Trash
SPEED KILLS
Memo Gidley scored the poll position and
placed second overall at the Sports Car Club of
America Dodge/Shelby Pro Race held at the
Phoenix International Raceway. His entry race car
sponsored by Thrasher and Printime amazed
many with its distinctive death's head motif.
Equally obscure were Kevin Ancell's hand paint-
ed numbers which were so abstract that race offi-
cials ordered the crew to modify them during the
event. Thatcher, Swenson and Vitello promoed
from the pit. V went so far as to advise the man-
ager of another team to retire since his team
would "never again win another race."
Mike Rector was recently
seen in bankruptcy court and
claimed to be reorganizing.
Alphonzo Rawls is the proud
owner of a sporty new BMW.
The line on the street is that the
Alf man is in way over his head
and when the checks stop com-
ing, it could spell chapter 11.
Observed back-to-back with
Johnny Cash at Club Fez in
NYC was ex-Teen Idles axe man
lan MacKaye. At the latter's
birthday party, lan showed his
own kid films plus footage of
the first Big O Contest featur-
ing Adams, Olson and Salba.
Also at the event were Fugazi,
members of Bikini Kill, Unrest,
Ignition and ex-Nation Ulysses.
Friedman announced that his
long-awaited hardcore book.
would most probably be done
in spring in conjunction with
Henry (I hate slackers) Rollins'
publishing company.
Live Don Aid was held at The
Donner Ski Ranch in order to
help the stricken ex-NSA head
man Don Bostick. Kidney prob-
lems have slowed Don's recov
ery of severe orthopedic snow-
board induced trauma.
WORM DIRT
Ed Templeton and the Toy
Machine crew have reportedly
left Brad Dorfman hooked up
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at Foundation. In the mean-
time, one-time Tod squad pro
Ron Creager has gone Blind.
Kransco, maker of the Morey
Boogie, has allegedly sold
out to Mattel, maker of
Barbie and Hot Wheels.
Which major surfing
magazine ran pictures
taken on Tavarua that
were captioned as
Frigate Pass? Do they
really think all waves
look alike as the editor
reportedly claimed?
Is it true that Real's Jeff
Klindt is so politically cor-
rect that he arranged to
have rival Think manu Keith
Cochrane cross a union picket
line for him?
Which manu is rumored to
have blackmailed another
manu who was a one-
time partner for a mil-
lion plus?
Which manu was
viewed kissing a
Danny Sargent in
the shadow of
the eight
ball and
loving it.
male team member on the lips
in public? Was not the same
big shot whisked off by his girl-
friend the very next day to a
remote island for some much
needed rest?
show was sighted in the Great
The Acme/Channel One road
Northeast
CARS AND GIRLS
Memo Gidley is nothing but a
flash on the track or in the
pits. Look for the Thrasher
racecar at a track near yout
Watkins Glen, NY Aug 12-14
Road America, WI Sept 9-11
Dallas, TX
Atlanta, GA
Sept 18-20
Nov 10-12
with the likes of Omar Hassan,
Remy Stratton and Chris Senn
Before he left, Senn was grind-
ing the top bar at Fort Miley.
The latest video from the
EMB crew depicts twelve plus
of the locals frolicking with at
certain notorious nude blonde
starlet.
area. Tas immediate-
ly had a run-in with a
speeding car but still
managed to get in
some sessions on
the ramps of Oak-
land. Tas busted nol-
lie heelflip indys to
fakie that were out
of this world, but
keep on the look-out
for the little brother,
he too is bad.
Details are sketchy
at press time, but it
appears that Scott
Conklin is doing
some hospital duty
after being attacked
with a knife.
DLX, also known
as store Deluxe, has
finally opened after
nine months of on
POSER OF THE MONTH site fine-tuning. All
DEFENDANT: Allen Gregory
PLEA: 720 bluntslide
FATE: Trophydom
Equally explicit is the under-
ground classic tape in which
Eric J allegedly shows a happy
middle-aged heiress the intrica-
cies of a loaf of french bread.
Old-time skateboard manu-
facturer Hobie Alter recently
surfaced in Idaho where he is
creating miniature one-man
catamaran floats for fly-fishing.
TURNED DOWN
Daniel Gesmer, the foremost
exponent of the 1980's skate/
modern dance/ballet move-
ment is now presenting Seismic
Trucks, a spring-loaded design
which is manufactured by the
same factory which builds parts
for European luxury automo-
biles. Designer Dan relates that
these trucks are 100% grommet
free. Word has it he will soon
be on tour with his unique post
modern freestyle techniques.
Masters Tim Brauch and
Salman Agah have changed
the name of their clothing com-
pany from Talon to ESTE.
Kareem Campbell has now
formed his own company called
Menace. Other participants
would include Billy Valdes and
other West LA name skaters.
The Australian one-two
punch known as Tas and Ben
Pappas has made it to the SF
of the unusual sus-
pects were in atten-
dance with Tommy
Guerrero looking
suave but unconcerned. Greg
Carroll scored the impromptu
title by art directing a DLX trib-
ute board on the opening day.
Snuggles, Bone and Tumble-
weed performed live onstage
while the hordes munched and
drank. Kelch went four for four
off the product wall, while Jim
Thiebaud looked a bit nervous.
DEFINITELY
LOUNGING
XTREME
The scene outside (above) the
opening of DLX at 1831 Market.
Inside (left), Kelly Bird sported the
"Caesar Salad Bowl "Do," while
an erstwhile Kevin Ancell
drooled for table scraps.
Other appearances were made
by Steve Douglas, Danny-boy
Sargent, Sammy Hale, Mike
Daher, John Cardiel (sporting
a broken jaw), Jaya Bonderov
and Brian Ferdinand, who just
happened to skate by without
stopping. Word has it that DLX
is the finest and foremost.
Reportedly the first thing sold
was a Matt Rodriguez deck.
Opening day of business saw
skaters from Japan, Finland,
Bulgaria, London and Spain,
who shopped with coast to
coast, border-to-border US
types. Day one fes-
tivities concluded in
the infamous nearby
Drunk Tank where
Kat O'Loughlin, Pat-
rice Whitson, Fish,
Fausto, Stecyk and
Van Dussen closed
the bar down.
During the recent
contest at Brooklyn
Bridge, Vinnie Raffa
was seen handing
out "Benji Sucks"
stickers and general-
LONG GONE
When guitarist Tony Guer-
rero absconded John Cardiel
for some heli-boarding in.
Alaska, he left the keys for his
new truck to buddy Julien
Stranger and told him to watch
it. The hooligan did his duty by
burning up to Burnside with
Andy Roy and Mike Archi-
medes for the weekend.
Sometime after installing surf
racks on his golf cart, Griff
Snyder was observed hanging
out with Johnny Carson and
David Letterman. Badger.
WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
One-time Vision Bowl regular Mark Cernicky now
gets his kicks on a TZ250 in the Formula 2 series.
ly talking shit about one Benji
Garced. Benji had obviously
had enough when he went up
to the fat man and handed him
a broken nose. Onlookers
noted that the right cross hit so
hard it could be heard all the
way to Yonkers.
1831
hounds were in evidence as
were a full TV crew. Apparently
Snyder tried to interest the
over-40 matinee idols into a
ramp session with no luck.
Steve Sherman was present
at the Seattle death discovery
of Kurt Cobain. Sherman says
he was making a skate video,
but the fact that he and a CNN
film crew got in an argument
over camera angles seems to
dispute that. Later, Sherman
showed up at the Center on
Contemporary Art premiere of
the Kustom Kulture Exhibition.
Steve Olson and Frank Hirata
were also claimed to be in the
vicinity, as were Robert Wil-
liams, The Pizz, Charles Kraft,
Anthony Ausgang, Michael.
Knolten, Greg Escalante,
Doug Nason, Suzanne Wil-
liams, John Spence, Courtney
Love, Stuart Spence, Jim
Brucker and Gary Groth.
LAST CALL
"Of course it was fun, I had a
credit card." -Jim Thiebaud
"If you want the juice, you come
upstairs."
-Jake Phelps
"My only competition is myself."
-Mark Gonzales
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