DAMAGE INCORPORATED
Mike Carroll is heavily involved in video
games and has finally defeated Ecco the
Dolphin. While other Plan B riders were secret-
ly training in Vancouver for the eastern Easter
Vert contest series, both Danny Way and Colin
McKay were observed doing kickflip Indys
both ways. Some peg the Way man as being
in the vicinity of the ever-elusive switchstance
through the long winter in
fine style with an indoor vert
ramp that is reported to be
"bad as fuck."
TOUR TIME
Salman Agah, back from
a string of demos in Australia
with Alan Petersen, told
stories of huge crowds all
over and having so much fun
they stayed an extra week.
Jordan Richter was off to
Indonesia for a solitary tour,
ged the Shorty's design,
censored an ad, and had
Buyalos banned from his
empire for the crime of
being a spy. Coincidently,
Vallely and Templeton were
hooked up by the same
major manu for sub-laminat
ed wood boards. That deal
as promised either and word
has it that now Mr. Big wants
to manufacture products for
reportedly did not go down
540% Other Canadians, Rick Howard, Sluggo while ex-teammate/SF local everyone. Will this produc
and Moses, were said to be in close quarters.
Longtime flames Dave 52 PICK-UP
Duncan and Texas Cindy
have called it quits. Cindy
went back to the Lone Star
state to console herself and
met up with Loud One Fred
Smith who provided a soft
shoulder to cry on. As it
Steve Cales is now on
the ATM click, while other
youngsters Lee Smith, aka
Puma, and Karl Watson, aka
Tense, were seen getting
busted at Tower Records in
the East Bay for the petty
turns out, the two were mar crime of shoplifting tapes.
ried in April.
Point
Point
Counter
Dear Slinky Slinger from
the April '93 Mail Drop,
You ignorant faggot,
where do you get off say-
ing mountain bikers suck?
I've been racing mountain
bikes for five years and
recently picked up skat-
ing again. I may not know
all that new weird shit you
guys are doing, but at
least my conditioning
from cycling gives me the
endurance to skate hard
for a three-hour session
instead of getting all
sore, out of breath and
whining because I'm.
tired and dehydrated.
Why don't you take
your baggy-ass pants,
your everslick decks and
your 42mm wheels and
shove them up your ass?
Mike O'Reilly
Bloomfield Hills, MI
82 TRASHER
From way down in Arizona
comes word of Randy Col-
vin, John Lucero, John
Cardiel, Julien Stranger
and Remy Stratton doing
some serious damage in
sun-baked backyard pools.
The latest spot
for the crew in
the Los Angeles
Basin is Lock-
wood School.
Seen in effect on
a recent Saturday
were Matt Rod-
riguez, Billy Val-
dez, Keith Huf-
fnagle, Edward
Devera, Chico
Brenes, Kareem
Campbell, Tim
Gavin and Henry
Sanchez. Huf was
later spotted in
Santa Monica at
the Third Street gap catch
ing fat switchstance 180°
backside heelflips.
Up in Minnesota, Greg
Witt, Al Partnen and Dave
Le Roux have all skated
Two
thumbs are
better than
one. Just ask
Jake Vogel
and Sean
Sheffey.
Jim Thiebaud and the Real
van were spotted on the
East Coast of the US.
Todd Hastings sent two
cars full of the Corporation's
finest on tour in the hands of
Steve Caballero and Wade
Speyer. Young riders includ-
ed in the vehicles were said
to be Kit Ericson and Jeff
Taylor (who will be pro by
the time you read this). Look
out for these guys, they are
worth the wait.
HOSTILE TAKEOVER
First off, Tony
Buyalos checked
out of Small Room
Kate
Awaits
Long before Wade
Speyer was born
and heavy metal
was still a term for
lead, screen legend
Katharine Hepburn
rode with the devil
on her side and both
hors blazing
because it was too
confining. Then he
popped up in Santa
Barbara, California, as
the main impresario of
Shorty's. Somewhere.
along the way, Tony fell
into the sphere of influ-
ence of a large manufac
turer type who offered a
bit of production assis
tance to the bur-
geoning Shorty's
program. In short
order, Mr. Big
purportedly
EMB
bootleg-
tion tycoon actually take
over the industry, or is this
grand plan just a figment of
an over-active imagination?
BAD BLOOD
Religious zealots report-
edly have been hassling
SMA prez Skip Engblom
over a series of so-called
"anti-Christian" graphics.
The Frank Hirata Last
Supper and Crucifix are
often-mentioned exam
ples. The ever-concerned
Engblom reacted to the
controversy by detouring
to the island of Hawaii.
There, with Dean Edwards,
Kimo Kapala, Snooky
Iwata. Sam Kalamo and
Frog Kalakaupauana, Mr.
Skip has been sessioning
perfect natural volcanic
skate bowl that was formed
by Kiluea's recent eruption.
Because of this set-up, you
can actually carve off the
volcanic wall and across the
face of a breaking wave, if
you hit it right. If you don't
you can make the trip to
the nearby hospital at the
National Park headquarters.
BLOW ME
And as for those of us with
good memories, who could
forget those stellar ass-
holes at Action Sports
Retailer, the trade show.
kings? Tommy Guerrero
once commented that the
initials ASR stood for anti-
skateboarding regime as
he was being escorted out
of a tradeshow for the cap-
ital crime of possessing a
skateboard. Other
notables who are,
or were, or will be
banned now include
Danny Way, Julien
Stranger and James
Muir. The very latest
installment in the dis-
integration of the
ASR empire includes
the unexplained can-
cellation of their
announced Palm
Springs expo, the
resignation of ASR
editorial chieftains
Paul Holmes and
Neil Fineman, the
disappearance of
their in-house skate
guru and the an-
nouncement by sever-
al ex-employees that they
would launch their own.
tradeshows. The most rele-
vant aspect to the curb dog
clan is scheduled to occur
this September at the
Orange County Fair-
grounds. This endeavor is
reportedly entitled "Alan
Seymoure Presents: The
Beach. Seymoure, of
course, is the promoter
who once staged the leg-
endary Catalina Classic
downhill skate race.
Seymoure also
was an NHS
henchman.
back in
the day.
The latest chapter in the
intensified battle over Paulo
Diaz was his apparent
switchover to Thunder.
Diaz remains silent as he
tours the East Coast with
Dune's posse.
Other spirited team tag-
gers include Ray Underhill
and Steve Saiz, whom are
allegedly in hot pursuit of
several ranking skaters,
including Willy Santos.
Team Blind is now a much
better alternative to the
bland offerings of others.
The antics of Ronnie Ber-
tino, Jeron Wilson and
Guy Mariano are major top
ics of discussion.
Heath Kirchart is said to
have flown from Birdhouse
to Foundation, where he's
tighter with Ronnie Creager
and Josh Beagle.
Word has it that Lance
Mountain has devoted one
full month to filming Pat
Brennan in an underground
parking structure. Reseda
resident Weston Correa is
another much-talked about
Mountain vid subject.
RIDDLE ME
Is Natas going to Ohio for
a Thompson machine gun
owner's meet? Is he taking
Adam McNatt with him?
Does Kaupas spend hours
doing computer art daily?
Will Lumpy become
Poser
of the
Month
the new distrib
utor king?
NAME: Al Bassel
CRIME: *50/50
Double Kink"
PUNISHMENT:
Sponsorship
MO' MONEY
t
Ron Chatman, Mark Gon
zales and Falahee seem to
be taking the ATM quite
seriously. Cash only is said to
be the rule for their eagerly
sought rare equipment.
AWH in Chicago held
another mini-industrial trade
show. Newer revelations.
included: Focus, which
somehow relates to Hosoi
and Chicken; SOP, which
relates to ATM; Real, which
was a front for Klindt's social
revealed that he does not
studies; Jim Gray, who
do nails in a beauty parlor;
that he's Milk; and Chris
Capparo from G&S, who
explained the virtues of
Taylor/Dykema, and attrac-
tive corporate women, who
smiled and said it wasn't
their fault.
BUTT OUT
Bob Riggot, who proved
And on the same day
that the dreaded Mr. Butts
board graphic landed on
page one in Santa Barbara,
California, where it ignited
a minor controversy, the
computer system at a well-
known skateboard company
reportedly went down. As
rival skate concerns claimed
victory, company employees
wondered if the mysterious
crash was somehow related
to the recent departure of a
certain disgruntled comput-
er maintenance person.
The Birdhouse team is
now headquartered in Tony
Hawk's garage with Sean
Mortimer and Mike Frazier
functioning as facilitators at
the recent team meeting
and photo session. Ru-
mored to be moving in soon
is Andrew Reynolds.
FAMOUS AMOS
Wing Ko is putting the
finishing touches on his
three-person documentary
of Jesse Neuhaus, Eric
Murphy and Steve Dread.
In it, Jesse's mom and dad
explain how they experi-
mented with their child's
development and Mr. Dread
can be seen nose wheeling
a baby carriage through
Chicago's south side. Ko's
sometime H-gun associate
Eric Mathies was last seen
rock climbing in the Cali-
fornia desert with remnants
of rock supergroup Queen.
GRAND PRIX
Just the other day, guitar
guru Mr. Billy Gibbons
arrived in SF for a three-hour
stopover on his way to So.
Cal to pick up several cus-
tom balsa/redwood surf-
boards from Dale Velzy.
Eager to check out Fender
Broadcaster Jeff Beck's new
32 Ford, Gibbons went for
a cruise in it with car crafter
Roy Brezio. At a stoplight,
some crazed rock fan went
berserk and began shouting
that Beck's '32 was in fact
the 1933 Ford ZZ Top Elim-
inator car. Fortunately, Gib-
bons was incognito, with
his beard tucked into his
why his nickname is:
Crazy
example number six t
After drinking a case of
Cokes and eating five
Kit Kats in one hour, John
Cardiel literally flipped out
in Arizona. Last we heard,
he was resting comfortably
back home in Grass Valley.
t-shirt, and was able to sly
away. Across the very same
intersection later in the day,
Fausto Vitello was taking
Big Daddy Ed Riggins over
to check out his '30 Ford
rod. Our heroes hit a puddle
at 90 mph plus and spun
720° into a wall. Due to V's
superior driving ability, they
escaped on two flats with
only five grand in damage to
the 'Vette. People will soon
start confusing Vitello's A-
Bone with Gibbons' Model
C, thus instigating a further
chain of events.
Many skaters remain per-
plexed over the meaning of
a transvestite included in a
recent street-wise ad. The
answer, according to insid-
ers, is that for a few dollars
more, you can get the op-
tional equipment.
EASTERN SWING
The NSA professional
road show recently went off
in the Great Northeast. The
1993 series opener at the
Playground in Wallingford,
CT, which was held on a
Wednesday, saw a light
turnout but a great skate
show. Sessions of the old,
new and jacked made it all
happen. Highlights of the
event included Eric Koston
winning the "street," Car-
diel's padless backside 180
of the 12 fun box. Mike
Frazier took the vert. Neal
Hendrix was out after knee
surgery and Brian Howard
burned it down. Lowlights
included a run-in with the
deadly James Gang and a
drug bust in the parking lot.
Details next issue.
QUOTES
"You won't sell it will you?"
-Chris Senn
"On the road, it's all for
sale." -Steve Caballero
"I know who won."
-Don Bostick
"I've gone to so many wel-
come home parties I'm
turning into an alcoholic."
-Josh Swindell,
now a free man