no longer like the puffball look."
PORTLAND TRAILBLAZERS
Burnside Project has been up hit by
some of the best in the business.
Aaron Deeter, Jeff Taylor, Phil
Shao and Reese Simpson have all
come recently and sampled the fine
cement cuisine. Locals like Jordy,
Germ, Travis, Mike K, Osage, Narl
and Red all say, "Come on up," but
remember to bring your band-aids.
JUNK QUEST
A healthy contin
gent (above) of
some of the best
female skaters in
the world at the
Skatezone in
Santa Barbara.
Back row (left to
right): Tara,
Julie, and Ericka.
Front row:
Christy, Claudine,
JoAnn, Patty,
Stephanie, Cara-
Beth, Patty, and
Rhonda.
Ocean Beach was the site of the lat-
est stop on the PSL calendar? Win-
ners and losers were everywhere.
Did Santos crash his Honda into the
boss's car while saying good-bye to
Dae-won? Is it a plot to destroy ev-
erything Hawk owns?
Was Paul Schmitt wearing Oakley
Blades? Are in-line skates the next
revolutionary step for the man who
created "Kicknose?"
Was Swank the people's choice for
announcer status by calling Mike
McGill "Mike McGillicutty" and other
assorted prophecies?
Was Tracker Larry Balma hawking
his newest truck even in the shadow.
of a Chapter 7 letter circulating.
throughout the industry. Are Simon
Woodstock and Jeff Toland so close
that they share the same under-
wear, girlfriend and
socks? Do they
VALUE 10 COMICS
research
old
tricks only to update them with a
nineties style?
the
Is Greg Carroll the team guy for
next generation? With the capture of
Bobby Kuhns, it looks as though
Greg too is another golden child.
Have Vallely and Templeton been
surgically joined at the hip?
Is Frank Hirata really Brian Lotti?
According to some, Skippy Pronier
and Lotti are really twins from differ.
ent mothers.
BAD TO THE BONE
Chris Senn has replanted himself in
the Grass Valley area and is happy
with his new digs. Upon the lease ar-
rangement with the landlord, the
square pool in the backyard cannot
be filled. Sounds like a long, hot sum-
mer for the gang up north.
1-900-EMB-MIKE
Hey kids, cell
superstar Mike
Carroll (for
right) for just
$5.00 a minute
and get the
scoop day
or night.
Ivana Trump
After Danny Way came to pick-up.
his go-cart gift for being Skater of the
Year 1991, he packed it in his van
and headed to EMB for an afternoon
skate session. While trying to switch-
stance frontside 360° the 7, he
stacked and fractured his wrist.
Snowboard graphics and pro mod-
els are starting to follow the paths of
the primitive skate culture. Time will
tell if there is room at the top.
The word around Ocean Beach
was of two of skating's more notori-
ous types shooting a horse in the hills
above SD.
TROOP POOP
Seen in the states English wizard
Curtis McCann, as well as Australian
skate wonder boy Dom Kekitch who
at the age of fifteen, is a veteran. He
showed up at Moreno Valley and took
second place in the Southwest Re-
gionals halfpipe event.
San Diego area street wizards
Ocean Howell and Marcus Wyndam
are so into riding backwards that they
must be seen to be believed. They
have tricks that are so deep that they
can't even do them the regular way.
Gershon Mosely is so undercover
that nobody knows the extent of his
bag-o'-tricks: shove-it nosegrind re-
vert and backside fingerflips are all
part of his world. He is the kind of guy
who lets his skating do the talking.
and it screams.
Jaya Bonderov and Andy Ray
stayed away from San Diego because
Roy Boy's girlfriend's twenty-first
birthday party was one for the history
books while the ramp at the Santa
Cruz cannery has been re-designed
and now features a tall hip for use
and abuse. Israel Forbes and Tim
Brauch reportedly rip like no others.
While on tour Salman Agah recent-
ly got the word ETERNAL tattooed
on his back. Fellow Real team
members Kelch and Guerrero
sport company tats as well.
Traveling Floridians Brian
Schaffer and Leonard Trubia
have been seen in and around
the Bay Area tearing everything
they can lay under their ure-
NcNatt, along with all the other
"jocks, strolled in a large mobile
home. Some said it was full of four
teen-year-old Vietnamese hookers
ready, willing and able to attend to
any contest wary skater. Locals
Woodstock, Dressen, Caballero,
Rogers, Brown, Mosely. Bonderov,
Roy. Whaley and Furtado all made
the twelve cut.
Highlights of the contest were the
runs of Rick Howard who tried to
look like he was riding backwards and
had Sanchez, Brenez, Way and Car-
roll all join in his contest mockery
with sweepers and frontside grinds.
But when Mike made the cut, who
laughed harder?
Fiesty
Fiddler
After finding an
original Stradivar
lus at a Santa Cruz
yard sale, Jason
Jessee has taken up
the violin, and is seri-
ously considering a
touring career with the
Vienna Philharmonic.
Mariano, Castillo and
Dae-won all ran around
together as if they were married.
Sheffey defied logic. Dressen won.
Rocco was seen laughing and lov-
ing in the face of jump ramp death.
TG made top ten. Speyer and Senn
Paul Zitzer's warehouse in Tampa
is the spot of many heated sessions
by the best in the vertical business.
HOT SHOES DEPARTMENT
Sparks on the horizon Kyle Yanagi-
moto, Jason Dill, Jeron Wilson,
Joey Bast; and Mark Hubbard, who
is keeping the faith by riding Bullet
66s till death.
STRANGE DAYS
Underworld Element wins random
hell tour award for 92. It goes some-
thing like this: Stranger and Pang get
an offer to drive someone else's car
cross-country. Leaving the
Golden State they went to
Arizona to abduct
Randy Colvin and
oddly enough met
up with Mark
Gonzales in
Chicago. Gonz of-
fered to drive to
NYC and some-
how the crew
ended up at Jere-
my Henderson's
flat unscathed.
Reportedly, the
Gonz now lives
out of a suit-
case and only
rides on bor-
rowed skate-
boards.
Word on
the street
is rowdy
Rick Blackhart
races 1200 watt
blowdriers in motel bathrooms on a
regular basis.
to
Glen Friedman quickly left Beastie
Boy Ad Rock's Santa Barbara wed
ding in order to fly transcontinental
the Democratic National Convention.
Sharp-eyed viewers probably noticed
Glen sporting a Body Count t-shirt
while standing next to NY Governor
Mario Cuomo during a crucial vote.
Does Lance Conklin have video of
Mr. Bo doing late shove-its over im-
possibly tall obstacles like trashcans
daunted as he strolls barefooted and construction barricades? Has Mr.
through the park on light days.
B declared war on a certain Cali
Dave Andrecht's 777 is making
waves on the East Coast. While Brick
Park owner Matt Lewis seems un-
By the time you may read this, Jim manu that he harasses via phone
skaters there wanting to ride, the park Thiebaud and his long-time girlfriend lines with great regularity?
refused to open
were injured. After, with hundreds of
Lynn Parker will have been married.
Being the same day as the PSL Real-
GOOD RUMOR MAN
ity #5, it could test friendships and
After years of fighting non-skating sponsorships for certain undecided
types, Magnusson has taken total
and uncommitted types. Thrasher
control of H-Street and re-structured wishes good luck to them both.
under the heading "Juice." Riders
Vogt, Livingston, Minnick and Alf
TRUE VIEW
Which company owner's mother
sent a check to a former sponsor re-
questing old product with her son's
name on it (Hint: Frank Hawk's wife).
SKATER: Swindell
TRICK: Frontside shove-it Gonzollie
PRICE: $200.00
Getting ready for
the Trade Show,
Jordan Richter
(above) was seen
on the strand at
Mission Beach
working out the
kinks of his new
clothes line,
"Briefs."
TRASH
thane. Schaeffer had flat spots
so bad it hurt.
SAN HOES
The PSL crew were hard at
work for the pro contest at San
Jose Skatepark. Though dubbed
a "street contest," it was merely a
quarterpipe fest step backward.
Recent World recruits Lotti and
are still with him.
Cardiel went off to England to
demo. We're not talking demonstra-
tion, we're talking demolition.
Both Sargent and Girard were
under heavy escort in Columbia,
Steve Rocco has gone on national
tour for a second time in as many
months. Does this increased road
work indicate a possible team shake-
up at World?
Which foul-mouthed pea-brained
camper gave Bod Boyle a ten dollar
South America, to avoid Medellin bill as a retirement fund at a notorious
drug cartel kidnappers.
Ken McGuire is shipwrecked some-
where off the coast of Easter Island,
Pennsylvania woodchuck camp? How
did Hugh keep from flattening the
young wise-ass?
QUOTES
"It's over."
Corey O'Brien
"It's not even bricks anymore."
Jovontae Turner
"I don't have a hard-on, my pants are
stiff."
Steve Berra
"If I had anything to say, I'd keep
quiet."
Jaya Bonderov
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