THREE
Right: Some Palm
Springs split-gutter
coping gets a taste
of a Peter Hewitt
body jar slider.
EDDY ALIOTO
MATT MOFFETT
PETER HEWITT
BRC
CHILO
THE HARD WAY
Remember the kids in elemen-
tary school that would eat paste?
They were the same ones that
convinced you to give the teacher
the finger, and terrorized girls'
jump rope groups during recess
with boogers. They collected
throwing stars and set things on
fire. They had to be kept away
from the Kool-Aid. They were, by
established definitions, "hyperac-
tive" children.
Through BMX, small animal tor-
turing, and other pre-adolescent
pastimes, some of these young-
sters found skateboards-the per-
fect tool upon which to mash their
excess energy and need for self-
annihilation. Already possessing
many of the requisite qualities for
the game (namely high-energy
levels and likewise pain thresh-
olds), many of these spastic freaks
rose to stardom in the skateboard
world. They were rewarded for
their nature-which translated into
speed, power and general raw-
ness-that, to the delight of friends
watching, had them constantly
teetering on the verge of destruc-
tion. Kids like Mark Rogowski,
Craig Johnson, Jason Jessee and
Mark Gonzales became heroes.
Then something changed.
Through some metamorphosis,
skating got taken from the elabo-
rate skateparks and stadium-
style arenas it was loitering in
and was delivered back to the
streets. Kids got in touch with
their boards via a slowing down
of sorts, and how their hands and
pants looked during a trick sud-
denly became as important as
how fast they were going.
Born and raised in the former
tradition, three ex-glue eaters,
Peter Hewitt, Eddy Alioto and
Matt Moffett, found themselves at
the top of their game, abruptly
thrown into the latter.
They could have quit. They
could have denied their high-
velocity roots and packed it up
for the nearest p-flip circle.
They could have at least calmed
down a bit.
But they didn't.
Instead they moved the old
Linda Vista skatepark vert ramp
up into the hills and continued the
fun all by themselves.
As you can tell by the photos,
Peter, Matt and Eddy are not your
average skaters. What you proba-
bly can't tell is just how entertain-
ing they are to be around. Their
need for fun is only outweighed by
their appetite for utter and sense-
less recklessness. Ridiculousness
abounds. Check 'em out.
-Michael Burnett
Above: Moffett gets his
revenge for all those
years of detention with a
little schoolyard desecra-
tion. This shit will defi-
nitely go down on his
permanent record.
"People sitting pretty in San Diego should be thank-
ing Peter and Matt for keeping true skateboarding
alive. Anything is skateable and anything should be
skated-this is how they always thought. It's good to
have friends that are dedicated; it rubs off, you know?
I only wish I could take Matt and Peter back to when
the Turf was kickin'; they'd fit in with us heshers.
Taxes due to Moffett and Hewitt." -Sam Hitz