TRASH
WORLD BEAT
Rumors have been rampant regarding the
supposed potential sale of World Industries.
Possible interested suitors are said to include
Larry Flynt, Brad Dorfman, K2, Makaha, Sony,
Virgin and Art
"Tom Thumb"
Harris. The
assorted fables
all have Steve
Rocco retiring
to the mystic
Island of Lanai
to play paint-
ball for further
fun and profit.
Hensley is
"not skating for
the team but still
on Plan B."
Rodney Mullen
is rumored to be
pulling his part out of the new B video. Will he
establish a new team at World with Marc
Johnson? Will he actually lure Craig Johnson out
of retirement to team him with John Thomas, as
well? Will this enterprise be astonishingly remi-
niscent of Anti-hero/Black Label?
ERR JORDAN
Jaya Bonderov is said to be the latest Nike
team member. The announcement of this
alliance caused a deluge of speculation all
based on the widespread story that had his
former business partner/teammate Senn once
turning down an offer to ride for the same
shoe company. Will Jaya
and Nike now take the
BACK FROM
THE CRYPT
After 14 years Shawn Peddie
let someone drain his key-
hole. Two days of cleaning
and three days of skating and
it was over. He freaked but it
was fun as shit. -Tony Walsh
Any more spots out there?
Let us know.
Photo of Tony by Andrew
old
team
Adrenalin and
create Nike
Skates? Another
A team rumor has CCS being served with legal
papers by the Automobile Association of
America for selling an Adrenalin model with
an allegedly unauthorized logo.
Alva man of past, Mario Rubalcaba, is
now said to be the drummer of the moment
with guys like Mike Watt remarking on his
rhythmic attack. Mario's recent outings.
with the Nells Klein Trio confirm
Rubalcaba's abundant chops.
GEE WHIZ
Mark Gonzales is now pondering a
move back to SF, USA in addition
to an Adidas shoe endorsement.
The co-optation of the act of
skating by major media con-
tinues. The recent round of
historical docu-dramas fea-
tures some who know and
some who knew better.
New J Murph, Zephyr,
Brooklyn Dan, and Ed
JOHN
CARDIEL,
ROLLING
THE DICE
SOMETIMES
YOU PAY
THE PRICE
Templeton amongst others can
be spotted reading amidst the
ephemera of the post-modernist
sport as fashion types. Suitably
out of the box was Glen E
Friedman, who harangued the
MTV networkers with his user-
unfriendly, anti-Jordan, anti-
Ronald MacDonald screed: "TV
is a criminal enterprise. The air-
waves belong to everyone.
Michael Jordan is a sucker. Taking millions
and giving nothing back to the community is
obscene and promoting for those sweat
shop, exploiting, tennis shoe-making pigs.
Mac Murder is making kids think food is a
toy, which is acting irresponsibly. Meat is
murder, and the
biggest problem
is that the hor-
mone-filled,
mutant cows are
still more intelli-
gent than the
humans who
slaughter them."
Much of GEF'S
rap has report-
edly been delet-
ed by network
censors. (Friedman appeared non-pulsed by
the contentious encounter and was seen the
next day photographing Spencer Tunick,
who was in turn shooting 150 nude individ-
uals on the street of Broadway in New
York. Now if that isn't politically proper,
what is?). One of the aforementioned, his-
tory of the sport presentations marked the
return to the skate public of Stacy D Peralta.
The one-time World Champion and former
Vice President of the long gone Powell
Peralta brand graced the screen with his
SKATEBOARDING
JORDAN ERRS
Nike warms up for spring 1998 with their newest
collection of Air Warp Fives.
lucid analysis of a time gone by. Word has it
that Beasty Mike D, Erik Matthies, and the
Grand Royal crew are working on a tell-it-all
interview with Peralta..
BUTT PIRATE
Peace and freedom of the press advocate
Steve Rocco is alleged to have taken his fight
for unregulated expression in the arts a step
further. Supposedly, World employees have.
been known to physically cut out an "offen-
sive" Woodstock wheels ad, which depicts the
deflowering of the prim Rocco. The advert has,
according to self-proclaimed insiders, been
rumored to be removed from copies of Big
Brother, which is still distributed by Rocco's
company. Is such a thing possible and does
that staunch constitutional advocate Larry.
Flynt, publisher of Big Brother, know?
Another concerned humanist, the editor
Lance Dawes, has been observed fondling
some cold blue-steeled armaments recently.
Will Slap soon front a gun mag as claimed by
some? Tentative code names are Combat Grip
and Armor Piercing Hot Load.
Meanwhile, Rich Metiver is alleged to have
run over a rollerblader with his van. Was this
an accident, or was it another clever marketing
plot a la a trademarked clown sodomizing a
copywritten flame?
Word is that Brad Bowman is searching for
the original artist who drew his old Sims model
logo. Bowman is said to be starting a company.
No info is forthcoming as of yet as to how the
formation of a skate biz will affect Brad's day
gig as a top Hollywood stylist..
SUCK THIS
As the glue liquefied in the ramp's plywood,
which was being driven beyond military spec
by the noon day desert sun, IASC head James
Fitzpatrick attempted to decipher why the
Hard Rock-Las Vegas event was being held in
the 104° conditions. Many IASC members
seemed perplexed over this bakeoff's differ-
ences from the previous year's version.
According to TWS special events guru Fran
Richards, it "had to be held in May if it was to
be held at all due to Hard Rock scheduling
commitments." Apparently, corporate
changes within the HR organization some-
how led to the reduction/elimination of on-
site rooms for
skaters and
other amenities.
Dave Duncan
appeared aston-
ished as the
heat-ravaged
ramp went soft
due to pro-
longed expo-
sure to the
intense heat.
Tony Hawk
delivered a criti-
cal assessment of
contemporary
judging practices
at a pre-contest
officials meeting.
He later entered.
and heated up the
lingering World
Championship.
controversy as the
Hawk vs the
World II re-match
went off. Tony
TERS MILL
Boston where the media display will be situ-
ated directly in front of City Hall.
MUSE EUM
The historification movement continues with
collector Todd Hubert and Los Angeles.
Dodger Scott Radinsky teaming up to present a
15,000 square foot skatepark and a Hall of
Fame featuring 2,000 boards and assorted
exhibits. The two founders will site this tribute
to action and
the accumulat-
ing class in
their home
rolling grounds
of Simi Valley.
Yes, the highly
regarded base-
ball star skates
well enough.
As previously
noted, the ven-
erated Alan
"Packrat" Seymour
yamma jamma pro-
moter par excel-
lance is present-
ing the Pacific
Coast Vintage
Auction in San
Clemente Califas.
This extravagan-
za purportedly
will be the
biggest dollar
the Catalina Island Downhill Classic, or as cre-
ator of the San Onofre Classic Concourse. At
the most recent San O revivalistic contest,
defending champ Joel Tudor blew it off in
favor of Indonesia, leaving the glory to Josh
Baxter. Both are alleged to be renewing their
rivalry on the auction floor. Perhaps they will
be selling suitable old school nicknames at the
event, the mere pos-
session of which will
ensure immortality
to even the most
miscreant of youth.
PUNK ME
Duane Peters
Think-era remodels
have shown up in
the latest ultra prep-
py J Crew catalogue.
The highly-identifi-
able cue is featured
as an apparent fash-
ion accessory for
whitebread, landlocked
yachties. Will the
Master of Disaster fol-
low the brilliant career
moves of professional
surfers Derrick Dorner
and Buttons K and
soon model for Crew,
himself? More disturbing perhaps is
the disclosure that Phil Shao has just
modeled for that bastion of homeown-
ers style, Sunset Magazine.
GET XTREME
South Africa's entries in the 2000
X-Games include slorfboarding
and discboarding. What's Next?
offering of historic surf/skate stuff ever seen.
Tension is mounting as more artifacts surface.
Such announced oddities as United States
Surfing Champion Corky "Skateboard Bill"
Carroll's 1967 Duke
Kahanamouku statuette
and a hand-painted Rick
Griffin board are being
allegedly joined by an
early '40s-stamped, steel-
wheeled skates orig, Phil
Edwards-branded models,
first generation G&S
Fiberflexes, Independent-
suspensioned Stroker.
Trucks, eight-wheeled
Outrageous 8 Lonnie Toft
sleds and other studly
curios. Such claimed-
pledged offerings are
being watched closely by
a bunch of people who
know/care about such
things. Such noted collectors as Mike
Hischer, Peter Townsend, Kirk "Easy
Money" Putnam, Sausage Man
"Dale" Smith, the Snyders, Da Bull,
the Mongoose, Jay Gould, David
Hackett, Tony "Maddog" Alva, Cash
McAnlis, "Red Mike" Marshall,
Wingnut Weaver, and Jay "Boy"
Adams are all said to figure heavily in the
action. Seymour might be remembered from
his tenure at NHS Santa Cruz as organizer of
POSER OF
THE MONTH
Criminal: Brian Smith
Crime: Double board 50-50
Chastisement: Banana splitoris
won this one despite "having not skated vert
in weeks." Watch for more festival-styled
ambiguity at the next Triple Crown venue in
The Pillsbury Doughboy, a computer
simulated freestyled clone, can be viewed on
television commercials skating through at
pizza-surfaced skatetopia. If his moves seem
familiar, it just might be because his kinetic sig-
nature was, according to some Madison
Avenue consultants, allegedly templated off of
films of Welinder and Mullen.
The Spruce Street Forum in San Diego was
the location of the combination art exhibi-
tion/concert/public discussion/skate awareness
forum "Skaters, Punks, Streetkids." The
Sandow Birk Rio de Janiero drawings com-
manded attention along with Wing Ko, Kien
Lieu as both poet and DJ, and the erudite
Michael Willard. The undercovered Matthies
promoted the concept of civil disobedience
as a political tool from the audience. Local law.
enforcement agents were mildly upset but
"open to suggestions."
LINE MINE
"Everybody's got chrome balls. The only ques-
tion is whether to burn out or rust away."
-Eric Swenson
"Can cops get away with looking at you
like that?" -Gonz
"Freedom of choice.... with a Glock, I can
make any choice I want." -Lance Dawes
"I'm worth more alive than dead." -Phil Shao
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