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(From page 50) concerned about the
draft, and have the events in the
Mid-East somehow affected their
way of thinking?
BLENDER: I've always thought of
the route I would take to Canada in
case they called my number. It's the
soldier's fault, they don't have to be
there. They could be working for
Ford Motor Company, in factories if
they wanted. BARBIER: Fuck the
draft, and I try not to watch TV so I
won't be affected by the war. I could
kick someone's ass in a second, but
I don't think I could kill anyone. HILL:
I'm scared. Fighting is so far from
anything I've ever wanted to do, I
can't even relate. KNOX: Let me
give the reason as to why I would
go, first. Saddam Hussein is a mad-
man, and he and his military need to
be eliminated. It frightens and
angers me to think what would hap-
pen if he got a nuclear weapon. I
don't think I could live without skat-
ing, though. I have to skate. But now
that skating is getting outlawed
everywhere, I would be fighting for a
country that is banning the thing I
love to do most. The war fills me
with more hate towards Iraq every
day. HAWK: As far as the draft goes,
I think they'd take one look at my
knees and tell me to get lost. But
who knows? On war: It seems like
things can only get worse; we've
reached the point of no return.
KARMA: I would rebel and start a
riot in the streets, but I still love the
U.S. I guess the U.S. has to do what
it needs to do. SAIZ: I wouldn't want
to give up my life for the war, but I do
support the troops and my country.
DRESSEN: My reaction to the
reinstatement of the draft would be
one of anxiety and fear. GONZ: 1
ain't got me qualified for the draft.
LOTTI: I probably wouldn't do any
thing, because I'm only 18 and still
in school, and they are supposed to
start with 19-year-olds. If things do
get out of hand though, it would
never be too late to make friends
with Kevin Harris. I'm not down for
fighting. PETERSON: I would take it
like a man, go fight, come home. But
I think this war is really worthless.
NEUHAUS: If they came looking for
me to fight their war, I would go
where they can't find me. I don't
want to die for George. The war has
made me live for the day and try to
achieve as much as possible.
ALLEN: I'm so interested in the war.
I agree with the peace people, but I
think they should have started earli-
er to clue Mr. Bush in. Let's get
those soldiers home soon. Dieing is
no good, even for one's country!
Also, I'm too old for the draft.
HOSOI: I'm more worldly conscious,
but if I were drafted I'd build a
skatepark underground in the moun-
tains on some island and be the
mystery skate monk! LEE: Shocked
into fright obviously. Or, should I just
have the stupid punk skate attitude
and say, "They'll just have to come
and take me away"? It's made me
realize the horrid conditions of the
Vietnam war. It is more of a reality to
me now than just a war that will be
printed in school books for genera-
tions to see. BARBEE: I'd go skate
Kevin Harris' for a while. Try not to
think about it. THIEBAUD: The pos-
sibility of reinstatement is bad. The
war is bad. The United States gov-
emment has a history of lying. TEM-
PLETON: This crap is pissing me
off; everyone says "support your
troops, they're fighting for you." Well,
I didn't ask anyone to fight for me. If
someone is over there fighting for
me, come on home and have a pop-
sicle, because I didn't ask you to go
over there. I can't believe there are
people who love to kill people they
have never met, for a country they
will never see or go to. You go to jail
if you kill, you go to jail if you don't.
It's a little ridiculous going to jail for
five years for not wanting to partici-
pate in something as barbaric as
war. One million dollars for one mis-
sile. Way to go, George, another
well-spent million. CARROLL: I don't
approve of the war, war sucks! HAS-
SAN: If I have to fight. I'll do some-
thing I want to do. I'm not going to
go to Canada, that's for sure. BAR-
RETT: The last thing I want to do is
go to Saudi Arabia and fight for
something I don't believe in or even
understand.
SONNET #8: A POEM WITH-
OUT WORDS
Street skating is adored, practiced
and enjoyed by so very many, but,
like everything else, it is not without
its origins. What was the biggest
innovation in streetstyle?
BARBEE: Freestyle has been a
big innovation to street skating,
TEMPLETON: Think of the tricks
you do that don't involve an ollie.
CARROLL: Without the ollie, skate-
boarding would be nowhere. HAS-
SAN: Mark Gonzales, the first tech-
nical street dog. BLENDER: The
olie on flat ground. Rodney Mullen
might deserve a little credit here..
BARBIER: To me, the very first H-
Street video, because I lived in
Baton Rouge, LA and I had never
seen anything like the street skating
those guys were doing. I didn't think
these things were possible. HILL:
Tony, Natas, Hensley, Barbier, Shef-
fey, Lance, Alan Petersen, Kit Erick-
son. KNOX: If you don't know how to
ollie, you aren't going to be able to
keep up with modern skating. SAIZ:
The ollie and freestyle tricks that
have been done on banks, rails or
anything. DRESSEN: The precision
bearing. GONZ: Ollies, and better
boards and clean streets. LOTTI:
Jason Lee and 360° ollie flips paved
the way for a new generation of
tricks. Mike Ternasky and Dan Sturt
are stimulating a lot of progression in
the sport of skateboarding. PETER-
SON: The ollie. Not those dumb
ground tricks. ALLEN: Freestyle.
HOSOI: The S.F. street contest in
'82 and the closing of all of the
skateparks! LEE: Gonzales. TURN-
ER: I think magazines are very inno
vative.
NUMBER NINE: WHAT PUR-
POSE DOES SKATING SERVE
FOR MANKIND?
TEMPLETON: Street skating does
nothing for mankind; it's a thorn in
the side of it. We know where it's at
and mankind is bitter. CARROLL:
Street skating exists so we can walk
outside and just start skating. HAS
SAN: How to skin yourself up and
keep going and watch it heal.
BLENDER: For mankind none; for
the individual, enjoyment. NATAS:
Something to do on a Saturday
night. An outlet of feelings and frus
trations, murder prevention. A handy
way to get that stubborn red paint off
of the curbs. A good excuse to run,
jump, play and act silly. BARBIER:
Street skating and mankind, I don't
even think about that shit. KNOX:
Street skating only serves a purpose
for the person doing it. No one else
in this world sees what an urban
landscape can provide. Most people
see a planter as something that just
holds the bushes, or a handrail to
hold on to. Skateboarders make use
of things that weren't meant to be
used. Sometimes the beauty of the
objects we ride are hurt, but I don't
care. It's just a piece of cement to
me, non-living and unfeeling. Soci-
ety sees skating as the destruction
of mankind's buildings. I see
mankind as the destruction of itself.
HAWK: It is an outlet for aggression,
a way to have fun, a way to pro-
gress, a way to stay healthy, a way
to stay unhealthy. SAIZ: It chal-
lenges the mind as well as the body.
DRESSEN: The youths of the world
are in the streets from East LA. to
Tel Aviv. GONZ: DUHHHHHHHH...
LOTTI: It gives vert skaters some-
thing to complain about. A guy like
Sal can come into the scene com-
pletely broke, and end up with a
large piece of the pie. ALLEN: I'll let
mankind figure it out. BARRETT: It
won't serve a purpose because
mankind does not want it.
TEN SECOND WARNING:
WHICH ARE THE CHILDREN
OF AN IDLE BRAIN?
One wonders what could be in the
minds of these street types. If left to
their own devices, what sort of ele-
ments would be included in the ulti-
mate street skating spot and what,
to them, is the ideal run?
NATAS: Everything, everywhere
on a smooth surface. Anything.
BARBIER: Anywhere with my bros.
HILL: A rooftop with a comer bank,
and a huge ollie. KNOX: Banks.
bank-to-curbs, planters, stairs, rail-
ings, drop-offs, bowls, curbs, hips,
benches, transitions, all made per-
fect out of the smoothest concrete
right outside of my door. HAWK: All
the elements: banks, rails, curbs,
vert, spines, and ramps on every
perimeter in order to maintain.
speed. Infinite heights and varieties
of every obstacle. The ideal run
would be to ride through the entire
course without hitting any of it.
KARMA: A place with lots of curbs,
natural transitions, brick, concrete,
blacktop, whatever. Lots of speed,
lots of tricks, technical and powerful,
harsh maneuvers. DRESSEN: Mar-
ble banks, benches, and curbs. Mar-
ble is the raddest surface to skate.
GONZ: A big hill with painted curbs
on both sides and you slide, slash
and slappy from top to bottom, with
judges lined up on both sides.
LOTTI: A smooth area, desolate,
with brown marble benches, double-
sided red curbs, bank-to-curbs, and
a setting like Benecia on the side.
No one would know about it and it
would be well-lit at night. An ideal
run, without getting into specifics,
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PLETON: The ideal spot would be a
big arena with bleachers so I could
sit and watch everyone else skate
instead of myself. No, I guess my
cereal bowl, if that were big I would
do Andrechts in it. HASSAN: I think
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