A mini-ramp contest with college chicks that flow.....
THRASH-A-THON
Story by Jack Post
Photos by Bryce Kanights
A little bit of Thrash and not much A
Thon went on in San Luis Obispo for the
tenth annual Thrash fest on the SLO cam-
pus. No vert ramp this year, but a mini and
street c
t course. Not a de
Not a demo, but two contests.
Pro Mini and Pro Street. Not a 72-hour "A-
Thon but skate hours from 9am-11pm. One
thing didn't change that never would, the
San Luis police are still dicks.
Mini-ramp first, about forty pros showed
up on the decks of a pretty clean U-pipe with
a small hip. The college students looked hun-
gry for a vertical feast of bloody carnage, but
the mini-ramp snacks managed to keep a
few onlookers interested.
In the cut.
Petersen, Paez, McKay
and Andy Roy were the ramp hogs that stood
out, but in the end it was Omar Hassan that
stole the bacon and took first place home.
Now street, about double the entrants
showed up for the street event than the mini.
Street contests are long and seem to be the
"job" portion of a
of anyone involved with skating
these days. Those who shralped were Karma.
Mariano. Mangum and Rothmeyer. Willy
Santos was the victor and Kareem Campbell
was the only one to go higher than the aver-
age college student on pair of rollerblades. I
didn't get laid all weekend. ■
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