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Eric Turvo, frontside aerial.
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WAR
THRASH
A-THON
Cal Poly throws down for
1990's skate marathon
Story and photos by Kevin Thatcher
The Story So Far. The Thrash-a-
thon is an annual event on the Call
Poly San Luis Obispo campus to raise
money for the American Cancer Soci-
ety. The seventh annual event took
place on the quad of the student
union despite a police report that dic-
tated, "No more Thrash-a-thon."
The Hero... Mike Mcintyre, for con-
vincing the city of San Luis Obispo, the
college board and the cops that the
event could be run incident-free and
provide a positive image for the
school. Concessions would have to be
made. There would be no skating.
between midnight and six a.m., thus
breaking a tradition of 72-hour non-
stop sessioning on the campus. Mike
also provided and assembled the
ramp, administered the details, skated
many hours himself and turned in his
homework in architecture class, "A
Design for a Recreational Facility in
Boston Harbor, on time.
The skaters John Fabriquer and
Doug Smith (who left in a cast with an
ankle tweak), Josh Swindell, Ray Dil-
lon, Sasha Steinhorz, Al Losi, Eric
Turvo, Royce, local Matt Pontius, Remi
Stratton, Steve Ruge, Lester Kasai,
Mike Youssefpour, Troy Slider, local
frat rats Tim Mitchell,
Tony Bulalas, Ryan
Iwanaga. Even Jeff
Ramos attempted the Over 3500
drop in. Although the clams raised
ramp was described as
"sketchy at best," every-
body put in solid hours.
Airs were launched to
the delight of the
crowds that gathered
between classes.
Skaters who were
there but didn't skate...
for the
American
Cancer
Society, no
Reese Simpson was re-arrests were
covering from an injury.
but came to watch:
buddy Bruno Hertzog
rip and rage. Julien
reported.
Stranger brought his attitude but for-
got his board. Dave Warne and Brian
Frostad were never in any shape to
skate after the drive.
Epilogue
Over 3500 clams raised
for the American Cancer Society, no
arrests were reported and the school.
extended an invitation for the eighth
annual next year.
Alan Losi, ollie tailgrab.
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