ED
TALKING ETHRASHER
advertise a street
contest and then
offer up a course
full of launch
remps and
quarter-pipes?
How about a
Iydrant, trash cans
and a few coment
blocks in the next
NSA streetstyle
event? Skaters like
Steve Allison
(below) would
rother cruise the
strip with no
pods, no rules,
end no fees, and
have a blast.
SHOOTING FROM THE HIP
Spring has sprung and summer is already heating up to a nationwide four-month slam-
test session and party. The only thing standing in the way of a fun-filled season is the new
NSA contest schedule. For those not familiar with the NSA's road show, refer to last year's
coverage-this year looks almost identical. It goes something like this: February 8-9.
Powell's Skatezone kick off would have been a good mini-ramp event, but was changed to
an average indoor street event. The only salvation was extraordinary ripping by the skate
stars. March 28-29, Kona skatepark in Jax, Florida. just like 1981 again! April 17-18, indoor
street at Blaisdell in Honolulu brings a good crowd, but the real action will be on the beach.
May 23, Sacto vert showcase at Waterworld on Memorial weekend, take it or leave it July
is reserved for Europe, although everything is still up in the air. June through August is a
summer break for the all-skatepark NSA National Amateur circus (still tentative at press).
September 4-6, Back to the City in SF brings out the best in the skaters and spectators
September 26-27, Virginia Beach again, the Trashpile death ramp. October (date)
unknown, leave your bags packed), could be at Skatepark of Houston, which is a drag, or
at some undisclosed Phoenix, AZ. location. The whole trail leads to the finals at Magic
Mountain near LA. This has yet to happen, despite being scheduled for two seasons.
There you have it. four "street" events, four vertical contests and a finals dream. I've
exhausted all my free ideas on NSA staff ears for too long-ideas for change and new for-
mats on new terrain. I've lobbied for lower entry fees. free spectator admission and
bringing skating to public festivals outside of the private, stuffy boys club world of
skateparks. Thrasher has shown by example that some of these concepts actually work
(Junklest, Boreal Spring Shred), and, bottom line, the skaters dug it. It's obvious to me that
over 90% of today's skate action and innovation (not to mention the business of skating) is
happening in the street. Yet, the events being served up and subsequently pitched to
ESPN, MTV, (the Olympics? Wow!), don't accurately represent this vibrant and exciting
form of skateboarding
Now more than ever it is time to be creative, adventurous and dangerous, rather than
safe, boring and repetitive. It's going to take action, not meetings. Yesterday is history.
What will we do tomorrow?
Kevin J. Thatcher
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