TALKING ED
No matter
what happens.
stalwarts like
Dave Hesler
(above) will
find
always
the time to
seck out new
terrain and
put it to the
test. This rusty
metal pipe is
just another
discord in the
vast skateable
wasteland that
lies before us.
4 TO MAINE
VIVA LA REVOLUCIÓN
Skateboarding has gone through
radical mutations over the past year. I
would walk the plank far enough to
say that skateboarding has seen more
deviations in 1991 than at any time in
its relatively short history. Sure, the
urethane wheel was a radical progres
sion in 1975, mainly because it
brought so many new converts
aboard: Being able to ride pools and
ditches was an obvious advantage.
but let's not forget this terrain was
being ridden before urethane. No, the
changes we're talking about today are
much more subtle, yet already deep-
seated in the future.
Attitude Skate kids today could
care less about what you did yester-
day, who your brother skated with and
where the gnarly spots were. They
can't comprehend grandpa's stories
about hammering metal rollerskate
wheels to wooden planks. Old pros,
nose wheelies, handstands or any-
thing else that's not happening today
or tomorrow gets no respect. Why
look for new backyard or backwoods
spots, when you can hang out in a
parking lot or a plaza and rip all day?
Equipment Wheel sizes are hov-
ering in the mid-forties down from
sixty-plus three years ago. For many
years the standard for boards was
thirty inches long. ten inches wide,
with a six-inch tail, three inches of
nose and over fifteen inches of wheel-
base. That's totally unacceptable by
today's standards. Boards are longer.
noses are longer than tails, and con-
cave is barely visible. Low and long is
the rule. Rails, riser pads and any
plastic except 'Slick is out.
Streetstyle-Evel Knievel is dead.
Top contest placers have traded high
airs and boardslides for technical,
grabless, board-flipping freestyle.
moves. If you can't late shove-it
impossible, you're out.
Unidirectional
Things are so
evolved in the fakie mode you need a
trained eye to know whether a skater
is coming or going. Switchstance.
nose, tail, whatever-as long as
you're on it.
This issue explores some of the
changes skating has gone through,
and also takes a peek into the future.
No matter what happens. long after
mags, videos, skateparks, fashions,
contests and other crap disappears.
the act of rolling on your skate is all
that matters
Fish or cut bait,
Kevin J. Thatcher
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