TRADE SHOW SCHMOOZE FLASH!
Right: Titus' Caddy-make him an offer (care of this
column) he can't refuse. Left: Dog Town's Jones-Ancell
Gallery raised eyebrows in San Diego... Below: Powell.
Peralta were on the gas and go...Bottom: Chuck Dinkins
skates Bruce Walker's booth in Orlando....
What do you call a place where Hackett
walks around with new teeth and sells T-
shirts from under an ankle-length jacket?
Or Everready Eddie Craig sells his art to
the masses? Or H-streeters like Mag spin
the wheel of fortune and give away skate
stuff? Or Bruce Walker lives in a ramp while
Chuck Dinkins rolls on it? Or Steve Rocco
builds a child's bedroom, or Peralta builds
an ultra-realistic abandoned gas station? Or
Powell premieres clothing in an ever-so-
down toilet complete with flushing water?
Or Daddy Don V. denies any and all con-
nections with the Dogsl
Town art exhibit of Ken
Jones and Ancell? Or
Paul Schmitt lectures.
on the "variations of "
invisibility"? Or Jim
Fitzpatrick creates a
TV show based on the
autobiographical
ramblings of Lisa
Weidman? Or Tum-
bleweed's pirate-like
attack on Schultes.
and homophobic
Keith
Cochrane
breaks a $1,500 art
vase and gets inno-
cent bystanders Rig-
gins, Muir, Hastings,
Bryce, Mr. Richard,
Talldog and Fitz
kicked out of the bar.
forever? Or Christ endorses products that
haven't been invented yet? Or J.J. Simon
barrel rolls over an arena? Or the A-1 meat-
packers home down the front while Mr. Lim-
py parades seemingly under-age lovelies
in lace? Or Mr. Skip Engblom and Natas
sport woven attire? Or King Richard Novak
busts verbage with the Fletchers over
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KATEHERE
NWELL OPERALTA
GAS
臘/
something that never
happened? Or Tak
Kawahora, Larry Gor-
don, Tom Zahn, Tom
Blake and Da Cat are
crowned by skate-
board collector Alan
Seymour? Or Lucero
uses a pseudonym?
Or a guy impersonates
Schmeltzer for com-
mercial gain? Or Eric
Swenson busts health.
and attitude? Or Fat
Mac is reunited with
his boyhood chums?
Or Joe Lopes is not
the only guy selling
bar-b-que sauce (an-
swer: Donald Takayama)? Or Vicki Stussy
arranges flowers for Frank Sinatra Jr. while
Shaun watches. Or a road tripping working
girl gets lost in the woman's room of the
Skate Rags party and claims to bet
"scared? Or South Africans openly extol
the virtues of South Africa? Or Micke Alba
has the most sought-after autograph? Or
SUPER SERV
James
Ganzer busts humility? Or Michael Morten-
sen is fronting a gig called Shell Shock? Or
where aging 39-year-old swimsuit models
desperately try to pass for age 19 once
more? Or where a guy like Benji Gregory
is a major draw? Or where skaters are
forced to wear badges with other people's
names on them? Or where the possession
of a skateboard is a crime yet skate com-
panies pay the price? Or where Ken Jones
teaches Aussies about boomerangs? Or
where Ancell and Riggins toss planes from
the penthouse roof? Or where Jack Smith's
vintage skate collection (ranging from
homemade boards to first production Krypto
decks) is heisted from the Kryptonics booth?
Or where major manus' main squeezes
court skate sultans? Or where Dorsey.
David Nuiheiwa, Mr. Mike, Buzzy Kerbox.
Michael Thompson, Potts, Schroff, Lil'
Buddy, Preisendorfer, Bee "Pinky" Vad
and Steadham all appear at the same party
"incognito"? Some people call this a trade
show. For the first time ever, the Action
Sports version of a trade show was housed
in the brand new San Diego Convention
Center and the SD types were rejoicing.
rumored to portray John Hogan and Gator
nude wrestling amidst a blizzard of newsprint
fragments an elaborate hoax?
Has G.S.D. taken to museums profes-
sionally? Will he start a rating service for
world-class cultural
emporiums? Has he
recently been seen in
the Dali Museum, the
Picasso Museum, the
Modern Art Museum,
the Kunsthaus Mu-
seum, the Kon-Tiki
Museum, the Edvard
Munch Museum and
the Wasa Ship Mu-
seum? (These are only
a few, honest.).
Is Titus considering
selling off his '59 Cad-
illac series convertible
leadsled, or are we Micke Reyes-go head,
trashmen taking it upon ourselves to sell it
for him? Send any unreasonable offers to this
column and we'll forward them to him.
Did Brookings, Oregon ripper, shreddin'
Ted Fitzgerald, upon hearing of fellow skate
scribe Miles Orkin's mass media exploits (in-
cluding recent bit in intellectually-stimulating
Penthouse Hot Taik), brave madness at the
Berlin Wall and hack through to Poland for
an exclusive interview with Lech Walesa?
TAURUS
No bull, Bull, you'd better geeady. The 15th
may have already passed, but this is going to
be a taxing month. Pluto leaves the house of
pancakes on the 21st of April, and from that
day on your strength will be pubstantially
diminished. In the words wall des.
stalled inverts or slappies on unpaipled curbs
until after the full mooi May 9th) Aya were
born on the cusp, bowahymejdede-lamprob-
Joms throughout May. Stand-upálides around
hairpuns ofrodd-numbered days are a no-
no, but Tuesday mornings are primele tucked
speed rung If you plan to learn new lip thicke
do so before the 12th in the polar ellipse
tilts. Last but not least, Bulliga gre, remember:
no Smilf grindelafter the 15th no kickflips on
Sunday evenings (unless you're wearing at
crystal and buy lotteryckets on the 19th!
ON BOARD
Is the much-rumored secret Universal City
backlot ramp somehow the work of Craig
Hodgetts, Charlie White and/or Steve.
Hutchinson? Are the three somehow in-
volved now in designing theme parks in
punk, make his day.
OOPS DEPT.
Tokyo as well as
Universal City?
Did all Bay Area evil-
doers pee in their
pants upon hearing
the news that certified
lunatic Micke Reyes
has joined the San
Francisco. Police
Department? Has
Micke replaced his
skate stick with a night
stick or is this just a
clever, complicated
ploy to gain access to
all prime spots? Talk
about lethal weapon.
On page 55 of the March 1990 issue we
said the NSA amateur finals took place in
Visalia, CA instead of Redding, CA. (But, hey,
they did skate on the ramp that the Redding
YMCA bought from Visalia.)
In the same issue, on page 42, the burly
lip basher is Mike Kresky, not Mike Kelsey.
QUESTION
"If you're skating a ramp and nobody's
watching you, are you still skating?"
Dr. Rick Blackhart
QUOTES
"Chris Miller is not a commie. He was in
Boy's Life Boy Scout Magazine."
Chris Mattox, Columbia, SC
"Money's not everything...but it's okay...it
works."
Steve Sherman
"I'm glad I'm a skinny guy with a big pecker"
Attributed to Todd Swank by DM 19
"It's not how good you skate, it's how much
free stuff you get."
Jake Phelps
"Twenty-five thousand? That's okay. I'm bet-
ter than my dad."
Tony Vitello (playing pinball)
COMING EVENTS
N.S.A. PRO SCHEDULE
As of press time we had no solid information
on the 1990 NSA pro schedule. Write or call
National Skateboard Association, PO Box 1916,
Vista, CA 92083. Ph: 619 941-1844.
NSA AMATEUR SCHEDULE
The amateur series will be run entirely during
the summer. Events will be kept to three days
in length. For more information on general,
district, regional and national contests contact
N.S.A. Amateur Series, PO Box 1916, Vista,
CA 92083. Ph: 619 941-1844
FLORIDA AM SKATE LEAGUE
May 5 Fort Meyers (Lakes Park) Street, CC
June 9 Jacksonville (Kona) Vertical
July 14 TBA Street
August 11 TBA Mini-ramp"
September 15 Daytone (Stone Edge) Vertical"
October 13 Brandon (Evans Park) Street
November 10 Fort Meyers (Lakes Park)
Awards Day
"Double Point Contest
Florida Amateur Skate League, PO Box 358
Sanibel, FL 33957. Ph: 813 395-1165
HUDSON DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH
May 12 Hudson, NY Am Street, Freestyle
For info contact: George Bednar, Hudson Dept.
of Youth Office 520 Warren St., Hudson, NY
12534. Ph: 518 828-0017
SHELL SHOCK
May 29 Memphis, TN Mini-ramp w/ spine
Sponsored and unsponsored contest at the
Overton Park Shell (Elvis used to sing there-
we hear he might judge). For more informa-
tion call Cheapskates at 901 744-1312
ASSOCIATION OF EUROPEAN SKATERS
April 20-22 Denmark Street, Mini
May 25-27 Germany Vert, Street, Free
June 15-17 Sweden Vert, Street, Free
July 7-8 France Vert, Free
July 28-29 Britain Street, Mini
Aug. 3-5 Munster, Germany Vert, Street, Free
Sept. 14-16 Switzerland Vert, Street, Free
Oct. 12-14 Czechoslovakia AES Cup Finals
For more information on this series contact
British Skateboarding Association, 25
Strathcona Dr., Glasgow, G13 1JH Scotland.
Ph: 041 959 0132
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