Cavorting a
Townsend,
SF's premiere
skate club, are
Ken McGuire
Margaux Linke
KT and EMC
Bugs buses out
with the board
and punk
regalia for Sire
Records.
Below Right: A
massive hipper
under skull
shorts.
TRASH
HOLY COWS
Santa Cruz was site of the latest
NSA endeavor, a street event. With
Bostick's usual aplomb, the contest
was situated on the ruins of the recent
earthquake. Incredibly devastated
buildings surrounded the contest area
which was notable for its uniquely
rough, non-manicured skating sur-
faces. This was definitely not an event
geared for highly paid professional
primadonnas. The rulers tended to be
experienced young ragers and knowl-
edgeable veterans alike. A contest
based on reality judged by those who
rode. The top three were Justin
Girard, Omar Hassan and Scott
Oster. Also on top were Danny Sar-
gent, Brian Lotti, Hedges, Schmitt,
Guy Mariano, Rudy Johnson, Gon-
zales, Hackett. Olson, Cook,
Bergthold. Big Daddy Ed, K.T.. Dr.
Rick, McGuire, Mr. MoFo, J. Grant.
Highlights included Jeff Grosso and
Captain Morgan's Sting Ray bicycle
acrobatics exhibition; Natas and
Rocco's announcement that they
were starting a new magazine (pre-
sumably edited aboard Rocco's
104 TH MAGAZINE
acclaimed new 73-foot
yacht, and dictated by phone
from Rocco's new Porsche), Dave.
Fats Macintyre's pronouncement that
Steve Rocco was now the biggest boy
in the biz (Did he mean IQ, weight or
market share?); Rich Novak's stub-
born refusal to acknowledge that the
rather large Santa Cruz surfboard in
the Santa Cruz Surf-3
ing Museum had any]
relationship to him;
Hostetter's severe:
nose-to-tail ridgepole
slide; Skip Eng-
blom's procurement
of a cache of muse-
um-quality Balmere
art from a roving
street vendor: Det-
ter's pirate regalia;
Mrs. Bostick's wit
and wisdom; Swen-
son's discovery of a
mid-Pacific tailor;
Keith Cochrane's spontaneous ver-
bal poetry: Salman's curb-trick reper
toire; and Capitola Carlos' extreme.
edge-control work.
Further curious contest trends seem
to lurk on the horizon. Non-site-specif-
ic speculation centers on the creation
of several new competitive categories.
CASL recently inaugurated the ollie-
length long jump. Reportedly back in
barrel jump training is Lucero (who
has considerable experience with bar-
rels?). The Hawaiian ollie height mark
currently held by Matt Hensley is 2'9"
(remember that this mark was set
using a high jump type.
measuring bar). Hosol,
in the wall ride event,
was recently marked
at 16'6". Are perfor
mance-measured
events the new
rage?
For the record,
Roger Hickey just shattered John
Hutson's old stand-up speed mark
(for the Guinness Book of World
Records). Hickey, who now reportedly
stand-up rolls in the
mid fifties, is also
hell on a luge. How
fast is Hickey these
days? Well, consid-
er that Roger's girl-
friend was clocked
in at 62-plus m.p.h.
Can it be possible
that certain Glendo-
ra Mountain speed-
types are keeping a
low profile and
down-talking their
speed capabilities
in the hopes of lur-
ing in some cash-
laden competitive victims? Already
following the Guinness stand-up
record, challengers have arisen in
Japan and Great Britain. Keep in mind
that a certain humble English racer
briefly held the world speed mark and
is said to be highly motivated to retain
it. Be further forewarned that, accord-
ing to legend, Hutson swore years
ago to come down from the mountains
and defend his world mark if it were
ever broken.
QUESTIONS
Has Jeff Kendall
decided to resume
raising wolves?
Is a certain skate
manu allegedly offer-
ing amateurs $600
per month, unlimited
equipment, unlimited
travel and major
video exposure?
Are the new GSD,
Dan Wilkes and
Lester fingerboards
the collectors models
of the decade?
For twenty points,
What does he know about the facts of
life anyway? Is he looking for a new
hairdresser?
Was that Snaggle at Derby park
after the Santa Cruz rumble standing
with one of his pant legs in one hand
while holding what was left of his
LIBRA
The scales of fate will soon it in your
favor, judicial one, but you'll endure a
week of agony until Mars gets evicted
from the house of Neptune. During
those dangerous days, avoid handrail
slides, nolles, potted plants and bird
by-products. After the third, though.
you'll have the power of the triplanetary
logarithmic helix backing your every
move. Then it's time to take risks
Learn McTwists (or at least Elguenals),
work on Coke machine acid drops,
steal a car, go to Vegas, pick a fight
with someone twice your size. If you're
in before 2a.m, and you don't wear
purple on Thursdays, nothing can harm
you till November. On, don 1 believe
everything you read-your gullibility
level is alarmingly high. Good luck!
is English skate photog Dobie now
mixing for: a) Soul to Soul; b) Delta
Sour; or c) Soul Kitchen?
Is BBC heir Jeff Theodosakis aban-
doning pursuits such as Life's a Beach
in favor of sports car racing? Did he
capture the Sports Car of America's
top driver spot? Were those ultra high-
speed Laguna Canyon runs really
training? What really happened to the
missing license?
Is it true that the famed Nude bowl
finally has been rendered unskateable
by some old man even as a heavy!
session was in progress? Does Jason
Wells of Beaverton, Oregon, have the
photos to prove it?
Is there any truth to the rumor
that photo editor, M.Fo, is.
quoted in the October
issue of Sassy rag?
trousers in the other
while having a spit-
ting contest with his
brother who was
clothed in fashions by
Conrad?
Was
Stephane
Levesque, principal
bassoonist for the
Montreal Youth Sym-
phony Orchestra,
recently observed
grinding off the brass.
on her Schmitt Stix
(Douglass model)
backstage at Ber-
lioz's Symphonie
Fantastique?
Is the latest S.F. rage
Lovell's quarter beer nights at hip
hoppin' Townsend featuring opposing
7-foot-high transitions right off the
dance floor? Skaters in tune on a
recent Sat"d"night included Sasha
Stienhorz, Stacy Gibo, Noah Salas-
nek, Ken McGuire, Aaron Lasnover.
BK, Blackhart, Steve Olson and
David Hackett, to name a few.
Has anybody noticed that just about
everybody who's anybody skates, or at
least has a que in their closet. Bart
Simpson, Bugs Bunny, Michael J.
Fox, Johnny Depp. Yogi Bear,
Calvin, Dennis the Menace, Farrah,
Fawcett, Scott Balo, Detroit rook-
ie pitcher Scott Radinski, and
Howie Mandell even brings his
onstage. Bo knows boards and
Madonna wears Rectors.
That's only partial.
Was G&S team leader Chris
"Sarge" Carter paying homage to
Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C. when he
unveiled his full-on Devil Dog flattop
hairstyle?
Has Eric Dressen's rose logo
been viciously appropriated
by a mega-buck surf cloth-
ing company?
Were Caballero and
Hawk actually working
out in George Harri-
son's studio, or was
the visit strictly social?
What was Tom Petty
doing there? Was it a
skate session as wide-
ly reported?
Is Dr. Rick Black-
hart considering a
full run on the For-
mula Atlantic cir-
cuit? Will a certain
skateboard mag be
a sponsor?
Did ultra-presti-
gious rag editor Carl
West really opt for Rut-
gers Law School instead
of publishing?
SHORTS
Newest videos seen:
Premiere of "Splendid Eye Tor-
ture" by Blockhead viewed in a
pizza parlor.
"Footage from G&S, perhaps Sarge
Carter's directorial debut. Interestingly
enough, the video doesn't show exact-
ly what Henry Hester does do.
That D.M. 19 den of iniquity. Snake
Ranch, was the site of the "Founda-
tion" video premiere. Wonderfully
plush and well lit up, this vid features
Swank striking some mean poses.
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Below: SF
rampman. Par
Black gets a
Santa Cruz.