Phil Shrill aka
Phread Conrad
Photo by
Dettman.
confusion that he showed up again in
St. Louis.
CRIME OF MONTH
Groholski, Demain, Omar, Lenhart
and Ridge's hotel room was robbed of
all cameras, sound F/X gear, vids, et al
twice in a two-hour period. Congrat-
ulations to the security staff of an
unnamed downtown Norfolk, VA, hotel.
QUESTION OF MONTH
Following a recent L.A. Times expose
on certain time-honored Malibu moun-
tain skate exploits, are certain CHP offi-
cials now on a vendetta against promi-
nent downhill rollers? Max Racing
members have allegedly been clocked
at 86 m.p.h. How are the cops going to
handle this? Ditto for Glendora Mount-
ain, where similar harassment has been
spoken of
IN MEMORIAL
Downhill ace and former world speed
record ski racer Steve McKinney died
in a freak car accident on Interstate 5.
Steve, who helped integrate skate/ski
tactics and whose style was certainly a
precursor to modern snowboarding, will
be missed by all who knew him.
FUTURE SHOCK
By the time you read this it will be offi-
cial-the 10th Anniversary/Reader
Poll/End of Universe Party will be held
in an ultra-posh S.F. site and no weak
moves will be tolerated. In a training
mission, Big Daddy Ed took the staff to
the deepest local watering hole on the
arrival of the first copy of the 10th Anni-
versary issue. Has Don V. been wan-
dering around with a coconut clay-
wheeled Hobie multi-lam muttering
about trophies?
POLITICAL STRIFE
Peggy "I'm a Mother" Cozens was
last observed aboard the Russian
destroyer Admiral Vinograd. Apparently.
she was delivering the latest in ad-
vanced American weaponry, a new
Lester Kasai cue?
QUOTES
"It was smaller than
Rudolf and bigger than
Bambie.
Chip Morton
"Women are ex-
ploited enough on
Madison Avenue
already."
SK8 Master
Tate
ON BOARD
COMING EVENTS
NSA PRO TOUR
February 15-18 Los Angeles, CA
NSA World Championships Pro
Vertical/Pro Street/Pro Freestyle
For information contact: National
Skateboard Association, 7555 Red
Bud Road, Granite Bay, CA 95661.
Ph: 916 791-3720 Fax: 916 791-3722
1991 FASL SCHEDULE
February 2 Brandon Street
February 3 McGill's Park Mini
March 2 Miami Beach Street
All contestants must be members of
the Florida Amateur Skateboard
League 1991 season.
For information contact: FASL Inc.,
Box 358 Sanibel, FL 33957. Ph:
(813) 395-1165 Fax: (813) 395-1177.
CONTEST RESULTS
Vertical
Hardcore Ramp Riot IV
November 10, 1990
Melbourne, Australia
1. Jason Elis
5. Renton Millar
2. Dom Kekich
6. C. Biancardi
7. John Findlay
3. Tas Pappas
4. Chris Wright
8. Ben Pappas
NSA/Wheels for Wishes
October 28, 1990
Norfolk, Virginia
Pro Vertical
1. Tony Hawk $1,000 11. Sergie Ventura
2. Jeff Kendall 700 12. Jason Rogers
3. Omar Hassan 600
13. Sean Miller
4. Chris Miller
500
14. Mike Crumb
5.
T. Congelliere
6. B. Halterman
300
7. Eric Nash
200
8. John Sonner
9. Bucky Lasok
10. Bod Boyle
Highest Air
400 15. Dave LaRoux
16. Monty Nolder
17. Ken Park
175 18. Buck Smith
125 19. Mike McGil
100 20. Allen Midgette
1. Sergie Ventura 10'2" $500
Story on page be
Shut Up and Skate
November 3-4, 1990
Skatepark of Houston, TX
Amateur Vertical
1. Neal Hendrix
2. Dennis Martin
3. Brian Drake
4. Danny Mayer
5. Brent Fellows
6. Marc Ricciardett
7. Sean Jones
8. Pat Sherman
9. Bill Weiss
10. Scott Armstrong
11. Don Diederich
12. Chris Darby
Stay on
CREDIT CHECK
The 10th anniversary skateboard
cake on page 28 of the January 1991
issue was styled by Karen Shinto and
photographed by Geoff Van Dusen.
TEN YEARS AGO IN
THRASHER...
THRASHER
KATHBOARD MAGAZINE
LAKEWOOD
COMMUNITY ALMEI
FEBRUARY 1981
Puffing a grind on the February 1981
cover, Chris Strople flashed frontside in a
smoothly plastered pool with bulbous
cement coping... Duane Peters was rag-
ing full throttle indy airs off the over-vert
wall of Apple's 3/4 pipe with burl,
confidence and altitude... Yes, hardcore
skating was on the offensive, and no walls
were secure ... The Z-Boys were ripping.
Mike and Kenny Stelmasky, along with
Dennis (Polar Bear) Agnew, took radness
one step beyond... Some people discov-
ered that the end of skateparks wasn't the
end of the world. Others knew this all
along. Editor KT: "I have no pity for
badly managed or poorly constructed
parks The few parks that did survive
were some of the finest, enduring by
design... Lakewood threw a profam con-
test in her killer downhill cement halfpipe.
John Gibson took the am event with
speed and ollie lines while Steve.
Caballero stole the pro and $300 in prize
money with focused intensity and consis-
tency. Brad Bowman toured the East
Coast and reported back stoked after
skating Cherry Hill and other plastered
playgrounds with Jamie Godfrey and a
man named Mouse... An article on com-
munity parks pointed out that pay-to-play
wasn't necessarily the name of the game
...Pools were crucial proving grounds and
soul style street skating was enjoying a
reawakening Up in Berkeley, Cliff
Coleman and the bros shredded street
slides that changed the course of skating
A young lady named Carabeth
Burnside ripped hard and rad... Shawn
Peddie spoke of life and leisure down in
Florida, home of his personal backyard
pool. A pre-McTwist Mike McGill pulled
a pro victory at Sensation Basin. Paul
Schmitt took second in the bank slalom....
John "the Hut Hutson blazed a new world
speed record for downhill skateboarding.
a lightning 56.8 m.p.h... Terry Nails
mourned the loss of John Lennon...
Drawings of a humongous Nor Cal pool
invited flights of imagination... Patrick
Wachter drew high lines in Get-A-Way's
3/4 bowl... Letters poured in from the four
points praising the new mag's skater-
based attitude... Little did we know then
that a decade later, Thrasher would still be
finding new skaters, new moves and new
terrain... Skateboarding rules!
H-ST WEAKLY
NEWS
Still Doing What We Do Best...
February 1991
Out To Ruin The Industry
Skater kidnapped
by UFO aliens in
mid-air abduction
NOW YOU
SEE HIM
Photo: Dan Start
Seen above are the last ever photos of H-Street upstart, Fred Olande. Fred
was performing a daring One-Footed-Nollie-Tail grab, when he was snatched
up by a "beam of light." Cameraman, Dan Sturt, had these comments, "I was
shooting, blinked, and he was gone! Sure will miss the litte #a!! H-Team
manager/ mentor Mike Ternasky was so overwhelmed by this event, he had
to cancel his manicure/ pedicure apointments for the next millenium.
COME BACK SOON FRED!
Attention all bands interested in being a part of the latest H-Street video madness
send demos to: H-Video Mask 9265 Dowdy Dr. #110 San Diego, Ca. 92126. Do know!
Time Line
ALF SUFFERS
ALF SUFFERS DECAPATATION-
BUT HIS BODY REFUSES TO STOP
SKATEBOARDING !
NEW KID ON
THE BLOCK!?
Mike Carrol, fatare skate-
star, has been invited by
the agents of teeny bopper
big boys, NEW KIDS ON
THE BLOCK, to join the
band as their "new kid."
Mike (right), captured here
by skate photog, Tobin
Yelland, has aparrently
been so torn by his love
for skateboarding and
passion to be a teen idol/
love god, he has locked
himself in his bedroom and
refuses to talk to NEW
KID's agents or the H-
STREET corporation.
The body of Alphonzo
Rawls, seen here midway
through a Backside Ollie
to Nose Pivot, has shown
up at various skate spots
in the San Diego area-
WITHOUT HIS HEAD!
Friends and family say
that things are not quite
the same now that
Alphonzo's head is gone.
"I thought he was being
rather quiet." explains his
mother.
Tony
Magnusson quantum-
stratto leaper added, "To
tell you the truth, I didn't
notice anything until I
asked Alf to explain one
of his mind-benders
(tricks). He didn't say any
thing, dropped in, and
that was when I noticed
he seemed to have lost
his head. Still skates rad
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