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Danny Way was seen again
in Canada making 360° kick-
flip noseslide fakies in the
company of Salman, Bird,
Schaaf, Stranger, Sluggo,
Santiago and Colin.
While all the companies scramble to
get the latest and great-
est on video, the shit
keeps getting deep-
er and deeper. One-
time map seller in
the Animal Chin
video Rob Fladen
has taken up cook-
ing duties at the
World Industries
compound.
The NSA, once upon a
time a monster that con-
trolled the contest industry.
remains under criticism and scrutiny.
With events planned for Europe, and in
conjunction with snowboard events, you
have to ask, "Is there a hidden agenda?"
And what about skating? Word has it
that even head honcho Bostic is trying
to hawk the rights to the SF contest,
which is the highlight of the season
and the only one that draws crowds.
Buena Vista pool in Santa Cruz is still
happening and nobody knows better
than Andy Roy. Last we heard, Andy had
taken up residence in a home that is con-
veniently close to the pool and also
has a vert ramp.
INTERROGATION NATION
Did not Mako Urabe steal the winner's
check from the ever tricky Willy Santos?
Did not Alphonso Rawls and Wade
Speyer tour Japan?
Is Troy Miller the proud owner of a
killer private bowl?
Were not Chris Senn, Dave Duncan
and John Cardiel all seen in the same
backyard?
Did Mark Gonzales kick-
flip backside tailslide
revert the handrail at
San Francisco
George
Barros
high speed car
cruising on auto pilot.
Was Kelch seen
selling bogus Real Videos
to hippies on Haight St?
State Univer-
sity?
Which major manu is now apparently
so frantic for business that he's offering
$10,000 lines of credit and thirty days
billing to companies as an inducement
to do business?
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Victim: Mark Hutt
Crime: "Tony Hawk
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Sentence: Grass stains
On which truck company's
team are fully a third of its
members actually riding
another company's trucks?
Is Slapman Tim Lane now
considering a career as a
tagger? Are those recent
glyphs on the walls across
from the office rather obvi-
ously his work?
In a role reversal from the aforemen-
tioned, is guerrilla artist Twist now
offering his work on surfboards?
Which company owners dis-
charged a couple of clips on full auto
over the heads of aspiring G-types
outside a prominent Nor Cal club?
Is it possible, as it is so widely ru-
mored, that Red Dog is re-grouping
Dogtown in Venice? Weren't his last
words on the matter reportedly, "I'm
outta this shit permanently?"
Which upstart skate legend ingested
seven hits of acid and started "talking
meaningfully to bums," and then turned
himself into the police because he
couldn't "come down?"
PREVENT THIS TRAGEDY
In a tragic episode of déjà
vu, did not Kevin Thatcher
call his old publishing czar
amigo Kevin Kinnear? It
seems that some recent
slick rag cover layouts bore
an astonishing resemblance
to previous Thrasher covers.
After a rather spirited anti-
appropriationist dialogue,
have called a staff meeting
which pitted Grant, Swifty,
Sellstrom and Shaunzie against the
hapless art director Garry Scott Davis.
GSD reportedly offered some deep
philosophical insights into the true
Kinnear is then rumored to
nature of both humor and creativity.
Curiously, for services rendered, Davis
was purportedly told to pack it in, clean
it up and hit the road. The erstwhile GSD
maintains that he was going to quit
anyhow. As for KT and his coincidental
diatribe, well, he was only kidding. After
all, didn't Thatcher originally hook Davis
up years back in the com-
mercial mag scene? In
ZER
20
GOODYEAR
regards to certain
NG
"disruptive
influences," wasn't it
JGB's head that was last fabled to
be on the chopping block? Brit-
tain is silent as he tours Europe, pre-
sumably searching for his wife and
daughter who allegedly disappeared on
a religious retreat thereabouts.
In an interesting bout of neomanifes
tation, Santa Fats Macintyre is now said
to be reincarnating some strain of the
G&S empire along with
infamous board builder
Watson and team moti-
vator Chris Capparo.
Mike Vallely is said to
be "permanently relocat
ing" in New Jersey.
And from the files of the
used to famous... Kevin
"Tumbleweed" Ancell was
recently denied access to the
Slow Club (despite the fact that he
was currently headlining there).
Apparently the maître d' felt that
Ancell somehow failed to pass the criti-
cal entrance test. Klindt, who accom
panied the rejected Weed, was visibly
perplexed. The pair drove off in a new
Ford Explorer, which is perhaps the most
disturbing news of all.
Sarge Carter and Mike Hill are said to
be the industry's four million dollar
men of the year. With Blender and
Bowers in the Alien cor-
ral, is there any wonder?
Rob Dyrdek and John
Drake, who presum-
ably know but refuse
to talk, are now living
in Leucadia at some
girl's house, igniting
rumors of a western
workshop.
40s posterboy Pierre
Benitomako was recently
reported dining happily at
Fort Point in San Francisco.
The frugal gourmet was seen eat
ing live raw crabs fresh off the rocks.
Did Erik Matthies and Wing Ko
actually hijack the World video and
haul it to Spike Jonez' house? Did the
pair then take over Spike's pad for a
month or so? Witnesses claim Matthies
learned to drive, sans license, in a new
Buick which Rocco thoughtfully provid-
ed. Dae Won and the pair pretended
to be at the Cabazon Dinosaurs, but
turned up at San Pedro High. Schlos-
bach and Socrates have been shoot-
ing this vid for over a year, which is why
everyone mentioned showed up at The
Plan B video premiere to shoot that.
Christian Hosoi and Chicken have
been having
further pool
parties. The
sessions
have now in
creased in
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With
FREE MARKET ANALYSIS
from board sales, Mike Carroll went
into the real estate business and is reportedly killing it.
TURD TACO
Recent dispatches from the Pasanora
Derby indicate that some manus are
now claiming that whipping-boy Steve
Rocco has been personally censoring
and altering their ads in Big Brother.
Even such moderates such as Jim Gray
are widely rumored to be convinced that
they are some how the intended vic-
tims of some evil genius Rocco plots.
Furthermore, someone's been placing
calls offering some dubious info and
claiming to be World Industries' Megan.
For instance, have you heard about the
new Swindell model from WI? Few
have. Both Keith Cochrane
and Megan were
mystified.
Other ill
rumors speak of a well-
respected LA clan's anger over the
alleged unauthorized utilization of a cer-
tain name. Some claim that the in-house
troops are edgy over Rocco's newest
penchant for security. Perhaps that chain
link fence is to keep outsiders away from
the trampoline. Rocco remains silent,
but that might be because he dumped
his portable phone off his jet ski.
all the money he made
their leg
end to the
point that
an invite
reported
ly sells on
the street for
$200 bucks.
The city of
Los Angeles is
now trying to
shut down the
Venice boardwalk. On a recent Sunday,
they called in the riot squad and closed
the beach. Now they're talking about
banning all "gang members" from the
area. Naturally, skaters are being singled
out
for harassment, so be forewarned.
Larry Balma was seen at the Los
Angeles Roadster show selling hot rod
clothing to the street set.
A mini-fad was initiated by Greg
Carroll when he restored a 1962
mini-bike. States now require pres-
sure pad plates and five-horse
MC10 engines.
Following his Del Mar stage
acting debut, Bryan Ridge-
way disappeared back to West
Virginia.
The Birdhouse
tour of Tony,
Karma Trochelf (above)
can hit a light bulb at
100 yards. Photo by
Max Schoof. Wode
Speyer (top) displays a
mask for roller joust.
Virtual
Reality Premiere
Willy, Ocean
and Andy is in-
effect. Dan and
Jeremy opted
for shore duty in
California.
DESERT HEAT
Erosion of vari-
ous benches and
ledges in Phoenix,
Arizona, prompted
a public meeting
where lawful cur-
tailment of stunt-
wood activities
at Margaret T
Hance park was
presented as an
advisable op-
tion. Mean-
while, freedom
fighters Dan,
Damon and Laura
pleaded for an end to skate
discrimination. As funds sky-
rocket in a city account ear-
marked for skateboard facil-
ity usage only, the saga of the
skaters trudges on. Yokels
Colvin, Colby, Staab, Perry,
Pingleton, Cornelius and the
ever-burly Shelton eagerly
await the results.
END QUOTE
"If we left, we could
pretend we never
came."
Ved
Bert
Sal Barter is alive
租
Danny and Yauna
Scene: the
prestigious La Jolla Museum of
Contemporary Art. Event: three
standing room only screenings of
Plan B's Virtual Reality. Attending:
all the usual suspects. The tape
was dedicated to Sal Barbier. Mrs.
Mullen left the event to go star in
John "Don't call me Cougar"
Mellencamp's new video, Mr.
Mullen's part in the presentation
amazed all. Caspers will be the trick
of the nineties. Steve Sherman,
dripping wet from an offshore tube
session, passed on Rusty's birth-
day party to attend while limousine
loads of teenage nymphs eagerly
offered themselves as fodder. Hosol
and Way swapped vert tales. Ricks
looked sublime while the smoke
bombs went off. Rocco gave away
hundred dollar bills to anyone who
could guess which hand they
were held in. Jeron guessed
right often. Then
Matthies and Ko
showed up with a
new tape and
then Steve
bought a VCR off
the street, rented
a hotel room and
showed It's A Mad
Mad, Mad, Mad World
to the likes of Paul
Schmitt. Lance Mountain,
Brad Dorfman and Jeff Klindt.
Elsewhere, life went on
as unusual.