Thrasher Magazine January 1997 — Page 31
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            Now the highest ollie: Oh, and
Rune just did the biggest backside
ollie. This is practice right now. 1
don't know if it's just starting. I
don't know who's judging. I don't
know what's going on. It's 500
bucks first place for highest ollie.
Gonz is in there. Senn's in there.
Petersen's in there. Phil, Max,
Tom, Chet Thomas, Wade, Mike
Manzoori, Markovich. Phelps is
the judge. Chet doing a nice 4 t
frontside ollie. I think what's going
to happen is it's going to be a
fluke. Someone's just going to go
as high as they can and somehow
just stay on. It's up for grabs at
this point. I don't know, I've seen
Max do some fucking extremely
high ollies, and Alan, you know.
Wade and Phil can, as well, so
we'll see, Wade just did a real nice
one, about a 4-footer. Max doing
about a 5 ft frontside ollie to swel
bow on the flat, he'll be feeling
that. Alan Petersen with one of
the highest backside ollies yet.
Seven minutes and thirty seconds
left. Another attempt. Oht, about
face-high. It was about chest-high
to a monkey's butt. Rune's known
for his backside ollie. Obf, I think
he might've done the highest one
so far. Ohl, now he tried to kick-
flip, what a freak. I think it's Rune
so far. I think Max could come
through with a frontside, though. I
think Jaya's getting in there for
some ollie action. Wade's getting
pretty fat frontside ollies, man.
Alan using the coping to bonk off
his back wheels, going high, but it
looks like hang time for him. He
tried to fucking stick one. Mark G
in there with Chet. Mark with the
most stylish frontside ollie any-
body's ever seen, Max is going to
do it. Frontside ollie, huge. I think
he's right behind Rune so far. He's
going to do another one. Four min
utes left. Rune and Wade in there.
Wade with a pretty nice frontside
ollie. Oh!, Wade hangs to a chest-
high frontside. So far I think it's
Rune, Max and Wade. Mike
Manzoori to a head bongo on the
flat, trying to avoid Karma. Max
is number one right now with that
frontside, that was the one. Alan,
big backside ollie. About thirty
seconds left. Max's got it so far.
Phil, huge frontside ollie. It
could've been right up there with
Max's, I don't know,
Greg is going to give us the
results: Greg's trying to get every
one to stop skating. Chet
Childress 9th Place, 8th Place
Rune Glifberg, 7th Tim Brauch,
6th Wade Speyer, 5th Max
Schaaf. Max is guzzling the 40
right now to his head for fifth
place. He's going to be fucking
lost in the sauce. Oh, my God,
he's still going. He's going to
drain that motherfucker. 4th
Kris Markovich. 8th through 4th
is beers and it goes from a small
Mickey's to like a 24 Mickey's to
a 40 Mickey's to a 64 Mickey's
for fourth place, and then from
there it's goldplated skateboard
trophies, they're cool, and more,
cash, and I don't know the cash
breakdown, but you know that
don't fuckin' matter. 3rd Chet
Thomas, 2nd Phil Shao, fuck
yeah, and obviously 1st place is
John Cardiel freakshow. Oh!, with
a backflip on the flatbottom to
break your ankle. Max Schaaf:
1st Place Highest Ollie $500.
The trophy case was filled
with gilded goodies.
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In the heat of battle, Phil Shao flies over vic-
tor Cardiel in the final Terrordome free-for-
all. Shao took second, although many
thought he won.
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Sequence: Chet Thomas,
third place, sick frontside
hardflip, he makes more
than he misses.