med up for a
25 marking the
unel's trip to
mes for Gloeta
leva"
Ane Kopelman
ry Fox sound
es nightclub
ed palm trees
Orchestra from
marked the
's men's fra
400 show of
said Rosanca
boots were
cholson (Jack's
dress she pur-
ore, Sofia Cop
including
place to wear
added that at
dying painting
for couture
TOUR TIME
Klindt. Thiebaud, Agah and
Guerrero are back from Nippon,
where Real stuff is considered
a hot high-fashion tip. In
accordance, presumably, with
this odd state of affairs, Mr.
Tommy cut off all his hair. The
nature of protest, perhaps?
Undercover on the Japan street
sessions were Jiro Hanave
and Yoshi Yamata. Basin lo-
cals Bukka Kanagal, Yuki
Ikuta and Nobo Osml. Equally
de-centralized and immersed in
the unique cultural configuration
of the new Japan are Billy Al
Valentine, Jive Master Rick
and Nathan Pratt. Whether or
not it has any reference to this
tale, JMR designs a clothing
line which is the darling of the
smart style set. Rumor has it,
in the immediate future Mr.
Nathan will front a warehouse
ramp in Nagasaki.
NICE GUYS
Talking commitment, is it true
that George Powell is designing
a mega-vert ramp with Todd
Hastings and the crew, 10
be sited in Santa Barbara?
Word also talks of a new
street environment. Equally
committed is the fact that
Powell and Peralta drop
$18.000 each month to sub
sidize their skatepark.
Which manu burned an-
other manu's video footage
and presented it as his own. Are
retaliations in order?
Mark Gonzales gets around astride/enclosed in
his latest innovation. Before moving to NYC to
paint, Mark was seen near Mountain manor
executing a four-block rolling loop.
FLAT AND PROUD
From the deep-end minds of the legal
profession: Is it true that Steve Rocco is
wallpapering his office with cease and
desist notices from assorted lawyers over
alleged "trademark infringements"? Have
the esoteric Colvinetics and Lee Burger
boards become collectibles? Equally
obscure and highly coveted by the forty-
Quy
Claudia Schiffer on the runway Jennifer Nicholson and
David Hackett, Nancy Zarif
dog set are epic RFF
(Rocco Freestyle Fellow-
ship) designs of yore.
Holknekt and Welinder
have purportedly cornered
the market on these nar-
row, dead-flat cues which
look more like modern
street decks every day (or
is that vice-versa?).
David Hackett (left)
with Jenny (yeah,
Jack's daughter),
proves he is truly a
star; just ask him
After being pied by
Cara-Beth, Ortiz
(right) went on a
rampage as he
tried to break Bozo
Miller's pie-eating
record of 24 in one
sitting. He ate one
whole and was on
the second when
the restaurant ran
out. How's that for
bad planning?
Larry Balma, Chip Morton and Sherm
recently decided to test Tod 'give me a
chainsaw and I'll build you a house"
Swank's skill. Swank adroitly leveled sev
eral pieces of furniture by eye, utilizing a
fourteen-inch electric model. Word has it
that Swank is shaping concave plugs for
his F-Troop from solid logs.
POWER FORWARD
Long-time sand, surf, concrete- and
wood floor-type, Jack Haley Jr., is now
playing for the Los Angeles Lakers. Notori-
ous surf/skate types have been seen
hanging at the Forum in recent days. Most
visible is Rolls-rolling Jack Haley Sr..
long-time board maker and one-time US
surfing champ.
TEAM SCHEME
Was Ray Underhill let go from the
Powell-Peralta stable for greener pastures
at Fishlips? Will he still skate the Hawk
Facility, for free? Does Bucky Lasek really
sing in Karioki bars? Is Fred Gall actually
being flown to Germany to hook up with
Waage, Daclin and Semmoh?
Santarossa and Hassan both in the
Acme house.
Youssefpour is rumored generally
unattached and now planted in a four-
month snowboarding binge.
Hosoi was out for a couple weeks be-
hind a severe wrist/knee tweak and is
fronting an ever-newer company and even
fresher posse. Have Christ and Gonz be-
come the team of the nineties? Will this
one-two punch be a foreshadowing of
things to come? Is the team called Milk run
by a man named Chicken? Is Ron Chat-
man involved?
Did Steve Berra leave his hotel in the
middle of the night after being accosted by
one Jovante Turner?
Is Natas Kaupas the youngest owner of
a Acura NSX on record?
Did Kareem Campbell lose his wallet on
tour with over $1,200 in it?
Hot shoes for the nineties department:
Shawn Mandoli, Edward Devera, Max
Schaaf, Willy Santos and Karl Watson.
New graphics tatts: Agah and Thiebaud.
Does Speyer ride for the Corporation?
Do Howell, Hall. Barbier and Ibeseta
together form Underground Element?
Is Don Fisher thinking about a new
career after leaving Vision?
Thinking about Think: Josh Swindell
and Sergie Ventura.
MODEL CITIZENS
Sims: Roy and Hirata.
Powell Peralta: Brennan and Senn
Think: Toland and Bertino.
Still waiting: Steinhorst, Astorga and
Greg Carroll.
Models gone: Youssefpour, Goodman
and J.J. Rogers.
AREA CODE 619
Will one more or another skateboard
company change the world? Will Ridge-
way attend film school? Will Joe Bowers
return to Tennessee to found another ama-
teur skate circuit? Will Hosse retire on un-
employment? Is Hawk the new guru of
skate videos? Will Rich Flowerday return
to Nebraska and the corn business? Is
Beau Brown training full-time for slalom?
SERIOUS METAL APPROACH
Main Street, Santa Monica, USA. The
scene: the opening of Dave Rochlen's
Jamsworld. OG Malibu/SM Canyon-type
Big Dave has returned to the city of his
birth to open a small store. (Those who
know will recall that the original Hobie
You've heard of the
Animal Liberation
League? News from
down under of a skate
spot liberation team.
These superheroes do
their part to make the
world more skateable.
Do you?
At press time, two
of our fave skaters
were out of com
mission, Danny
Way from a snow
wipe (Watanabe
landed on him),
and Omar Hassan,
sidelined with a
broken ankle. We
wish speedy
recoveries to both
future legends.
Until then, maybe
a spin in Rocco's
Porsche will cheer
them up.
vroom, vroom
skate team was managed by one Dave
Mr. Headip Rochlen, in fact a nephew of
Big Dave.) Confused? Well, not as much
as another mag, who recently stated that
Hobie skates were a Sunkist product. Cor-
rect answer: Vita-pak. Anyway, surround-
ing the whole mess were roll-by neighbor
Natas, drive-by navigator Skip Engblom
and allie off the Mercedes hood instigators
Claw and Buster Saenz. Markovich and
Rodriguez were rumored to be in at
tendance at the
massive dumpster
roll behind the
opening and, of
course, for you
suck-nut star-
struck types,
Arnold Schwarz-
enegger, Maria
Shriver and Rip
Torn 4x4'd it in a
military surplus
Humpve
DUST DEVILS
Don V. was
deep in the River
side sandstorms
with team drivers
George Barros
and Vince Black
at the California
State Champi
onships. Despite
the sand blast ve-
locity, George
rolled into second
in the 125cc shift-
er finals and Vince
got fourth in the
Briggs light de.
spite/because of
his aggro driving
tactics. Less lucky
were the 116 cars
that crashed near-
by down Interstate
5 during the same
sandstorm. Congratulations and condo-
lenoes are in order.
Red Dog Muir said to be contemplating
a move (perhaps back to the hood?).
Mike Muir's not-so-secret alternative
group Infectious Grooves (allegedly in-
tended to get around some LA club own-
ers anti-Suicidal Tendencies policy) is
now rumored to be jumping up the ladder
of status and achievement. Translation:
the next crossover deal à la Body Count
Are Hensley and Park seriously doing
business as 'rumored"?
HANG TIME
Omar Hassan broke and cislocated his
ankle in a freak accident on Friday the
13th at the Hangar in Charleston, SC, the
night before the pro bowl contest. The
event went on as scheduled, with twelve
entrants making a good show and Neal
Hendrix taking it from local Blaize Blouin.
After Blaize, it went Brian Howard, Leap-
hart, Luxford and Buck Smith.
BEEFCAKE AWARD
He came, he tried, he got denied. Ailn
O'Brocklin caught air then rear-ended a
parked Pinto luge-style at fifty-plus on San
Francisco's Clipper Street. Results: one
broken leg. one compressed back, one trip
to the emergency ward. From his hospital
bed, Ailn told nightly newscasters he'd be
back, 'on the very same hill," to try and
break the speed record again.
QUOTES
"I've been here six years and I don't
make forty grand."
"We're royalty, they're peasants."
Rodney Mullen
Gutter
ALK
Attention a
small town cops
and anyone in
redneck America
with a choon
mair shoulder
about skaters and
skateboarding
The skaters of the
United States of
Americe have had
enough of your
harassment, pre-
odice and overs
power trip. Every
time we get
kicked out. Deat
up or misded
Decause we are
skaters, it makes
us that much
more determined
to do it again
At least in the
big city most
cops are loo busy
dealing with mod-
em urban blity
to pick on skaters.
But much of
America is smal
towas where
there is little or no
crime. When
there is nothing
for the cops to do
they have to do
something Why
bust bear partes
when Meir kid
might be there?
Why not go down
the street and
Wod some skaters
making some
noise and drag
them downtown
and cau may
parents?
Thase реше
tripping steroid
merchants can
°
dish it out, but
can they take it?
spent some time
in a small tow
my teens and ra
Vince Black
with a band of
Ed Riggins
"I ran him over once and he still didn't
get it, so I ran him over again."
"It's a pissing contest."
"Everything I do is for the kids and the
guys on my team."
Steve Rocco
skaters Naturally
we were the
scapegoats of the
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