regime to become a track bike/moun-
tain man competitor?
Nathan Fletcher, boy roller/wave
slider, has reportedly signed a deal
with Sammy Hagar involving Fletch-
ANGEL INPINOSA
Although travel
in Cuba is for-
bidden to West-
erners, our top
secret spy
photographer
Hymen Abdul
Zuma risked life
and limb to give
Thrasher read-
ers an updated
view of Skate-
town Havana.
An unidentified
young ripper
stands in the
shadow of Ché.
er's prodigious
musical talent.
Recall that Na-
than surfed seri-
ous Waimea Bay
at age eleven
and rode Big O
bowl at age two.
Which skate-
board industrialist
is now so super-
stitious that he.
orders mojos
over the phone
from a prominent
Salvadorean faith
healer? Does the
curandera, who
dwells outside of
San Salvador,
create special
potions which are
then Federal Ex-
pressed to the
factory office of
Mr. Big? Does he
then take these pagan charms to
NSA meetings as alleged by angry
former employees? Don Bostick is
much too adult to comment. Of
course, equally ridiculous is the story
that Mr. Major Manu also rubs
"Money Come To Me" oil on his
hands prior to business meetings.
1965 world champion John Freis is
rumored to be rolling again and in the
midst of crafting a skate environment
someplace west of Los Cabos, Baja,
California. It's solar-powered and said
to be near the Gulf of California.
And in case you ever doubted that
there was real fashion at the shop-
ping mall...Mossimo Giannulli, of
guess what company was/is/could be
the recipient of the Martz menswear
designer of the year award. If not
1990, then perhaps 1991?
QUOTES
"Roots Humans will inherit the earth
from someone else."
Chip Morton
"Someone should invent a joint
between the knee and the ankle.
Then you could really land."
Frankie Hill
"I remember, it's the other guys
who forgot that I remember."
Bob Skoldberg
"I liked it, so I took it. Maybe if I
gave it back, I wouldn't like it any-
more."
Tommy Guerrero
ON BOARD
COMING EVENTS
HEALTHY HIGH FIVE
May 4 San Francisco, CA Race
As part of the Cinco de Mayo celebration,
MECA will host a 5-mile street race
through the Mission District, beginning at
Dolores Park and ending in Civic Center
Plaza. For more information contact Katie
Reeve, 3007 24th St., San Francisco, CA
94110 Ph: 415 826-1401.
NSA PRO SERIES 1991(tentative)
April 19-20 Savannah, GA Savannah
Slamma IV Streetstyle/Freestyle
April 27-28 Jacksonville, FL (Kona
Skatepark) Vert
May 25-26 Sacramento, CA (Water-
world USA, Cal Expo) Capitol Burnout II
Vert/Street
July 18-21 Münster, Germany Münster
Monster Mastership Vert/Street/Free
July 24-27 Le Grand Bornand, France
Vert/Street/Free/Dual Slalom
Sept. 1-2 San Francisco, CA Back to
the City II Street/Free
Oct. 19-20 Houston, TX (Skatepark of
Houston) Shut Up And Skate Vert/Street
Nov. 27-31 Valencia, CA (Magic Moun-
tain) World Champs Vert/Street/Free/Air
NSA AMATEUR SERIES 1991
June 21-23 Daytona, FL Southeast
June 21-23 Houston, TX South Cent.
June 28-30 Chicago, IL North Central
This is a tentative schedule for the first
district qualifying events.
National Skateboard Association, 7555
Red Bud Road, Granite Bay, CA 95661
Ph: 916 791-3720 Fax: 916 791-3722.
Join the NSA. Send $10 (check or money
order) for a one-year membership.
Receive membership card, stickers, news
and discounts at NSA events.
17th STREET SKATE SERIES
May Richmond, VA Street (indoor)
June Chesapeake, VA Mini-ramp
July Mt. Trashmore Vert
John Mallory, 17th Street Surf Shop, 508
Viking Dr., VA Beach, VA 23452. Ph: 804
486-5055 Fax: 804 486-3082.
H.A.S.L. 1991 SCHEDULE
April 27 Ft. Scott, KS Street
May 25 Tulsa, OK Mini-ramp/Freestyle
Heart of America Skate League, 7120 W.
79th St., Overland Park, KS 66204 Ph:
913 341-5233 Fax: 913 642-9771.
FASL 1991 SCHEDULE
May 4 Fort Meyers, FL Street
Sept. 14 Miami Beach, FL Street
Florida Amateur Skateboard League, Box
358, Sanibel, FL 33957 Ph: 813 395-
1165 Fax: 813 395-1177.
SNAPBACKS
The photo of Omar Hassan on page
56 of the April 1991 issue was taken by
Lance Dawes. And for the last time,
Damian Sanders is spelled -ian.
7 YEARS
AGO IN
THRASHER
THRASHER
TONY ALVAILIfe & Times
MAY 1984
Cover McShredder Chuck Treece laid back a
crucially contorted roll-out and the silhouette
of a young Hosoi graced Contents. Frank
Schweizer set the story straight on the metal
vs. punk controversy in Mail Drop, saying, "
doesn't matter what kind of music you listen
to, just as long as you skater... Coming back
from a two-month knee sprain hiatus, Dr. Rick
shared a few words on knee injuries. In The
Skater's Edge department, Bob Denike gave
some pointers on the wheres, whens, hows
and who withs of pool searching Hot
boards in Product Patrol included the Holly-
wood Sk8s Brad Bowman model, the Madrid
Explosion and the fabulous Easy Glider
Skateboard Soap Photograffiti featured
stairplants, bowl jumps, local quads and
abondoned parks from Italy to Wyoming...
Skate comix showed a skate and destroy ses-
sion at the local nuclear powerplant... What-
ever happened to way contorted inverts and
Andrechts? Ask Grigley, Cab, Beauregard
and Roskopp, they sure knew how to flap 'em
back then... Mad Dog Tony Alva talked about
classic Z times, surfing, Hawail, style, explor-
ing Europe and just plain ripping. If anybody
knows about that stuff, TA is the man... Andy
Coghlan dominated the slalom and downhill
in the World Snowboarding Championships in
Soda Springs, CA. Terry Kidwell stole the
halfpipe freestyle... Joe Lopes took the title
at the fourth annual Fogtown contest at the
Corte Madera Punk's Ramp in Mill Valley, CA
JFA man Brian Brannon challenged all
comers to a Skate Rock Showdown but never
got any takers
Pushead spewed DRI,
Marginal Man, Civil Dissent, the Dicks and
other bands Igor reviewed Sonny Rollins,
Joe Jackson and Septic Death... The Ramp
Page gave tips on coping installation
and Mike Muir sported Thrasher threads in a
gnarlical products ad. A minor Texas
fisticuff described by John Gibson in Trash
involved Craig Johnson and the defense of a
cowgirl's honor. Joe Lopes closed it off with
a hellacious handplant atop a metal trash can
atop a tall vert ramp.
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