HOT SAUCE
Following the eviction of 140A Linda Street
in SF, some team truck titans were seen scram-
bling to find new digs. Both Joey Tershay and
Ruben Orkin were observed packing up until
the last minute. Over the year, the pad played
host to all kinds including Chad Vogt, Andy
Roy, Bob, the Zoo Crew, Tim Upson, Julio De
La Cruz, Stranger, Arc and some others you
don't want to know about. It will be missed by
everybody except for the neighbors.
FLOWER
POWER
One of the floats at
the Rose Parade was
a tribute to those
daredevils on side-
walks known as the
skateboarders.
MAD LOOT CAKES
Following the Wallo's ditch contest in Hawaii.
the top three placers posed prior to cashing
the fat checks. First place: Mark "Smoothie"
Gonzales. Second place: Stacey "Wayne Gibo.
Third place: Jason "Mad Dog" Lee.
CORNED BEEF
The Fabulous Skipperboy, czar of SMA, now
appears to be the matchmaker to the stars. First
Mr Engblom showed up on the Hawaiian movie
set of Waterworld where an old female
acquaintance somehow hooked up with Kevin
FINGER IT
OUT, MAN
The Girl team reacted according
ly when a shop owner told them
they had to sleep on the floor
instead of the posh hotel suite
that they were promised.
Costner. Shortly thereafter,
the fabled motion picture
director's wife announced
their impending divorce. This following Skip's
appearance on the TV show Baywatch where he
worked closely with lifeguard Pamela Sue
Anderson. Oddly enough, the buxom blonde
ter of David, the up and coming surfer/
skater/stuntman/director? Aren't both
longtime associates of Engblom? And
didn't Vincent originally hook up with Ellis
via Skipper, the surf/skate fabricator to the elite?
Not only is Lance Dawes politically correct,
scene slicked, sartorially elegant and committed
to a straight-edge diet, but is he now signed on
to star in a Budweiser television commercial?
Will the Slapmeister laugh all the way to the
bank as he pretends to drink the vile Bud brew
for bucks? Or is
this revelation
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Henry Sanchez is rumored to be the victor
after three quick rounds with industrial tycoon
Steve Rocco. The source of the training dispute
was said to be a contract renegotiation. Sanchez
has been seen talking with Mike Carroll lately.
Rocco privately has been quoting his bodyguard
as a primary source, claiming it never happened.
Rich Metiver has been auditioning models for
Union's world's smallest bikini wheel graphic.
The provocateur was actually spotted near the
gates of artist Jimmy Phillips' hillside manse
holding two band-aids and a cork. Since Phillips
and Metiver were exiled from King Dickvak's
Santa Cruz empire, perhaps this is significant.
First, fashion models starting arriving at New
York's store Supreme and buying undersize Think
attire, then, counterman extraordinaire Giovanni
Estevez filled designer Calvin Klein's order for
the light bulb logoed clothing. Now thinking
man Keith Cochrane is said to be paranoid that
his company is the next to be knocked off by the
majors. Witness the apparent appropriation of
Tommy's flag logo by headhunters. Welcome to
the world of high fashion and treachery.
betty is now romantically linked to world surf. just another ROCKER LOCKER
ing champion Kelly Slater. She has reportedly
called off her engagement to Poison band mem-
ber Brett Michaels. Even stranger was long
time Malibu man Jan Michael Vincent's recent
obvious references to Chenoa Ellis on the
Howard Stern radio show. Isn't Ms Ellis the sis-
hyped assigna-
tion concocted
by a certain mag
that's doing a
"skate industry
exposé?"
Step into the time machine and travel back to
the mid-eighties and discover a young Greg
Carroll proudly sporting his Metallica t-shirt.
You know he has a comb in his back pocket.
Trash
IT'S A STATE PARK
NOT A SKATEPARK
Long before the invention of the urethane wheel
and the kickflip, there were people who were
Thrashers. Way down in Norcross, Georgio, they
even went as far as to name a park after one.
Suppose JFA went on tour and nobody got
laid. True or not, Foster Armyman Brian Brannon
returned from the power tour and drove off leav
ing behind a mint condition vintage Jay Adams
Z-Flex on the sidewalk. Lately, Brannon rants and
raves about his stash of archivally stored OG
Indy 215 trucks that are just a phone call away.
LAST GASP
Why is Jamie Thomas regretting some lower
back ink? Is he also looking for a new wheel
sponsor? Has he become a non-person?
Which East Bay skater's home was invaded
by masked gunmen? Were not some of the
WHO AM I?
Underneath this plastic mask lies
one funny skateboarder. Guess
who and win a Thrasher T-shirt.
locals tied up while the robbery
was in progress, yet somehow
free themselves to call police?
BEACH BREAK
A publicity feeding frenzy has
arisen following the recent surf-
ing death of big wave rider
Mark Foo. Such mainstream
entities as The New York Times, The Los Angeles
Times, Sports Illustrated and United Press
International have devoted copious attention to
the matter. The greatest moment was when ABC
THRASHER PARK
NAMED FOR THE FOUNDER OF NORCROSS
for ideal of any kind For
News' Tom Brokaw interviewed
emerging skater/large wave rip-
per Jay Moriarty in depth. Amid
all the thirty/twenty somethings,
professional waterman Moriarty's
full bore teenage stoke was a
stunning departure. How many
professional surfers can you name
that would consciously choose to
appear on an international TV
show with a board devoid of
sponsors' ID? Fearful of exploit-
ing the death of a rider he truly
respected, Jay passed up the cer-
tainty of commercial gain through
sponsor photo incentives. His
major sack and strange moves
like riding major Maverick's on a 60s style long
board are separating Moriarty from the pack
Glen E Friedman was spotted in LA one after-
noon atop the zillion dollar J Paul Getty Museum
LAVE
construction site with an internationally elite
architect. That evening he showed up in New
York with his 88 year old grandfather at the
Beasties' Saturday Night Live appearance. The
morning after, he was spotted hanging with
Dune. Talk is, he and Pastras are plotting a pho-
tographic exposition with Klindt at DLX in SF.
Jerry Madrid reportedly sold off his body-
board company and will now concentrate on
trucks and boards.
Duane Peters is fabled to be appearing in an
new movie doing bash and bondage scenes with
Eddie Murphy and Brad Pitt, but he denies all,
ART SMART
Kevin Ancell was observed hanging a surf-
board painting of a nude surfer as viewed from
below. The art matrons at the Morphos Gallery
opening all were ecstatic over Kevin's exquisite-
ly rendered genitalia. Tumbleweed's next move
was to go to Baja where he hung out with actor
Tony Curtis. On a surf go out at Punta
Padrito, Steve Dolen and Ancell buzzed
the point in a 727 Alaskan air jet flown by
a notorious wave riding associate. Down
the point, Perry Farrell and art hench-
woman Julie Rico were filming a docu-
mentary. Meanwhile, back in Cabo, work
continued on the Van Halen ramp. Back
from the dead filmmaker Hal Jepsen was
also reportedly down on the tip of the
continent shooting for some sort of
surf/skate documentary.
LINE UP
"Unless someone notices that you aren't
there, you aren't really there."
-Jeff Klindt
WADE SPEYER
JOINS SLAYER
After an exhaustive search, Wade Speyer
was chosen as second back-up roadie for
Slayer. In between shows, the all-terrain
wizard somehow manages to get in some
sick sessioning at spots all over the world.
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