TRASH
GOOD READ
"It all started so innocently... bust your buns, bust your buns." So goes
the tenor of the Los Angeles Times exposé. The piece's subtitle is
"Thrasher Magazine and the Art of Exploiting the Universe of the Skate-
boardable." This piece of cultural curio was penned by Kristine McKenna,
the publication's ace boon scenester. The appearance of said story in the
stately Times provides another example of the skate movement's pre-
eminence. Replete with quotes for the ages such as KT's: "We knew it was
the cockroach sport
that would never die, MIGHTY MINI
Roger Browne's: "It's
not like a family thing
or a couple thing, it's a
solo thing," and Eddie
Riggins": "The sport
is just too rough for
girls," this document is
required reading for
all serious scholars.
LAZA
A very diminutive Bucky Lasek hov
ers a frontal above the confines
of the Blue Hell Ramp in
Chesapeake, Maryland,
in the year of our
lord 1987, Photo
sent by Brian
Johnson
ESAR E C
CARGO CULT
More purport-
ed migrations: Sash
and Astorga, report-
edly out of the House of
Think to pursue the abun-
dant riches of the contest cir-
cuit and hooked up with old Team
Thunder captain Shrewgy, Gonz is
out of 60/40 and in at Real, and
Jason Rogers is rumored to be
out, about and into SMA.
Ron Allen is said to be going
beyond the no life, no fun, no
dream phenomena and planning
another Oaktown-based entry.
Further sponsorship wars are
being waged in the surf/skate/
snow arena. As previously men-
tioned, enterprising promotional
types are feverishly maneuvering
to sign up the proper pilots. The
most prevalent rumor afoot sur-
rounds Hawaiian legend Sonny
Garcia. Following his near miss for
POSER OF
THE MONTH
LIAR: Jerod Muse
LIE: 360 heelflip tailgrind
SENTENCE: Death
NIGHTMARE
ON TEMPLE-
TON STREET
Hard working Lance Dawes had
hardly taken twenty winks when
Ed Templeton tried to push his lat
est masterpiece on the unsuspect-
ing photo jock. Come on Ed, do us
all a favor and give it a rest.
the World Title, Sonny is the hot
ticket for corporate hook-ups.
Garcia, who is in seclusion riding
moto with Brock Little somewhere
in the Hawaiian back country, has
remained unavailable for com-
ment. Informed sources speculate
that the No Fear group will offer
the power rider 350,000 dollars
to sign up and promo their prod-
ucts. Meanwhile, the Arnet goggle
crew, which closely parallels a
Mormon missionary clique, is
allegedly pondering the further
acquisition of crossover perform-
ers. Names such as Tony Hawk,
Cara-beth Burnside, Chris Senn
and Timmy Curran are all men-
tioned as being particularly covet-
ed individuals. Wade Speyer is
being videod by his BMX sponsor
Fox for an upcoming release. Heli-
copter tours with bikes are the
style being done.
COOL BEANS
Steve Berra has been duly
noted as being in attendance at
the correct watering holes with
Sara Gilbert. Now Christian Hosoi
and Skip Engblom have been
teamed in a TV commercial for
the resilient soda slop Mello-
Yello. The recently filmed
spot featured Hosoi in motion
and the Fabulous Skipperboy
very much "acting like an
average citizen." The boys got
even more work when an
elderly woman was knocked
unconscious on the set and
taken to the hospital, causing
VERT CAR
The locals at Burnside in
Portland, Oregon, are some
of the rowdiest you will ever
meet. When the sun goes
down anything goes. Bear
witness to the act of Little Jon
as he drives himself up the
wall, backwards! Reportedly
fakie allies off the top and
disasters are now regular
occurrences under the bridge.
a postponement.
Dogtown roller turned clay-
artist Mike Scheliga has been
seen around NYC on the art
town A circuit. Also observed
with Scheliga at New York's Zen
Palette were activist Dick Gregory
and docu-phenom Glen E Fried-
man. GEF, back from a St Bart's
mind meeting with Veronica Webb
and Russell Simmons, has moved
forward with his publishing. Besides
the already announced book, The
Idealist, which will feature land-
scapes, music, skating, women, et
al, word has it that Glen's seminal
punk offering My Rules has recently
sold out. Functionaries of Henry
Rollins' 2-13-61 publishing group
hint of another Friedman release
under consideration.
NERVE US
With a reported 650,000 snow-
board units said to be returning
from a snowless Japan, are snow-
board industry execs more than a
little nervous?
Cracked tanks and banks alerted
the constabulary when Steve Sher-
man, Heath Kirchart, Josh Beagle
and Chris Lambert sessioned at the
La Jolla Aquarium. Just how exteri-
or skaters could be blamed for the
alleged fissures in the interior's
ocean display tanks is a question
which begs to be answered.
Years after skater/producer/heir
to the shoe company Tony Con-
verse advised the corporate hierar-
chy to go back to the roots, it
appears to be occurring. Scott
O'Leary, a one-time Cherry Hill
Park local, is involved with creating
an old school hardcore advertising
campaign for Converse All-Stars.
O'Leary is working out of the
Houston Effler Agency in Boston,
and the group is reportedly actively
searching for Ron Stoner, Tony
Alva, David Hackett, Jay Adams,
Arthur Lake and Stacy Peralta.
First MoFo ordered J Grant out
of Europe. Then Fausto decked T-
Bone for alleged transgressions.
Eventually Dan Sturt ordered
everyone out of San Diego. There
were those who thought he was
kidding, but, neverless,
even Sherm mor-
phed into an
occasional Japan vol-
leyball photog. Now,
the ever-so-content
surf lensmen seems to
be over-amping on
the aggro. Rumor has
it that veteran surf shooter Bob
Barbour has put the word out to
Jim Russi that it's "hands off on Jay
Moriarty." Russi on the other hand
is alleged to be angered at one-
time Nicole Simpson prom date
Tom Servais for the crime of having
photographed Joel Tudor. Things
have deteriorated socially to the
point that the Sandwich Island boys
are said to be very upset over a
certain photographer's work
showing up in court in the
celebrated Lance Hoo-
kano/Joel Tudor vs
a Kneeboarder
Trial.
FREE LUNCH
Those disciples of peace, harmo-
ny and industrial awareness at
Transworld Publications are said to
be hosting a skate biz summit con-
ference at a ludicrously luxurious
resort in Cabo San Lucas. Presu-
mably, the TWS crew, in another of
their progressive charity
moves, will
provide concrete so that the actual
act of skateboarding will indeed be
possible at the sandy desert-like tip
of the peninsula.
Ben Harper astounded the
crowd at the Casbah Club when he
arrived on stage holding an auto-
graphed Alva skate over his head
triumphantly. The crowd responded
with a chorus of pro TA screams.
After the gig, Harper reportedly
sessioned Alva's new quarter-
pipe at San Marcos
Ventura, California, local
Donny Solomon drowned at
Waimea Bay. RIP. Con-
dolences go out to Kelly
Slater, who made the
long last ride to the
morgue with his
deceased friend.
HARD LINES
"You're
either in
or you're
out." -Jim
Fitzpatrick
"Don't fuck
with the
Wongs."
-Ducky
John
A long time ago,
we had people like Steve
Steadham to lead our
sport. The last of the
black vert pros, he had
the hair, the tricks and
the loudest clothes to ever
walk out of the Starvation
Army. Come back,
please.
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