TRASH
DOWN TIME
Now that vintage copies of the 'zine My Rules are going for major
change, can Glen E Friedman be thinking about a re-issue printing?
Meanwhile, is Jeff Klindt in concert with Dune re-issuing t-shirts for
Glen's pal Hank Rollins? GEF Ts of the stars could call for a re-emer-
gent social order. Also on hand with Glen were models Cara Young,
Kate Moss, Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell and media mogul
Russell Simmons. Friedman's vegan program was so intense, even
Ethan Fowler and Dune were forced to dine at NYC's Zen Palate.
LATE SHIFT
In a dramatic new example of life
after graphic skate death, Ivan
Hosoi now plays guitar on the night
shift at the family's Honolulu mortu-
ary. Purportedly, Ivan, who fled the
commercial skate/art scene, now
passes every evening identifying
corpses. Locals such as G-Dog and
Jay-Boy often drop in for night
time marble floor slides.
Composite material skateboards
I have recently been seen coming
out of NHS's cannery row skate fac-
tory. The cannery ramp is reported-
ly shut down for good,
following the
theft of some
The hottest seat in town is
occupied by Glen Friedman
between Noomi Campbell
and Linda Evangelista.
video equipment. If the stuff is
returned (no questions asked), the
ramp will reopen. It's that simple.
Bob Denike was so upset he's try-
ing to sell his grandmother's 1958
Chevrolet. "King Dick" Novak is so
distraught that he has been seen
building benches out of old Chris
Roach model snowboards.
Rick Blackhart, the ex-living leg-
end, who basically
designed the
classic Indepen-
dent truck of
yore, now is
said to have
designed a
new wheel.
Rick is also said to be so paranoid
that when he skates his latest pro-
totype trucks, he covers them up
with duct tape so that no one can
see (or steal) his concepts.
Skatemaster Tate, recording
artist, TV host and one-time Indy
crew chief, was recently spotted at
Club Paradisio in Amsterdam doing
guest DJ slots.
WASH OUT
Darcy O'Douherty, Australian
skate provocateur, is rumored
to be hanging out in the
Hawaiian Island chain
with the fabulous
Skipperboy and
Dean Edwards.
Salman Agah is also
said to be on his way.
SMA czar Engblom is now
reportedly "in complete con-
trol once again."
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Pool Shark
Sure shot Matt Hensley now takes his
time sizing up his shots on the slate
rather than at the lines on his skate. It
looks like all his hours at the Wrigley
ville Top are finally paying off.
Major skate art collector and art
dealer Julie Rico is now said to be
setting up an Internet access line at
the behest of Perry Farrell, Ms Rico
is also touring with the Lollapalooza
tour in this interdisciplinary quest.
Artiste da Gonz was recently seen
in Rico's SM gallery, fueling specu
lation that this will also be the site
of Gonzales' West Coast show.
NOTI
Which longtime skate art associ-
ate walked into Mr Big's office with
a list of the industrial tycoon's real
estate holdings and demanded one
half of the manufacturer's empire in
exchange for art services rendered?
Were the two one-time boyhood
chums? Will his claim of "You owe
me this; it was my art that sold it
all," stand up in court? Does the
manu privately claim that he paid
the artist over one million dollars
for past work?
Truck Drivers
Who Skate
Today's skate fashions look like they're
headed along the lines of highway
hounds and greasy gear-jammers.
Which one-time new age major
has been dumping fifty buck com-
pletes in an apparent effort to grab
a market share?
Which old-time major manu is
so worried over rumors of Steve
Rocco and Rich Novak's rumored
golf dates that he now talks of little
else? Apparently Mr "Not So Big
Any Longer But Still Poised For The
Resurgence Of The Sport" still feels
that there is a conspiracy afoot.
Are hard boy kiddie manufactur-
ers Jeremy Fox and Per Welinder
going to night law school? Is this
another effort to gain the attention
of the big boys or are they sincere
in their claims of "disadvantaged
legal status?" When last heard from
Welinder was whining. "Please be
assured we'll never do it now or in
the future."
BEAN BALL
And the latest install-
ment of the SF Battle of
the Superstores. The FTC
mega outlet is now on
Shrader and Haight St in
the exact location of Fat
Carlos' old Fogtown
retail operation.
Just one day and one
continent apart, Matt
Pailes was skating in
Boston when some guy
walked up to him and
Off
asked, "Hey, do you know who I
am? I'm a Beach Boy." Curiously, a
guy matching the same descrip-
tion approached
Jim O'Mahoney
the very next day in
Santa Barbara, CA
and made the same
claim. For whatever
reason, the fellow
appears to be a
genuine recording
artist named Bruce
Johnston. Uh, gee,
what decade are we
in? Old Bruce was
seen skating in the
parking lot at Rincon
Beach which just might
put him a couple of
slots up on some claim
to be a rolling modern
musical type.
PUNK TALK
Don Redondo has
reportedly put his high
dollar, high security
job on the line in order
to tour The States with
Jody Foster's Army. Supposedly, his
government security clearance is so
binding that Don has to negotiate
his temporary passage out of Cali-
fornia with JFA. The guy supposed-
ly knows too much top secret stuff
from his gig as an aerospace engi
neer. Odder yet is the behavior of
band mate Brain Brannon who was
observed wearing high-tech fuzzy
space suit material clothing.
Jay Adams has recently been
shooting the path at Sunset Beach,
Hawaii on his new old stock Turner
Summer Ski.
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Gary Thrasher
REALTOR-ASSOCIATE
Each Office is independently Owned And Operated
Dan Drehobl's been hand-paint-
ing boards black in his living room.
Is this minimal cut or commerce?
MIGHTY QUIVER
James O'Mahoney, better
known as the publisher of Skate-
board Magazine and also the fifth
Ronald McDonald (the skating
one), has opened a museum of
surf/skate artifacts in Santa Barbara,
California. Hobie Sports, the life-
Posette
of the
Month
Acussette: Renee Burk
Shindig: Bun-busting
bluntslide
Sentence: Vagrinda
style vendor, is now rumored
to be filing Chapter 11. Word
on the tradeshow circuit is
that Daddy Dorf still has a
warehouse full of Hobie
shoes and is planning a mass
marketing coup.
Skate/surf vendor Larry
Block is now allegedly selling
mail order bondage imple-
ments. As they say: "One
man's surf leash is another
woman's sex toy."
Emergent savior of the
organized skate sport Jim
Fitzpatrick was seen talking
SKAT
D-STROY
Stained Skin
Robbie Ried of Liverpool, England,
shows his piece after three hours of
back irritation. It's a small price to
pay to eternally represent the only
mag that tells it like it is.
with Clinton administration political
type George Stephanopolis. Indus-
try types are still banking on Fitz as
the messiah for the contest scene.
A notorious northwest skater was
found in Thunderlord Park on Van-
couver Island lashed to a
forty-foot Indian totem
pole. The Hunt brothers,
Ryan Aningalan and
Charley Kraft, were un-
available for comment.
Punkabilly bike mes-
senger turned media fave
Puck has been seen too
many times on MTV's The
Real World sporting both
Thrasher and Think wear.
Was the energetic Puck
actually discovered and
sponsored by one Kevin Thatcher?
Adam McNatt is said to be per-
manently out of 101.
And this from the pages of Iron-
horse Magazine: "Skater, lowrider,
boxer, biker, part animal, part
machine, Jason Jessee is a straight
razor on wheels." Watch for Jessee
surf-standing on the back of a rigid
frame Harley on the covers of pop-
ular culture publications at a news-
stand near you.
WERD UP
"The only guys who are vibing
each other are the guys who walk
around looking like art projects."
-Rich Novak
"I'm in it to win it."
-Keith Cochrane
"He must have been drunk."
-Roger Browne
"I'm writing at an eighth grade
reading level now."
"Roll in or rollerblade."
-John Smythe
-Dick Pierce