murder... he was just a fag."
Having read the inflammato-
ry title, you get the basic
picture. What makes this
hatchet job so wonderfully
entertaining are some of the
personages involved.
Trash
DEAD LAST
Speak magazine debuted with an
"in depth" investigative report on the
Josh Swindell, Steven Mateus,
Keith Ogden incident. The piece is
entitled "The story of a skateboard, a
DUST IN THE WIND
Swindell for his part is report-
edly down for fifteen to life. The
author is one Neil Fineman,
who previously gained fame with
his fudge packing saccharine
Volleyball book, Kings of the
Beach. Curiously, at one point
wasn't, isn't Fineman com-
missioned by Mr Powell to
write the definitive history of
skateboarding? The Speak
mag is art directed by
David Carson, the interna-
tionally prominent designer
who started at Action Now
and later did the slick
Transworld skateboarding
magazine. Everybody from
Andy Jenkins, Jay Adams,
Gator, Danny Way, Jason
Peters, Rick Kosick, the
Mendenez Brothers, Chris
Pontius, and Thrasher mag have
been dragged into this ripe tripe. The
most alarming exposé was that
Think and Droors were owned by the
same person. According to the arti-
After repainting the wall at their Harrison street warehouse over six times, the inhabitants
decided to contract a specialist and render the wall unridable. The metal speed bumps do make
it more challenging but the fact of the matter remains that the ollie bump is still popable. The
way skating goes, these bumps just make it more interesting.
Even the dirtiest skaters start out as cute
kids. Guess who this is and win a genuine
Thrasher sweatshirt. Mail your guess today
c/o Trash (I know who that kid is) 1303
Underwood Ave SF, CA. 94124.
cle, "The two very separate entities
are owned by Ken Block." This
came as a big surprise to Cochrane,
Fish and Greg Carroll.
SHOE BIZ
Michael Eisner, the head of Walt
Disney Studios, Inc, has been
reportedly screening the recent
video Shit for top studio execs.
Curiously, the project's sponsor,
Steve Rocco, is rumored to be in
contentious fee arbitration negotia-
tions with filmmakers Erick Mathies
and Wing Ko. Didn't Steve just drop
$300,000 on a Duffs Hawaii shoot?
But, then again, doesn't Rock now
claim to be out of Duffs completely?
Other video crossups include Ben
Harper's skate-related effort and the
Ed Templeton Foot Locker spot. An
in-production Converse commercial
features Salba, Rick Howard and
"Ruler" Dave Ruel. Informed
sources relate that Kris Markovich
and Kareem Campbell were on-line
to do the gig when the overly honest
pair revealed that they each had sig-
nature model shoes with competing
companies. Meanwhile, cineaste
Spike Jonze works in private on his
upcoming feature release, Harold
and the Purple Crayon.
The diaspora of the skate commu-
nity continues with the mass media's
apparent fascination with surfing.
Skate literate surf types such as
Kelly Slater make the cover of
Interview mag and are now highly
SEPARATED AT BIRTH
Skater Brian Childers looks alot like
Forrest Gump actor Gary Sinese. While you wonder,
the doctors are going over the blood tests and we
could have news for you next month, we'll keep you
posted as to the possibility that the two are father
and son. Thanks to Peter Wrigley of Lonoke
Arkansas for bringing this to our attention.
paid mannequins for Ital-Euro fash-
ion houses. As previously disclosed,
Nike is said to be so enamored with
Slater that they have offered 2 mil-
lion plus for his services. Now it is
rumored that a certain record label is
offering Kelly and his bandmates
Rob Machado and Peter King a 1
million dollar advance for their initial
audio release.
HOT DATE
The
Beastie Boy
supported
journal
Grand Royal
is purported-
ly preparing
an extensive
effort to
chronicle
the
STO
VB
development and disemination of
skate media.
Gullwing maestro Walt Teague is
abandoning his furniture and bicycle
design pursuits and expanding his
skate factory. This news presumably
inspired Tracker/Orion exec Bryan
Ridgeway to take up free fall skydiv-
ing. Undetered by either, J Grant
Brittain is out house hunting.
Flip's on the road with Penney,
Geoff Rowley, Jeremy and
Glifberg. While denying that it's a
video mission, Professor Ko was
busted shooting them in SF,
Burnside, Oregon and Vancouver.
Kevin Thatcher apparently back
from the art dead was seen golfing
with Rocco and Jesse Martinez in
the West Bay. For drill, he designed
the roller park in Temecula, CA. With
all due modesty, Thatcher reports,
"It's the biggest skate park ever, bar
none." Just suppose?
Word from the tip off
of the World Cups
debauchery in Vancover,
British Columbia was
that the course was
weak and that the orga-
nizers cared more about
the music end of the
alternative showcase
than the skating. After all
was said and done it
turns out, the little
Brazilian kid gorilla
flippped his way to
street victory while
the vert was won
Moses ponders the
meaning life at the end
of a Victoria Bitter.
by Rune
Glifburg.
Once again
skating
gets
burned
by the
Robin Williams was seen posing in
a DLX jersey overlooking
Deadman's. The TV guide crew duti-
fully recorded all.
Kevin Ancell, the new apparent
darling of the artistic socialite set,
gifted Joel Tudor with a vintage
1963 Phil Edwards model. Tudor
took the thousand dollar plus valued
antique surfboard to his father Joe's
court trial. The elder Tudor is in Civil
Court attempting to extricate himself
from the mess following a beachfront
fight at the Oxbow World
Championships at Malibu. Also on
the block is Hawaiian pro Lance Ho
Okano. The media hysteria contin-
ues to escalate surrounding what
many consider to be at worst an
issue of self-defense or at best a
minor disagreement between private
parties. TV "news" shows Dateline
and 60 Minutes are the latest to
schedule spots.
POSER OF THE MONTH:
ACCUSED: JASON KERSEY
CRIME: POWER BOX NOSE STALL
SENTENCE: ELECTRIC CHAIR
people who made it
an event. Apparently
the crowd was
asked to leave the
site and then asked
to pay 28 bucks to
see Bad Religon
ten minutes later.
How punk is that?
MORK BITES
Commodified
crossover comedian
LAST LINES
"I got out of the shoe business so
Welinder could get into it."
-Steve Rocco
"We didn't give Novak our ramp,
we loaned it to him."
-Steve Keenan
"Young and old skaters alike
everywhere were captivated by the
message of the Brigade... skate-
boarders all over the world found
meaning, purpose and direction in
their lives." --Mike Vallely
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