V
CONTENTS
April 1991
DEPARTMENTS
TALKING ED Red Curbs and Mini Ramps....
MAIL DROP Crying Time.....
PRODUCT PATROL More Slabs and Shoes
.26
STEP BY STEP Action Jackson..
.30
MEDIA BLITZ Videowards....
.74
TRASH Paaaaaarrrty.
98
ON BOARD Twenty Years Ago..
.99
SOMETHIN' ELSE Futile Futures....
102
CONTENTS: Micke Alba kicks dust on a
backside drift slide out of a shotcrete.
utility ditch in Phoenix, AZ.
SCOTT NEEDHAM.
F
RAW
MEAT
36
A fistful of hot
sizzlers who are
pushing the limits
of skateboarding
even as you read this.
The MAGA
C
FUTURE
SKATES
42
An exclusive report on
ultra-secret board
design technology that
will revolutionize the
skateboard world.
BAD
GUYS
46
A killer collection of
harrowing horror
stories about life
and death in
the fast lane.
ABONSH
SKTBRONG
50
We must band together
to crush these acts of
four-wheeled
aggression before
someone gets hurt.
HORSEMEN
SAN JO
56
Top pros mix it up in
San Jose, CA, on the
biggest little ramp ever
built for one of the
best contests ever.
R
HELLUVA
SNOWJOB
66
Mt. Reba's Polar Park
for snowboarders is
proof that resorts are
finally recognizing
riders of single planks.
THE
PIT
70
Harry Moss dives into
the pit of fury and rides
the human maelstrom
through strut.
skank and stomp.
S
ON THE
COVER
Todd "Thrash Goroda
Shinto point his
perpetual motion
stick toward the city
Photo: Geoff Van Dusen.
Board: Bray Aerospace
and Ancell Technologies.