Chase
Stench
PHOTOS BY BRYCE
KANIGHTS
RAU
magazine
11-11
旧
They came, they saw, they conquered.
Mike Carroll illustrates the anatomy of an
inside half-Cab heelflip in Northampton.
Getting the shaft, Tim Brouch (above)
ollies up to a fat frontside wallride in the
presence of blind judges. Rudy Johnson
(below) shifts a 360 kickflip during the
closing minutes of his final run. If Kurt
Cobain was a skater, he would've busted
fat liens (far left) like Neal Hendrix.
In clandestine pursuit of a professional skateboarder
known as James "Wade" Speyer, I stepped aboard a long and turbu
lent flight across the Atlantic. My objective: To seize a pair of his socks
for my employer's analysis. For the past year, Wade has been secretly test-
ing active compounds in athletic knee-highs for a rival sporting goods com-
pany. These ingredients, when meshed with cotton. enable the sock to
remain upright during an entire day of sports activity. My failure
to secure a pair would not only mean a great loss for my
employer, but the loss of my own job as well.
The plane touched down in London
seven in the morning. I cautiously
nat
followed
Wade and crew
on the subway across the city. M
With their backpacks full of equipment, they
transferred trains and stank up each car that carried
commuters in the hot summer morning. Many of the
Londoners gazed at these skaters in bewilderment as
they quickly returned gestures with sweaty grins.
From the sidewalk above, I trailed as they boarded at
bright red double-decker bus to Kings Road, where
cadlands