Above: The honorable
Mayor Penritt is the skater's
friend in Australia. He
readily admits, "I'm very
much into this brilliant sport,
I just can't get into the
helmets." Left: In an effort to
foster unity between the sib-
ling sports of skating and
surfing, diplomat Christian
Hosoi hooked up this custom
rig and proceeded to float a
fakie ollie on his ramp.
Rumors of reciprocal wave-
born bottom turns on a
Santa Cruz Bevel are still
unconfirmed.
It's not that Dave Rhienganz
is a cruel dude, but when
that telephone pole fell over
and trapped his buddy, he
had to pull a few railslides
before freeing him.
Left: When intense admira-
tion turns to fanatical hero
worship it can often be a
very frightening experience.
Case in point: These
members of the Jay Boy
Unification Church ("The
Adams Family"), who will
only be photographed with
their leader's face covering
their own.