Trash
EYE BURN
Dae Won Song Fakie
pivot grind fakie 360° kickflip out.
Max Schaaf Nollie 360° Indy.
Rick Howard Fakie backside tail
slide frontside half-Cab kickflip
curb loafover.
Mike York Backside 180° kickflip
fakie pivot grind.
Mike Carroll Nollie heelflip
inside shove-it frontside noseslide.
Jesse Paez Frontside 180° nose-
est Fire House video in LA's harbor
district. Jenkins was doing sculp
ture while the rest were doing
demos. Ho and Matthies just
wrapped-up the latest Suicidal
Tendencies vid which, paradoxi-
cally, was also done in the vicinity.
SINK HOLE
When last heard from, Steve
Rocco was so feverishly intent on
taking over the mag world that he
spent $150,000 for an "adequate"
video still-frame capture system.
grind down a thirty-foot stairway While the "publishing tycoon"
ledge in Concord.
Now that Natas Kaupas has
taken up traditional beach boy
sports, what's next? When last
"That's the way the ball bounces, G"
heard from, Natas had
forsaken his art direction
in favor of paddle board-
ing and diving. Local-
gurus Skipperboy and
Mickey Young are repor-
tedly advising Natas on
the finer points of open
ocean navigation. The
current
K-board is alle-
gedly 13' long as Natas
prepares to paddle to
Catalina Island. Equally
devastating are Kaupas
training dives at Santa
Monica's breakwaters.
Coach Young has done
the Catalina run several
times and won the pres-
tigious open-channel
race four times. Natas,
by all accounts, is very in-
volved. Engblom still
remains quiet as he
restores $10,000 antique
wooden surfboards for
discriminating collectors.
Spike, Andy Jenkins,
and Wing Ko, along with
Erik Matthies were all
observed making the lat-
-Salman Agah
was tossing around ten grand
computer chips like con-
fetti, who would have.
guessed that his newest
passion would be archi-
tecture? Yes, in a post-mod-
Mac the Knife
ern tour de force, Rocco has
created a corrugated steel,
glass and wood Vietnamese
prison compound of his very
own. His landscaping includes
an indoor rain forest, with
every plant contained in a thirty
gallon steel trash can. World inti-
mates say the effect of the gleam
East Coast lensman Adam Wallacavage
closed
stone cold chillin' with his lady, Diane Yost.
reason, Steve flew his
girlfriend Ann Chen (Phil's sister)
down from SF for a romantic lunch.
That same day, he also refused to
go jet skiing with his brother Sal
ing metal with the giant bamboo
and palms is quite extraordinary.
For some yet undis
causing World locals to speculate
on the possibility of an upcoming
nuptial ceremony.
New School Un-Coverage
Simon Woodstock debriefs Salman Agah
I was in a very cool bar in San Diego not too long
ago. The people were mostly old skaters and the
drinks were extra-potent and sometimes even free.
But the thing I remember most about the place was a
big sticker on the side of the cash register that said,
"No Sniveling!!" From the moment I saw that sticker,
the message was clear and my life was less compli-
cated. No more wasted tissues or unnecessary tears
to be shed. Okay, so now on to my point. I live right
across the street from the world's best skater, Salman
Agah. I know he is the best because he tells me all
the time. Whenever we go skating and I bail more
than ten times in a row, Salman will ask me what the
heck the trick is that I must try so much. When I tell
him I am trying a 540 doubleflip, he just laughs and
does a waist-high switchstance ollie in my face. I
usually have to sit on the nearest curb and think for
awhile after that.
I always keep my chin up though, because I've
been skating for seventeen years now and I've seen
the seasons change and the leaves on many skater's
trees turn brown and fall off. Pretty soon, the new
generation won't have time to skate in their regular
stance at all, but will be forced by their peers to learn
all tricks skating switchstance. Regular stance is not a
streetplant or pressureflip. It will not die, it will only
become more solid and classic.
Woody (left)
flashes a
switchstance
Koston grind
at the Cannery,
Another thing, go out and do any
trick you want whether it be the most
trendy or the most outdated in the
book Just have fun and take what
Salman or any other skater has to say
with a grain of salt.
Simon
Dewey Weber (1938-1993)
Dewey Weber, legendary surfer and inventor of the eight-wheeled
skate (back in '64), was laid to rest in a moving beach ceremony attend-
ed by over 1000 people. Notables in attendance included Ty Page, Alan
Sarlo, Angie Reno, Jackie Baxter, The Logans, David Nuuhiwa. The
Worm, Donald Takayama, Mike Purpus, Mickey Munoz and Iggy
AD VICE
Just to keep life interesting,
Foundation and World Indus
tries swapped bogus ads. But
Todd Swank seemed to the
more nervous of the two and
wanted either retribution or
restitution.
Sal Barbier maxed out his 5.0
in a road slam and sold it off.
Now B's cruising an old Jeep
and claiming he's going to get
a job at Nordstrom to earn
enough money to flush it out.
Rodney Mullen is reported-
ly through hanging out at
LA's Mor-
tion to hang with skate genius
Martin Freedmann. Rodney
studies other people's lives like
most people check out books.
Gallery X in Hollywood
showed Suck On This and an art
exhibit featuring multi-media
masters Mad Mark Rude, Bad
Otis Link and The Pizz
FLAME BROILED
Bomb masters Paul Stec,
Robert Campbell and Eric Cor
bett are fronting the "Cheap
Junk line of useless crap."
Danny Way and Kris Marko-
vich reportedly went to blows,
twice, over girls
I'm Baaaaaack!
Seen
here with his previ-
ous backup band Anti-Seen, rebel rouser
GG Allin is back out of prison and ready to
take over the world with his new group.
the notorious Murder Junkies.
mon Temple where he inter-
viewed Hari Krishnas and
street people who communi-
cate with space aliens. Ap-
parently Mullen is returning to
the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology for another vaca-
and bullshit.
Jeff Grosso
is recovering
from a broken
leg over at Ricky
Barnes' house in
HB, while Ben
Schroeder is gen-
erally unattached
and still raging.
ASKING
TIME
Is the Black
Bottom pool in
the Oakland hills
still under savage
siege? Did both
Steve Cales and
Mike York defect
over from the
World camp while
Kareem Campbell is back in
the fold? Is Jordan Richter
referred to as "The Color
Shadow?" Is Erik Pupecki the
only rider for team Deluxe?
Did BK drop his Canon EOS
while snapping the shutter?
Can Lavar McBride be to-
morrow's superstar? At a
recent Powell Skatezone
session, was it team Real
vs. team Stereo? Did
Dune blow a fuse on a
vicious ankle chop and
start throwing everything
in sight? Did Agah then
rebuff Deago?
DONNER PARTY
Word came in the form
of a fax that skaters in
Tahoe were planning a
shindig at The Horizon
Casino in which a mid-
ramp was to be the focus
of some serious brute
force, with the proceeds
going towards building
a skatepark. Between raf-
fling the door prizes and
some hella boring gay
ass rollerblade movie,
the crowd was treated to
some incredible skating.
Combatants on the small
slippery woodchip included
Speyer, Hawk, Senn, Yates,
Tershay. Palmer, Cardiel,
CoCo, Karma, Brauch, Cab,
Driggs and Alan Petersen.
Highlights of the evening were
Cards' melon 540' attempts,
Petersen's huge airs to fakie and
some of the finest dumps in
recent memory. It seemed like a
flashback to 1986 with all the
autographs and cheers. Props
go out to Donna Dennis, Bob.
Daly, Eric and the South Shore
skaters for the hospitality.
Ricks and Santarossa now
run Race wheels.
Ron Allen, John Reeves and
Travis McLaughlin were seen
on tour in the Fun mobile back
east. Due to weather condi-
tions, reportedly the whole crew
spun a 540° on an icy road.
PSL/CASL queen Sonja Cat-
alano is resigning from her duti-
ful duties after not receiving a
paycheck since 1990. She is
going back to teaching.
QUOTES
"I don't mind him scamming
my girl, but I won't let any-
one talk shit about me
behind my back."
Danny Way
"What? No crooked grind?
No shove-it?"
Kat O'Loughlin
Tradeshow Blowoff
Way tallslides down an Imitation handrell
And then there was another innocuous
Action Sports Retailer trade show. Once
again, this show's theme was segregation
and mind-control. While skaters, street
types and non-traditional people were rou-
tinely discriminated against, "worried"
buyers begged show hierarchy for some
protection against the ugly rolling street
and skate "trash." Fortunately the head.
show men assured all it was just a ridicu-
lous paranoid delusion and they "were in
control of the situation." Decidedly non-
normal types in attendance included Kid
Frost and some Boo-Yaa Tribe members
Tom Sims staged an elaborate display.
chronicling the history of skate/ snow vehi-
cles. Keith Cochrane dispensed philo-
sophical advice while Jeff Klindt promoed
incessantly about the righteousness of
non-participation. Swenson was so bored
that he split, leaving Riggins, Mr. Rick
and KT to hold down the fort. Vitello,
who was leaving early, left even sooner.
Eddie R and Hosoi thrilled and drilled the
masses with an on-site skate demo that
drew more crowds than anything else.
Denike played down the allegations that
Novak was off personally setting more
snowboard speed records. Slap devotees
Lance Dawes, Bill Wiess, Fred Olande
and Rene Mattyson absconded filet
mignon at the hotel restaurant by charging
the corporation room. Thiebaud spent
days driving around in the Real van with
portable switchstanceables looking for
parking. Block worked the crowd display-
ing his Cholo wears. Evilest of all was the
Surfing Hall of Fame tribute which had
Bobby Challenger acting as Captain
Cook and Rell Sun as Princess Aloha.
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