ON board
RESULTS
Oregon Amateur
Skateboard
Association
Dalles, Oregon
August 29, 1992
1A 12 AND UNDER
1. Sage Howard
2A 15 AND UNDER
1. Evan Hatfield
2. Adin Moore
3. Bobby Allan
2A 16 AND OVER
1. Chris Elsmore
3A 15 AND UNDER
1. Rodd Marks
2. Dusty York
3. Nathan Haines
3A 16 AND OVER
1. Brent Marks
2. Cole Coquillette
SHOP SPONSORED 15
AND UNDER
1. Nathan Sherwood
2. Joshua Beaudry
3. Tim Owens
SHOP SPONSORED 16
AND OVER
1. Patrick Aeder
2. Travis Bott
3. Erik Railton
4. Mike McConnell
5. Manuel Vasquez
FACTORY SPONSORED
1. Matt Beach
2. Rachman Chung
3. Jayme Fortune
4. Mike Goetz
5. Mike Staples
6. Gary Hart
NCASA FINALS
Street/Mini/Vert
Daily Grind
Sacramento, CA
Sept. 19 & 20
STREET
1. Matthieu Guevara
2. Willy Greene
3. Cameron Swails
COMING EVENTS
US AMATEUR SNOWBOARD ASSOCIATION
Southem Calfomia Conference Event Schedule
Sunday, January 3 (Snow Summit) Halfpipe
Sunday, January 10 (Bear Mountain Giant Slalom
Sunday, January 17 (Snow Summit) Boarder Cross
Sunday, w
January 24 (Snow 1
24 Snow Valley) Slalom
February 20 (Snow Summit) Halfpipe
Sunday, February 28 (Bear Mountain) Salom
Saturday, March &
Sunday, March 7 (now Valley) 1
Saturday, March 13 (Bear Mountain) Giant Slalom
Saturday, March 20 (Snow Summit) Boarder Cross
Sunday, March 21 (Snow Valley) Gam
March 27-30 USASA Nationals at Vail, Colorado
24
1. Bobby Rodriguez
2. Caswell Berry
3. Gabriel Barbaria
4. Jason O'Connell
34
1. Steve Spear
2. Dan Coronado
3. Kirk Janowick
4. Chad Lunsford
5. Gary Hassler
6. Bily Yarborough
7. Darren Rowe
8. Red
9. Orlando Stevenson
10. Joey Blankenship
4A
1. Jeffery Landi
2. Rudy Sisson
3. Ty Flaherty
4. Joey Tershay
5. Brian Fralick
6. Ron Marshall
7. Gabe Navarro
8. Pedrick Urtz
9. Joe Sierro
10. Bart Nathan
VERT
4A
1. Armando Ramirez
2. Coco Santiago
3. Dean Randall
4. Brian Fralick
5. Joey Tershay
Snow Summ
Summit Boarder Cross
6. Jesse Driggs
Super GS
7. Gary Hassler
8. Noah Peacock
MINI
1A
1. Cameron Swails
2. Willy Greene
3. Garrett Peterson
2A
1. Caswell Berry
SA
1. Steve Spear
2. Jordan Peterson
Saturday, April 3 (Snow Summit) Halfpipe
Saturday, April 10 (Bear Mountain Slalom and
Awards Dinner
USASA Box 8251, Green Valley Lake, CA 92341
Ph: 714867-7396 or 714/923-0401
NSA "RAGE 'N AT THE RANCH
Snowboard Series at Donner Ski Ranch, Norden, CA
January 2 Giant Slalom
January 3 Hall Pipe
January
January 1
16 Giant Slalom
February 20 Giant Slalom
February 21 Half Pipe
March 13 Giant Slalom
March 14 Half Pipe, Finals and BBQ
February 27 & 28 The Accelerator Contest
National Skateboard Association, 7555 Red Bud Road,
Granite Bay, CA 95746, Ph: 916/791-3720
AWFUL TRUTH
3. Kirk Janowick
4. Dan Dawson
5. Reuben Regelo
6. Tyson Winarski
7. Red
1. Joe Sierro
2. Brian Fralick
3. Gary Hassler
5. Armando Ramirez
4. Ty Flaherty
6. Rudy Sisson
GOVERNOR'S GRIPE
Government of the people, by the people and for the people no longer
applies, at least not for skateboarders on the steps of the Missouri State
Capitol. A prohibition of skateboarding on the Capitol Complex in Jefferson
City, MO, was declared after Governor John Ashcroft alerted Administration
Commissioner Jim Moody to "fairly significant deterioration of limestone
steps, sidewalks and ledges on the north side of the capitol. Bureaucratic
estimates place repair costs between $5,000 and $10,000 and total replace-
ment at $50,000 to $100,000. Parking lots, garages, and all state property in
the Capitol Complex are affected by the ban, which Moody hopes will
"appeal to good common sense." The commissioner was apparently dis-
turbed by the amount of damage that skaters wield under their wheels, and
told the Jefferson City News Tribune, "You couldn't have done that much
damage with a hammer." But members of the JC Wrecking Crew disagree.
One youngster, whose mom was not impressed by his front-page exploits,
says, "Give me a hammer and let's see how much damage I can do."
84 THRASHER
FIRING
LINE
Gershon Mosley
Born: 1/14/74.
Height: 5'5"
Weight: 170 lbs.
Shoe size: 9 1/2.
Middle name: Joan.
Favorite movie:
Caddyshack.
Last book: Working.
First good axe: Roskopp
II. Indys, Bullets.
Who's rad: Simon, Mayer,
Natas and Gonz.
Who's sad: Eraserhead.
First trick: Ollie.
Last: 360° varial mute fakie.
Behind the scenes: There
is hidden racism in skating
and the politics suck.
Going: Flip tricks getting
more tech, more variation.
Who's the best: Hawk,
Matt Beach and Santos.
Five years: Hospital,
wheelchair or skating.
Family: 4 brothers, 1 sister.
Injuries: Broke my wrist.
twelve stitches in my head.
Gershon knows that height and
speed are mandatory for
burly grinds like this.
Wheels: 46 mm.
Trucks: 146 mm.
Width: 8.5.
Quote: "Whatever."
Thank you: Rick Davis.
No thanks: The losers who
talk shit and don't confront.
Ideal terrain: Street-mini.
Phobia: Acrophobia (fear
of heights).
Foods: Strawberry Quick,
Nestea and spaghett
Gershon on Gershon:
Capricorn, short, sometimes
loud, friendly.
Ballistic: to go off either through anger or on your board. "When
he saw his girlfriend with another guy, he went ballistic"
Yeahno: What you say when someone pulls a hot trick and either
eats it or steps off needlessly.
Dol: An utterance describing stupidity. "I knew that'd happen, doi."
Beaming: The act of making sure everyone is watching you
skate. In some extreme cases, the Beamer will have one eye on
you while the other is fixed on their board.
Spraying: Long-winded bragging. "Did you see my last run dude?
I'm ripping.
Blowbuddy: A little pal that hangs on your every utterance.
FRONTAL Lobotomy
Follow directions carefully to discover a bidden phrase.
1. Write MISTER SALMAN AGAH
2. Insert DANCE between letters 6 & 7.
3. Remove 4th vowel from right
4. Change AG to SW.
5. Place 3rd consonant from right be
tween 4th and 5th consonant from left
6. Change D to a T
7. Remove 5th consonant from right
8. Move first vowel from left one place
to right
9. Change 3rd A from left to a T.
10. Exchange the third consonant from
right with first consonant from left
11. Change 2nd vowel from left to a C.
12. Insert an H between 5th and 6th con-
sonant from left
13. Remove 3rd consonant from right
14. Change 1st consonant from right to E
15. Move R to the end of the line.
16. Replace 3rd consonant from right with
2nd consonant from left
17, Move 5th consonant from right to front
of line.
MISTERSALMANAGAH
Winner will be drawn at random and will win an embroidered hat. Entries must be received
by February 1, 1993. Results announced in the April issue. Thrasher, On Board, PO Box
884570, SF, CA 94188-4570
from page 3) wake
up it's all over and I
retum once again
to the concrete jun-
gle of suburbia
where I look for a
cheap thrill in a
backyard swim-
ming pool that has
been emptied by
the couple who
can't afford to fit
up due to bills, gro-
ceries, the new
baby, car insur
ance, house pay-
ments, etc. They're
barely making it
but they have each
other's love and
that's what counts
I go flying in a
plane with my good
friend Ron the
flight instructor.
He's from the old
school and togeth
er we find things to
skate from the air.
It's the best. I
videotape our fly-
ing sessions and
by to memorize the
streets, the houses
and the empty
pools. I go to me
front door, knock
ring the doorbell
and nobody
answers. Are the
neighbors looking?
(Neighborhood
Watch programs
suck) We jump
the wall and
presto, another
backyard thrill. The
thrills are never the
same / cant
describe the feel-
ing. You just gotta
be there
Who cares what
you skate. If you
want to skate, you
skate. We're a
breed apart from
all other jocks
nerds, speed
freaks, gangs
teachers, cops.
hippies, punkers
and whoever else
Don't fight your
own kind and say
shit you'll regret
later (know you're
all still too young to
listen). Be grateful
mat some idiot
made a skateboard
to begin with. If you
skate, don't get
down on others
because they don't
do the same thing
as you. Besides
diversity is what
made you skate in
the first place
-Steve Alba
Scott Johnston