WOOD
URETHANE
FABRIC
ELECTRONIC VIDEO SOON
EMPLE
A REINOSPECTIVE
VRK GALLERY
RTER AIN
ANCEFLOOR
425 WEST 13TH ST. NYC 10014 (212) 647-0597)
Op Front
CHRISTMAS GIFT LIST
Everybody thinks that the holidays
mean eatin' fat and hookin' up new
product. But before you get greedy,
think about those in need. Give your
old hats, wheels, trucks, decks, shoes
and accessories to charity. You'll get
a head start on shopping and have
room for all the new crap in '94.
Nerf Gun
NO WHEELS
TOY BIN
Gas on Nerf's
Hydro Bazooka
that shoots Nerf
water balls while.
the Arrowstorm
Gatling Unit fires
six Nerf arrows
from a rotating
chamber, Kablope
Big Burton is busting the Twin 58 and 64
models to let your skating soul make peace with
old man winter. These new models are wide,
twin-tipped beauties with a 20-26 stance range
and more spin control... The latest word on the
skim front comes from the crew at Victoria
Skimboards. Insights from Team V include
switchstance-style double-ended boards, Skim
Video, spray-on Monster Grip, board bags and
more products dedicated to spinning barrel
rides and floater madness... Two new Bongo
Board-inspired training devices are out. The
Vew Do is a balance board consisting of a deck
on a track that rides a slotted log for wild fun,
while Log Board is a blank that slides and rolls
across a long log with
no track. Either one
will tune your sense
of balance if it does
not cripple you first.
BOARD HOARD
New Deal has new
wood and slick decks
Vew-Do
by Duren, Richter, Matthyssen, Olande,
Knigge, Montessi and Hendrix. On the ure-
thane front, check Electric Bees (42mm) and
Crybabies (44mm). Underworld Element is
going off with new decks by Pang. McCann,
Martinez and Hall. Roll with Cock Diesels
145mm) & Skateboards is pumping out new
Heintzman, May, Thomas, Smith and Hornung
models in wood, slick and limited-edition glitter
... Birdhouse introduces new Ryan Fabry and
Matt Beach models. Darkside superfine grip
and Rod Soldiers mounting hardware are also
available from the Nest Consolidated sells
high-quality wood and up-to-date shapes for
less The low down on Milk has team
Congelliere and Yoshi Obayashi holding
models and wearing denim jackets while
skating on 41 and 38.5 wheels... Beer
City is a no-BS company from Milwaukee
that's turning out new shapes every two
months and not bothering with rip-off
graphics Light Speed bearing lubri
ALL I WANT FOR XMAS
cant from the boyz
at Z Products pro-
tects against mois-
ture, sand, dirt,
corrosives and oxi-
dation. If you like
going fest, try this
The jokers at
Shorty's are
Mini-Disk
fronting Doh Doh's little bushings),
Trail Mix (assortment of Lights and
Tacks), Shitlets (", 1", 12" with light
nutsi, Slam Kit (9 kingpin) and Tights
(Allen bolts and re-usable nuts). Guar-
anteed for life... Airstrap Skateboard
Binding unleashes incredible allie
power by strapping your feet to the
board. The Mesolay-Z Skate Strap
is strictly for carrying your board across
your back and it does well for boarder/
bikers and fence climbers.
STATIC
Here's where we road test anything
that's plugged in. The jury is still out
on Mini Discs. These are mini CDs
encased in a protective cartridge that
can play up to seventy-four minutes of
music, and with the right players you
can record on them. Sharp makes two
playback only models, MD-
D10 and MD-510, that are
compact and sturdy... Sharp
is also going off with the Wa-
CH600 CD boom box with a
six-disc changer and the abili
ty to play a seventh, plus a
double cassette deck, AM/
FM stereo, X-Bass and equal-
izer
Sony's MD Walkman
Recorder MZ-1 has every
thing their regular CD player
features, but best of all, you can
record and re-record your own tunes
Nightmare is an interactice video
board game from Roadshow that has
taken Australia by the throat. Once
you have the board you can buy new
games by purchasing new vidoos.
ACTION FASHION
This CyberSantaSeason, it's a bloody battle for
the Xmas consumer's techno-bucks with the sleek
Sega Genesis slashing out blindly at the mono-
lithic Super Nintendo's jugular sales vein. And as
more mind-blowing games invade the screen on
multiple systems.
the gamefreak's
options are out of
control. While the
blue ball of atti-
tude, Sonic (and
his kill new cart,
Sonic Spinball),
still reigns on the
Sega system, and
Mario (with his
lame, recycled
All-Stars cart) is
on Nintendo; must-
Journeyman
haves, like Acclaim's Project (Mac)
Mortal Kombat and Cap-
com's latest home versions of StreetFighter II can
be fought on either system. What's the diff? Well,
an additional 192 colors on screen at any given
time. Sorry Sega, but this round goes to SNES
with its superior graphics, Super FX chip and
Mode 7 effects. Sega scores bonus points for hav-
ing the guts to leave the MK arcade fatalities (just
press: A-B-A-C-A-B-B-A at the code screen). Hey,
unless Sub-Zero can rip-off his opponent's head
and hold it up with a
bloody, dangling
spine and all, then
the Kombat really
isn't Mortal... Fresh
beatdowns can be
had at your neigh-
borhood arcade on
Capcom's excellent
Super StreetFighter
II, with four new
characters, including a grin-
Super
Street Dee Jay and a babe by
ning kickboxer named
Fighter the name of Cammy wear
(Arcades) the home slugfest front,
ing booty floss tights. On
check Acclaim's wrestlemania in Royal Rumble for
more jump-out-of-the-ring-and-slam-his-head-
with-a-folding-metal-chair action. There's totally
tubular turtle bashing with Konami's Teenage
Mutant Ninja Turtle Tournament Fighter, not to
mention Sunsoft's brutal boost with World Heroes.
and the ultra-spoofy Clay Fighter from InterPlay,
where an evil snowman tears blue suede goo Elvis
impersonators to Play-doh. Peace. -Brad Dosland
T-Band is a glorified snot rag that
doubles as a bandana, head scarf, hal-
ter top, tote bag, oil rag, arm sling,
you name it....The brilliant designers
at Plain Geometry have finally come
up with Brimless Baseball Caps...
Industrial Strength Eyewear make
sunglasses that are 100% UV safe and allow you
to design frame, lens and color combos... Doc
Martens is launching a line of overalls, vests,
jackets and button-downs with signature yellow
Bands
stitching on dark materials, Oil
Get into the latest, lightest sneakers
from Simple... Think is doing a fine
line of zippered plaid jackets, denim
jeans and other stylish G wear...
Poot is churning out denim jeans
that are soft, yet rugged... Soul is
styling with bowling shirts, sham
mies, sturdy pants, rider hats, and planter shorts
Dogpile has dope new gigantor shorts, short-
sleeve zipper shirts and belts Jeremy Klein's
new clothing company Hook-Ups is busting with
pants, shorts, flannels, toes and hats. Get Fuct
denim and twill pants, cord shorts, punk rock
sweaters and tees... Etnies shoes are designed
for skateboarders with triple-stitching, hidden
allie pad, heel crash pad, foot arch, flexible sola
and thick lace features... Make a list, check it
twice and give it to Momma Claus on the Friday
right after Thanksgiving -Kevin Thatcher
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