TRASH
PRO MOE
Joey Tershay and the San Francisco
Foundation's youth expo/skate
demo/graffiti/lowrider/spoken word dis-
play at Pier 35 on the last Saturday in
August was well attended and heavily ses-
sioned; locals like Cairo Foster, Tommy
Guerrero, Rob Welsh, Team Pierre,
Diego "The Butcher" Bucchieri,
Karma Tsocheff, Nik Freitas and
Mayor Willie Brown all were there.
The last few sessions at the now-extinct XYZ
ramp were fertile ground for some sick action:
Danny Way's kickflip 5-0 up the extension
and Bob Burnquist's one-footed backside
Smith revert were highlights.
Plan B and its related companies have dis-
solved, leaving heavy hitters like Danny Way
and Jeremy Wray shopping around for new
homes. Danny Way ended up at Alien
Workshop, Jeremy Wray was seen in the
Element camp, and Pat Duffy is reportedly in
at Anti-Hero.
Li'l Stevie Williams is the newest Chocolate
musketeer, and word has it that Aaron Meza is
stoked to finally have someone on the team
who's down for filming on a regular basis.
The activity advances, with maneuvers per-
petually eclipsing all that came before. The
business continues to grow, yet many compa-
nies either disappear or mutate into different
forms. Some rumored to be in the midst of
such change include DC, The Firm, Silverstar,
Capital and Transit.
The silicone Malibu
Barbie Doll for the Y2K
comes with her own
skateboard.
MAG NATE
Corporation execu-
tives now control
most of the
Snack time or
jack time?
136 THRAS
surf and skate media. The recent sellout of the
Surfer/Skateboarder conglomerate continues to
cause tremors of power-hungry posturing and
discord. Said to be out of
the Petersen Publishing-
owned surf rag is Steve
Hawk, who it is claimed
Unfortunately, he's reportedly tied up with
Oceanside police officials answering questions
as to how the Large Professor ended up
swimming over the body of a deceased senior
citizen in the O-Side Municipal Pool. How
does Bryce Kanights stand in all of this?
Was Sasha Steinhorst instrumental in
allegedly reversing the recent dismissal from
Team Etnies of a certain prominent skater
and turning it into an ad for the afterlife?
COLD TURKEY
The Fish was observed camping in the
High Sierras with Santa Cruz Snowman and
Napa vineyard
heir Carlos
MISDEMEANOR
RULES
1. SKATE WITHIN YOUR ABILITY
2. SAFETY EQUIPMENT MUST BE WORN AT
ALL TIMES
3. KEEP NOISE TO A MINIMUM
4. DO NOT USE PARK AFTER HOURS
5. THE PARK WILL BE CLOSED WHEN IT
IS RAINING
6. NO INVERTS, NO SMOKING, NO ALCOHOL
AND NO DRUGS OR ABUSIVE LANGUAGE
7. EXTREME RECKLESSNESS WILL NOT
BE TOLERATED
8. SKATE AT YOUR OWN RISK
9. RELAX, HAVE FUN, ENJOY LIFE
10. RESPECT THE PARK, THE SURROUNDING
I will now join his brother
Tony full time at Birdhouse.
Was the mandate handed
down from some super
exec who identified himself
as "Manny Pezzer" to sub-
mit all covers to the New
York corporate authorities
for pre-publication approval
more than the Surfer pub-
lishing Hawk could stand?
As for Tony, will he contin-
ue to be an editor at
Skateboarder? Are the alle-
gations accurate that
Balma Valley forces will
soon launch new surf-skate
titles to help Times Mirror
fill the perceived void in the
"action market"? Will ex-
Breakouter Kevin Kinnear,
ex-Skateboarder photog King James Cassimus,
ex-Surfer Editor Jimmy Kempton, ex-Beach
Culture/Skateboarder AD Paul Haven join the
Hawk brothers and Thomas Campbell in such
a quest? Only Times Mirror ace lifestyle of the
ripe and fatuous Angus
AREA, THE TOWN STAFF AND ALL OTHERS
In skateboarding, rules are meant to be
broken. In the rush to cover their asses,
the powers that be have come up with
some interesting rules. Check out #6.
Morrison
knows the
real deal.
Aran
THRASH
Mondavi. Is
Think training
Mondavi for skate
promotion or just
raiding in gener-
al? Equally per-
plexing was Don
Fisher's appear-
ance at Tom
Sims' Santa
Barbara rancho.
Were Paul
Schmitt, Sims
and Fish together
to simply spec-
tate at the
International
Federation of
Polo World Polo
Championships,
or was there
more to it? Was
the recent amazing 100 pound weight loss by
Tom Sims another reflection of Don's pen-
chant for dispensing physical therapy and
dietary advice? Didn't Fish guide members of
the championship winning polo team from
Argentina such as Spinatti and Martinez?
Norwegian standout Adil "Mr
America" Dyani joined Joel Tudor
and T Hawk in Europe where the
ridiculously mismatched trio
worked overtime designing
high fashion couture for
the luxury jet trash
MASHER
market. Their spon-
sor/host in the
effort was
Diesel.
Tudor's incessant Super 8 moviemaking rattled the Italian designers. After the boys left
the European fashion mongrels all were seen wearing replicas of Tudor's trademark
pointed felt hillbilly hat.
YOUNG GUNZ
San Mateo DLX skate shop counterman Tony Vitello has appeared in public piloting
a Corvette Stingray, which he proclaims "is a hand-me-down." Is the beater production
muscle sports car another manifestation of a much healthier business economy?
Shopmates have started a betting pool on how long will it take before the energetic Tony
lands in traffic
POSER OF THE MONTH
Defendant: C-Town Binky
Accusation: Copping a feel
Sentence: Rodney King
court. Speeding
tickets have the
best odds.
Mike Carroll
and Greg Carroll
were in LA togeth-
er arranging family
affairs in the after-
math of their
grandmother's
recent death. Many
Nor Cal skaters
mourned the pass-
ing of the woman
who virtually raised
many of the
region's top person-
alities. Our condo-
lences go out to all.
Nathan
Fletcher has
emerged from the
drama of his seem-
ing divorce from
mannequin
Roxanne the fashion model. Nate's original elemental personality has returned, as he
no longer resembles the suave international sportsman. These days Fletcher displays
his latest tat, a home-punched "Kill Me," and wears whatever clothing he is given,
never changing until it disintegrates into filthy rags.
OLD FARTS
The mass marketing trend grows. Celebrity photographer/cinematographer Arthur
Jennings Brewer was commissioned to "capture" the visages of the "grandfathers of
boardsports" for ESPN. The shoot, which went off in the vicinity of the Malibu Ridge
Bowl, displayed Hawk, Shaun Palmer and Laird Hamilton laid out in the required
mainstream status consumption vehicle of choice: a Cadillac convertible. Rented for the
occasion, the effort proved that extremist excess sells excessively. The irony of the trio
posing rather than riding the legendary skate spot is perplexing.
HALL OF MEAT
Mike DeFilippo of Spokane,
Washington incubates alien
life forms in his elbow.
Enthusiastic pro skatepark testimo-
nials by mayors, city councilmen and
city managers underscored Jim
Fitzpatrick's lecture at the annual
convention of the League of California
Cities. "The greatest thing we ever did
for the kids in our community," relates
Placerville's mayor. "It's the single
most popular thing we've ever done,"
says Modesto's Parks and Recreation
director. The speech by the director of
the International Association of
Skateboard Companies was so well
attended that Fitz has been invited to
address the upcoming National
League of Cities convention. To prove
that he remains the strange ranger that
we all know him to be, Fitzpatrick has
embarked on an effort to set a
Guinness Book recognized world
record for the biggest wall of t-shirts.
This alone should sufficiently destroy
his credibility enough to assure that he
will never enjoy a career in politics.
WORDS
"Fuck fashion. I did." -Nathan Pratt
FULFILLING THE DREAM
Shorty's Video Premiere Party!
Shorty's finally premiered their video on August 1st at
Snow Valley's Lot Skatepark; a few hundred people fought
their way through LA's traffic tangle to skate the park (now
managed by Mark "the land pirate" Partain), get a beats
beatdown from a round-robin tournament of turntablists,
rock out to Tha Alkaholiks, battle security and check the
flick Fulfill the Dream-aptly titled because once this movie
gets out, all the dreams of the Shorty's people will be ful-
filled, particularly if those dreams involve eating out for
every meal.
meal.
Good stuff:
Partain's catcher's-mitt-like skin.
•Li'l Brandon Turner arriving wheelchair bound due to a
recently broken leg.
Girl fight: dirts vs. jocks!
•Smolik starting a ruckus after his Clairemont crew was
denied access by the boneheaded security.
•Vert-o-saur Alan Losi laying down solo lines on the
vert ramp.
•Pa Muska shaking hands and working the dance floor.
•Li'l Sammy Baptista autographing female body parts
and telling a grown man to "eat a dick, bitch," with no
apparent fear of reprisal.
⚫Oscar Jordan freestyling during the Alkaholiks' set, tout-
ing "the 619" and condemning "bitch-ass niggas." A fol-
low-up mic-snatch attempt led to a scolding by one of the
Alkaholiks. OJ was unfazed.
•An excellent video-Olson is insane and Smolik is poised
to make every skater's top ten list in 1998.
Top: Add another log to the fire: Alan Losi's on the
comeback trail. Backside tailgrab. Above: Chad
Muska, his lady, and the only bird they know.