Pos
89
RESULTS
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Rod Rodrigues, three-point stance.
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- NSA PRO FINALS
PRO STREETSTYLE
1. Tony Hawk
2. Mark Gonzales
3. Christian Hosoi
4. Tom Knox
8. Eric Nash
9. Todd Swank
10. Jeff Hedges
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408
WILMAS
HARBOR
AREA
Dec. 16-17, 1989, St. Pete, FL
PRO VERTICAL
1. Tony Hawk
2. Mark Anthony
3. Bod Boyle
4. Steve Caballero
11. Adrian Demain
12. Jeff Kendall
5. Ray Barbee
13. Chuck Dinkins
5. Christian Hosoi
6. Butch Sterbins
14. Danny Sargent
7. Steve Caballero
15. Marc Hostetter
RESULTS NSA AM FINALS
AM FREESTYLE
1. Tim Waldusky
2. Andres Camacho
3. George Nagai
4. Rob Rodrigues
5. Brian Infante
AM STREETSTYLE
1. Noah Salasnek
2. Jeremy Klein
3. Max Evans
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6. Jeff Kendall
7. Allen Losi
8. Mike McGill
9. Danny Way
10. Mike Smith
11. Mike Conroy
12. Jasson Jesse
13. Ken Park
14. Eric Nash
15. Ray Underhill
Dec. 29-30, 1989, Phoenix, AZ
AM MINI-RAMP
1. Eric Sanderson
2. Jason Rodger
3. Alphonso Rawls
4. Brian Blake
4. Wade Speyer
5. Jesse Neuhaus
5. Mike Carrol
6 Jeff Ryckebosch
6. Justin Girard
6. Omar Hassan
7. Ron Chatman
8 Ed Templeton
9. John Trimble
7. Joe Ayers
8 J.T. Murphy
10. Mike Kinney
11. Ken McGaugh
12. Anthony Sedillo
9. Міке Керрег
10. Eric Britton
11. Eric Murphy
7. Jesse Neuhaus
8. Steve Salisian
9. Barker Barrett
10. Mario Rubalcaba
11. Felix Arguello
12. Barker Barrett
12. Peter Sullivan
13. George Douville
13. Chris Branaugh
14. Cliff Duhn
14. Steve Roberts
15 Mark Roach
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15. Greg Librizzi
15. Brent Kolowski
13. Thomas Taylor
14. Jeff McCowen
AM VERTICAL
1. Sean Miller
2. Jason Rodgers
3. Brian Boyd
4. Mark Roach
Chason
5. Troy
6. Mike Yousse pour
7. Buster Halterman
8. Darren Mendito
9. Derek Krasaukas
10. Mark Saito
11. Dave Leroux
12. Mike Prosenko
13. Cris Gentry
14. Wade Speyer
15. Neil Hendrix
INSA AM FINALS
(From page 49) of the basics. Mark.
Roach nailed down fourth with a
blend of his own and rounding out
the top six in heavyweight fashion
were Troy Chasen showing true
Texas bigness and Mike Youssef-
pour, who skates in the barging.
make-or-die style of a Jason Jesse.
MINI AMPED
Two words come to mind in sum-
ming up the Mini ramp competition
on this day: Western Regionals, for
it was the left coast skaters taking
all six top spots and nine of fifteen.
So much for stats. Dominating the
short halfpipe with spine configura-
tion in practice was Wade Speyer.
Example: frontside ollie-to-bench
(three feet back from lip) then 180°
ollie-to-50/50 grind on lip to revert
re-entry. Did you get that? Wade
was the sick pick to click as he
hauled ass around the ramp in a
wild style. His only mistake was
overskating the ramp by launching
a one-way corner air into the kiddie
mini well before his time was up.
but fourth place ain't bad. Another
looker in the mini comp was
Alphonso Rawls, who took the trick
prize for his 540° spin over spine
and third place. The top spots went
to smooth skating and control in
the personage of, once again,
Jason Rogers, 2nd, and Eric
Sanderson, 1st. Jason managed to
tap the power needed for high
ollies and airs mixed with controll-
ed lippery while Eric, who did a fair
share of training to win this one, us-
ed his freestyle experience and
machine-like determination to con-
vince the judges he deserved it.
Eric's winning trick was the 360
varial over the spine but his master
list included such gems as disaster
Smith grind-to-revert, nollie-to-
pivot-to-rock and roll, one-footed
disaster, 360° revert, Smith-to-tail
and backside disaster-to-frontside
Smith. Who said he's giving up
freestyle?
EPILOGUE
Such was the story of the 1989
National Amateur Finals and the
end of the road for another NSA
season. At press time there were
some important questions left
unanswered regarding the future
of this beleaguered organization.
There is a tentative schedule for
1990 but that includes a lot of "to
be announced" venues, and we've
seen that movie. As far as who is
turning pro and getting models
today well, news at eleven.
Buster Halterman
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