Trash
COME TRUE
Good times are back for
Jeremy Deglopper-he's
Arsenal's newest
pro,
replacing Sacto's Mike
Rafter, who joined the
spooky bunch over at
Creature. Meanwhile, Creature
sent amateur Al Partanen pack-
ing, citing "lack of coverage" as
the reason for his dismissal,
despite Al filling the pages of the
last two issues of Slap. Lucero
can add one accordion player to
the list, since the legendary Matt
Hensley signed up with Black
Label, and there may also be
some fightin' muscle on the
"I May Be
Little, But
SOME
Parts of
Me are FULL
Size."
squad if rumors of Mike Vallely
enlisting come to fruition.
Jeremy Wray is definitely on
at Giant, who also added Philly
menace Ricky Oyola to their
roster. Jason Maxwell will now
be steering his board with Unit
trucks, whose maker, AZA, has
begun to sell Zorlac blanks at
Sam's Wherehouse Club.
Swedish vertical wunderkind
Mathias Ringstrom has left
Etnies for Osiris, run by fellow
Swede Tony Magoonsson.
Recs shoes has added Brit
superstar Mark Baines to
the team.
GONE FAR
Israel Forbes and Peter
Hewitt are off Santa Cruz,
edged out due to some changes
and partial downsizing at NHS,
provoked by the increasing
sales of blank boards in the
foreign market. East Coast
powerhouse Vanik Hacobian
is spending some time getting
to know the other side of the
US while he's out West film-
ing for the upcoming Santa
Cruz video.
Pat Duffy now rides
for Think.
Jason
Ellis,
Chris
Lambert
and Chris
Pastras are
all on their
way
to
Portugal for
a round of
partying
and demos;
Lambert will
also be jet-
setting over
to France to
chill
with
demos and debauchery for a
couple of weeks.
YARD SAIL
Steve Rocco broke his self-
imposed vow of silence and
appeared at The Pacific Coast
Vintage Surf Auction, where he
proceeded to disrupt the events
in a novel manner. Surrounded
by stellar legends of the turf and
surf like Greg "Da Bull" Noll,
Dale "Sausage Man" Smith,
Mace Huellit, The Fish,
"Discount Alan" Seymoure
and Ronnie Sizemore, Rocco
I went on to interject outrageous
bids into the activity, earning the
enmity of a couple of hundred
geriatric collectors. The super-
heated bidding war that Steve
instigated peaked when the skat-
ing kingpin paid nearly $3000 for
a rotten boat oar that observers
valued at approximately $5. In
the process of snaring this
decrepit piece of trash, Rocco
managed to humiliate many rival
bidders, including the owners of
butt floss and neoprene rubber
sellers Reef Brazil. The agitated
type AA Brazilians demanded to
know the identity and intent of
the erratic mystery bidder, but
Rocco refused to divulge any-
thing about why he was there.
Further outlandish behavior
ensued when
Steve began
bankrolling
a
series of dummy
bidders such as
Frank
man
Mess-
and Jim
Fitzpatrick. The
extremism
of
pseudo
was
these
offerings
underscored
when the latter
successfully bid
$5600 of Rocco's
money for a ply-
wood paddle-
board. The infuri-
ating tactics of
the World leader
caused a flurry of
threats
and
invectives.
Particularly upset
were the auction
Stephane personnel, who
Larance
and pre-
sumably
partake in
more
were stuck with
over $40,000 in
historic
chandise
mer-
that
Steve paid for but
abandoned in the hall. Following
the auction, Rocco made further
inroads into this strange new
diplomacy. Santa Barbara econ-
omy boardmaker George
Powell was allegedly overheard
asking Rocco, "How does it feel
to be a sellout?" Rocco was evi-
dently so moved by this new
spirit of cooperative fellowship
that he began planning for a
charity boxing match with
Powell. Apparently the offended
Steve is offering to box Georgie
a benefit bout for the
International Association of
Skateboard Companies.
ATE EASE
in
La Jolla designers Carl
Eckstrom and Tom Lochtfeld
I have built a multi-million buck
standing wave/skate environ-
ment in a mega-rich guy's back-
yard in Dubais, Arabia.
Mythical ceramic shield
ABEC 10 bearings continue to
appear, despite certain parties'
denial of a development pro-
gram. The unofficial source for
these ultra temperature-resist-
ant units appears to be Keith
Cochrane and Jeff Klindt. At
a manufacturer's cost of over
$125 per set, will these high-
tech units become the new
industry standard?
tag team
Vince McMahon couldn't control the crowds
when he announced that the Butcher and
the Ox would be joining forces for a WWF
cage match against the Road Warriors.
Poser of the MONTH
the
Friedman signs art
books at Tower in
NYC and is launch-
ing a discredit-the-
Birdman "meat is
murder so Tony is a
criminal for endors-
ing dairy products"
campaign on
Internet. And Chris
Borst is again
designing long-
boards for a central
John
Cali manu.
Lucero has con-
founded all by creat-
ing allegations that
he and the suppos-
edly very ex-girl
Heather are co-par-
ents of baby Lucky
Lucero. Heather
deserves cash and
credit for being the
mother of the cur-
rent girl company
The old oldschool is rapidly boom. The girl com-
picking up the pace. Or are they
regressing fast forward? Buster
Halterman was the only
American to place in the
Armageddon contest. Stacy
Peralta is again giving "state of
skate" interviews. Sluggo is
doing 900's. Tracker Larry
Balma is said to be sneaking
about designing single-action
ball-cushioned longboard trucks.
God Squadder Larry Gordon is
again making Fiberflex spring boards, and starts to fix them
Poser: Daniel Samudio
Plea: Oiga Gomelo. ¿Qué?
Saludes a la gente de
Thrasher. Bien.
Punishment: Fashion as a
Second Language class.
boards. Tony Hawk is appear-
ing in celebrity portrait Milk
mustache ads shot by Annie
Liebovitz, while Glen
rip in peace
After 20 years of skating,
the brain surgeons at UC
Berkeley finally put out the
fire. The tennis court
banks are dust.
E
HABERDASHERY
DON'T IT.
THRASHER THRASHER
HOK
COO
Mayor Willie Brown stepped in and squashed the rampant gang
violence in skateboarding by navigating a truce between the
Tershay Warlords and the Reyes Asspinchers.
pany fad is so perva-
sive that even the notorious
Boner Brigade is said to be trying
to hijack Cara-Beth Burnside
from the Rookie squad. So when
the "Cadillac Kid" Greg
Weaver shows up in a Sector 9
ad, who is surprised? Also,
when Baby Paul Cullen
arrives in
Adams'
Jay
Hawaiian compound, which is
filled with over 150 broken
all, what else can be said?
SUCKERS PUNCHED
a
All love, peace and under-
standing aside, the recent Action
Sports Retailer Industry Expo in
San Diego
humorous
was
beyond all expectation. The
IASC booth was plundered by
person/persons unknown,
development that left its Czar
Fitzpatrick underfinanced
and scrambling. Mic-E
Reyes added to the aloha
spirit by allegedly tagging
Josh Beagle with sufficient
force to supposedly break his
nose. And stablemate Tod
Swank was purportedly
popped by Moish, who it is
said offered his victim a gen-
erous way out. The proposed
deal is rumored to have gone
down like this: "Hey Swank,
Mic-E gave me one hundred
bucks to punch you. So if you
give me two hundred dollars,
I'll leave you alone." Tod did-
n't, and it seems that Moish did.
Was all this anger over the snag-
ging of Ethan Fowler? Why was
the most famous of all the old
surfies packing a gat at the sani-
tized Sportsy Trade show? Did
his amply-endowed old lady
stash a tittie heater as her back-
up? Again several skate and surf
corporate types stated that they
will boycott the next show.
Did a particularly obvious
watch
company
ignore
Guerrero's dictate that he not
appear in advertisements? Or is
the simulated advert skater actu-
ally Dan Drehobl?
Jen O'Brien reportedly
has a legal team to over-
see all of her contracts. It
is said that not since
Gator has a rider hooked
up such stiff legal backup.
Ty Neessen of Camdenton,
MO, didn't cry one fuckin'
tear when he snapped his
arm on a blindside lipslide.
Rumor has her pulling down well
over 100 grand from her shoe
sponsor alone.
WHAT NOT
"I didn't forget about the ten-
nies. They just are not out yet in
all sizes." -Gonz
"I'll lose as much money as it
takes to make someone lose their
mind."-Steve Rocco
"I'm sorry that my lifestyle
choices offend you, but I
choose meat."-Tony Hawk
"I said never but I should have
said no. So pork the other white
chicken."-Tommy Guerrero
HALL OF Meat
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