Sing in a laundry room at some
motel. All present and
accounted for. Let's hit it.
Tempers flared and separa-
tions were eminent. If some
one you didn't like sat next to
you in the van, a vapid look
and Get the fuck away from
me worked fine. At dinner,
the only noise was from the
silverware. So it goes. The
bomb was ready to explode. If
it wasn't for the common bond
that we all share called skate
boarding, all these punks
would be going home in cas-
kets. After getting
ripped off for some
product, we decided
Canberra was history.
DEMO DOGS
Back up to Sydney
for our date with death,
and some demos with
The Beastie Boys The
set up included some
shitty ramps outside
the place where the
bands played Every
one dosed and skated
insane Demo guy Alah
Petersen played stunt-
man for the masses.
Andy threw a wheel at
me and smashed my
camera Ripping. The
Beasties were alright,
but they didn't play
Brass Monkey The
Cnext day MCA came
down and skated with
us at Bondi Beach.
When I asked him to
play it that night Wool-
Cangong he said. 10
don't think that will go
over very big down
here. Whatever just
love that song Salman
and him talked shop
while Andy spied top-
less girls with binocu
lars. Petersen fakie
heelflipped to frontside
pivot while the
rollerbladers got the
biggest cheers, and
worked on my tan.
SECOND WIND
The mileage and
the pileage were
creeping up from
behind like the grim
reaper's scythe, cut-
ting superheroes
down to mortals and
making us all curse
the day we signed on
for this hellride. The
death threats didn't
pan out Too bad. I
would love to die a
martyr. The girls came
up to us at the show.
smiled and slorted
away. See ya
Everybody was
Choping to get
Come rest for
the last week in
Melbourne, but when
machine runs on pure hatred,
everything must die.
wouldn't say we were
unfriendly. I find the term
"selective more appropriate
to describe our encounters
with other skaters. Aside from
the familiar chant, Boards,
wheels, trucks, we were
too drained to even muster
courteous, "Hello Endless
bailing on concrete and metal
punishes your back and legs
and feet to the point of pulpi
tude, Hove to skate, but when
it's like this it will definitely
Well ya. Upon arrival in
Melbourne, Peter and both
got word of a grandparent's
death in the States. So on top
of bruised bodies and crushed
craniums, now death was hot
on our heels. Great, Poter left
the next morning, Another.
one bites the dust-seven
left to go.
Clockwise from top: Sometimes the only way to let off a l
steam is to go dancing. Andy savers the moment as another
willing victim comes into view. Team fourteen in the van, not
even Joey would risk it. Pushing the pedal to the metal
is one of Coco Santiago's hobbies and at the metal Pahran
ramp he floored it: After three weeks on the road. Indy
nosebone to hell. After driving for a few hours we stopped
for gas and asked some kids if there were any skate pis
Ground. They pointed across the street, and there it was, a
sweet ass vert comp with nobody in sight, Bondi Beach in
Sydney has a couple of ramps that anyone can ride, Andy
Roy did a couple of frontside stabs for the masses. Certified
Hellrider Andy Derrick grinds in Melbourne with smoke in
mouth style. Cheers chickyboy.
THE WALL
The raw Horvos that
up our humanity were now
more exposed than ever.
Every slam, every laugh, every
stare could be the ignition of
the impending explosion that
seemed inevitable it had been
Calmost four weeks of mind to
ture, like rusty nails driven
slowly into your brain. After a
While it almost felt good, That
was when made the decision
to leave My knee felt like it
would snup like kindling wood
in a stiff breeze, Juien could
only walk and shake his bea
Andy looked out through
vacent eyes. It was over we
packed and left five minutes
ster Three out-four left.
We left Coco and Sutun 30
nish up on the front Sine while
en
Pool Lap Swimming Lanes
AVAILABLE
Petersen and Derrick cut back
to Brisbane, Stranger Roy and
myself made a pact to have
beer at a shitty cholo dive
when we hit SF, but they were
waiting for Julien at Immigra
tion for some old warrant. He
went down for the count
Nothing to do, nothing to say
Three days ster got a call
from Salman saying he and
Coco just got back and that
even through all the sadistic
venomous torture he witnes
sed, he had the time of his life
And then there were none.