MEDIA BLITZ
These days anyone can slap together a
video, and everyone with a team to pro-
mote is doing it. Here's a rundown on
some tapes now making the rounds:
A few more CELEBRATY TROPICAL FISH
videos worthy Powell-Peralta 1991
Powell-Peralta comes across as the
of mention: McDonalds of skateboarding with their
The New skaters-all-over-the-world pitch. McCann is
School/Public England's hottest commodity with his smooth
Skates Skating and fakie ollie Smiths. Colin McKay
eases through mongo frontside bone airs
offering, and indy bone 540's. Hawk is the ultimate
Minus-1, technician, in the street or in his backyard.
features Hey, he even piles hard on a handrail 180°
awesome nose grind. Frazier is unbelievable. Who can
deny this true power freak as he blasts 360°
footage of varials-to-fakie across twelve feet, blindside,
Chet Thomas, or double-pumped airs? Frankie Hill is balls-
Mario Rubal out-stairs, handrails and even rare vert
coba, Mike action are thrown down by the king of the
hand drag. Honorable mention to Bucky
Chu, Kelly Lasek for a few good beefs and Sean Mor
Bird, Jason timer for not giving up on that frontside rock.
Corbett and Next time, skip the Hawk manor blow-buddy
Fred Gall, trip and the oh-so-funny humor. I may be
wrong, but I think at the end they filmed a
Mark Hestet blind female skater cruising a shopping mall.
ter's slam is
-Lane Chadwick
legendary. TURN THE OTHER CHEEK
Minus also Surf and Skate Video Network
contains
City and Long
This is more like a contest highlight video
than anything. Pro events include San Jose,
recent action Kona, Vision and Powell, and the amateurs
from the S.F. go at it C.A.S.L.-style. Memorable moments
Back to the include Hawk's Caballerial revert, Youssef-
pour's humongous indy-to-fakie, Way's dou-
ble-kickflip indy grab, Mayer's alley-oop
Beach Junk backside air revert over a channel, Jordan
fest events Richter getting lucky on a backside tailslide
Look for an revert and Peter Hewitt launching a mon-
all amateur strous ollie-to-fakie. My personal favorite is
an anonymous amateur who bodyslams
tape soon supreme trying to tail drop off a fence onto a
from Toxic... quarter-pipe. All in all, Cheek is a hack-up of
Acme's new practice sessions. Watch it once and pass it
vid will give along to a friend.
-Garth Wilkins
you a taste of MEMORY SCREEN
what Santa-
Alien Workshop
These fellas looks at things a bit differently.
rossa, Ikeda, with a little on-board action and a lot of weird
Shigenaka, footage like old men walking across the
Hassan and street. Rob Dyrdek is a study of guts and tal-
ent, but the short skate segments leave you
Stratton are wanting more. Another video for the dispos
up to. able heap-watch it once and go on. High-
lights: Scott Conklin as the street fighter, Neil
Blender early-grabbing at a cement park,
Dyrdek's slo-mo ollie-to-picnic table-off over
serious acreage and all-terrain powerhouse
Tom Morgan.
-Garth Wilkins
SCREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Burton Snowboards
Radical action by Team Burton, notably all-
stars Craig Kelly, Jeff Brushie, Mike Jacoby,
carving brothers Jean Nerva and Peter
Bauer, Euro ace Terge Haakonsen and flying
ladies Nicole Angelrath, Michelle Taggert and
Ashild Loftis. There's smoking vintage
footage of Jake Burton Carpenter and crew
on the first backhill models in the early eight-
ies, insane stairwell roof boarding, and Nerva
and Bauer radical side-by-side flat-out edge-
carving virgin terrain. As with most snow
vids, the free- and heli-boarding makes the
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halfpipe contests look feeble and robotish.
Other shenanigans include Craig offering a
cop a donut after he pulls them over (hope-
fully not for throwing a bowling ball out the
van at 60 m.p.h., which they do later).
PARTNERS IN CRIME
Think
-Ted Benjamin
The New Kids On The Block got nothing on
these guys. The boys from Pacifica have re-
leased their first, quite funny vid. The open-
ing segment of Mike Kepper is the ultimate
skate harassment, three cops and a old Ger-
man Shepard do a number on the poor boy.
For authenticity, cops don't wear white socks.
Upstarts Adams and Bertino have killer parts,
but sometimes it is a little slow with various Q
& A: "What do you think of Cochrane?" Luke
Ogden says it best, "I don't." The funniest line
is by Greg Carroll, who tells Keith, "I would
die for you, dude. All in all a valiant first of-
fort. A lot of street, some mini and very little
vert, which is the way it is in this crazy world
of skateboarding today. As for the gun trip,
what is with that?
-Kevin Day
POCAHONTAS
Wave Rave/Mack Dawg
Mike McIntyre's snowboard vids are always
skate-oriented. In order of their degree of rip-
ping all terrain and conditions: Noah Salas-
nek, Nick Perata, Jon Biacchi, Andy Hetzel,
Monty Roach, Jeff Brushie, Dave Hatchett,
Andy Brewer, Heather Mills, Tina Basich
Jimmy Halapoff, Ranquet, Palmer-you get
the picture. Pocahontas is full of log slides.
bench rides and even a nasty sequence
where the boys all slide a taut steel cable
over a creek bed and one guy almost gets.
de-balled when he literally hangs up. Poke
features skate/snow crossover with Salas-
nek, Ranquet, Vincent, Vogt and others tak-
ing it out on wood. You can never get enough
beef sequences, and this serves enought
chow to feed an army. -Mark Hendry
TROOPS OF TOMORROW
Santa Cruz
Troops proves Santa Cruz kept only the
best after cutting the fat off their team.
Kendall, Knox and Dressen show dexterity
and commitment. The am approach is more
psycho and raw; Mosely, Selliner and Roth-
meyer fit in this category. Jason Jessee's
insecurity is funny, but dated, as the fat man |
learning to street skate. He does bust one-
footed Caballerials, though. Bod Boyle has a
varial line at the dog shit ramp that is unbe-
lievable. If you think vert is out, you're weak.
Steward Kendall (no relation to Jeff) skies
540 tail grabs. Good and short, the way I like
'em. Subliminal messages are spiced.
throughout and David Campbell is punk-city
with his hospital drop.
TWELVEIGHTYONE
New Deal
-Chad Swayze
Old Dealers Howell, Sargent and Morrison
join upstarts Knigge, Hall and Barajas in a
fast-paced skate romp. Highlights include
Chris Fissel's frontside ollie lipslide kickflip off
a wood box, Sargent's switchstance backside
180, Templeton's nose blunt bench slide,
Vallely's bio beef, and, just when it gets bor-
ing. Neal Hendrix saves the day. Eastern
Vert? Give me a break-he must live there.
Excellent footage of Montessi and Olande.
as well.
-Chad Swayze
Nitzer Ebb and Geffen Records Present
The ebbhead Thrashmaster Contest
Judged by Tony Hawk And Powell-Peralta
Invent the ultimate ebbhead maneuver
and be seen on MTV and in Thrasher
GEFFEN
Nitzer Ebb's new album, Ebbhead, is an exercise in aggression. Exercise
your aggression obsession to invent an original move named after the album.
Send it to us on VHS videotape and if yours is judged the ultimate Ebbhead
maneuver, you'll be headlining in a thirty second Nitzer Ebb television
commercial to be aired on MTV, and you'll be immortalized in the pages of
Thrasher. The first prize winner, along with 100 runners-up, will also receive
the Ebbhead Thrashmaster Prize Package containing a compilation CD of
previously unreleased or otherwise rare Nitzer Ebb material autographed by
Nitzer Ebb, the entire Geffen Nitzer Ebb album catalog including the titles
That Total Age. Belief, Showtime, and the recent Ebbhead, plus a
long-sleeved, totally grind-worthy t-shirt designed by Nitzer Ebb themselves.
Don't Be A Bonehead, Enter Today!
All entries must be videotaped on VHS format and must not exceed one minute in length. Include your name, address
age, and phone number with entry and mail to: Ray Famell, Geffen Records, 9130 Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90069
Entries must be postmarked by March 15, 1992 and cannot be returned Finst price winners will be notified by phone by
April 30, 1992 Runners-up wil be notified by mail by May 15, 1992. Deason of judges is final Winner agrees to allow
name and likeness to be used in commercial advertising Tony Hawk, employees of Geffen Records, DOC Records, MCA
Records, UNI Distribution, Mute Records, Powell Peralta, Thrasher magazine and their affiliates are not eligible to win and
are not responsible for any injuries sustained to persons, or damage incumed to personal or public property through contest
participation Contest is subject to federal, state and local regulations and is void where prohibited or taxed
THRASHER
1992 The David Gef