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47 WINTER WHOMP OUT What happened when we all went up for a weekend
of wacky hijinks at wild and wooly Donner Summit.
50 COMPETITION CLOSE-UP Texas, Redding and Czechoslovakia-up-to-
date skate skirmish reports from all corners of the globe.
58 TEXAS TERRORS MoFo gets the radical roots dirt from long-time Lone Star
logsters Craig Johnson, John Gibson and Jeff Phillips.
64 CARVE YA BASTARDS! Sick and tired of modern flippity-dippity-doo skating.
Pappy Bobaba dusts off the oldest, boldest skate maneuver.
68 AIRS TO THE THRONE Interviews with Knox and Way-two of the new
crew who are giving the old guard a run for their money.
72 TOKYO ROGUES Two handfuls of pro skaters are treated to a skate contest Japan.
style, and Dick Reference catalogs the chaos for posterity.
78 PRIME TIME GRINDS Salba, Malba, Natas, Mountain and other special guest
stars shred the Pink Pool for a Nickelodeon TV pilot.
82 SKATETOWN: BOSTON Faur-wheeled psychopath Albert Da Salvo returns
home to slice and dice with the Beantown brethren.
88 DANGEROUS DRAWINGS Pencil, pen, paper and time is all these skaters
need to stay in the full-stoke mode during the cold winter months.
90 INTERVIEW: ICE-T Censorship, racism, government, honor, friendship, crime-
MCM shoots the breeze with the fastest gun in the West.
chel features
MAIL DROP 6 STEP BY STEP........100
Fine Whines
ASK THE DOC.........42
Clue Therapy
SKARFING MATERIAL..44
Gas-tronomic Guide
PUSZONE...96
Era Ender
NOTES...........98
Hot Links
Natas Tough as You Think
PRODUCT PATROL...104
Jake Off
TRASH/ON BOARD...136
Debris of Difficulty
SOMETHIN' ELSE.....143
Feet of Strength
COVER: Marc Hollander carves aplenty at the Tilt Pool, Photo: Scott Starr.
CONTENTS: Claus Grable, mid-rida on a chunk of history-Berlin Wall, 1989. Photo: Peer Hoinke.