TRASH
DEATH WISH
In the latest chapter of corporate
"There's nothing wrong with
teenagers that reasoning with
them won't aggravate." -Unknown
Tony Hawk is
producing a short
video about surf
skater Brad Ger-
lach. In a quest
for access to slow
motion recording
equipment, Hawk
actually ended up
in Santa Barbara
at the editing
room of a former
skate manu affili
ate. For whatever
reason, Mr Tony
quickly decided
to go to another
Santa Barbara
vendor in the able
company of Jim
Fitzpatrick. Ap-
parently, Stacy
Peralta's edit bay
was overbooked,
thus keeping the
Hawk dry. Quite
curiously, Peralta's
work on a televi-
sion show 'zine in-
volved an exten-
sive video profile
of Bitch magnate
Steve Rocco. All
of which means
that a mammoth
SB skate manu-
facturing compa-
ny is rumored to
be on the market
while cinema stars
Oliver Stone and Kevin Costner
are considering buying it for use as
a movie studio.
Having already pioneered the
single bearing wheel, will Jim Gray
now reinvent the single-axle truck?
Will Mike Vallely and Ed Temple
ton help in the big takeover?
BMX phenom Matt Hoffman is
reportedly out for a minimum of six
months following recent Oklahoma
sessions where he was towed by a
motorcycle to a ramp at 50 miles
per hour. Eddie Roman shot vid of
several legitimate twenty-foot tall
air rides and landings. The master
ended up at the emergency room
where technicians discovered
Matt's arm
to only
IRA
Dirtball clothing? Stalwart designer
Kevin "Ice Cream Headache"
Staab is unavailable for comment.
Keith Cochrane has currently
been observed rolling with long-
time associate Danny Boy. Odd
rumors relate that DB may be
releasing his own personal model
via Think soon. Certainly recent
House of Pain gigs have had noto-
rious Think types in the immediate
vicinity ranging from Fish and
Carroll to Ricks and Shao.
Presumably to keep
everyone unbal-1
anced, Cochrane
has been known to
s-turn Mount Rose alone.
after hours. On the other
hand, maybe the Think meister is
laying low to avoid the Houston,
Texas, Catholic Church morality
crusade, which has come out
against his recent adverts.
HEAT TREATMENT
Southern California's firestorms
have created ample recreational
activities. During the Laguna blaze,
Mark Price saved a couple of struc-
tures with a garden hose and then,
when confronted with a seventy-
five foot wall of flame, managed
to skate to safety grasping
the only thing he deemed
worth saving, a one-way
pre-paid airline ticket
to Fiji. Apparently the
fearless good Samar
itan bailed without
even going back to
check out the results of his
heroics. On the Malibu front, Skip
Engblom helped Thrasher Comic
artists Lynn Coleman and Ken
Jones to evacuate and then the
group sessioned the disaster-closed
Saddle Peak downhill along with
Pat McQuade, CRS, Jo Jo Perris
and Nick Carter. David Hackett
was in the area to lend assistance.
Others took advantage of the
abundant newly-emptied pools.
Dave Osborne was reportedly one
of the first to brave the firestorm in
order to find vert.
Hall Of Meat
Nasty Nate Bowditch of Berkeley, CA, shows the results
of head to concrete contact. Says Nasty of the spill,
"It hurt like hell." Photo by Eden Unger.
be connected by three ligaments.
Hoffman naturally is already active-
ly plotting a comeback. Are some
more flips into the Stonedge 9-
Bowl in order? Hoffman, Roman
and Evil Knievel were recently seen
together in Las Vegas.
Bo Knows Stain
turnabout, industrialist Steve Rocco
is rumored to be suing former
friends and associates such as
Spike Jonze and Megan Baltimore
for "corporate espionage."
Talk is, Steve is angry over
the capacity and contents
of Ms Megan's brain. Did
she know too much about
the inner workings of
World? Does she care?
Thrashperson Jon Stain recently
posed with Chicago White Sock
and LA Raider Bo Jackson at a
Thrasher celebrity auction. Sources
close to the Stainman believe this
meeting of the minds could be just
another step in a long and prosper-
ous musico/skato/politico career.
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Как
BIG POLE
At a recent exhibition,
the artistic stylings of
S Clay Wilson, Johnny Mojo,
Eddy Deutsche, Kevin Ancell,
Natas Garcia and selected
others were featured at
Blondie's Bar and Grill under
the guidance of The Go Man
Go Tattoo Studio.
And for a cause/effect
relationship, can it be a
coincidence that the old 90
crew is now producing
Longtime surfer/skater Rich
Jeffries has reportedly quit his job
at Action Sports Retailer as trade-
show czar to windsurf in Florida.
Since Jeffries was considered one
of the only reasonable ASR types,
who knows what evil now lurks in
the Tradeshow world?
NEW
449
FOR ADVENTUROUS SKATEBOARDERS...new
casily maneuverable Motorized Dirt Board reaches
speeds of 12 m.p.h. on sidewalks, dirt roads or trails.
Put that outmoded kick skateboard on a shelf in the garage
this baby's art Fun for me hold up to 400 but pecially for
hes of some of us here at the Guide They take me oping around ou
wwks and to back Outs my way I'm coming trust
Beavis And
Butt-Head epi-
sode. Also in
full effect were
Steve Stead
ham and Sui-
cidal Jimbo. Ap-
parently the old
"Institutionalized"
vid is now the new
basis for high dol
lar cartoons.
Mike Vallely is
allegedly the newest
Powell team manag
er and Todd Hastings
is rumored to have
been elevated to vice-
president. Perhaps the
rather negative letter
Jahmal Williams recen
ep your balance than with a regular skateboard, thanks to its lower tly is said to have re-
den by a palmerely a recruiting letter.
ceived from Vallely was
Motosexual
BLURRED VISION
The Toy Machine rolls forward as
Templeton paints. Daddy Dorf
meanwhile was observed in Vegas
at the automobile show hanging
with legendary rod builder Boyd
Coddington and onetime Vision
ace Brad Fanshaw. Also in the
region was Street Rod Clothing
dreamer Larry Balma. Are car
clothes the next phase for some?
Vert roller wonder Fred Blood was
also on-hand but kept very quiet.
Wade Speyer continues to
astound all with his moto antics.
Ace Oakdale motorman Al Posey
keeps Speyer rolling as Wade has
been known to burn up two en-
gines in a week. But for every one
that Wade blows up, Posey builds
an even stronger, faster one. The
need for speed is an every day
obsession for Speyer.
Stevie Dread, who was once
touted as the logical successor to
the skate distribution empire of Art
Harris, now appears to be intent on
remaining in his position as an illus
trator of children's books.
Glen E Friedman and Mike Muir
were featured players on a recent
Mike's
JUST SAY NO
And following the much
talked about reentry of Nike into
the skate market, LA Gear is now
fabled to be creating a skate shoe.
Will Caswell Berry be the next
mega-buck superstar? Will Air
Jordan and Shaq fight over the
other slices of the shoe pie?
Is Rocco actually offering four
grand a month to numerous recent-
ly departed team riders in order to
entice them to return to the fold?
Meanwhile, little Steve recoups
from shoulder surgery
And for nostalgia fans, another
trunkful of Craig Fineman's skate
stuff recently surfaced in a Ventura,
California, thrift shop. Encased in
the ancient leather clad box were
several hundred slides that were
originally published in Skate
boarder Magazine, as well as six vir-
gin Sims Taperkicks. Top collectors
such as Dale Smith and Bryce
Kanights are reportedly interested.
The Revenge of Skate Rock
wreaked havoc at Gilman Street in
Berkeley and El Rio in SF, as Ice
Cream Headache, Shovelhead, The
Exploding Fuck Dolls, Hemi and
JFA took it over the top. Sheffey
was seen celebrating his twenty-
BARBER SHOP ED RAN OLD
first birthday as Colvin, Ibaseta,
Valdes, Woodstock, Jaz, Brauch,
Adams, Wheat, Erickson, San
tiago, Peacock, Pierre, assorted
Jaks and Mermen looked on,
SURF CITY
Huntington Beach is the haven
for punk bands in the free world.
Keeping in line with Duane's EFD,
Ricky Barnes is now in a band with
Lurch, while Mister Gnarl himself,
Mike Lohrman, fronts a band
called Stiches. In other news,
Barnes' Bachelor party was held at
the Squeeges' HQ. Reportedly,
some of skating's finest got in line
for the free head. HB is also on the
map as the home of the new Soul
Bowl. A wooden masterpiece in
the bowels of the industrial waste-
land, it's waiting to be sessioned by
locals like Omar, but they have to
get the nod from Ed Reategui first
The Basic boys are on the verge of
a cement clover bowl, so all is well
in the asshole capital of the world.
Alfonzo Rawls was spotted in
West LA being detained by under-
cover police in a traffic infringe
ment altercation. Word on the
CARROLL street is that Alf loves to go fast.
Karma Tsocheff and Alan Peter
sen are off on a two-month tour of
Australia.
BOOKS
Mere Coincidence?
Could the appearance of two stores so near to each other on Valencia and 23rd
Street in SF really be a coincidence or is it a sly attempt by a young MC to diversify?
The LA basin is hopping with
pools of all shapes and sizes. Ex
pectant father Salba, Dave Reul
and the crew are skating more than
they are talking. Tales of ten pools
in one day are commonplace as the
American dream goes belly up.
One such pool in Norwalk gets the
nod from the Trashmen as the the
pit of distinction while other nota-
bles Remy Stratton, Christian and
Dave Duncan lead the charge.
Meanwhile, Shawn Palmer, Nathan
Fletcher, Noah Salasnek, Christian
Fletcher, Art Brewer and Herbie
Fletcher are rumored to be plan-
ning a snow trek to Antartica.
Others peg the Cadillac Kid as the
frontman of a rock band.
LIVE COPY
James Kelch was under consid-
eration for a roll on MTV's Real
World. While in Portland to ride at
Burnside, John Cardiel and an
Bail
Of
The
Week
At the recent NSA
finals in Sacto,
Mike Frazier threw
down a trick so
maddening it looks
lie a bail, but it
ain't. The Florida
powerhouse stuck
this 360° kickflip
mute to fakie while
the eyes of the
crowd burned
behind him.
unnamed lady were sleeping in the
Spitfire van when it was peppered
with bullets. Some would-be gang-
sters tried to roll, but John slept
through the whole thing.
Stereo is in the market for a vert
rider and Mike Frazier could be it.
The NSA finals took place in Sac-
ramento in mid-November. The
danger ranger club of Andy Roy,
Jesse Paez, Al Petersen and Wade
Speyer was balls-out. Hawk KO'd
himself on the vert ramp. Frazier
skidded frontside bluntslides to tail.
Jeremy Klein searched for Matt
Field. Chico Brenes got arrested
for walking the street. Snaggle and
Rick Windsor were both seen in
the area. A Friday warm-up session
on the vert included the likes of
Brian Howard, Gonz, Lance Moun-
tain, Stevie Caballero, Coco San-
tiago and Julien Stranger. Mike
Carroll proved that he is the master,
both ways. Legends were made
and Troy Clower was remembered
accordingly.
QUOTES
"There now exists more snow-
boards than snowboarders."
Rich Novak
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