PHOTO
GRAFFITI
PARQUED EXCLUSIVO
How many times do we have to tell you to
send the photos of spots, pets, nude girl-
friends and oh, yeah, skating? Get movin'.
Clockwise from top: Veteran Garry Melfa points the way to
a session in Jacksonville, FL. Photo by Daylin Louderback.
Punk's dead, you're next! Dylan Disney in St Louis, MO.
Good ol' Clinton Perry f/s flips a mini in Moorehead City,
NC. Photo by Jerry Moody. Funky Nelson Medina lofts
over three
Visalia, CA, on his new ride. Photo by Nik
Freitas. Another shot of Mirlo in Panama City, Panama.
Photo by Franco. In Guatemala, Denny Rodriguez kick-
snaps some killer blue stairs. Photo by Renier Fee. The Alva
team may be a thing of the past, but Dan McCabe is still
ripping backyard pools in Tucson, AZ, with fat dreads and
carpenter gloves. Photo by Bryan Murray.
118 THRASHER
Van
AMATEUR WORLD SKATE CONTEST
Semi-finals:
July 3 San Diego
July 5 Phoenix
July & Los Angeles
July 7 San Francisco
July 9 Portland
July 11 Seattle
July 13 Salt Lake City
July 14 Boulder
July 16 Minneapolis
July 18 Indianapolis
July 19 Chicago
Boston/Hyannis
Vans
is searching the
world for the
best amateur
vert and street
skaters.
Win an expense-paid
trip to the finals in
Southern California.
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Philadelphian st
August 2 New York
August 7 Norfolk/Ocean City
Semi-finals will be held at 24 stops
on the Vans Warped Tour '96.
The top vert and street skaters at
each of the 24 semi-final events will
get an expense-paid trip to the Vans
Amateur World Skate Contest finals in
Southern California.
The top 3 vert and street finishers in
the finals will be presented a Vans
August 8 Charleston/Wilmington Amateur Champion trophy at the
qust 10 Orlando
qust 1's Jacksonville
August 16 Houston
gust
18 Dallas
Cha
England CKSO
ust/Sept England
August/Sept France
st/Sept Japan
Vans/Hard Rock Cafe World
Championships of Skateboarding and
receive a year's supply of Vans shoes.
The top 3 vert and street finishers at
every semi-final event will receive a
trophy and Vans shoes.
Find out how to enter by calling:
1-800-663-4013
Prizes and contest dates subject to change.