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APRIL 1990
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COVER: Strobed-out multiple movements by Karma Tsocheff, one of the many unsung
ripper upstarts you only hear about. Photo: Geoff Van Deusen.
CONTENTS: Pool connoisseur Scott Oster busts out of the deep end, across the right hip
and into the shallow end, adding his mark to one day's worth of scuffage in some far away
desert masterpiece. Photo: Bryce Kanights
FEATURES
NO 'CRETE IN ST. PETE...44
A look at the indoor extravaganza that capped off the 1989 pro season,
plus interviews with NSA heads of skate Don Bostick and Tom Cozens.
SHOWER AT TOWER...48
It was the last chance of the year to find out who loved skating most-
NSA amateur final results and profile of Rad Sonja Catalano.
DOWN IN DAYTONA...50
The ESA has been grinding away on the East Coast for years.
Here's a look at their big one for 1989.
WACKY WORLD...53
We finally get serious-a dissertation on the socio-economic repercussions
of skateboarding in modern society...and a nude centerfold.
RAW MEAT...64
Pleased to meat you. We are the leanest, meanest,
toughest dudes ever grilled on these pages.
LIVE BAIT.70
A clandestine desert speed rally careens to a halt at a
sun-baked cement pond somewhere in the middle of nowhere.
ALL TYPE NO HYPE...76
Sissy pictures and graphics come a dime a dozen. If you're tough
enough to read this whole article you might learn something.
MARK PAULINE...78
His artsy industrial commando group, Survival Research Laboratories,
would probably make Darwin drop a brick. Article by Harry Moss.
FAITH NO MORE...80
Psychotic sound masters from the city by the Bay, Faith No More
will rock your world and kill your plants. Mike Gitter dares to deliver.
BUZZCOCKS...83
Another rock and roll reincarnation, Pete Shelley and the
boys are at it again. Steve Martin finds out why.
DEPARTMENTS
84
MAIL DROP Go Back to the Tally...6
ASK THE DOCTOR Say Oow!...40
SKARFING MATERIAL Sweet Agony...42
NOTES Underground Beef.
SIAMESE SKITZO Psychotic Critic...87
ZINE THING Xerox & Roll...88
STEP BY STEP Mario Makes the Cut...90
PRODUCT PATROL Phelperoony.
ON BOARD/TRASH Slaggin' & Baggin'...124
SOMETHIN' ELSE Vegetation Innovation...135
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