto the course the
instant Tom Knox finished his run,
climbing onto the ramps like con-
verging Japanese troops screaming
Bonzai! In the wings, the general
consensus was that Knox had it
hands down. For once, general
consensus matched the verdict.
First: Knox. Second: Hosoi. Third:
Hawk. Fourth: Dressen. Fifth:
Caballero. Sixth: Saiz. Seventh:
Guerrero. Eighth: Carter. Ninth: Lee.
Tenth: Barbee.
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