"Don't be humble, you're not that great"
JOY RIDE
In homage to the king of all spots, New
Deal now makes EMB decals. Is it possible
that if you are a local there, you will auto-
matically be pro? The list of local pros is
long: Carroll, Sanchez, Turner, Bertino,
Kelch, Girard and Ibaseta are quite im-
pressive, so kids, get a bus ticket and
come on out. Like Hollywood and Vine, you
may be standing there and someone will
come up to you and say, "Baby, I'm gonna
make you a star." It has happened before.
The snakeboard
(right) is the latest in
the long line of scam
mers trying to cash in
on the "youth mar
ket." We say good
luck. After driving
across the country in
a record thirty-two
hours, Barker Barrett
(below) could only sit
behind the ramp and
mumble, "Where's
my cord?
JETBOY/JETGIRL
Supreme superstar D. Way is claiming
burn-out from the skate scene and has re-
portedly stopped skating for a month so he
could get more acquainted with his new
pride and joy: Not a girl, not a motorcycle,
but a jet-ski.
A truck shakedown is the call of the day,
leaving many wanting on the V. while oth-
ers are losing riders right and left. Low and
slow is the tempo, so don't be surprised by
the results.
After being kicked while he was down,
the Sarge reared his ugly head to waste
all suckas wit frontside bluntslides and
SKATEBOARD
OFFSHOOT
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board, the Snakelloard has two foot les
that phot spotely and are joined by a center peber. With a twisting matan
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olie frontside rockas at Studio 43.
Chico Brenez is in the petri dish getting
ready for the open ocean and $300.00 a
month. Some say Mike York is next.
HEAT SEEKERS
barely cooled when the talk around the pit
This year's Sacramento vert contest had
was of an N-men pool party. An asbestos-
laden motel courtyard was the scene, a
monster pool session was the crime, and
Chris Miller, Santiago, Tershay,
Stranger, Cardiel, Ferdinand, Shao,
Howard and Warne were the crimi-
nals. Stragglers included Berra, Fra-
zier, Speyer, Douglas and Frostad.
Katen had such a big party that he
didn't get to skate much with all of his
security duties. Down Santa Cruz
way, Jaya Bonderov can be seen in
and around town astride a weath-
ered Honda 500. From Small
Room curb cutter to head of
SMA in two years, Russ Pope is
high on the list of golden chill-
dren involved in skate-1
boarding today. Aaron
Vincent and Noah Salas-
nek have re-located
Golda Meir
SLAMMIN' IN
THE GHETTO
Rick Howard's
Red Dragon status
has been under
scrutiny after the R-
Man was caught on
video running from a
fight at the failed
Kelch model pre-
miere. Barker Bar-
rett went back to PA
for a summer at
Woodward Skate
Camp, or maybe it
has something to do
with the thirty-five
Lollapalooza dates
with skate ramp demos on-site. TG, the
designer behind 40s Clothing, can be seen
skating to and from various clients to
check sales and other current trends.
QUESTION MARKS
Pat Duffy next on the hit list? His part in
Is Colin McKay turning pro in '93? Is
the Plan-B vid will live forever in the hearts
of all renegade skaters. When asked if he
did a handrail in the rain for the video, he
answered, "Naw, I did it for me." Did a cer-
tain Powall pro from the Danville area re-
cently move in order to have more room
for a ramp in the garage? Did Neal Hen-
drix dislike SD so much that he got on a
train in the middle of the night and went di-
rectly to SJ Skatepark, where he contin-
ued to break boards right and left? Did the
whole EMB posse dance entranced in
each other for hours? Was it a rave? Or
was it true love?
Is Dodge Skatepark going to be the
scene for a vert ramp in the future? How
will it set with the locals?
Which US pro recently received an un-
solicited gift from Amsterdam? This pack-
age was purportedly opened by the United
States customs Service and allegedly con-
from the Bay Area to tained contraband. Fortunately, the street
the Sacramento
area to be closer
to the snow. And
the skate scene
isn't bad either
Matt Rodriguez
will ride the new
wave under the
apprenticeship
demonstrate: A) the power-hungry, greed-
soaked power trips of the evil empire, B)
the increasing paranoia of ego-maniacal
industrialists, C) the over-sensitive nature
of the boys in the street, D) the need for
more intelligent magazine programming or
E) none of the above. It probably has
nothing to do with the rumor that es
teemed editor KJT is leaving this mag for
a big Madison Avenue firm's skateboard
promotions division.
ENGLISH DOGS
Is primordial English skate legend
"Mad" Mark Baker now the chief cultural
power broker at an ultra-chic New York
club? Does Baker actually still organize
skating expeditions via subway train top?
Is Havana, Cuba the current leading
street scene? Has SKB Master Tate really
signed on to build a hip-hop recording stu-
dio in the downtown district? Does roller
Danny Flores set the standard?
his first place prize
money from the
NSA vertfest at
Sacto because the
NSA remains un-
paid by the corpo-
ration he rides for?
Australian teen-
age skate editor
Andrew Currie
has been putting in
the heavy hours
lately at the corpo-
rate dive. AC is so
dedicated that he
SIT-DOWN
STRIKE
After hearing the
news that skating
Embarcadera was
illegal, many San
Francisco office
workers protested
by sitting down
until the skaters
come back. Seven-
teen days at
presstime.
claims not to notice the legions of topless
female sunbathers directly out his Burleigh
Heads office window. Life is hard in Oz.
Is Willie Santos actually doing Lexus
commercials?
Is Steve Berra so shy that he makes his
friends call up certain she-wolves and pro-
mote for him?
Is Eric Koston man of the moment?
Did Brandon Novak roll out to a recent
Jersey contest and clinch a first in amateur
and a top placing in pro as well?
NEWS BYTES
And then there was the Quicksilver party
and vid premiere featuring four thousand
happy types. Powell and Balma mixed
with the masses while Christian Hosol
conducted a style clinic. Team Acme rolled
on the ramp with Mike Santarosa rating it
as "sort of fun." Chet Thomas noted that
the tacos were for sale.
Has Dan Rogers been training with a
somewhat bent Frankie Hill in Santa Bar-
bara? Were Keith Gruber and Jeff Taylor
also in the vicinity?
Did Reggie Barnes break Rhino Bucket
on the East Coast?
John Drake went to Brick skatepark in
NJ, took on the best in the business and
walked away with second place, hot on
Hawk's heels. Does he have a key to a
Do Poison Ivy Rorschach and Lux In- private skate club in his native West VA?
terior of Cramas fame actually own that
ultra chic skate collectible the Philco Pre-
dicta Television used in pre-historic OG
skate vid Public Domain?
Did not one of the members of Seattle
stuntman in question was out of town at
the time but is now being sought by Feder-
wimp rockers Pear Jam pay to re-sheet
al Agents to explain the situation. Is one.
boy's over-revved fan mail equal to a
jail sentence?
Mike Ranquet's vert ramp so the band
could skate? Did they at the last minute
Also, Mike Moses, the mastermind be-
hind the ever-more-exclusive club/skate
clothing line Devious Minds and Neighbor-
hood Hoods has decided to limit his Amer-
ican sales to four shops. Who will be the
lucky few?
Was not Coco Santiago seen in Contra
Costa County skating only in his under
chicken out? Word was, thirty kegs kept wear? Was it because of the heat or per
the party going for three days.
haps to get chicks? Elsewhere, were the
release.
Watch for Jason Lee and Spike Jones Ulrike Balshiner
dealing drugs in Allison Andrew's now (above) of the
film entitled Mi Vida Loca, which is Toledo Ballet
tentatively scheduled for a Christmas-time poses in the "pud
suit for the up-
coming opere
"Three Blowmon
keys and a Nun."
Future fireman
Brandon Lom
On, cross country tour, the Eun team.
posse Ron Allen, Jesse Neuhaus and
John Reeves knew an omen of good luck
had appeared when they were greeted at.
a gas station stop in Des Moines, Iowa by
Bill Danforth.
Hosoi is back at mom's house. Pat bardo (top left)
Ngoho is now a computer programmer hangs with his
and George Wilson recently tied the knot. Joe Cool cue,
Portland Muni park scandal. Notorious waiting for a
retailer Howard Weiner and his Cal Skate break in the
Emporium has an exclusive plo shop deal snaking of the
SF Block Party.
TRASH
of the "Devil
Dog" himself,
Jeff Toland.
Which major manu/industry kingpin
media czar is rumored to have recently
filed for bankruptcy? Are said manus as-
sorted riders scrambling all over the
states, looking for crew hook-ups?
Are recent editorials in Thrasher appar
ently so repulsive to other industry types
that they openly wonder if there is an orga-
And with the cultural revolution matrix,
are the rumors true that Ray Underhill of
Kneegasket/Fishlips fame will cut his hair
and open for reggae troupe Israel Vibra-
tion? Or is the hair going so he can get
married? Or was Ray last seen playing
bluegrass just prior to a Tennessee
Valley Authority clandestine session fea-
dynamic duo Cardiel and Speyer who the park that wants to over-charge
seen doing double noseslides down a skaters. Don't be surprised if he pressures
the city to close Burnside Project.
30-foot stairway?
Last we heard, Bo Turner was in jail for
attempted murder. Something having to do
with guns and cars.
Matt Hensley has moved to Illinois and
how writes a Dear Abby-lype qolumn for
Sessions in Chicago where he works. Mart
answers questions having to do with life,
QUOTES
"I've seen so many tits that I don't even
get horny anymore."
"It's good blood
Andrew Currie
Zach Millor
"Don't ever forget I'm from Nebraska,
nized plot by a certain evil genius. Was
turing Missing Fingers, James Fritz
one guy so upset over being labeled a di-
Horat and Earl Ehlinger
nosaur that he phoned from the other side
LOVE AND WAR
love, skateboarding and geopolitics He's
just don't to anyone."
of the planet to complain? Does this story
Does Bucky Lasek remain unpaid for also planning on going to school.
Steve Rocco
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