How many people do you know that would do a Texas plant barefooted
at seven in the morning? There is only one (left), Mark Hubbard. John
Cardiel (bottom) paid the price for rolling the dice on this launch from the
vert platform onto the small flat bank. After winning in Germany, the
new world champ Digo (sequence) launched big heelflip Indy grabs in
Switzerland. Mister Marc Johnson (opposite right) catches kickflips all the
time. The mogul field (opposite bottom) and pump jumps in Sattel.
We were dubbed the Poison Posse
for the fact that every crew we hooked
up with had something happen to
thein. On the train ride to Czech the
other guys lost three members en
route. With the collapse of communism,
here, the cultural vacuum was unlike
anything I have ever seen-crazy hair-
dos, strange clothes and it seemed like
everyone had black eyes, crutches.
splints, Chipped teeth. lumps and
bumps. Everywhere we went came
the long stares and the cold looks, as it
turns out the adult population is afraid
of the kids, for with the newfound free
dom come the questions about the
past. The contest itself was a blast: no
rules, tons of freaks and good skating.
Thirty cent beers in the one hundred
PU
TURN IT ON. PUMA TURN IT ON
DUFFS REAL
OVE
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