After signing an
exclusive contract
with Fresh Jive,
Farrah Fawcett
warms up for her
next ad.
KING ME
TRASN
His Royal
Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadei of
Thailand is globally renowned for his progres-
sive social programs as well as for his
immense appetite for fun. Recently, the King
imported Brazilian band leader Sergio
Mendes and his entire entourage in order to
have them play at a birthday party. Gustavo
Mendes, son of none other than the musical
progenitor Serge, was on board both during
the royal command performance as well as
being present at a couple of tropical street
sessions. Reportedly, Gustavo's mass suave
curb work so intrigued the King that he's con-
sidering building a public skatepark as well as
hosting a professional contest to show all of
Indo China what's up
Spider, the eminence grise of Cocoa
I'd just like to
say, um, uh...
Beach's surf/'crete environs, hooked up a
large piece of aviation history when he landed
the tail section of the Space Shuttle
Challenger on a morning beach walk. The
wreckage he discovered disappeared into the
briny depths over eleven years
ago when the fireball space sta-
tion went down for the count..
assistance of a retinue of lawyers and a judge
or two. Rumor has it that Sims will again
market snow and skate stuff under his own
name. Following the much belabored
decision, Novak immediately flew to Europe
to regroup.
POSER OF
HOT DATES
Hunter's Point stand out
stylist Meshach Harrell is
Fans of shuttle fatality Christa THE MONTH being mentioned as an
McAuliffe staged a memorial
skate session in Manchester,
New Hampshire, at the monu-
ment dedicated to her memory
Rhode Island aficionado Jay
Gould is rumored to be trying
to get the tail fragment for some
kind of art piece sculptural
extravaganza. The perfect
parabolic arc of the Challenger's
horizontal stabilizer has been
described by some of RI's most
notorious riders as being "a per-
fect street element."
BORN BAD
Poser: Biffa Clenton
emergent hot prospect. His
position appears to be much
like Tim McKinney's a few
months back in that both are
worthy, yet their highly indi-
vidualistic manner seems to
keep the greedy hypesters in
the stand down mode. Both
rip and neither seems
enchanted by the big scene.
Henry Hester is now said
to be designing ultra light
composite wakeboards for
Rusty Preissendorfer. Can
slalom skates be expected to
arrive in the immediate
future? Isn't former interna-
tional downhill champion
turned garmento Bob
Child labor legislation not
withstanding, it appears that
new father Andy Jenkins has
already indoctrinated his infant
offspring Emmett into the wily Pose: frontside noseslide. Skoldberg also linked to the
ways of the media. The Original
Sin docu features a baby that
looks identical to Jenkins' new-
born son. Family abuse of this
nature hasn't been seen since Sal Rocco
and Dad took off with Bitch (the company).
backside noseblunt-
slide transfer
Sentence: Grease stains
Business relations wizards Richard
NHS Novak and Tom Sims have reported-
ly worked out their differ-
ences with the friendly
Oye como va...
Rusty extended family?
HAIL CHIEF
Has Matt Pailes' rasta
regimen become so intense
that he's been booted out of his living
accommodations by exacerbated room-
mates? Is it accurate as widely circulated
Just keep smiling..
maybe they'll
go away.
I'm so fuckin' bad,
they just don't
know it.
that Pailes has abandoned bathing for reli-
gious reasons? Does Greg Carroll describe
Matt's eccentric behavior to teammates as
being "entirely philosophically logical"?
BLUE LINE
Can Tony Hawk not only weather the
corporate storms at the Surfer Publishing
Group, but thrive and survive? Word has it
that higher ups are so enthused over the
was overrun by rollerbladers and BMXers."
Stacey prevented two brawls at the bar with
his steady hand, while Big Eddie Riggins
celebrated his acceptance to the Oakland
Roadster car show. This news caused pro
drag racer Swinging Sammy Hale to crawl
off in disgust. Equally worried over automo-
tive matters was Rick Howard, who rode to
the event in a snow white limo not of
titans speculate that the pair were either
discussing new marketing strategies or at
Florida Bones Brigade reunion at the original
garage home of Schmitt Stix.
In his latest eminent domain move.
Steve Rocco has scooped up yards of vol-
canic turf on the remote isle of Lanai. The
purchased property is sans fresh water, which
makes us wonder if
bird boy's initial editorial efforts that he's his own renting. Eric Koston scored a IN MY ROOM Mullen's lecture
already being mentioned as a possible pub-
lisher for the corp's flagship golf and moun-
tain bike mags. Former Action Now hench-
men Brian Gillogly and King James
Cassimus names have been dropped as
potential resuscitators of that long gone bible
of the seventies. Currently, Mr Giggles is
involved in the production of TV's journo
trash hit American Journal, while James
labors on the adult snowboard book.
OLD SKULL
Jay Adams says that "Doc Ball is the
greatest photographer that ever lived."
Certainly, Ball's classic text California
Surfriders was the first publication to chroni
cle the then unknown sport and geographical
locations back in the 1940s. Not one to rest
on his laurels, the Doctor is at home on the
lost coast, recuperating from a successful
cancer operation on his leg. In a demonstra
tion of the old adage "physician heal thyself."
Ball is working out by skating. This fact alone
is not particularly startling; however, when
one factors in the patient's age of ninety
years, you begin to fully comprehend the
magnitude of the man. The Doc dismisses
any talk that he might well be the oldest
active skater by saying, "I just ride."
YULE LOGS
The High Speed Christmas party per-
fectly defined post-modern ennui. Two
Santa-suited hosts showed up, which encour
aged the obstreperous and outspoken Joey
Tershay to speculate that the noel types
resembled Jake and Mic-E Reyes.
Incidentally, Joey claimed to have left both of
them behind in "an Ecuadorian skatepark
that was a total cross of Upland and Colton,
except that it
Playstation
Nintendo 64
check for a grand and seemed amused
over Howard's malaise. Tommy.
Guerrero and his musical associates
who played under some moniker like
the Funky Super Love Chicken Fat Back
Navigators sounded smooth. Tony
Vitello, Hassan, and numerous others.
were kicked out by giant bouncers for
services rendered. Homeless Mike
Carroll was consoled by his brother
Greg who told him that "we'll go back
to Romania and discover our roots."
Duane Peters was rumored to have
been booted even before he got in..
Pierre broke down the specifications
for the preservation of ridden.
skateboards for over a year or more.
Mofo asked for directions to the Hall of
Fame banquet. Rick Blackhart and the
inventor of the Grindmaster Device
were reunited and plotted revenge for
allegedly squandered royalties. The Grind
innovator got so enraged that he forgot to
pass out the event T-shirts; thus, creating the
collectable of the decade. And another cus
tom bronze Skater of the Year trophy was
given out, and everybody present agreed that
it was a well-deserved award.
DEAD ISSUE
Jeff Grosso just laying back
waiting on another paycheck
in the salad year of 1988.
The International Association of
Skateboard Companies scheduled their first
meeting of '97 for the Temecula Skatepark.
Chris Miller, in a rather pointed sugges-
tion, tossed out the barb that if you don't
skate the park, you shouldn't be allowed to
attend the conference. That just might con-
stitute genuine wisdom.
General George Powell is rumored to
have placed several lengthily phone calls to
rival manufacturer Paul Schmitt. Industrial
Yeah, Slayer!
on the necessity of
salt water desalina-
tion were more than
idle chatter.
MORE WOULD
Following the
Wall Street Journals
proclaiming of vin-
tage skateboards as
being a top col-
lectable, hundreds
converged upon
Newport Beach, CA,
for the Danny
Brauner classic surf
auction. Over a
hundred sticks
moved with many
bring-in bids of
multiple thousands.
Deep in the action were such notables as
Sambo George, Alan Seymour, David
Nuuhiwa, Randy Hilde, Sam Ryan, Mike
Hischer, Dale Smith and Ed Economy.
Smith, who owns one of Duke
Kahanamouku's personal boards, was
observed busily trading skate stuff out of sight
of the throng of collectors. His entry into the
auction with a perfect 1964 Super Surfer
skateboard started a near riot.
NEW LINES
"I would have hit him over the head
with a brick, but he would have.
enjoyed it too much."
-Rick Blackhart
"Let me go to the ramp right now. If I break
my neck, then I won't have to go."
1-900-GET-SOME
-Tony Vitello
This is gonna hurt
my back, but I
think I can pull it.
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