TRASH
QUESTIONS?
Is the magnificent Orb considering open-
ing a restaurant in club King King in Los? Will
he continue his acting career in yet another
ultra-revealing screen role? More precisely,
did not an actor who bore an astonishing
resemblance to skating's famous chef
recently appear in a porn flick? Is Orb's.
nickname now "Moneyshots"?
Is Steve "Sherm the Worm" Sherman
now contemplating marriage? Is it to Henry
Hester's sister-in-law? (Sherm's last solo
outing was with the Ridge at a George Clin-
ton gig.) Was this before or after Sherman
stepped off a plane from V-Beach and fell
in "instant love"? Was Steve overcompen
sating after his Virginia Beach re-emergence
as a top slalom racer?
Have Eddie Reategui and Christian
Hosoi actually been in athletic training these
days? Are rumors true which claim the pair
actually ride bicycles
RIDGE GA
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EN ADM
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I HAS THERE TO
SKATETHE BAY BRIDGE
THE DAY IT RE-OPENED
THU NOV 16 1989
BOARD BUS 10-12 30PH 4.
GNDU TRANSRAY TERMINALS.F.
through mountain
ranges to build up their endurance?
Is Christian so fitness-crazed that he's
actually kicking at the pad some nights? Was
Skatemaster Tate not calling out calisthenic
exercises at a recent Stardust DJ gig in close
vicinity to Bad Mutha Goose?
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Is Mr. Dave Sausbauch now filming a
Gullwing video entitled The Story of Walt?
Didn't Dave do the last H-Street vid? Was the
new crew filming at the Linda Vista Boys'
Club ramp complex recently?
Was a prominent skate in-
dustrialist's daughter recently
observed passing herself off
as Lance Mountain at a particular
Midwest skate video premiere gala?
SHAKY TALES
Was Daddy Cruz's 100-gallon per hour
aquifer pond heavily damaged in the recent
quake? Meanwhile, did Fat Mac almost end
up a premature denture-wearer when things
started shaking while in the dentist chair? Did
dirty Santa Cruz surf, polluted by broken
sewer pipes, cause outbreaks of hepatitis
and major bummage among locals? Are
Derby Park and Buena Vista Pool still
skateable but sporting visible cracks? Did
President Bush personally thank Santa
Cruz Skateboards for its involvement in the
Crosby Stills & Nash earthquake benefit
concert (see telegram)? Was not the quake
accurately predicted in a Gary Larson Far
Side desk calendar? Will the next NHS apple
harvest at Richard's farm be postponed due
to the violation of Dam Novak?
FAT ASK
Is skater/actor Christian Jacobs now
busting art as well? Did cube-meister Jacobs
recently design board graphics for the Gonz
at Blind Skates? Is the blind name just
another token of affection for one Mr. Dorf?
Is the Bataan memorial building in Santa
Fe, New Mexico the site of one of the most
torrid recurrent street sessions in the coun-
try? Are local N.M. ragers such as Richard
Mendoza, Gabriel Holton, Pablo Ancona,
Luke Pierpont, Miles Craig, Eric Norton,
Matt Canepa, Orlando Cordova and Jesse
Hotchkiss frequently mentioned as being.
among the best? Is the mysterious Mr. Abe
the fastest of all? Was a recent former World
Champion drop-in session a coincidence or
was he on a team scouting mission?
Are the bizarre rumors regarding skaters
Pratt and Hunt's video production beyond
true? Are their efforts visible on Nickelodean?
Were Skatemaster Tate, Christ, Natas, Way,
Peralta, Ken Jones, Stecyk, Ancell, Roach,
Hawk and Mountain somehow involved as
well? Did Pratt/Hunt hold massive skate
sessions at the legendary Pink Motel Pool,
providing free rooms for countless friends?
Was Bill Tocco under consideration as a TV
host? Did Pat Hogan send in an audition
tape demonstrating on-camera the proper
Top Left: Laurie Balma and Mike McGill try and talk
Alan Gelfand into demonstrating the proper ollie
technique at the "Ban This" premiere. Below: Quake
aftermath. Of course our crew was in force for the re-
opening of the Bay Bridge Skate mascot Pierre con-
gratulates Mayor Art Who Farted?" Agnos while
Micke Reyes, Guerrero and Thiebaud side with a "Ban
the Auto banner. Right: KT (Thrashirt) and Jake
Phelps (pointing) pose with a chunk of Candlestick
Park minutes after the quake at 5:04 pm, 10/17/89.
Bottom: Warm greeting to the Santa Cruz bunch from
George and Barbara.
CLOSE THE
BRIDGE
TO CARS
FOREVER
I AM PLEASED TO SEND WARM GREETINGS TO ALL THOSE CATHERED FOR THE "KEEP
THE SPIRIT ALIVE" CONCERT TO BENEFIT THE SANTA CRUZ COUNTY RESIDENTS
VICTIMIZED BY THE LCMA PRIETA EARTHQUAKE.
ALL AMERICANS HAVE BEEN DEEPLY TOUCHED AND INSPIRED BY THE COUNTLESS
INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS WHO HAVE CENEFCUSLY GIVEN CT THEIR TIME TALENT
AND MATERIAL RESOURCES TO HELP THE MANY BUAKE VICTIME IN NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA. I COMMEND ALL THOSE WHO HAVE LORKEE TO MAKE THIS EVENT A
SUCCESS YOUR EXTRAORDINARY EFFORTS EPITOMIZE THAT CCD AND GENEROUS
SPIRIT THAT HAS MADE CUR NATION GREAT.
PAPER JOING WITH ME IN OFFERING CUP WARMEST BEST
ENCRABLE AND SUCCESSFUL EVENT. COD BLESS YOU ALL
AMERICA.
GEORGE BUSH
15-ES FOR A
AND CCD BLESS
way to use a toilet as a skating device?
Which comic investor recently tried to play
hardball with a certain company owner only
to witness the entire disappearance of a cer-
tain company's inventory over-night? Of
course, this is only a rumor, such things never
happen in the real world.
Why are High Sierra ski types still shaking.
following the White Wave Winter Whomp-out
at Donner Ski Ranch recently? Are they
afraid that scores of over-active snow men
olumr
Don Zsabo gets written up after boarding
out of bounds at a Mammoth resort.
will soon board through the sanc
tified winter-wonderland of
skidom?
Did Swank, Corey Federman,
John Nelson, Graham Stanners,
Mark Hamilton and Davey Phillips recent-
ly flee Santa Cruz minutes before
the giant killer earthquake in a
PINBALL
PASSION
Elvira by Bally
Sinister sexpot, queen of B's, evil
exhibitionist Elvira-the things
you do to me. By day I pump
change into your slot, fingering,
your flippers, sliding balls over
your slippery curves and spell-
ing your name over and over in
my head. ELVIRA! Deadheads
rise and boogie men quake but
they can't break the spell you
way-beat '67 Dodge van on a transcontinen
tal tour? Did they drive to Yosemite Park,
where they then witnessed a giant bear
eating a Honda car? Is this why the group
was so strangely and sullenly silent in
Lincoln, Nebraska?
Are a group of skaters thinking of forming
their own clothing company as widely
Bally
elviRA
have on me. I close my eyes at dinner and smell the
stench of your barbeque, taste the tang of your party
punch, I dream of shooting into the skull cave, locking
in three and plunging into darkness. I wake up scream-
ing, my bed shaking. Ghosts bellow and balls crash land in
the jumper bumpers, slamming me up and down in high-
speed chaos. I keep two in play and shoot up both slides. The
bonuses climb, games pop, and you do a strip tease on the
backglass. Elvira, empress of euphoria, let me party with your
monsters till I'm spent.
Our annual Halloween costume awards once again go to city boys BK
(the true trashman), TG (Holmesy) and Cam (What I Am) Scott.
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