Trade show scen-
ery (above left to
right: Mermaid
on board with
Eastern Rob at
Surf Expo in
Orlando. Lost
month's Contents
page pool grind-
er, this month's
supermodel, Jen
O'Brien. Christian
TRADE SECRETS
The Action Sports Retail trade show,
that gathering of "industry" innova-
tions, from the latest in rollerblades to
nerf paddle balls, went down in San
Diego, leaving questions unanswered
and answers unquestioned.
Was Ron Allen looking to get his
Life back from a greedy ex-partner?
Was he holding a contract? Was
Fletcher goes Neuhaus there for support, or muscle
if things got ugly?
undercover Butt
floss in effect
in SD. Chuck
Dinkins poses
with team
Hawaiian Tropic.
Was El Gato spewing the word of
God? Was his pamphlet a rip-off of
someone else's work? Will this set
well with the Man upstairs?
Did Julien Stranger actually chal-
lenge Joe Johnson's masculinity?
Were threats exchanged?
Was the De-
luxe booth the
only one to put
it into skater
terms? Was the
Clockwork Or-
ange/Truth Or
Dare double-
feature just too
much for some
Action Sports
Were Templeton, Vallely, Dune
and Britton in secret meetings with
Brad D?
Are Eric Ricks' and Frankie Hill's
parts in the latest corporation vid the
most talked about clips in SD?
Did Natas total his Acura NSX while
filming the
speedometer at
high speed?
Was it not re-
venge of the fire
hydrants? Did
the cops on
Sunset Boule-
vard think he
was Billy Idol?
SIXTH SENSE
Lack of sight doesn't keep stunt
man Mike Danger from seeking
the ultimate thrills. Being pulled
behind cars at seventy-five
mph while sitting in a chaise
lounge, jumping out of
skyscrapers or just plain skate-
boarding, Danger is a blind
man with a vision. The Christ-
mas cards he sent out (right),
overflowed with holiday cheer.
Don't worry, kids, they are fake.
and don't try this at home.
MEs, Rolexs, diamonds and piles of
C-notes. Ice-T's song of the moment,
"I Love My KKK Bitch."
Out of the hospital and apparently
out of commission for the UK/Euro
Championships is Nikki Greenough,
Wastoid surf cats
have always
claimed they
invented skating
in the sixties, but
this ad for a
Kne-Koster (right)
from the Novem
rest. Guaranteed,
ber 1927 issue of
AWARD TIME
Most Grandmas In Booth:
Gullwing Products.
Child Life should
lay that notion to
at some time,
somewhere,
somebody's
Klindr's stolen bed-
room (above) rears
its ugly head for all Look But Do Not Touch:
to see at the ASR Chapter 7 (soon to be Chap-
ter 11?).
types? Did Jeff Klindt wheel
and deal his way over the
half-mil mark?
Does anyone have
a clue as to where floor show. Bucky
the short wheelbase lasek (left) blows a
factor will bottom out? main gasket after
Perhaps the one-foot hearing his comp
and under crowd?
for the Bee Gees
Did everyone try to outdo wasn't plus one.
the next guy by making the smallest
wheel possible? Aren't they lucky it
went smaller instead of bigger? We
all know there is a thin girl inside a fat
girl, or, my lathe or yours.
QUESTIONABLE ACTS
Was Sheffey complaining of a Sturt
photo used illegally in a shoe ad?
Is Plan B issuing a farewell
Hensley top? Will Hensley actual
ly retire to become a paramedic?
Are Agah and Ibaseta Siam
ese twins? Are they starting and
even newer company?
Did Wade Speyer slay Happy-
land in front of all the locals?
Of all the "old school" street
wizards, were the Guerrero Broth-
ers laughing the hardest?
Does Markovich fly frontside at
face level at the Plan B ramp?
Urban Hip-Hop Nightmare:
Underworld Element.
Nice Guys: Milk and Planet
Earth.
1986 Award: Zorlac.
Bamboo Tiki Hut: Larry Gordon.
Seen in the Crowd: Bubbles the
chimp, Wilt Chamberlain, Cheech
Martin, Hulk Hogan, Joan Rivers,
David Brenner, Bruce Willis and
John Sununu.
TIMELY LEGENDS
EMB hot shoes: Watson, Brenez,
Montessi, Cao, Vogel, Ibaseta.
Jeremy Klein was observed doing
one-footed backside 360 ollies down
eleven stairs at Carlsbad High.
grandparent stood
LEARN
KNE-KOSTER
the London skate woman who dagged
on a railer and injured her spine and
wrist. She's now rumored to be prop-
ped up at Roadrunner Records and
back in training
Jamie Godfrey has been seen ses-
sioning outside Cool Runnings in
Ardmore, PA. Rumor has him re-
creating Cherry Hill park in the imme-
diate future.
RIDDLE ME DIS
Does Thiebaud carry his own push-
leading skaters and manufacturers.
Confession: Gator professing that
Christian salvation helps erase the
horrors of pornography and excessive
lifestyle.
Proposal: Everett Rosecrans' sug-
gestion for a skate security force at an
NSA meeting.
Question: Is someone actually using
Formica table tops in a novel and
creative way?
Are the Seattle
crew of Vogt, Min-
nick, Smiley and
Deeter going to
take over the mini-
ramp world?
Has Doug Smith
abandoned his mo-
tocross racing ca-
reer in favor of
school in SLO and
edging the San
Jose ramp?
bottom featuring his girlfriend, Yanna,
Is the Burnside topless on a motorcycle.
project the site of
the next NSA contest? Is Mark (Red)
Scott favored in Las Vegas at 100-10-
1 to win the "Pro Bowl?"
Is Sean Mortimer, the inventor of
spray-on condoms, now doing heavy-
duty industrial highrise construction?
Is Jovante Turner
going into the used car
business?
BURIAL GROUNDS
Blender, Hill and
Carter have been in-
door sessioning in the
13 Ohio winter. Out-
door runs near the Day-
ton Indian Mounds are
cold and clinical. Rip-
pers of note include
Heintzman, Drake,
Dyrdek, Morgan and
Stain, who has docu-
mentary evidence.
TRICK TIP:
Kareem Campbell:
kickflip 180' EMB Gonzollie, snapped
the tail and stacked.
Rick Howard: frontside shove Gonz-
Board Graphics: Mullen's Plan B slick
TOUR DE FORCE
Which team member is suspected of
disabling his team van while on tour?
Did Sheffey, Stone, and Martinez
actually terrorize a certain Washington
DC, monument so badly that the fed-
eral government encased it in steel
the next day?
Some people
claim that
Thrasher is a
sight for sore
eyes. It seems
the February
issue was so
row Chuck
Treece's eyes
(below) bugged
right out of
his head.
BEAT MUPPETS
THR
OCK ON THE
REETS
ollie, pressure flip late shove the 7, NEWS FLASH
Jason Rogers: pressure flip 5-0 This just in from Santa Barbara
down a handrail..
Skatezone: Did Brandon Chapman
Sluggo: 540 tail grab to tail, heel make $200 betting on first place Chris
flip indy grab.
Senn at NSA One?
Danny Way: Caballerial nose blunt. Oversleeper awards go out to Shef-
360° off.
Moves of late include nose slide
fey, Hosol and Markovich.
Gonz showed and blessed Cardiel
nose grinds and everything switch- as his fave, then proceeded to rip in
stance. Late shoves came and went.
RAS
Pat Duffy has been viewed doing
major stunts, including the much-ru-
mored thirty-stair handrail.
Skate rocker Chuck Treece has
moved to Woodstock, NY, to record
with the Bad Brains.
Glen E. Friedman was observed on
a Park Avenue, NY, roof sub-lamping
up bar wherever he goes? Is this new
self-help regime to train for exhaust
ing demo schedules? Or perhaps the
rigors of the spoken word tour?
Is Coco Santiago ripping vert in a
bad way?
The pressure flip is taking the place
of the kickflip.
OF THE MONTH TIME
combat boots and bail before quality-
ing began.
Forty-seven pros were in attendance
who did not enter.
Team Switch: Rodney Mullen and QUOTES
Colin McKay both in at Plan B.
Is Simon Woodstock the people's New Job: Todd Swank was seen de- "It ain't over till it's jacked."
choice for model status?
Does Mike Carroll switchfoot lip
slide at will?
with Ice-T. Also in the vicinity, Pentax
Is Randy Colvin back in Arizona?
livering pizza.
Dave Warne
Media Atrocity: Chuck Woolery TV Dump the whole balcony."
show skate intro sequence.
Controversy: The boycott of NSA by
Darby Crash
December 2nd, 1980