Board of the
Month:
Michael
Toombs' skate-
board clothes
tree. Right:
Mike McGill
tackles a
radical bob
sled run-like
skate prop for
an Italian TV
commercial
while Little-
man drives the
camera.
Guy Mariano T-shirts the inspiration
for the preceding factual statement?
Does Buddy Carr easily consume
cases of the Up Time herbal vitamin
concoction? Is this vitamin boosting
part of an aggressive training.
regime? Has Carr's recent coping
carving been the talk of several
towns?
Did Micke Alba move himself to
Phoenix, Arizona, permanently? Is
there perhaps a woman involved?
Did Stussy recently flee to Fiji to
avoid the ugly spectacle of the New
Kids On The Block appearing on
international TV wearing some of his
clothing? Was his associate, Frank
Sinatra, Jr., so humiliated that he's
taken to wearing Armani suits? Did
the Stussy Tribe Braintrust actually
contemplate issuing a public service
announcement decrying the abuse of
Has
Roger
clothing by deviant New
Kids?
Hickey actu-
ally gone over 60
m.p.h. standing up? Is
Hickey's every downhill move
now the source of world-wide
speculation? Are big bucks speed.
runs far off?
Does a certain Venture Truck exec-
utive named Swenson own a house
that he's never slept in? Has he owned
it for over 10 months? Is it true he just
goes there to water the flowers? Is the
house just a cover story for a circum-
spect ramp complex?
Why is Dickvak fly fishing out of the
country? Ever heard of Canadian maple
trout?
OBSERVATIONS
Ivan "Pops" Hosoi traded his '52
Chevy for Max's Mercedes. Christ,
meanwhile, returns from Europe where
he didn't enter some contests. Was this
a political gesture or was he suffering
from a minor whiplash neck injury?
Before he left, Christian and Tate
showed up at the Palmdale benefit for
Tobey Engstrom, a brain hemorrhage
victim. Skatemaster Tate, with friends
who obviously re-
sembled Salba,
rolled via motor home to
the Albuquerque, New Mexico,
ditch. This video endeavor
proceeded Mr. Tater's tour of
East Germany with the Boo-Yaa
tribe. Tate's new disc is out in the
UK and should soon be in the USA.
Interestingly enough, long ago a
particular skatepark appropriated a
Stecyk photograph of Peralta and
created a billboard out of it. Now some
outfit called L.A. Gear comes up with a
"Michael Jackson standing in front of a
wall of license plates" ad campaign.
Curiously, a Stecyk-designed art piece
and a recent Powell-Peralta trade show
booth each featured walls of old license
plates. Rumor has it that the head of
L.A. Gear is named Sandy Seman.
Guess what the name of the guy who
ran the aforementioned park was?
Sandy Seman. Nah, it's got to be a
coincidence, right? Don't bet on it.
Is Jill Schultz, daughter of dad
Charles, creator of Peanuts, now a pro
rollerblade skater?
Christian and Nathan Fletcher were
viewed at ten-foot Colton's indulging in
eight-second tube rides, backside ollies,
frontside stalefish floaters and rebound
shooters.
Rob Washburn, Steve Saiz and
Gabriel Rodriguez were seen session-
ing in S.B. to live reggae bands, mini-
ramps, portable bowls and empty pools.
In Nippon, Jay Adams, Craig
Johnson, Jeff Grosso and
Guy Grundy are the news of
the moment.
Bill Galfano of Wisconsin is
claimed by some as the new
standard bearer of the new
direction? Are we talking art,
fashion or street etiquette?
AMATEUR HOUR
It was in the "biggest little city
in the world" that the top eighty
or so amateur street-, vert-,
mini- and free-stylers gathered
to throw down what they know
for national honors. Under
cloudy, sometimes wet skies
the future of competitive skating
flew over ply and pounded.
pavement at the Reno State
Fairgrounds while the annual
fair was going on all around.
The biggest prize in many an
am's mind was the possibility of
a fat pro contract complete with
all the trimmings. There were
more manufacturers reps pre-
sent at this event than any pro
event for the last two years. Some
skaters started the day with one
sponsor and ended with another, as the
bidding war for talent was as intense at
the contest site as it was on the craps
tables the night before.
Heads of skate present included,
Larry Balma, Flying Fausto V. Mike
Ternasky, Rocco, Red Dog, Swenson,
George Wilson, Keith Cochrane and
Mike Rector. Keeping the skaters in-
line and fired up were the team players,
Todd Hastings, Steve Ruge, Jeff
Klindt, John Hogan, Sarge Carter,
Ridgeway, Greg Carroll, Jim Gray,
Buddy Carr, Hostetter and more, who
were all at each other's throats. Let's
just say there was tension in the air. The
vibing didn't overshadow the ripping.
though, as the skaters stuck to what
they know best. In the street finals it
was Florida's Lance Conklin topping
Chris Markovich. Freestyle was taken
by a deserving Rob Rodriguez. Mike
Frazier owned the vert ramp, followed
by Dave LeRoux and Chris Gentry.
Mini was aced by Chris Gentry, Chad
Vogt and Neal Hendrix respectively.
Watch for a full report next month.
QUOTES
"He was burstin' like Thurstin...
Howell...Howell."
Skatemaster Tate
"I've got plenty of coconuts."
Steve Rocco
How long do you plan to skateboard for?
LOCK!
a new era begins.
1991