"Virtue is it's own revenge"
HIT SQUAD
New pros for the masses include
James Kelch and Kelly Bird for Real,
Ron Whaley for SMA, Jake Burns for
MSG, and Josh Beagle for Foundation.
The air in Sacra-
mento is so bad
these days that Jeff
Toland (right) has
taken up stuffing
his nose with nick
els. Wade Speyer
(middle) gives the
thumbs up when
asked about his
last beef, "It felt
great." Product of
de month: Camp-
bell's Teddy Bear
(below) on the tip.
EASTERN SWING
Word is that Jeff Jones' Incline Club is
the most expensive park around. He soaks
you on the way in and blow dries you on
the way out. No news as of yet on the
frontside 900 that Jones claims to have
"wired."
Fred Smith III longtime east coast vel.
shut down the coolest park in the known
universe. Freddie reportedly shaved his
head and filed the last chapter in the saga
known as "The Skate Hut." Skaters every-
where will miss the most punk park in his-
tory. Where else could you get a tattoo,
ride no pads and grind cement coping?
Tom "Twister" Putnam was in Dallas
re-surfacing Jeff Phillips' park.
JUMPING SHIP
Justin Girard's girlfriend Brooke and
two friends (Chrissie and Marion) have
opened a skateboard/snowboard shop on
Haight Street in San Francisco called
Gone Boarding. After years on the FTC
tip, some of the local skate stars have de-
cided to switch shops. Defector's include:
Mike Carroll, Mike Cao, Rick Ibaseta
and Jovontae Turner.
AFTER BURN
Eight months after the big Oakland
fire, the pool harvest is in full swing
Word from the grapevine says Royce,
Peanut, Rube, Farmer and Hsaing
know more than they are telling.
The Plan B video Questionable pre
miered at the posh La
Paloma the-
Campbell's
New Recipe
CONDENSED SOUP
Teddy
Bear
PASTA SHAPES
with
CHICKEN BROTH
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MSG
TEENAGE
FANCLUB
1992 is an election
year so it only
makes sense for
constituents to sup
part their favorite
candidates. Winsess
these young girls at
the PSL/Thrasher
Block Party in Gold-
en Gate Park. Mr.
Carroll was unavail
able for comment at
press time, but ev
eryone knows there
is nothing wrong
with a little crowd
support, from the
right people.
LIKE
AIKE
RO
atre in Encinitas to an enthusiastic audi
ence. Dual team stretch limos blocked the
streets as teeming throngs of skaters at-
tempted to crash the gig. Major stunts pre-
vailed. Sheffey was so pumped that he
tossed his small
child into.
the
NTI
E.Y. Harburg
WE LIKE
MIKE
CARROLL
air. Way escorted a bevy of beauties, while
Ternasky looked like he'd just gotten
out of the hospital after having a
major bout with pneumonia. Sturt
proclaimed it the vid of the year.
After the premier, it seems as
though Danny Way, his brother
Damon and Josh Swindell re-
portedly got a little too ram-
bunctious for their own good.
While spinning donuts in
the parking lot they rolled.
a car and rather than
pay to have it fixed, de-
cided to get it "stolen."
The crew went on to beat the shit
out of the car. The end result for
the younger Way was a twenty-one
stitch gash on his knee when he put
his leg through a window.
SAY WHAT?
Which major manu filed for a bankruptcy
styled reorganization and simultaneously
fronted another now company the same
day? Will Pat Duffy be elevated to stunt
coordinator status?
Did the Gonz actually call up a certain
manufacturer and ask to be taken out of a
particular video citing artistic differences?
Did Ternasky actually pass the much
lauded Plan B video cassette to team.
Black Label on Highway 5 at over 70
mph? The label crew drove the video to
Ruge's house in San Francisco where
it was premiered every hour on
the hour. Are folks still calling
for tickets? Will Gibo be
inspired to try the 30
stair handrail? Did
Christian Fletcher,
Nathan Fletcher and Herble Fletcher do
a photo session for Esquire magazine at
Lower Tresties? Was the session captured
by Art Brewer. Christian purportedly
jumped over two other surfers and their
boards. Are Hartsel and Martinez doing a
clothing line together? Is it a line designed
for metal detecting buffs?
Are Chip Morton and Joe Bowers turn-
ing skate evangelistic and touring coast to
coast in a 1960 Rambler? Is it true that
fashion forecaster Morton was actually
called by Dirt, Sassy, Playboy and MTV
House of Style in the same hour? Did
Cindy Crawford toll friends that Chip was
the designer of the 90s?
Is Lance Conklin acting in a Burt Reyn-
olds movie in Florida? Is Mike Duehr also
being considered as a verticalist?
Has Rodney been interviewing "true
schizophrenics" in a scien-
A
tific study? The best
quote he's gotten so
far is "everyone but
the priest thinks I'm
crazy. Meantime.
Yanna was accosted
on the streets of
NYC by a knife-wielding
rapist. She escaped un-
harmed but probably will
not engage in further
Rodney schitzo
studies.
Which skater/
company owner
personally creat-
ed the ultimate
bogus sequence
on a computer?
Is this work of
art perfect ex-
cept for one ob-
vious clue that
our monkey-
wrenching hero
purposely
placed there
as a tip off?
Sometime after Hawk dealt off his ad
tainted-Lexus, did Welinder then propose
that Tony get his palm read to determine
his future? Is Wellnder so wacked that he
wanted to use this forecast as a Birdhouse
ad? Was Per immediately taken to Disney-
land to calm down?
Which manu shot a video sequence in
the middle of the LA riot?
HEAT WAVE
PUBLIC
ENEMY
During the hubbub
in SF following the
Rodney King ver-
dict, art director
Ken McGuire was
pegged as enemy
of the state for the
crimes of Organic
Mask and Insuf
ficient Bleed.
The computer com
mando was arrest
ed while skating to
a burrito stand and
incarcerated for
thirty-six hours in
a maximum securi
ty facility wearing
his joms & cons.
ies. The pair's work is very evident in sev
eral recent H-Gun productions getting
heavy ro' on MTV.
Salman Agah, who last was seen skat-
Dan Rogers cllied the ganz gap at EMB,
tral SM and Hillside skate crews were able
to session all the cities' primest attractions.
Due to the propensity of the legal powers
to try to hang blame on the more or less
innocent, we won't name names. Interesting for entire weeks switchstance, is now
ingly enough, Blockhead Dave was ru rumored to be spending days doing only
mored to be so affected by televised cov-
sideways tricks.
erage of the melee that he drove Dan
Rogers hundreds of miles out of the way
to avoid passing through the smoldering
ruins of LA. It's life as usual and skate ha-
rassment lives on in the hearts of stubbor
lawyer types. BK's photos document some
of the worst abuses on record, some of
which were shown to a few hundred
Maine-lac types at the 20 Tank Brewery.
Not there was Ron Bertino who was
sporting a couple of monkey bites on his
neck. Ditto from Cochrane who was pre-
sumably giving Ronnie urban gigolo.
lessons and career guidance counseling.
EYE SAY
Mountain and Barbee have joined
(above) gasses up
his customized
Duster. Back skat
becoming the latest to pay homage to the Sash Stienhorst
master's over seven-year-old still amazing
stunt. Others at the Embarcadero session
forces to craft the ultra-detailed dog col- included virtually anybody you can name
from obvious lokes such as Klindt and ing after cancer
Pierre to touring types such as Sheffey
and Alva. At one point twenty vitsao cam-
eras were counted.
lage effort. Then, of course, there's the
Tommy Guerrero Rauschenbergesque
Indian skin. And stranger yet, is John
Keester's Inked under the skin Caballero
Tattooed Dog, a design which is either so
far out it's in or so far in it's out.
Three years of order and peace at Studio
In the shadows of the eucalyptus, the
PSL Thrasher contest in the park had
many faces and one result: great skating.
The old farts/young businessmen were
talking ears off. McGill "Where's Oscar?"
Alva "What about Ferdy?" The answers
are all in the scorekeepers' booth. Every
and all were there, where were you?
RASI
Many skaters are telling life/death riot
stories these days. (Even citizen Guy Mar-
lano recovered a looted candy bar). Slap
editor Lance Dawes got swept into an SF
Radio Shack where he docund some seri-
ous five finger discounts. While the LA
warzone bumed, many discovered that the
otherwise preoccupied LAPD was surpris-
ingly tolerant of street sessions. With
many of the cities cenereto thoroughfares
shut down, the Eastside, Venice, So. Cen-
43 went up in smoke as physical alterca
tions erupted at James Kelch's model
premiere party. Who knows why? (Actually
it was all a misunderstanding). Sluggo
went toe to toe after not being in a fight for
seven years. Steve Ruge witnessed the
origins as a player participant and numer
ous others experienced BK's incredible
self-control as he didn't bludgeon a certain
party organizer.
QUOTES
"When it ends, it just starts over
M. Ternasky
"When the world is run by clowns you
Skate lensman Wing Ho has been nomi- make the best of what's colored brown."
nated for a student Academy Award for
ono of his old skate films. Ho was in Cal
fomia shooting Hosol with Mr. Eric Math-
Cris Kirkwood
1 have many faults, but being wrong ain't
one of them."
Jimmy Hoffa
surgery, the folks
at the mog wish
him all the best.
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