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an arm wrestling match. Suddenly, the table lifts up to
chest level, and the whole group moves en masse from
one side of the room to the other, mowing down unsus-
pecting revelers. Skaters walk around, barefoot, shirt-
less, and at one point, Reese Simpson appears com-
pletely naked in the middle of the dance floor. Dance
circles begin forming. One creature at a time struts into
the middle, jingo-flexes,
swings a dither, pounds the
pump cake and moves
aside for the next freak. The GRIPPINA
nauseous feel of the heavy
bass and thumping cause
Scout to force a withdrawal.
Much rest is needed for the
next days skate action.
IE VERLETZ-
TEN: "Oil Fears.
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Foreigners," "Bush Orders
Iraq Coup Plans," "Gulf Cri-
sis Sends Stocks Spiraling
Lower head the front page
of the International Herald
Tribune, an English lan-
guage global newspaper
distributed throughout
Europe. It has been a
thought-provoking couple
of days. Yesterday, during
qualifying, some dastardly
and decided ripping had
gone down. The street qual-
ifying occurred at around
ten in the morning. A field
of no less than 63 skaters.
clashed headlong in qualify-
Ing. Coming all the way
from South America are a
group of Brazilians. Leonar-
do Barbosa. Alexandro.
VERSICHERUNGEN
Ribeiro, Daniel Trigo, Rui Muleque and Claudio Secco.
all burn tracks. Leonardo is one of the two riders not
from the U.S.A. to qualify. The other being Adam Lux-
ford, an Australian.
S
cott Oster practically used all of the riding sur-
faces, gliding through it as if it was melted butter.
Bill Danforth, Omar Hassan
and Jason Rogers approached the
course from severe angles. Ray Bar-
bee bounced across the ramps like a
loose spring. Also qualifying best in
the street dance are Knox, Way.
Dressen, Oster, Jason Lee, Chris
Miller and Ed Templeton.
Premiere German
vert man. Rolf Mid-
dendorf (above left)
showed colorful
lines like the well-
tucked stalefish.
had his bell rung
At 12:30, the halfpipe competition Jeff Phillips (left)
commences with seventy-seven
entrants. Some of the top pros pre-
sent are unable to enter due to cir-
cumstances beyond their control.
Out of the running, so far, are Christ
in Münster but
recovered in the
French Alps.
Hosol, (neck injury). Mark Anthony (Impalement)
and Jeff Phillips (collision with Justin Lynch).
Against common sense, Justin Lynch enters any-
way and qualifies. Those who show immediate
dominance on the vertical are Miller, Bod, Nash,
Mountain, Losi, Conroy, Lasek and Youssefpour.
Pete Dossett of Great Britain clamors loud enough
to cinch a spot in the
W.LOS qualifying
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vate
The freestyle qualify-
ing was completely
dominated by Rodney
Mullen. He wins every
contest he enters..
doing tricks so nu-
merous and compli-
cated, that he's run
out of names for
them. Flickering be-
yond the flames of the
Rod. are some stand-
out f-stylers. An ener-
getic and enthusiastic
rider is Bulgarian Pla-
men Kosturkov, who
sprints around the
whole course area..
doing tricks at high
speeds-a breath of
fresh air in the ranks
of the freestyle.
NTSCHULD-
IGUNG GEF-
ÄNGNIS: Halle
Münsterland is filled
near capacity. There
are about 5,000 spec-
tators on the day of
qualifying and 6,000
during the finals. Phil
arrives at the arena.
quite carly. Unable to
find the hotel all night, he slept in a park, where
several other happy campers had the inclination to
do the same. The grounds host the Münster bowl
and snake run-as comfortable a place as any to lay
one's head. The first person Phil sees upon enter-
ing the arena is the Jagganath character, who is
Jason Lee (above)
launches across
the fun box at
Halle Münsterland.
In your face,
Spartan power
house Mike
Youssefpour (right)
tips out a large
indy grab for the
masses at Münster.
standing against the wall..
sound asleep, his board tucked
behind his legs. On finding a
seat, Phil catches a few ZZZZS
himself before the finals begin.
On top of the halfpipe stands
B.S., where he observes the
streetstylers attacking the
course with reckless aplomb.
For example, Jason Lee's last
run, which landed him a well-
deserved fourth place, started
with him pumping over the
spine, then a frontside ollie out
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