TRASH
GOD SEND
Following a blistering show at the barely cured Santa Rosa
skatepark, Chris Senn and family moved to the corner of Haight
and Ashbury in the heart of hippydom, where Chris claims to be
almost going to art school. Other pre-safety equipment anarchy
ses'sioneers included Alan Petersen, Mako Urabe, Shawn
Martin, Coco Santiago, Jaya Bonderov, Joe Sierro, Sean
Sheffey and Karma Tsocheff, who fought the charge of the
blade brigade and ripped in heavy traffic.
Andrew Currie and fellow Australian ace
Big Al Boglio have moved into SMA CEO
Skipperboy Engblom's compound/head-
quarters. Paradoxically Currie, Al, Skipper,
Swank, Johnny Orlando and Skin were all
hanging at Foundation, where they were
yeah, ride em
purportedly finishing a vid. Further off,
Hawaiian underground chief Orlando and
Engblom split to a tip of Baja surf session
on the prediction of Oz weather fore-
caster to the stars Mike Perry.
Steve Rocco is rumored to be set-
ting up a one thousand
board feasibility test
for Kareem Campbell
and Menace. On the
INDEPENDENT
SMELL OUT THE SELL-OUT
After being on national television espousing that any "skateboard
band" could achieve instant gold record status, the Trashmen find
it odd that even steroidicus angst monger Henry "Details" Rollins
has yet to cash in for the skate paycheck.
off days, Steve has
been observed loung
ing out on Catalina
Island with Doug
Bombard and crew.
Just to prove that
ald freestylers
never die, Rocco
hooked-up Euro-
guy Frank Mess-
man as head
cheese at the El
Segundo hat
factory.
HOT ROD
The Type A/Plan
B program is now
headed by Danny
Way. Meanwhile vert
is on the rise as ses
sions at the YMCA in
Encinitas are getting
heated up by ex H-
Street team members
Alphonso Rawls,
Jason Rogers, Chris
Livingston and D
Way. One media
whipping boy, who
some held responsi
ble for vert's demise,
was overheard as
saying. "We got to
bring vert back."
Up in Oregon,
Memo Gidley was
on the hunt for Can
Am victory at the
Portland Interna-
tional Raceway. After
a scorching practice,
the Thrasher man was
second on the starting
row. After all the race
dust settled twenty-six
laps later, he was still in
second. That's two sec-
ond places after three
races. Reportedly Mario
Andretti was heard ask-
ing. "Who is that guy?"
Across town, under the
Burnside Bridge a differ-
ent kind of smokeshow
was underway. Locals
Travis, Osage, Brent
Fellows, Elliot, Karl and
Elijah kept things burning
all thought the night. Even
with the Redman and Sage
down with leg injuries, the skat-
ing was top notch.
Snowdog and skate mercenary
for hire John Cardiel, has worked
out a deal with legendary Dogtown
graphicmeister Wes Humpston to
ink some magic for his Lamar signa-
ture snowboards.
Deep in the bowels of Hunter's
Point, a musical project is in the works.
The glorious din features many celebrat-
ed participants, including both Guerreros,
Klindt, Dune, Jason Lee and even Swen-
son, who are all touted as quasi-regulars.
The name of said supergroup: The Industry.
Sometime after Fish bought his date a fold-
ing stock paratrooper assault rifle, Kevin "Tum-
bleweed" Ancell scored a one-man show at a
prestigious uptown gallery. To celebrate, Tum-1
bleweed broke out his trusty H&K 308 machine
gun and blew off a few rounds. All in the name
of art, T-Weed is seriously training for competi
tive combat shooting tournaments.
LIE DOWN
Was Dan Haut last seen in a ski-lodge where
he claimed to have nailed a seventy year old
woman repeatedly the night before?
Is Dune seriously considering
returning to the East Coast? Will
he actually become bi-costal?
After a rousing premiere of the
Stereo vid at store DLX with over
three hundred in attendance, did
he immediately fly off to Gotham
City with the master copy to anoth
er packed showing?
Is Dan Sturt taking Air Combat
photos right off of video boxes and
selling them back to an unsuspect
ing publishing house? Does he use
a high speed camera to capture
images of stationary objects?
Did Steve Caballero split from
Independent after ten years service
in exchange for a three hundred dol
lar a month salary from Jim Gray
and Standard? Was it pressure from
George "Bonite" Powell? Or per-
haps a chunk of the very lucrative
complete set-up market?
Is there a hostile plot in the works
to takeover the San Francisco contest
from the ex-NSA? Will this new plan
have the backing of some very big wigs?
Is Max Schaaf the owner of a new indoor vert
ramp? Did he fly Tampa hammer Brian Schaefer
out to conceive and execute with the help of
Nate Bowditch and Roger Doyle? Did Schaefer
ask only to be paid a six-pack of beer a day?
YOU CARE
Sinister Dane, coming off heavy MTV/Rolling
Stone promo, showed up in St Louis at Altered
Skates' halfpipe and played to a full house. Local
crew affiliates such as Glen Stallings and Team
Onion were highly visible.
Following the christening of Florida's newest
nine-foot deep, right-handed kidney at Badlands
in Orlando, both neophytes and legends have
been showing up for torrid sessions. On a recent
day, the pool hosted Tom Groholski, Steve
Schneer and Ken Park, as well as rising talents
Bart Fenton and Sammy White.
After LA town and the rest of the world went
agog over the OJ Simpson horrorshow, it was
disclosed that Rich Novak and Bob Denike were
just one sig-
nature away
from signing
the juice to a
contract for
the endorse
ment of the
ever-so clas
sic wheels
known as
OJ's.
POSER PATROL
The success of Poser Of The Month is
bordering on cult status. For all you
do, these two are for you. Note
Rippey (right) shows his "power
tri-pod" technique for scoring babes.
Photo by Orion Krynen. While Mike
Johnson (below) sissies out a tailslide.
SPEED FREAK
Way out in front of the competition, dirt daredevil
Brian Pappalardo screams around the speedway.
ART PUNCH
Billy Gibbons showed up at surfboard build-
ing legend Dale Velzy's pad to buy a balsa red-
wood showboard for mind controller and media
assassin Rick Rubin. Coincidently, the logo of the
ZZ Top release Antenna looks remarkably similar
to the Thrasher Oath design.
LAST GASP
"Every time I fall in love it costs me a house."
-Richard Novak
"Girls dig me, it's a fact of nature."
"Who's land is this?"
"Chicken."
-David Hackett
-Mark Gonzales
-Tom Guerrero