UP
FRONT
Sunday, August 18th, was when it went down. I know what
you're thinking: a shitty little 70's park one hour from Thrasher
headquarters; everything gets in the mag in California. OK, so,
take a cue from the boys at Skateworks and Consolidated-well,
mainly Skateworks-and follow their
example of getting people together to
cook wieners and skate all day.
Left: Keep them doggies rollin'...
Below: Sam Harding serves up a medium-rare
frontside couchslide.
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If you made it, you probably would've seen the best '50 Chevy ever-that's mine. Your nose
would've picked up the smell of wieners being cooked over hot coals by Jason Strubing with a lit-
tle help from Moish when he wasn't slapping girls or young boys in the face with cold and
uncooked wieners. You would've seen Ron Whaley with a hurt foot, still riding and eating; Matt
Field with his wife, kid and dog. I think he left his bongos at home; Israel Forbes, the Mellow
Annihilator: Jack Taylor... Who? Just the fuckin' most amped kid that would destroy anything and
everything in sight: Rob Brown, aka, Cowboy Littles, the first to land the Dirty Deeds stair jump;
and Jesse "Gullings" Nuts, who won two Consolidated decks. Nathan Horton showed up, and
everyone stopped skating. He rides Derby faster than anyone. Justin Strubing wasn't there. I think
he was on tour, but I wish he was there. But Billy Strubing subbed for him. I love Billy. Dustin
Zimmerman showed up clean, but left dirty; Doug Smith was seen; Meekster; Mike Rica; Keenan;
and a Dad strolled in on rollerskates with kids that rode skateboards. I didn't see one little fag-
got on rollerblades, thank God. Al Bird showed up from Colorado. All 600 wieners and 600 Cokes
were given out. Not one piece of trash was left. No fights or drugs or rape even entered our minds.
Anyway, this is the bottom line: Skateworks put this event together because Santa Cruz is getting
a new, up-to-date skatepark in the near future, which helped parents see a little clearer how bad
we need one. Skateboarding rules! Afterwards, everybody went to Moish's birthday party to drink.
No fights. Oh, well. Maybe next time. -Jason Jessee
22 TH
Hungry Jack Taylor hotdoggin' the hip while
the locals wait to digest the grub.
SkateboARDING is.
THE SECRET
souths
REAL
SKATEBOARDS
made for everywhere
Spanou mat Tommy Guerrero, a
year-old "retired" pro skater of 10 years,
hares. "There are far too many things to
skate downtown, far too many challenges.
Skating is not something that you can con-
trol and put in a box," he says.