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Clockwise from right Heath Kirchart, kickflip over the
barricade at the Brooklyn Bridge Banks. Jamie Thomas,
handrail Smith. Showing incredible tranny skills, Pad
Sharpe clicks a mute to fakie. Panama Dan, Heelflip
to fakie. Frank Hirata, 360 ip down a double set.
Steve Olson's locks meet the cutting room floor. Chod
Muska, frontside tailslide to fakie on a NYC handrail
A brutal mouling at a typical product toss free-for-all
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the van and headed to Ohio,
where the contest winner.
insisted that we be a part of
their Fourth of July parade,
They're going to have a float
for us to wave to everybody
on, insisted Mike. I think we
all felt pretty skeptical, but we
went for it anyway. The float
turned out to be the van and
the parade was a whole quar
ter of a mile where it let us into
park where the tennis court
would be the next demo spot.
Feeling had enough of my
travels I called the airport and
booked the next flight out for
my own bed and some much-
needed rest. I boarded the
plane and flew over the country in a most unusual way. Miles
below me saw the fireworks going off, I started realizing that I
already missed what had become my new "family," but I knew
I'd soon see them again. They had a demo to do my hometown
and from there I would be resuming my life on the road Thanks
to all the winners and shops who supported us on our grand
voyage. Hope to see you all again next year, t
We eventually woke up, and in
true New York style decided that
taking the subway would be the
best choice, After a hellish cide to
the wharf we noticed the boat
coming back from Ellis Island.
asked the person docking it when
the next boat would leave and he
informed me that this was the last
one of the day. All a little disap-
pointed, we decided to head back
to the hotel to see how the rest of the team's
venture went with the notion of coming back
to catch the boat tomorrow. When we
returned they bombarded us with what we
missed and it was then knew that instead of
checking out the Statue of Liberty tomorrow
I'd be checking out the skate spots in NYC.
We woke up early and Mike dropped us
off at the Brooklyn Banks. He was going to,
get Josh at the airport and then go to the
Statue of Liberty We hooked up with the locals and enused around doc
umenting the skate sights. This was my last day on tour and I wanted to
absorb everything about this great place. When Mike returned he asked
me if I wanted to stay a few extra days. I could get my ticket changed, but
to be honest. I felt pretty road-wrecked even though I was having the
time of my life. However, I didn't hesitate to answer and decided to con
tinue the journey to Woodward Skate Camp, where we would pick up
Steve Berra. When we arrived at camp we were introduced to a strict
guideline of rules. Having just had three days of freedom in NYC we
became restless and went by the old saying, "Rules were meant to be
broken Before they had a chance to politely ask us to leave we packed