Trash
HARD
TIMES
Henry Sanchez,
Mike Carroll, Julien
Stranger and Tobin Yel-
land had a run-in with
some mini-mobsters in
the Mission District of SF.
After a brief altercation,
the young hoods
shattered the
windshield of
Tobin's car with a
pipe. Ten minutes
later, cops pulled
them over for no
Tobin
windshield.
had no license, so
he was promptly
issued a two hun
"It takes a great man to make a good listener."
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dred dollar fine.
Meanwhile in LA, Ron
Chatman's car got stolen
with all his and Mark Gonz
ales' skate gear in it.
John Cardiel and Mike
Ranquet went off to Japan
for some snowboard deal.
Cards told the tale of being
ripped off by the contest
promoters to the tune of
$2000. When he finally got
back home, he was starving.
Contrary to rumors, John
Lucero's Black Label is not
out-of-business. His team is
still intact, but Jason Dill
jumped ship just as the fin-
ishing touches were being
made on his model. Former
Blockhead rider Jeremy
Wray has hooked up a deal
with a new company called
Color Skateboards.
-Arthur Helps
HALL OF NAMES
Brian Ferdinand is still
unattached and unbeliev-
able. Gravedigger Ross
Goodman has been seen
skating the vert ramp int
Sacramento. Shawn Martin
is back in the City after a
brief stint in Sac.
Seen skating around SF:
Alfonzo Rawls, Eric Koston,
Chris Senn, Barker Barrett,
Greg Hunt, Joey Suriel,
Fabian Alomar, recently
departed NHS rider Andy
Roy, Danny Way and Mike
Ternasky (who was filming
for guess what?). Not one to
be underdone, Pat Duffy
kickflip noseslid the well-
lathered Hubba Hideout.
New kids taking the blocks
at EMB by storm include
Sean Young, Greg Hunt,
Dan Drehobl, Erik Pupecki
and Jamie Thomas.
Guy Mariano and Tim
Gavin have been living in
the redesigned World Park.
On a recent afternoon, the
topic of discussion was Dae
Won's apparent fakie pivot
grind 360° kickflip out. The
new World facility format is
Set Straight
While everyone and
their brother are in the
rush to learn all their
tricks backward, the
"Give It Up" style has
been born. Telltale
signs include arms held
out but high, and feet
in a splayed position.
Be also on the look out
for the "Fairy Push,"
(which actually slows
you down instead of
giving you speed).
sans mini-
ramp and
under four-
feet tall.
Rodney
Mullen
liked it so
Achey Breaky Boys
The Weber brothers have been hav-
ing such rotten luck making tricks on
this block that they have taken up
ancient Hopi dancing in hopes of
curing those bail boy's blues.
much that he moved his Iguchi are causing tremors.
whole office there.
WHITE ZOMBIE
Orphan boy Keith Coch
rane awoke to a flash. His
long gone, long dead dad
showed up at Keith's grand
father's funeral. A couple
days later the missing father
appeared on a TV exposé
show featuring allegedly
delinquent spouses. Keith's
only comment on was to the
point, "I don't have to watch
television soap operas, I
live in one."
Jeff Klindt scored Jason
Lee's old Vespa in an acqui-
sition that co-workers refer
to the acquisition as "Teddy
Boy goes Golden Gate."
After purchasing the alleged
ska mobile, Klindt went on
a snowboarding escapade
in the Sierras. During his
mountainous stress relief
retreat, Klindt neglected to
war goggles and sun block.
The subtle glare of the sun
off the snow gave the boy a
deluxe case of snow blind
ness. He was last reported
lald up in bed with his eyes
swollen shut.
TIGHT WADS
While the ski manus try
These men and legions of
others are setting new stan-
dards in out-of-bounds
snowboarding. Is the para-
noia of certain large snow
equipment manufacturing
companies largely caused
by this desire for control?
And for time lines, check out
to out-muscle skate/snow
types to control the slopes
of industry, you've got to
notice that non-Alpinists like
Cardiel, Way and Bryan
a
giant ski company's Rick
Griffin-type graphics. What
decade are we in?
WHICH HUNT
Which major team man-
ager/owner recently held a
team meeting to discuss
"tight money?"
Which one-time mega
company's manufacturing
complex was surrounded by
a battalion of North Ameri
can Van Lines moving trucks
in the ultimate down-sizing
exercise?
Which Philadelphia, PA,
homeboy was chased from
EMB by Jovontae Turner
and Don Carey?
NE
Jake
Brett Alexander
Producer of 48 hrs.
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ants to do story on Josh
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windell. Josh's mother told
Which world's biggest
skate factory owner an-
nounced in the newspaper
that he's been forced to sell
said facility? Did the same
guy also lay claim to indus-
try leadership in the same
article? Did he additionally
pose for Action Sports.
Retailers, that geriatric
journal of consumerism,
riding a box scooter?
we may have some video!
footage
MOLD TIMES
Rick Blackhart is doing his
own line of trucks straight
outta San Jo
The Master of Disaster,
Duane Peters, has sworn off
drinking and started a new
band called The Exploding
Fuck Dolls. Members in-
clude Art and Steve Godoy,
a guy named Ricky and
another called Goatfucker.
All-time surf star and
pipe master Gerry Lopez
has taken up snowboarding
residency in Bend, Oregon.
Lopez was reportedly so
pumped that he had his wife
Toni buy a house one day at
lunch. Also living on the
poser
of the
month
Criminal: Dennis Bart
Crime: Big kickflip
Sentence: Broken neck
premis-
es is surfboard foam
king Grubby Clark.
Politically minded bill-
board graffiti specialist
Stash Maleski of ICU re-
nown is fronting a charity
gig/art show on the anniver
sary of the LA riots/rebel-
lion/uprising. Many of the
top Los Angeles area graffi
ti crews and notorious
skate types will be partici-
pating in the endeavor.
FULL BLEED
Todd Swank has become
so hands-on oriented that
he now thrives on screen-
ing all his four-color subli-
mations himself. Artist Larry
Clark has worked to create
some fine art skates. The
boards depict female gen-
italia and sell for $3500.
Natas Kaupas was seen in
San Fernando hanging out
with Guess? super-model
Anna Nicole and Adam
McNatt. Following that,
the trio did a multi-media
deity in the desert.
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While you were out...
alleged career as a
born again and again snow
board industrial titan, Henry
Heffer stated that he's still
the fastest man on a kart.
Can a trackside showdown
be far off? Danny Way had
nothing to say regarding
this, but perhaps if serious
money were to be put up he
might. Meanwhile, XYZ in
Carlsbad was busily selling
button down collared shirts
to the cognoscenti.
First Spike Jonez moved
into a luxury power office
high atop the La Brea Tar
Pits. Then he moved into
Howard Hughes' old sun-lit
sex palace apartment.
Now Spike's been seen
hanging in San Diego.
NO BONES
Stacy Peralta, who
left the skate scene
to pursue his interest in
films, was seen in South
Carolina hanging with
NASCAR racing legend
Richard Petty. Peralta
filmed numerous
hot laps with
Petty for an
undisclosed
Bob "Gearbox" Haro has
been observed go-kart rac-
ing lately. Word is, they're
going to compete on the
same circuit as their long
time nemesis Trackmagic V.
Other in-effect karters
include Ternasky, Bowers,
Way and JJ Rogers. Just
after he arrived in the Pacific cently
Northwest where he began spotted
future project.
Jay Adams
was re-
ESC
English skateman Jagger got a
crash course on the streets of SF
in a run in with a car while bomb-
ing Haight St. He may be back in
the UK but he has some souvenirs
that can't be bought in any store.
In a news story to be on national television,
48 Hours is focusing on Americans being held
in foreign countries on trumped-up charges.
Maybe some mega-coverage will sell a deck
or two, or it might even get Swindell released.
on Oahu's North Shore
consoling Ty Page over the
recent death of Ty's wife.
Mark Bowden and Tony
Jetton were also in effect.
Jetton is said to be open
ing a step aerobics clinic in
Hawaii. Jay continues to surf
and skate unabated.
Details were sketchy
regarding a pro street con-
test in Daytona
Beach, Florida,
during
spring
break. The site changed at
the last minute but East
Coast locs Tom Boyle and
Lance Conklin took second
and first respectively. Other
highlights included Jen
O'Brien on MTV in the
Beauty and the Beach con-
test at the parking lot of Wet
Willie's Daiquiri Bar.
UTTER NONSENSE
"I'm number one now and
I'm never gonna slip."
-Keith Cochrane
"You can only be
angry everyday."
-Todd Swank