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fter driving down long
deserted roads and check-
ing the camage of a modern
civilization, we pulled into
the parking lot at the
Skatepark of Houston for
the NSA/Airwalk amateur
finals. The park has been in opera-
tion for over seven years and it has
seen better days. It was Wednes
day, August 19th, and owner Dennis
told us the NSA didn't take over the
park until Friday. So that meant we
had to pay fifteen dollars for mem-
bership and five bucks a day for the
next two days. Great. I paid just to
get the freak out of my face. We
skated for about two hours until the
sun went down, but when I asked
when they turn on the lights, they
told me they don't.
This park closed down and every-
one went to the Skatebox, another
and
photo
chain smoking cigs and playing the
pool. We offered to pay the group
rate, "You know, 20 bucks for all,"
and he said, "No." So when he was
in the back swilling hot dogs, we
barged. We offered, he denied, so
he got jack. The Skatebox was the
site of the mini contest because it
Jake
Matt Reason: Backside disas
ter revert, noseslides, 360
backside and blunt noseslap fakia.
Jamie Thomas: Benihana over
7th the pyramid, allie backfoot
kickflip on the bank, backside ollio
shifties and impossibles.
was indoors and in good condition. 6th pivot and rock, nose manuals,
The Skatepark of Houston would
host the vert and street.
After a hellacious mad-dog free-
for-all-session at the Skatebox on
Friday night, where there were as
many as fifteen people on the spine
ramp at onco, Saturday dawned too
early and the focus of the skating
Nathan Lyons: Noseblunt to
backside blunt disaster revert and
blunt noseslap fakies.
Ben Liversedge: Big 180° over
5th the pyramid, backside lipslide
on the handrail, switchstance 180
heelflips, kickflip to fakie on the
quarter-pipe and ollie blunts.
Bobby Kuhns: Big spin back-
was the "street" contest. The all- 4th side D. Cab blunt disaster
metal course took some definite
abuse and gave a lot back in the
brutal heat. After the long and
tedious process of two runs, the ten
man cut went at it.
Brandon Novak: 360° ollies
park that Dennis owns. I assumed 10th both ways, frontside nose-
that if we just paid fifteen bucks to
ride one park it would carry over. It
didn't. He was at the gate saying.
"Another park, another member-
blunts, 180" heelflips and switch-
stance frontside 360's.
Chuck Nwoke: Backside late
ship." We hung out for awhile and 9th shove-its, ollies over the
checked out the teen scene of over
made-up fourteen year-old chicks
pyramid, fakie manuals and blunt
rock to fakies.
revert, backside nollie 180", pivot to
tail, double kickflip to rail fakie.
3rd rall, Cab disaster revert over
Mirko Mangum: Huge ollie to
the hip, frontside ollie to rail nose-
blunt, double kickflips, big-spin D
revert and 360° both ways.
Andrew Reynolds: Big back-
200 side 180's, backside lipelide on
the handrail, shove-it fakies on the
quarter pipe, 360° ollies both ways
and kickflip late 180's.
Paul Zinser piloting en Indy to fakie
Pholp
Matt Beach: 180' nosegrind on
1st the handrail, noseslide nose
grinds on the slider bar, shove-it
nosetap fakie, frontside 360's and
frontside kickflips.
With Matt Beach the newly
crowned street champ, the crowd
went back to work on the business
at hand and that was skating. The
vert dogs had an open session that
was highlighted by a head-on colli-
sion by two dudes coming down
from six-foot airs. The noise was a
muffled thud that sent one to the
hospital. Ouch.
Sunday was the most confusing
of the contest days. The Box was
first for the mini event that dragged
on for an elemity. It rained so heavy
on the metal roof that it was impos
sible to hear the public address sys-
tem. Undaunted, the comatose
crowd watched the best ams get
down and dirty on the multi-faceted
facility. It had a hip, a spine and it
even connected to a small vert
ramp. The lines were many and the
slams were by the truckload.
Ten finalists battled it out, but
when the final tally came through it
looked like this. (Continued on page 60)
1992 NSA-AIRWALK AMATEUR FINALSI
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