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Filmer/skater Tony Roberts (left)
before getting boosted in Ball.
Duncan Christle (below) fakies
the Lesotho ramp in South
Africa while locals look on.
Right: Art from the archives of
the museum of modern skate.
BUT IS IT ART?
STONE SOLD SOUL
Can it be true that torque flight king, man
about town, former Kryptonics czar and one-
time editor of Action Now rag, D. David Morin
has yielded yet again to temptation? Imagine
our surprise when countless media watchers
all claimed to have seen D. David selling Ford
trucks on TV and in print. D.D.M., who is still
known to alpine-style downhill on four
'thanes (of the oblique mysterious vintage
Krypto variety), was predictably unavailable
for comment at press time.
DOWN BUT NOT OUT-Big Beef Dept.
So you really think you're ready for prime
time? Consider the consequences paid by
The man who killed the sport, D.David Morin
(below) is the face for Ford on TV and newsprint.
Two-and-a-half year old Mario Magliano (middle)
polishes his ollie technique. Clash of the skatin',
Jeff Hedges and Bod Boyle (far right) square off
on the roof of Rad Mag headquarters in London.
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many of the world's rolling elite. This month's
rundown includes:
David Hackett, recently deposed in the
Jimmy'Z invasion, has had a major run of fun
lately. After excelling/enduring the Japan
tour, D.H. executed one last demo in which
he managed to knock four front teeth out of
his mouth. For good measure,
back in the States, Hackett's
Toyota truck was cleaned out
while he sessioned a local
nightspot disco demo. DJ Tate
claims "not to know anything"(
about it, while Olson has
reportedly sacrificed his ego in
an effort of sympathetic magic.
During the Shut Up and Skate
jam in Houston, Jeff Phillips re-
dislocated his shoulder during a
frontside invert.
In unrelated incidents, Jake P's Widow-
maker chalked up three more kills-Jake's
very own multi-stitch shin laceration, Bryce
Kanights' percussive
skull bongo and Rog-
Air's dislocated ankle.
General damage and
internal bruises have
temporarily slowed
Ben Schroeder.
Joe Nichols was the
victim of a severe eye
poke encountered
during bouncer duties
Sergio Bolloli's coffee
table-sized skate chariot doubled
as a Halloween costume at the
Wave in Waikiki.
at Power Tools in Houston.
Also down but not out is Bostonian Punky
Paul Richards, who broke a leg during a
frontside grind at ZT Maximus.
RIBALD, RISQUE & RUDIMENTARY RIFTS
Two-and-a-half-year-old Mario Vincent
Magliano is rumored to be the latest front
runner in the skate kid sweeps. Illustrious
toddler/shredders such as Lance Mountain
Jr. (last seen pool riding at Nickelodeon's
Pink session) and the world's
youngest pro(?) Jr. Magnusson
may soon be joined by legions of
second and third generation
skaters such as Jayson Adams,
the littlest Logan and Tony
Vitello. The latest entrants in the
kid sweeps include: Flynn, the
four-month-old offspring of Claus
Grabke; Coleen, the six-month-old child of
Jeff Hedges and Kristyn; Avalon Victoria,
the beautiful baby girl of Tony and Vicki
Alva; and Wolfe Merlin, son of Mark Bethel
and Jennifer Bruce.
Skatemaster Tate is amazing all comers
with his master tapes for an immediately im-
pending disc and also DJing throughout the
west at places such as Arnold Ziffel's Funk
Bar. Many recent Tate sonic sessions have
turned into skate-ins with an ever-expanding
cast of appropriate assassins.
Following a prestigious business mag's
naming of Brad Dorfman as Man of the year,
who could doubt the allegation that NHS was
named number 214 in Ink Magazine's 500
fastest growing companies? Did Richard
Novak really state, "I want to retire young and
then work when I'm old" to the nation's
business press?
Industry awards continued: Hold onto
those copies of the 100th issue (June 1989)
folks, they really are collector's items. It
seems the Madison Avenue types were so
PISCES
Welcome to your month, scaly sea dweller,
it's going to be a doozy. Hopefully you got some
rest in February, because as Mars crosses
Venus, you're going to have trouble sleeping
Use this insomnia to your best advantage
shred any spots that are busts during the day,
wash your pads, and clean your bearings
Although the urge is almost uncontrollable,
avoid stalefish maneuvers after the twelfth
Early grab airs while the sun is stid above the
horizon are also discouraged Saturn is in the
house of Pluto, so do them to ravet if you do
them at all. Unloss you were born on the cusp
don't do any lip tricks on Sundays, check your
bushings before the full moon and, at all costs
do not eat nachos on odd numbered days
impressed with said ish they gave it the
Magazine and Book Seller award for best
cover on a mag with between 100,000 and
400,000 circulation. Thrasher beat over 650
other entrants.
Which prominent American skatepark
owner/designer was allegedly observed trac-
ing templates at the Richmond Skate Ranch
in British Columbia recently?
Alex Munoz, Jeron Hayes and Roger
Browne were all spotlighted recently by the
New York Times. Apparently following num-
erous torturous railslides down the steps of
the Gotham Gazette, the powers that be
dispatched reporters/lensmen to the Brook-
lyn Bridge banks in order to deduce the
cause of this socially deviant behavior.
Brooklyn ace Claude Seagaves admirably
expressed his outrage over skate harass-
ment in American's most big-time paper.
Ffej and Bod squared off in London,
England, in presumable homage to William
Shakespeare following an early morning
R&D mission around, through and over the
Tower of London. No word yet as to the latest
beheading on the Cruz Blade Tour.
Talking big board trends? Who can top
Sergio Bolloll, who rolled up to Wave Waikiki
atop his mega sled? Dimensions for the new
Hawaiian age include 8' long, 2%' wide, with
10" of nose and a 1%' tail (15° kick). "Bad
okole" was Sergio's only comment as he was
observed wearing/riding the giant cue. Was
this an oversized costume or a chariot for a
mega skate god?
Joe Bowers deserves credit for his latest
exploit. For unexplained reasons Bowers in-
vaded a TWS/Skate Rags/Thrasher party with
a vintage Verty Vert helicopter and buzz-
bombed the assembled multitudes. Out-
raged co-conspirators such as Owen Nelder,
Sargent Carter, The Ridge, The Sherm,
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