PIZZA THOIS
Bitaberue
heelflip melons. Other vert
dogs of note include Danny
Way, who was melting minds
and trying kickflip 540's; Colin
McKay, with switchstance
backside shove-it frontside.
tailslides; Mike Frazier, with
frontside Cab blunts; and
Rune Gilfberg with bodyjars
to rail; Tom Boyle dropped in
backwards and powered
switchstance backside airs.
Security was beefed up
from the years previously and
they were trying to cut-off
sales to the kids. The hired
henchman messed with one of
the clique and he paid the
price. We set up shop out-
side the arena where over two
hundred skaters mauled a
Titus-provided street course.
Needless to say, we moved
heavy lumber.
Around all the
products, some of
the little kids tried
grabbing some
free goodies. Like
sharks when they
smell blood, the
crowd jumped us
when we had our
backs to the wall.
The rat pack was
on. So we went
toe-to-toe with
about thirty kids
under sixteen. I
remember seeing
one kid trying to
cop some wheels.
He looked up at
me and his face
said "No" but my
fist said "Yes."We
lost three wheels,
a shirt, and a bag
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DE LA VILLA DE MADRID
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Clockwise from opposite page, top left: A public park in Madrid with
weeds growing on the coping. The shop, open for business. Ray
Barbee floats over the platform. A rollergirl named Claire waits to
skate at Romford, UK. Cards eyed a gap at a waterfall and five min
utes later was hurting big time. Julien Stranger showed the BMX crew
how it's done at Romford. A little dose of the gnar gnar courtesy of
John Cardiel and Alcobendas Skatepark in Madrid. Ed "Two Times"
Templeton makes the trip to Belgium pay-off by winning it.
of stickers but I
am sure they will
never try that shit
again. We flopped for free in
the Real hotel room and then
got a sleeper car out of Ger-
many and split for Spain.
We made it to Barcelona
by noon next day. After a little
asking, we found our way to
a skate court in a city park. It
featured a spine ramp, a
gnarly bank-to-wall, some
curbs and a railslide. We met
up with a local who let us
crash at his pad because his
mother was out of town. We
were kicking back at his house
when his mom came home
early. Once again, we were in
the street. We jammed some
hills and generally fucked
around. We were all getting
pretty rowdy, and after has-
sling some hermaphrodites,
we got chased off the strip
by a chick with a dick and a