BEYOND & BACK
STORY BY AJ WRIGHT PHOTOS BY ADAM WALLACAVAGE
structions, an alligator dog, the ghost of
Andre the Giant, water, blood, mad hash
brownie eaters, beer drinkers, insomniacs,
prophets, liars, young lovers on the run.
sideways monsters, dealers, sweethearts.
sunbaked leather-skinned grossbodies and
skateboarders galore.
Driving the 1978 flame-throwing Buick
Skylark and shooting from the hip is
Adam Lamont Wallacavage. Riding shot-
gun, from the blood stained streets of
Delaware, is Rob Wheelle Erickson. The
backseat masters are Benjamin James
Woodward, photographer and stanky foot
extraordinaire, and lastly, Andrew Jeffrey
Wright. We left Philadelphia on June 1st.
PLUSHNESS IN PITTSBURGH
Pittsburgh was our first stop. Great
town. I haven't a bad thing to say. Our
hostess and tourguide was Sonia Sangmi
Yoon, and she lives plushly, so we got to
live plushly as well. Our other two tour
guides were Jesse J McLean and Omar "DJ
On the Run" Laurence. During the forty-
eight hours we were there, we rode.
relaxed, ate food and went to the Andy
Warhol Museum. We hung out with skate
natives Jesse Robert Thomas, Brian
Slater, Kevin Slater, Jim Benson and oth-
ers. We skated a spot they called Soldiers
and the posted sign there warned. "No
Skateboarding, Rollerblading or Bike
RITE
As he blasts a cliff in Pittsburgh, PA, Jessie Thomas (above) yells, "No! I'm not Jamie Thomas
brother!" After the mission, the crew (top) was captured with this mug shot at South of the Border
in Dillon, SC. Kenny Hughes (opposite) melds to a backside 180 kickflip over Billy Goats Gruff. 1
M
Gost skateboard
types take to the road to con-
quer the west and end up in
sunny California, but not us.
The desire for West Coast action
actually runs very low in some
people. I am one of those peo-
ple. So when the road was raised
to meet our feet, it led to my
birth state, the East Coast's
skate state, Florida. The pur-
pose: Documentation, educa-
tional experience and freewheel-
in' fun. What we found: Asphalt,
cement, follage, wooden con-