Dissed by the judges, Mike Crum
(above) has no fear of the switch
frontside ollie. Colin (above right)
was padless in the street contest
but still confident enough to kick-
flip to fakie on the quarter-pipe.
Locked and loaded, Mike Frazier
(opposite top) flaps tuck-knee
before returning to the ramp. After
McKay was paid, the Canadian
skies (opposite right) gave a rain
bow to remember. Top vert dogs
(opposite bottom right), Frazier
and McKay. The post-contest NOFX
show (opposite bottom) was a
thrill for all to see. Rookie top
placer Moses Itkonen (right) kick-
flips over the humpty jumpty while
a flustered Lance Dawes wonders
if he left the oven on at home.
42 THRASHER
Notes from the edge ran like this-Tas Pappas: Big.
fat and ruthless with backside nollie reverts. Hendrix:
Bad knee spells bad news. Phil Shao: Smooth with the
cannonball to fakie. Lance Mountain: The crowd went
wild for the frontal handplants and was heard chant-
ing. "Twist, twist, twist," before he dropped in. Lance
laughed, but couldn't spin it. Max: Nollie backside
tailslides, fat airs and great style. Sluggo: Big, boost-
ed Brutus Beefcake breakdance bailfest. Frazier: As
mental as ever with baggy jeans and the monster
alley cop backsides. Colin: Nollie backside tailslide
reverts and the first place trophy for the best in the
world. Danny Way: Shorts, blood, slams and broken
boards. Jordan Richter: Mad dogged Oscar Jordan
every time he dropped in. Omar: The highest air of
the contest, to fakie! He got burned. Crum: Switch-a-
saurus. Senn: No pads and he almost made the cut.
Andy MacDonald: His dad was a judge. Hawk: Afraid
of winning with the same tricks for three years, he
does demos and splits.
The feeling that I got from the contest was that if
you try, you are a jock, and if you don't, then you and
your friends will laugh right through it. What's an entry
Pyte
fee? So what if all these people
paid fifteen dollars each to see
me ride? I'm a rebel. I must be
good if I'm here, right? I made
my trick, what's there to prove?
The bottom line here might
go something like this: Think
about skating instead of your
self for once. I left my shoes in
the hotel room and laughed to
myself how they might try to
deodorize them, but by then I
was already on the way home in
some sandals that I found lying
in the street. Results on page 100)
-Duff Jefferson
WHY HOTELS HATE SKATERS
1) Half-eaten food thrown about room,
2) Gum stuck on walls.
3) Tape intentionally stuck on television.
4) Room absolutely filthy, including bad odor.
5) Noise complaints.
6) Group congregation and foul language.
7) Pot found in room (did not call police).
8) Debris thrown off balcony.
9) Smoking on non-smoking floors.
10) Shall I go on?
The above reasons were enough to get more than
one team ousted from the confines of posh hotelery.
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