15
MOST HATED
SKATERS
IN HISTORY
THE EARLIEST MEMORIES of skateboard hate that
I can remember are people hating freestylers. Vert
dogs would call them pussies and say they were
too chicken to drop in. But even amongst the vert
skaters there was hate. Maybe because a guy does
the same trick over and over, or because he always
bottoms out on airs, or maybe because all he does
is handplants, or maybe skaters will hate someone
because their pads stink or because they always try
to one-up someone. There are so many things.
So, in this article you will see photos of skaters
doing difficult or maybe not-so-difficult tricks.
These are skaters that are or were hated, but who
and for what I couldn't answer that. I hope to God
that all of the skaters shown in this article continue
to skate the way they like to. After all, skateboard-
ing is an expression of yourself, and if people don't
like you, then fuck 'em. Besides, Lee Ralph was a
skater that made ugliness liked. Before Lee came
along. If someone did a stinkbug frontside air, they
would be hated for miles.
-Bill Danforth
1. Ryan Monihan The original vert wannabe. In an old
video he is seen dry humping Page Mill ramp saying,
"I love you." Cursed with Mike McGill's style and corn
nuckus dreads all added up to him moving to Europe
and becoming a face-tackled
beard-fungus Euro-goon.
2. Greg Neal The king of longi
winded spraying. "Did you
see my last run? I'm ripping!
That mute to fakie must have
slappad three sheets." Other-
wise known as Huckleberry
Fanbelt, Neal would actually
tell you to come over to skate
his ramp and "Nibble on my
satchel" (get stoned). He per-
sonally killed all Kennedy
Warehouse sessions.
3. Oscar Jordan The self-pro-
claimed "Juice" pops his head
up at every PSL contest and
makes an ass out of himself every
chance he gets: snaking every-
one's practice, trying to get on
the microphone and keep it real.
His other nickname, "Cockroach,"
could pertain to the fact that after
a nuclear war, he may be the only
skater left.
4. Bill Pepper From the suburban
wastelands of Napa, Califomia,
crawled a motormouthed midget
that somehow conned the world
into buying his act. They hate him in England and
they hate him in Australia. So why not join the club?
5. Tony Magnusson What more need be said? Sure-
grip, Gullwing, Tracker, and Evol all add up to the
most hated vert buttjacker of all time. His faxes,
shoes, squat out airs and contest announcing all suck
green donkey dicks. To quote the "Swedish Cannon"
in his Thrasher interview (August '89), "When we
were kids, we used to raise hell-go into people's
yards and steal their fruit." Wow!
6. Andy MacDonald The Mac Daddy, as he calls him-
self, makes it a point to out-train and out-do every-
one at every given contest. He will bust out the devil
sticks, juggle and alley-oop body varial anything to
get the attention that his parents think he deserves.
He even sends newsletters to his sponsors keeping
them abreast of the tricks he has learned and the
friends he has made.
7. Jimi Scott Rollerblading.
surfing, snowboarding and
even skateboarding, this jerk of
all trades tried to fit his square
peg in any round hole that
would have him. Went pro for
Magnusson in Ohio and was
welcomed into the snowboard
scene immediately thereafter.
8. Ken Park Also known as
Krap Nek, this psychotic vert
homo prided himself on tight
shorts and technical gymnastic
invert variations that were so
boring that they could put
even Mary Lou Retton to sleep.
Jumped ship when street skat-
ing hit, moved to Colorado
to wear spandex on the slopes
and ski with other trendoids.
9. Bill Tocco This big nosed
Christian was the epitome of
the insta-pro. He came out of
nowhere and went back to
nowhere just as fast. Word has it he
works as a Chipendale's dancer in
Cleveland, Ohio. He came, he saw,
he split. Praise the Lord.
10. John Sonner The pride of Vista,
California, Sonner once again was a gift
to skateboarding from Tony Magnusson.
He sported a squeeb and took some-
thing that was supposed to be fun and
turned it into the World Series. Next.
11. Chris May The forever-never-am
from Orange County read the writing on
the wall about turning pro and focused
his attention on wearing funny clothes
and talking about "The Industry." This
"insider" made a "name" for himself at
Skatepark Paramount by stalling the
gayest trick of all time-the layback air.
12. Jeff Jones This spastic vert freaka-
zoid would try to pull every trick he
launched. The crowd went apeshit, the
pros turned their backs and he rode for
Variflex. It all added up to kiss of death
for the Varibots.
13. Steve Bacon He is supposedly
called the "Sizz" due to his Bacon name,
but we think it refers to his burned-out
braincells. Still stuck in the early eighties
time warp, he rides rails, wears wrist-
guards and even sports a nosebone, if
he shows up, do yourself a favor-leave.
14 & 15. The Godoys 2 dudes, 1 brain.
Gino
Perez
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