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Gittornia° Sule Pooch Bas Sislom TRACKER hat each £5.00) ho ach £8.09] Fait eh £5.09] GULLWING ante 53/8 exch £7.45 Phoebe axle Si ach” £7.20 LAZER Sioiom eo each £5.70 Fresrivio. ante i each £4.95 SILVER Fox Slaiom peGatus 00 700 ACCESSORIES. ropalene poie £1.20, Bieler red urethane pair 1.40 Pade Complete with 8 Nuts & Bott PRECISION BEARINGS. Boaz She each onset of 8 £4.30 608 Sop each onset of 8 £4.95 PoweR pivots 1.20 GBS SPARKLE GRIP TAPE 2” wide par toot x **‘everywhere. Made: acted wood all LAN skate- boards consist of pure northern Maple or equivalent hardwood i for strength Sexblty andlightiees: he boar ae, electronically cured to eliminate warping, board separation a1 doverioration Each deck is then carefully weather resistant sealed and lacquered. Specially designed and formulated forlLen, 8 range of wheels built for speod and traction. 3 sizes: 85~65—70mm diameter. BLUE, YELLOW, WHITE & ORANGE, colour coded for durometers of hardness. Rebound approx. 65 Resilience. SKATEBOARDS ‘choice of length: 27°—23"—31" with square kicktall ut no Gustom privata a andi avaiable Sponraquest We invite skateboard manutacturers ‘thd diatbtore to Inveetigute the advantages Stour programme, LAN CANADA 119 MANVILLE ROAD. SCARBOROUGH ONTARIO, CANADA M1L47 (41) 7526770 Tolex: 08:96366516 Skateboard!NOVEMBER CONTENTS No.15 COMMENT The skateboarding craze is Editor dead... 1ong live skate- Bruce Sword Doacdngt Ye, ee mach oS of the sensation seeking press So Gals lover the fin eget the final passing of last year's Asivant Editar ruling passion, an unexpected ts the eyes... sk Feature Contribs tions Stove Kone Rocky Brann ac = waved 28 tds en sett Sroaber wig batig ween fa Game iy Serie Sto Fast ment Soe! Stvey se oe 0 st ig egy on "loving cand out Black Bow Avert Richard Howell Jocquie Haneoeks 01-749 1396, Production Manager Dick Pountain ‘et Director Paul Carpenter Ar Editor ‘Michele Mortimer frau pet aan raped by the omen “yeast the ks) mee mn ra Jane Hamnall | FUNERAL FOTO. Peacock, Baker, Napper and Sinclair Thecoer ha monn ei Cover Photapraph |_!®UShin and coffin in the graveyard. Keep death off the road. | sane Sienna. ui Be cel Proot of resieection, REGULARS Irechares an i fe Soeur fuddoek rom tha Suabowré Aaselaon ‘i Napper, Mare Sincii Mark Bakar and Rete tmasmrereaae ieee isroret Pine Pecock tunes ithe Naor 1 Lip Tora 9 al puted Spruce | __ 2G Skt Osta: Pein update Pabliher td, 6 Ratioone -—4 Pe, London WIP IDE, Enaland BB Skatepark Suportest: New, starting this month el raster sa ss a pae2769 CROCOM G 663 tsteview:Jues Gayton ae a at no. 8061 — eran Company reared in Eland GQ Be SateiTrux Showeeress io. 12 96 Going For It: Kickflip on the bank ae ee ee s walt ete ee Sn to ell us please writen ~ don't 9 ——] festicipreup Al cto cb mone |stctecdy BQ Techno Takk: Truck design factors mid poses Al cle hide SKATEBOARD! is published Star Shots sentence tay eae 5 eae ‘sod Copyright 1978 by sig t,he at ae Felden Praguetions Na Se eee Seernke ne soar smal may be reproduced in ‘oprtomm cowl wr lntnd ‘whole or part without writen FEATURES Enting on a Bre no Siac ton Or seers Printed by Sever Valley Press QB The Brighton Pro/Am Open: The one that mate it! | ald Lado Coda bbe tid, 10 Norton Str, Pete Christopherson reveals all on this year's major | S@eendet Oat Mutre: dn poeee t pool and freestyle contest. ‘est ta pon a ere fre gh ere Distibatd by Moore Marne pete od Ut wer ge Ltd.,31 Corsica Street, BQ Ties pot pourri: Dave Goldsmith offers the best in asi. = london 3 ™ reader's advice, .. conversions, mods, upgrading Bruce Sawford, Editar. SKATEBOARD! weleormt al BG Street life (Bristol); Pavernen and roadworkers totind mata bsh Tike tor not, skateboarding continues to equal ee fapid urban transport uararte can be gen ato = its al return, ll reasonable 5 Py deck construction: Another in the famous ar and attention wil be Skateboard! DIY series; make it a Cheapskate. xara Skateboard! 17LIPTORQUE NEWS, RUMOURS & RESULTS-IN SHORT CONTEST NEWS You may have heard about the big amateur competition held September 24th at Knebworth (the news was 100 late for last issue), not to mention the heats that led up to it. Well, at the time of writing all is not well between the two ‘camps involved. .. the Skateboard Foundation and the Greater London & South-East region of tho English Skateboard Associa tion. Having seen the chaos surrounding the heats, the ress officer for the latter ‘was heard to say: "We do not feel that it’s being run particularly well — they'll be doing it for themselves next year."" And in a later statement he said: “Whilst we appreciate the interest the Foundation may be generating amongst skaters, it's apparent that little or no thought has been given to administrators such 3s my: salf (Patrick Browne) and the committee. In fact, so muddled sooms to be the whole situa tion, this magazine for one does nat intend to recagnise the event as this year's na tional contest (the billing it’s receiving from the orani- sers). And it’s not surprising either that the ‘British Championships’ angle has rovoked several angry let: ters from narth of the border One competition we would recommend you visit is the event being staged by the South Goast Skateboard Assn. at the new Hastings skatepark (see Skate Places) on October 29th. It’s amateur: ‘only and there'll be bow! riding, freestyle, rampage, and so on, If there's still time, contact the competition secretary at 24 Wordsworth Street, Hove in Sussex. erry Young. RECORDS Colin Oldham, ex of Track- nology, has just clocked up a speed of 80.25 mph over a half mile run — ina speed car. The machine is dolphin: shaped and has 14” Voyager By Walt Dangerfield Trucks (one fixed, one steer able) and 4" Tracknology Wheels, The attempt was. made near Newquay, The police refused him permis: sion to close off tne road — sovhe did it himself! The record speed was measured ‘Shane Cutts = improving at such a rate that it’s hard to keep ‘up with what's going down. Harrow halfpipe, August 1978. fon electronic timing appara: tus and witnessed by Mr & Mes John Clark of the English S.A. on the 6th September. Peter Lee, aged 15, from Corby in Northants recently broke Kettering’s slalom record by hitting 3.72 s#¢- fonds on the tight, §-foot spacing, course. Pete rides a Turner Summers, tight Gulls and Exeellerators (with German speed bear ings). Apparently he only got into slalom through injuring himself in a pipe and although right now he's skating for Yousers, a change looks to be in the air At Billy Smart’s Jamboree, Nigel Steath pulled off an lnder-14 record of 12 feet in the long jump. . .no details at presstime whether the English S.A. has rati- fied, SEEN AT THE BRIGHTON CONTEST Mark Baker, bravely over: ‘coming a psychologically disturbing ankle wrenct managed to destroy his wine ings. . .he tore up the £100 cheque — by mistake! The Billy Smart crowd, who moaned more than somewhat about the ‘expen sive’ entry fee and the lack of age graupings, went home with ALL 90 quidsworth of freestyle prizes, Then, believe it or not, their £25 entry fee cheque bounced its way past the SCSA bank account! It fater cleared, ‘The delectable Mela “Joe Cool” Lyons was busy soaking up the sun (while still managing to organise the Barn perty) in pink socks and... what?,.. squash shorts, Florence Vincent (wear ing an Alex Turnbull jacket) the LOGOS mentor, looking pretty healthy despite having recently gone “woof’, The belle of the ball (ac cording to Max's Phil Lobat 19) was Bristol's Emma Conn who Kept temperatures siz: ling in her small, orange Florucei dress, Her attentions seemed to be somewhat divi ded between Old Fool, Peter Christopherson (who ought. to know better) and Si Napper. Finally, congrats to Sheenagh Burdell of South: Port in Lancs for having the courage to compete against 18 Skateboard! ALL DATES AND INFORMATION CORRECT AT THE TIME OF GOING To PRESSthe Bakers and Neppers, She's got alot of talent, GENERAL NEWS A Buddist wedding? Bristol may soon be rocked to its ‘athiest foundations by this unlikely sight as Steve (Mariner) Kane takes the aisle with short-time sweet heart (and part time Focus waitress) Serah Fairbairns. ‘What can we say but con: rats. ‘Seeds of discontent, .? word has it that Si Napper may be less than enthused ver his take home pay from demos ~ especially as th billing these days is ‘Si Napper and the LOGOS*. Correction. .. the Tycas competition winners will be receiving their person tuition from Mr, Peralta at Skatestar in Guildford — ot Skateworld as reported ie 13, The times they are a changing. .. last month it was ‘Scene’ which bit the dust. ow it seems ‘Skateboard ‘Special’ may have breathed its lest. As much as it's flat- tering to be powerirg-on while all around crumble, it can't be denied that the skateboarding scene will miss the presence of a two: weekly newspaper. DENTAL NEWS The more perceptive of Jeremy Henderson's fans ‘may notice that a change has come over the lad. Those famous ‘Jaws’ teeth braces have taken on a far more ‘expensive look since the crew at Benjy clubbed round to give thair hero @ truly golden smile. FOR THE DIARY The Skate against Racism (mentioned last issue) will be at the Mad Dog Bow! on Saturday November 5th, 2- 6.20pm. There'll be soul and reggae bands on hand to assist the cause, LATE EXTRA It’s him again... Si Napper was recently towed behind Jory on his board — as a film stunt for the next James Bond movie. The dog of LOGOS chief, Bobby G, has broken 8 leg... when will these animals start wearing proper safety equipment SCOTTISH SKATEBOARD ASSOCIATION REPORT The planning of the first Scottish national skateboard championships began right back in April, And right from the word go, the Glas gow District Council Park Dept offered their full co card to Lip Torque. format of club level compe titions, right thraugh the regionals to the final, ‘Association judges ware appainted and information packages were sent out to clubs and regional arganisers, John Murray set up the North of Scotland event for July Ist in Aberdeen (the ‘Aberdeen Skateboard Skate- board Centre sponsored). Bryan Isaac in cooperation the Glasgow Parks Dept, it up the South-West of Scotland heat for July 8th ‘at Kelvingrove Park in Glas- gow. Gerry Veerman and ‘John Boag arranged the South-East of Scotland heat for July 30th at the Grace: mount Skateboard Centre, Edinburgh. ‘The regional heats led. to 65 competitors being selected for up to 5 events slalom, freestyle, bow! iding, long and high jump. At the final (at Kelvingrove), Jock Paterson helped judge and the Benly team laid on ‘a hot demo for the 1,200 spectators, August 20th was a day to remember for Scottish skateboarding. Thanks to the efforts of ‘over 20 SSA judges, the day went more or less to plan. ‘There was a welcome mix of riders in the final top placings. ‘The customary, domination of the bow! riding event by the Kelvin Wheelies was broken bby Mike Hanna from Edin- burgh. However, all the placings in senior freestyle ‘were taken by members of ‘the Aberdeen Super Surfers. Much of the shrubbery in the skatepark got trampled PECULIAR PICTURE DEPT. The faco of ‘78? Travolta ain't got nothing on this month's mystary man. Answers on a past-| down as 500 spectators tried to get a view of Beniy- men John Sablosky and Jeremy Henderson. Glasgow Parks Dept took a philoso: phical view of the damage and plan to offer better crowd accommodation next year. ‘Top placings were as fol ows: Junior Mens freestyle — Andrew Oji (Kelvin Wheslies), ‘Girls freestyle — Mary Ander. son (Tranent Skateboard (Club), Senior Mens Freestyle Kenny MeShane (Aberdeen ‘Super Surfers), Junior Mens Slalom — Gerry Veerman (Tranent), Girls Slalom -~ Mary Anderson (Tranent), ‘Senior Mens Slalom — Ramsay Taylor (Aberdeen ‘Super Surfers), Junior Mens High Jump — Andrew Harvey (Keyhole Skateboard Club), Senior Mens Highjump Robert Taylor (Livingston Skatekats), Junior Long Jump — Raph Githootey (Mansion Skateboard Club), Senior Long Jump — Nick Gough (Orion Skateboarders), Junior Mens Bow! Riding — Mike Hannah (Mansion) Girls Bow! Riding - Karen Veerman (Tranent), Senior Mens Bow! Riding — James Blair (Kelvin Wheelies) Club& Tear Check © Only few items to report this month, Firstly, back “with the Bareow Skateboard Club we mentioned lst issue, news that the organiser, ‘Sue Greenholgh is now ai ‘up in plaster. Apparently ‘he fale in an attempt to beat the boys in freestyle and now has a broken kneecap and torn ligaments. La hope she's back in action soon. The club's 7-man team tellus they wil travel just about anywhere to compete in slalom and freestyle comps fo, club organisers, the ad dress to write is 2 Gins borough Place, [Link] Furness, Cumbria The Benjy Toam’s tour ee eres cel Altogether 12,000 spectators watched Marc Sinclair, Jere my Henderson and John Sablosky (Jules Gayton was first reserve) as they travelled the country. Towns they hit ‘were: Harrow, Walton on the Naze, Kingston, Woking, Croydon, Bath, Exmouth, Barnstaple, Aberdeen, Not- tingham, Glasgow, Liverpool, Southport, Bolton, Sheffield, ‘Manchester, Birmingham, Gillingham and Southwick. (whew). The itinery ran from August 19th to ‘September 2nd and, accord: ing to the Beniy office, so ‘well was the tour received, they're almost certain to ‘organise an even bigger one next year, @Biy Smart's Skatewave Team are joining in the ‘Thames Valley Skateboard running a Skate- board Circus... watch this space. their Jamboree, held on August 18-21st, resulted in the Skatewave Junior and Senior Teams being voted Teams of the Year. Those voted Skateboarders of the Year were: under 11 — Chris Harvey (Sports Co, Birming ham), under 14 — Robbie Hunter (Skatewave), under 17 ~Shane Rouse (Skate. wave) and 17 plus — Doug Cameron (Skatestar). The selection was made from 23 different teams seross the nation, who had to compete in freestyle, half pipe, slalom, long and high jump. Continued on Page 24 Skatebosra! 19 Tan DebbieSKATEPARK DIRECTORY ‘On the next few pages you'll find what is arguably the ‘most up-to-date information available on many of the best skateparks in the United Kingdom. All of them offer facilities both helpful to the beginner and challenging to even the most expert skater, Hopefully, the information you can read here will be both helpful and informative. But, if there's anything else you need to know, you can always telephone the park in question be- fore you go. If your favourite skatepark isn't included, why not tell them about the ‘Skatepark Directory’, or else, write to us and let us know their address and, if possible, their telephone num- ber, and we'll get in touch with them, By supporting your local skatepark you not only help ensure the future of the sport, but you'll be encouraging more and better siate- parks to be built. ‘Skateparks wishing to be included in the next ‘Skate- park Directory’ should tele- phone Jacquie Hancock on 01-749 1396 for further information. CAGE skatepark CAMBRIDGE sxarzrarx 216.225 Kings Road Arches, Brighton, Sussex ‘Cheddars Lane, off Newmarket Rd, Cambridge Tel: Brighton 21508 Tel: Cambridge 60022 Open to the public weekends 9.30am to6.45pm. is from 2.30pm to 6.45pm Teneiate ema zore tf Ay cates snare open tno 7opa a nia ee eee using 8 oe ee " Week 2h sessions, 1st 4easion 805 eae Reductions subsequently. Spectators 20p ‘Outdoor. 260ft slalom, 50ft trough, large cloverteat Giant howl—two % pipes (one vertical, ‘mogul, half pipe with vertical, large freestyle a one overhang, ppd “owen. (ree bow! fn construction). Max's Pro Shop, Hire equipment, Fully ‘ Matshaled, Food and dtink, Amusements, Equipment Sales and Hire, Marshall, First Aid, Open throughout the winter. ee With the sea not 30m away, hardwheels COME TO EAST ANGLIA’s NEWEST and soft waves become a true reality. SKATEPARK[remanent ete THE CONCRETE CAVE The Concrete Cave, ‘The White Rock Baths, Hastings Sea Front, ‘Tel: Hastings 439208 Indoor Noodle. Opa all Winter ‘Open School Dus 9.20pm 0 8.00pm, Weekends 10,0am 0 6.00pm ‘Gebietes Bin bowl ih cont Racers Lary cildtees arn sith boaiog both izes room with pin OPENED SEPTEMBER 2nd OPEN ALL WINTER. LOCO MOTION skatepark Wheelers Lane, Hemel Hempstead, Herts, Tel: Hemel Hempstead 41521/42911 gene £0 pool tables, ene Ve (hang oe en it eV 1.9 pe a. IF YOU DON*T SKATE TRY OUR NEW SKI SLOPE BLACKPOOL PLEASURE BEACH, INDOOR SKATEPARK Situated at the South Entrance to Blackpool Pleasure Beach. Opening Early November ‘Throughout the winter, Open Weekdays 4.30 pm. 9 pm Weekends and School Holidays 11am - 9pm Tuesday to Thursday till 10pm, Disco Nights 50p per session. Ramps, Moguls, Pipes, Free Style. Refreshments, Music, Marshall Equipment Hire. Pool Table, Trampolines —__ shal B ol P URE BEACH EARTH & OCEAN Seven Brethren Bank, Barnstable, Devon. Outdoor beside the River Taw in idyllic surroundings next to sporis lelsure centre car park. n weekends/holidays 10am till dusk jooldays 4pen til dusk. (Floodlit in winter) ‘Members 40p per 3 hours session ‘Non-members 60p per 3 hour session ‘Membership £2.90 per annim. 2.400 sat, freestyle area with 3ft-4ft banks (On 2 sides, is pipe, perfection performance bowl, ing and 20ft bowl. Fully Marshalled. ‘0 Shop (10% discount £0 ‘ire equipment (helmet, kneepads, elbow ech and board incunve Op) igh House Cabin provides, vending machines, Bot do ld dink, joke box, WHEN YOU'VE FINISHED SKATING TRY SURFING AT SOME OF THE. BEST BEACHES IN THE COUNTRY. SKATEBOARD PARK Stanley Road, Bootle, Merseyside ‘Tel: 051-922 0541 Manager: Mrs M Bellenger Near Bootle Strand Railway Station, Bus Routes 28 and 58 from Liverpool ‘Open 7 days a week. Sessions 9.30am to 11,30am. 11.30am to 2,30pm, 2,30pm to 4:30pm. 4.30pm to 6.30pm. 6.30pm to 8.30pm. ‘35p per session. Spectators 35p. Indoor. 27 diamater bow! 1008 slalom, arge freestyle area, spectator ares, Marshalled, Fist Aid Centre, Pro Shop, Hire Equipment (Helmets 10p, Kneepads & Elbow Fads 10p per pair, Boards 30p) Hot and cold buffet, Juke Box, Pin Ball ‘Machines, Rifle Range, Pool Table, Mi ‘Cinema. Parking facilities. OPENED 29th JULY. MERSEYSIDE’s LARGEST INDOOR SKATEPARK (COME AND SEE THE GOLDEN GATERS DEMONSTRATIONso CITY OF GLASGOW DISTRICT COUNCIL Parks Department, Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow. ‘The Kelvin Wheelies Skate Park is the most modern skateboarding complex in Scotland with 3,500 square yards of funs catering for the beginner to the expert. Hours of opening: 10.30am— 12.30pm All Week 1.15pm — 3.15pm All Week 4.00pm— 6.00pm All Week 6.45pm —8.45pm All Week Al participants must wear recognised safety equipment which can be hired. FIND OUT MORE BY RINGING 041-339-6286 Keith J. Fraser, Pint, PRA, [Link], Director of Parks, 20'Trongate, Glasgow G1 5ES ee a dna THE MAD DOG BOWL 601 Old Kent Road, London SE15. ‘Tel: 01 639 8997 1S LONDON’S MOST EXCITING INDOOR SKATEPARK, WITH 2,000 SQUARE METRES OF PURE SKATING FUN. ‘Wokingham 788320 Soot Eeeion. (OPEN ALL WINTER LEICESTER R ion & Cultural Servi KNIGHTON PARK SKATEPARK ‘off South Kingsmead Road, Leicester. Tel: Leicester 54 9922. Free Skatepark generally open daily 7.30am till before dusk. 45 degree ramp with flat run out area. HUMBERSTONE PARK SKATEPARK Uppingham Road, Leicester. Tel: Leicester 54 9922 Small charge. Generally open daily 7.90am till before dusk. Radical banking units, one ramp with quarter pipe for kick turn practise, one half-pipe, one slope with slalom run out and half pipe, '4 pipe and slalom slope. Fully Marshalled. Cafeteria, NETHERHALL NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE Armadale Drive, Leicester. ‘Tel: Leicester 417604 Free skatepark, Banke corner and dope with Jat ran out. Full equipment preferred, helmets must be worn. ROLLING THUNDER Adjacent to Junction of M4 and North between Chiswick Roundabout and Kew Bridge. Next to Kew Bridge Railway Station close Gunnersbury Underground (District Line) on Bus Routes 27, 91. Open daily Monday 6pm - 9pm, Coaching sessions by the Benjy Team, Tues, Weds, Thurs & Fri 4.30 pm - 3pm Sats 10.80em - 9pm. Sunday 10.30am - 6pm Membership £2.00 yearly Members 30p one hour sesion Non-members 45p one hour session Unlimited time ticket £25 per year Indoor floodlit 30,000sq.{t. Concrete skating surface. “4 pipe (20ft diameter, 180ft long) with over vertical sections, 4 Bowls (connected into % pipe) A continuous loop channel ‘Acclover leaf for carving ‘A cruiser bowl for airbornes A Boeiln area a Awhiplash going over vertic: Death Valley, a run that loops under it’s self. Disco sounds system throughout. Snack bar. Restaurant, Pro shop. Amusement arcade. Pool table. Mini cinema,ROM SKATEPARK ‘Upper Rainham Road, Hornchurch, Romford, Essex Tel: Hornchurch 74429 ‘T mins walk Elmpark Station on Distriet line, ‘one mile Romford Station from Liverpool Street. Bus route 252, passes the door. Open all week Yam - 9pm. Disco Nite Fri/Sat 6pm - 10pm Membership £5.00 st year + free T:shirt. £3.00 thereafter. 2 hour session Members 50p Non-members 80p Outdoor, 9 separate facilities in 4,000 square metres of skating area, In the UK and Euroy simply the ny ‘and the best. NO QUESTION! ‘Come and see for yourself. UK’s LARGEST SKATEPARK NOW OPEN. Safety equipment for hire. Fully Marshalled, first aid room, pro shop, cafeteria, clubroom, amusement machines. COME TO. SKATECOUNTRY FOR ALL YEAR ROUND SKATING At Ashton Court Country Club. Failand Bristol ‘Tel: Long Ashton 2771. Domed open air skatepark Mon to Fil dpm - 8pm Weekends 10am - 8pm ‘Members 2p per one hour session, Non members 50p. All Day. Members 70p. Non members £1 Californian poo, Aoft long half pipe, Bote diameter ful pipe, BOM big Bristol bowl, Ott snake, large Danie freestyle ares. Fully Marshalled Safety equipment for hire, Snacks and-Drinks available, Pro Shop. In beautifully landscaped surroundings WEEKEND COMPETITIONS BUSES LAID ON Billy Smarts Indoor Skatepark, North Street, Winkfield Row, Near Windsor, Tel: Winktield Row 5820 Open weekdays 4pm - 9pm Weekends 9am - 9pm ‘Open daily 50p 2 hours. 75p 4 hours. £1.00 for the day (Coaching sessions Tuesday & Thursday nights) Large f le and ramp area. 4 pipes, whip- lash, vertic ibeaidtae? , Slalom run, Pro shop, hire shop, sweet shop, ice-cream parlour, amusement arcade, restaurant, colour ‘TV, games room (pool and table tennis), free parking for 2000 cars. CAMPING, CARAVAN FACILITIES, We run the National Proficiency Testing and Certificates. SPANDREL sxarenow Hillingdon Leisure Complex, Park Road, Uxbridge, Middlesex, Tel: Uxbridge 58088 7 minutes walk to Uxbridge Bus Depot and pen stery Saturday Oar il 9pm, Sunday Onn to ‘Tom: School holidays Monday to Friday Sam tl cope Zh sion. Club ibership £1.50 Spectataes Lop ive ‘ecomnahied ay ‘a skater) tr pipe, bow! with coping, pool with coping. Siabailecs gpeetacor Asse Srack Ban Raley Bee Bcnte hare Sop. Fisk Aas REDUCED RATE FON PARTIES OPEN ALL WINTER [eas te STOCKWELL sxarerarx ‘A new skatepark opened by Lambeth Council Amenity Services. Situated on the corner of Stockwell Road and Stockwell Park. Brixton SW2 Tel: 01-761 0901 Free open air skatepark. Safety equipment must be Open daily depending on light A series of bowls, shallow to deep, a freestyle area, Open by October for Skateboarding Free All WinterHASTINGS. ‘At the Old White Rock Baths, Pier Promenade, Hastings in Sussex has appeared a new facility. As you stand on the old diving board (yes, still therel) you can look down where the swimming pool Used to be; now there's @ big gunnite bowl measuring ‘5m across which runs into: 8 steeply banked (7m x 5m) freestyle patch. Beyond that there's a 7m x 5m x 3m half- pipe. Where the gir's chang, ing rooms used to be freestyle flatiand, separated {from the main area by pillers. Beginners make good use of it Down the other side where ‘the men's changing rooms were slotted is a refreshment ‘area with a glassed-in specta ‘or room, a pro'shop and a games room with a juke box. ‘The park also has piped 's 2 hire shop, at all, Opening times are 5.30 to 8.00pm (weekdays) and 10 to 12am and 3 t0 5pm (weekends). These hours are ‘able to alter, but unfortu- nately you can't check before going. .. there's no phone. ‘They may have had trouble digging out the old marble tiles, but it's been worth it. —_—_—_—_—_————— BOOTLE The Golden Gate Skatepark, Sandy Road, Bootle, Mersey- side (Tel. 051 922 0541) is ‘an indoor facility that featur- es. 9m gunnite bowl, a banked freestyle ares and a 30m straight slalom run with wooden start ramps. There's 2 hot and cold snack bar, a juke box, amusements, marshalls and for 85p you ‘can hire a complete set of safety gear. Sessions cost 35p for 2 hours and in schoo! holidays the park opens 9.30am to 9.30pm. Term-time it’s open 4.30 to 8.30pm. For £1 you can be a member and get a ap, badge, stickers and two 25p sessions a week. They also hold many events for whieh there is a charge of pe eee i and a slalorm/diseo eveni is good example, The local council built park is ‘really ‘bad’, to quote the local skaters, so this should be a godsend. 24 Skateboarat Cas Peacock, high in the pocket of the Plymouth pipe. LONDON Plenty of news from Fog Towm this month. To begin with there's a new facilety ‘opening up at the intersec- tion of the M40 and the MAT. I's free and it’s part of the ‘Harrow Club — W.10', The club costs Sp a year to Join (1) and for that, kids have any number of other sports to get into as well. The park is sat on fand ‘owned by the North Kensing ton Trust and there's a.m deep, bowl, fed by a snake, 2m deep bowl fed by 2 straight rurvin and a freesyle ‘area (27m x 30m) with banks. Only club members can use the place, but once you've paid your 5p, it's free for the use of. Opening time is Bam, closing is 9pm «there's a lower age limit (of 7 years old and opening day was on September 30th, More news of Wheelies! in Putney. “all that mud! caused quite a stir among ‘the higher echelons. Now it’s been generally tidied up, the bow has been relipped, pipe with extended vert and a new quarter pipe. Prices are 20p per hour, 30p per 2- hours and members only 10p an hour, Word's come in of anothe London park, this time in the Waltham Cross Road, It's ‘outdoor and there's a large halfpipe, a small halfpipe and ‘good-sized freestyle area with banks. More news as we ramps, a halfpfpe (with re- portedly bad transitions} that's 2m high. The park is ‘to skaters ‘Atlast London councils have GLC financial muscle in the shape of a £15 million grant to aid urban decay. A ‘small part of this is being Used for skateparks and the Great Outdoors Company for fone are building as fast as they can around the Capital. You'll know already of Lisson Green, Havering and Wandsworth. Now action is stirring under the Westway and Westminster with 16m halfpines made up of Radical Banking units. Another of ‘Great Outdoors’ efforts is - Paul Sully and Jules Gayton, who opened it, say i's « knock. fut. Apparently 30/40 kids use itevery day after schoo! «better than urban decay anyday. = RUMOURS & PLANS Only one this month, planning permission for a park has recently been won for a large site in Livingston in West Lothian, Scotland. Only 15 miles from Edin- burgh, the next step is to find a developer. Anyone interested should contact, Livingston 31177 on exten sion 228. Robert VenteTHE BRIGHTON PRO/AM OPEN Top poolriders full on session at the Barn By Pete Christopherson Invitations wore sent out ‘At last Skateboard is able to report that one toplevel | The thrilling finale, to the ‘bout thre weeks previously | —Gompetition hat come off nthe fast days of Te summer | sccomponiment of te spect 10 op riders to enter 8 poo!’ | “rina planned as the BRIGHTON CLASSIC and due to | ti79 crowd counting out the riding and freesyle contert nod a c ‘eiecler sow MB pull off inidrenn (ceva be fld at Madeira Drive, the event had to be switched at the | 19'Soviny sone te tans 18, prizes. Unfortunately many Tast minute, due to the lack of a suitable sponsor ani MB., talking later, said he appear tohave doubted the | —Frabfanas with the Tocal councll The contest, sponsored by | W2s astonished that » non: Validity of the eventin the toca! could have pushed Rim light of various cancellations | the South Coast Skateboard Association (certaialy une oF the | {2 chcy. in ts of Pro/Am competitions in| ~ most active organizations in the country) was planned as — | type of event riders need recent weeks: This sa shame: | “reeompense fr the cancellation of te major event. [rused_| 2Pecis| Knowedge ofthe : the facilities of the Barn Skatepark. bootable etn yyrir status in top-level competi- every turn so precisely. If ‘Si Napper staking a 4th place claim in freestyle poolriding. tion can riders ensure their | team from Liverpool showed | and the coping failed to even one tur was made on continuing dominance on | but failed to enter in the face | count towards the rider’s | two wheels, the rider was the skate scene. of this opposition. Early | total. Several entrants were | likely to drop. Mark Baker By Saturday evening Starters were teams from | cleariy unable [Link] with | won thraugh his aggressive ‘groups were arriving in Bristol Skateboard Gentre, | the demand of consistently | punishing of the coping Brighton from points North | ‘Skatewave’ (Windsor), Lan | making ‘wheelers’ either ‘enabling him to gain the and West — working out in | Skateboards from Southport | because they were not pre- | extra turn over the precise the Barn pool ta get togrips | aswell asmany hotP-City | cise enough oF because they | fluid style of lan Richards. with its size, surface and riders. hadn’t the strength to main- | Congurrent with the paol- Iramitions before riding into | The competition kickedoff] tain clean ‘wheelers’ over the | riding, freestyle eliminations ‘town for same af the legend- | with a one-wheeler contest in| half minute period. Only six | were held in the reservoir. ary Pig ity action. Sunday | the pool, Being the first | riders pulled off the twelve | Routines had to include the ‘morning saw people fa: heavy pool-ridingevent in| or so ‘wheelers’ that assured | following manoeuvres in a Jing out of their various this country, the only guide: | them a place in an eliminator | 1% minute period (linked sleeping places at 7.30 am to. | lines that the judges had | final, Five rounds were skated| with the special tricks riders ‘get warmed up for the event. | were those used in the Hester | in the final, the rider with the | hoped would appeal to the Blazing sunshine brought a | Pro-Bow! series in Catifornie, | lowest score each round drop-| judges): 5 forward Walk the Californian atmosphere to | and they quickly had to de- | ping out. Only one of the | Dog, Kickflip, Wheelie for the park as entrants were fe their criteria for judging. | finalists was 2 foreigner’ and | 10ft, Toe spin of Piravette, signed in, on payment of £3. | The ‘wheelers’ contest was | it was obvious thet the and Daffy, By insisting that entry fee, Planned as apro | run by giving each contest- | local boys had this pool these Five tricks be perform: event, amateurs ware accep- | ant 30ecs. topull off a» | wired. But one by one locals | ed, the judges had @ common ted to give those who were | many ‘three wheels out’ turns] Twigay, Spencer Goulsden, | standard to refer to and by good enough arare chance | as they could manage within | Peter Hope and Phil Ear! | | acditionally considering the to test their skills against the | their allotted time. The dropped out until the decid: | presentation as a whole they likes of Mark Baker and St | judges took a view along the | ing round pitted local anti-._ | were fairly able to select the ‘Nopper, The “Earth and coping of the pool and any | hero Mark Baker against the | finalists, The state of the Ocean’ team from Barns turn that didn't show air | dark horse Bristol rider, ian | reservoir surfoce was very tople and a ‘Wheeler Dealers’ | between the third wheel Richards (see Star Shots), | average for a freestyle event, ‘Skateboard! 25. Photography by Gen Lidlwhich eecounted for the refusal of local super-free styler, Steve Kellner, to enter. ‘Also the non-appearance of ‘top London freestylers meant that the overall standard was yw, leaving an ama- States, perhaps due to th fact that soon alter the arrival ofthe sport in this country, ‘we were blessed with a prolit- tration of skateparks. That pushed many riders straight into vertical riding ‘The energy was running high for aot afternoon ses sion as the lunch break was taken and local and visting celebrities relaxed in the intense sunshine. Ben Liddell was present giving everyone a first glimpse of hi ture-medel 26 Statrbowd Bottom Left: Hot air from Shane Cutts. Right: Tim Altic puts the boot in, bowl-riding stick. Tim Altic, up from Bristol, gave a dis play of his artistry on 8 wheels as he ripped the ‘pool on his roller-skates. Florence and Bobby G. arrived somewhat belatedly: with a Logos team who pro- ceeded to punish the same pool in thoir practice session Phil Labatto of Max's rel quished the P.A. microphone long enough to get into good voice for the afternoon commentary. The session started wit the freestyle final and the field included four members of the Skatewave team and fone from Bristol Skateboard Centre. All were allowed a ‘free expression’ routine and it was then that the absence of really top-grade freestyl- fers showed itself. Dominic Thrupp (B.S.C.), Robbie Hunter, Rupert Henry, Dean Pryde (all Skatewave} Performed precise, advanced routines. Then the field and the crowd were treated to a superbly original work-out bby Mark Slough, (obviously benefitting from a recent trip to Calif.) His bank tricks and kicktfip at speed were apgres- sive yet precise and he was virtually assured of first place Attention then turned to the poo! where the riders were stoking themselves for the pool freestyle event. ‘The local bays looked con- fident bur some of the other entrants were awed by the aggressive skating of the Logos team. Many of the first round riders blew their tricks, pulling low marks for continuity during their 1% minute routines. Sheenagh Burdall, the only female entrant, although at first Upset about having to com. pete against the top riders, pulled off kick-turns and tail blocks on the eoping but graunched in her “inspired by the moment" elevator drop. Marvin Don, at 7 the young- ext entry, got high on his kick-turne but failed to devel. ‘op any trieks, Even Si Napper ‘was unable to negotiate an levator drop because he was ‘concentrating too hard on his move off the he eame out laut ‘The other riders put together front and back-side turns, eaves and serials, rock ‘walks, cess slides, smapback gnarlers, grinders, elevator and lemon-drops, even a roll cout, The judging wos hard but fair. Contestants were checked on difficulty and originality of tricks, skill in pulling them off and contin: ity of routine. Finally seven riders were selected to ¢0ris Crake Abow through to a final round; locals Mark Baker, Peter Hope and Phil Earl, Logos men Si Napper and Seth Cutts, and Bristol Skate- board Centee riders lan and Dave Richards, At last the guys were making all their ‘mover and the energy that hhad been promising to ‘erupt began to flow. The Richards brothers gave fluid, stylish routines pul: {ing off all their pot moves. Phit Earl, whose father runs the Barn skatepark, showed how at home he was in the ‘Boa! while up and coming Peter Hope proved that there are youngsters snapping at the heols of the established (pros, Mark Baker's routine was full of aggression, high ‘Bop-outs, and sparking ‘grinders that brought the local Supporters to full voice. Little Seth Cutts burnt up the pool ‘Top Right: Pete Hope 3rd place/one wheelers ‘Classic performance from Mr Nappe with lightning corves, ‘extreme tail-blocks and an amazing roll-out with his legendary shredding Pity the judges who had to compare the routines and finally, as the prizes were being presented to the other inners, it was announced that Mark Baker had pipped Seth Cutts by two points ut of a total of 270 to take first prize of £50, The contin Unity of Mark's routine had narrowly triumphed over ‘Seth’s ineredible moves. ‘Young Peter Hope managed to push Si Napper into 4th lace and out of the prize money. Unlike America with it's S.A. we have no organiza tion aver here dedicated to ‘aising the standard of the sport with top-level competi BRIGHTON; WINNERS. AND FINALISTS POOL (One-Wheelers) 1st. Mark Baker (Max's) 19 in 30 secs 2nd lan Richards (B.S.C.) 18 in 30 sees, 3rd Peter Hope (Brighton) plus Twiggy ‘Spencer Goulsden, Brighton Phil Ear! FREESTYLE Ist Mark Slough (Skstewave) 2nd Robbie Hunter 3rd Rupert Henry 4th Dominic Thrupp (B S.C.) th Dean Pryde (Skatewave) sth 6th 7th tions. Still too many of the sovealled pro riders regard themselves as primacionnas ‘who will only take from the sport without giving anything| back. They should realize. that the future of the bus: ines that ‘foeds’ them heavily on the continuing interest of the mass of young er skaters whote enthusiasm: is fired by seeing top level demos and competitions. The| ‘old faces can no longer rest ‘on laurels wan back in the haleyon days of Crystal Palace '77 for with exposure jn magazines, appearances at wajor contests and demos ‘there is a new breed of skate. boarder... youngsters who are prepared to skate the ‘pools even if the surfaces are fess than perfect and whose sponsors are prepared to help ‘them travel to all the aval able contests. It's in these POOL (Freestyle): Ist Mark Baker (Max's) 2nd Seth Cutts (Logos) 3rd Peter Hope (Brighton) 4th Simon Napper (Logos) Dave Richards (B.S.C.) lan Richards” Phil Earl (Barn Skate park) riders that we find the eon fidence to further push back. the barriers of skateboarding. ‘The Barn contest was run in a relaxed, almost informal way and produced some first class riding. There wera no petty squabbles or outbursts to upset the atmosphere. And, thanks to Melanie Lyons the organizer and John Schofield the clerk of the course and their many SCS.A. helpers. we were treated to what Master of Ceremonies Phil Labatto described as "a return to the atmosphere of '77'. Keeping the energy flowing, especial- ly by means of competition, will help develop skateboard ing as an art and a sport. The Barn contest was Bri first real pool riding competi- tion. .. stand by for news in Lip Torque of the next in line, Skateboard! 27comPounns As the title of this feature suggests there's been a ‘general hardening of comp: ‘ounds since our last tes. Eight out of thirteen wheels featured here are above 90A Shore, compared with (our last test where half the wheels were 90 ‘or under. The new Krypton ics Green just about runs the Durometer needle round the clock at 96 points and ‘must be the hardest produc tion skateboard whee! ever made. The Orange Yoyo (94 points), Z Groove and ‘Smooth (93 points) and Powertlex 9 (93 points) are close behind, There are still wheels ‘around that only work on specific surfaces but their performance is generally so ‘900d that this limitation is acceptable. The Orange Yo- ‘yo, Alva and Powerflex have all broken new ground by producing remarkable speed results on the ’B’ surface, The grip of the fast wheel has improved tremendously ‘though, not surprisinaly, this has led to controltability. problems where unsuitable shapes have been used. SHAPES. In terms of controllabilin shape is of great significance. ‘Small changes around the ledge of a viheel can have a ‘major effect on lock, slide and drift. The newest shapes Powerflex 9 and Z Groove both have notably good |_—_Eited y Dave Goiemitn PARK WHEEIS TEST ‘wheels have of the new models | d to be revamped versions of old favourites, two manufacturers, who are better Known for making decks, | ZProduets and Alva Skates, have broken into urethane | st time. We're also beginning to see some activity ngs front with the launch of the Kryptonics | C-Series and the Z Groove/Z Smooth where the wheels and [se Karlee plea se endian: Tha hg queetonie| Tank, under the direction of Mike Wisternoff and | ‘with the assistance of Royce Creasy, Tim Altic, Pete width contact width slide characteristics. The new Wing, on the other hand, is GAS Yoyo Orange Kryptanies C Serie Blue 65mm Belair Lipbom Cherry ryptonies © Series Green 65mm 2'Smooth Z Groowe Ana ‘Slime Snake Wie Z Farrell peed formula) Powerex 9 Z Farell grip formula) diameter 100 soft, too narrow and both features they {00 tall for good control lips inherited from the Yoyo Kryptonics have increased the | (the original radius-edge lip thickness of their models | wheel that's still rolling which has improved their | on strong). solidity. The Alva and Avan share remarkably similar BEARING SYSTEMS shapes, and large radiused | Two new bearing systems are worth noting. The Z Groove and Z Smooth (also available with standard bear ings) were tested with the z bearing system, featuring two needle roller bearings. These run in an alloy sleeve that’s apparently bonded into the wheel. There's a wide spacer inserted between the bear ings in the usual. fashion, Needle rollers are not nor mally used where a bearing is subject ta high end loads, but we experienced no fail tres. The bearings can be re- moved in the normal way although the manoeuvre is rather more difficult. We found no advantages in speed from these bearings and getting replacements ‘might be a real problem, If you're considering buy: ing these wheels, our advice is to stick to the cheaper standard bearing, The most interesting aspect wes, in fact, the alloy sleeve — an idea taken further by Kryp- tonics whose system uses a plastic hub and bearings Which, although specially made by Kryps, are inter: changeable with any 608 bearing. Removal is again somewhat difficult although it’s worth remembering Kryptonics specifically state that bearing removal invali dates the guarantee. The choice between changing a damaged bearing (we ‘damaged one within ten minutes of starting to test) and exchanging the wheel will depend on the near availability of a friendly stockist. Onee again the adoption of a special bearing Produced no apparent speed advantage. In spite of this the plastic hub appears to be a major improvement, leading to better controllability and possibly a stabilisation in price (urethane is expensive) The basic drawback in the conventional system — bear ing peel (increased friction due to sideways thrust when cornering) — is apparent in some of the new wheels, In fact the improvements in grip and speed have, in some cases, accentuated the pro- blem to a serious degree, A. Useful development would be wheel bearings set further apart. This would require longer, stronger axles from ‘co-operative truck manu- facturers (no bad thing any: way!) The benefit would be much reduced bearing peel and a greater stability than, that gained from the con- [ventional bearing system. Skateboard! 29K | G&S Yoyo Orange [51 [48 [37 [None [irfmt fos a [79 [Retuctant. Rough. B | Kegpionies Ble Bmml6t [47 [98 [7 |v ft 9 [BE [7 |Good. Good warming, Promrenthe. Good. KC-Series! | Kryptonics Green [64 [47 _[38-]7 |r Jn? 5632 ]E5 Good. Wery ean [Straight into side. 65mm (C-Series) | Belair Lipbomb (eal [o2 |40]50|7 —[iefmt jos fo [7.9 |very_Wery tate, [Short Reluctant \go0d. lout O.K.. E_| Wings (Lime? [55 [44 [98 [None |r ft foo [sat |Very ery late. dumpy|Twitchy. Short. laood. F_| 2Smoot Ist /45 [38 (6 | irfmt (93 [82 [65 |Good. Budden. etuctant. Quickly] [S| 2 Groove lea (45 [3a7"/6 | irfmt (93 [82 |6 [Good Eady. Good. 22 f H | Ae [68/85 [45 [None |irfmt [02 [a 8 [very Late. Good. Good. im Tal [684538 [None Jr pa 7 —|Wery Even. crip: 4 lgood. Predictable. | Avon Skyrider [5 [St_|aT 7] trp fT [82/8 Very [Cate. Buzzy. Lively. Shot a lsood, | 2 Farrell BOO [ea ao ae [8 [Good |Cate. Smooth. [Smooth (Grip Formuta) K_ |Z Farrell 500 (64 [a6 az 7 jo2 [a2 [65 [Smooth Good (Speed Formula) sf [| Powerfiex 9 [65 [46 (36 [2 iepat os fo—7 [Smooth. Convror je lable. MEASUREMENTS TEST RESULTS NOTES FOR TABLE Diameter: Intome cases our measurements cifer slighty from the manufacturers specification, Wats: ‘The overall mith ofthe wie iad ey ecuaee Contact Width: Bearing tat ‘The distance fromm the side of the Inside bearing Outer Eepe/inner Edge: rusius large, 4: small se: straight sg, me: mou (Grip and Breakaway: For these evaluations we wie fine gran asphalt or smoath trowelled concrete surface, A cone is placed as a Brits (eighth: Slide (unweighted); Va Lock On: eet are rated oUt of 10 points, and this san indiation ofthe relative speed of each wheel, ‘rating: suartne park surface 2m were afl turns pone. The tester sets off tram his sat position and te cone Is ‘moved progressively further Gawws te hil. The tert ends when the Cone ls positioned at the lowet point pos ble — wivere Breslaway takes place, The nature of the breakaway is Hotid and deeribed inthe table Thins checked on o wide slope. High speed sweeping turns are made ‘down: slicing manoeuvres (eg. powerslises and TY aiides) are used in check wheels through the same manoeuvres in quick succession. ‘We have recorded in the side and drift tests the nature of the resultant lock (Le. how the wheel locks beck into w sate ‘of rip). Delayed lock is liable to dump vou! TEST CONCLUSIONS AND | our strongest recommends ings are stiff is curing the RECOMMENDATIONS tion. The Alva wheel sides | A FEW CLOSING symptoms, not the problem. Consideration of the chart | happily on to awide boarg | COMMENTS Keep axle nuts tight and will show that some wheels | and fits the Alva image It’s worth mentioning that _ | bearings spinning fee for are sensitive to surface, very well. The appearance of | many factors apart from | best speed and control ‘although the Green Kryp- | a treaded wheel, the Z wheel type can affect per. | Finally, remember that we ‘onic is the only wheel ‘that’s tailored for one sur- are testing on consistently face alone. It lives, ‘breathes and ignites on mir condition, any roughness, | ness will produce radical ror bowls. Powerflex seem ‘one of the hot compounds | dryness or misalignment will_| changes in the characteris: ‘work bby producing to have done their home- is tuned to use the freedom | havea detrimental effect on of any wheel as, to a feat__| from snatch ink speed. Running the wheel | lessor extent, will the part: receives treads. nuts loose because the bear. | icular style of each rider, ark wheel — it 30Skatedowdra fe ¢ Kis e e Ss SS Ss E Sees es am {EA TL On er Gm leva tho ea fix toc UT PES Buzzy. Good. [Early Sao |Very su Toran “857 BeautTuly balanced hot performer Tong, Fart | Very late- Good [Further into Time oreanary. Rock slid lider, Needs ultra smooth surface to work Riloctant. [Vary env. Vary Yast and-otbpy all aurfoce wheal itis down hard Rough Sail larting on along street bose ean, Goo. —| Caw: OK —[Sinllar to Ts qrocry brother, bat m Dt rougher, Atanative sandord or buaring syst Very Tong: Clean] Vary Tae. |Long, ultra sooth ager and drifter, Notas quick at torn. Alternative Handard ar Z Smeoth bearing eye, Buzzy, Needs —|Farty early [Big butch wheel Kiler fast. OK. TA, Colour choles Pink, Bue, Orange, Red, Gren, pus fim Late_ Neco —| Eary- Sal — Tred Towards con vole performance ns whee STRAY slower Than he rear pushin Snake. |Farty but O.®. _|Early. Solid. [Avon's second and much improved wheel. Hot colour. Fairly smooth. | Firm. [Good all-surface wheel. Siower than some. Good slide for a softy. Sg So onto ta oes Good ots pad park whee Nies Long, Clean. Very tae. [think To in ove Smooth rusty + Z Groove has a contact width of 38 mm- only 22 mm of this actually grips the surface. EQUIPMENT NEWS = ey ae YA tet hl rr by Kiskon chong’ Surrey Skateboards have sent us samples of three Bog Town Skates. The multi colour graphics are outstand: ing and the models bear some big names — at the moment these include Paul Constan: tineau and Jim Muir. We also hear that Bob Biniak will be Kryptonies’ wheel range | beatings and new, harder | aged in really slick-looking hat now been completely | eompounds for the blue and | tubes. The bearings, inciden: revised with the addition of | green models, The sizes tally, feature non-contact ‘new bearing specially man- | remain the same as before | seals on the outside and joining [Link]. and Ufactured for Kryps. ahard | (60mm, 66mm and 7Omm) | steel shields on the inside. | his signature to « 30" plastic core to house the and all the wheels are pack. | A sensible move. Gabby Cocchi cn pag BA) Skateboaedl 30| have just bought 3 pair of elbow pads with the double band fastening. Although the bands are elasticated they take some time to pull fon. | overcame the problem successfully by cutting the Upper band and inserting velero strips. The pads can now be pulled on more easily and the velero strips allow some adjustment of tightness. By leaving the ower band unaltered the ppad stays secure even in a sliding fall J. Hinchliff, Harrogate, North Yorks. Instead of paying 10 pence atime for new Lok nuts it is cheaper to buy a tubs of LLoetite from the local motor- ists’ shop and spread some fon the thresd of lock nuts with worn nylon inserts. It's an expensive investment ‘but a good one. because fone tube will go a long way. You can also use it an truck ‘mounting nuts. Stephen Bentley, Failsworth, Manchester. recently found that the threads on my baseplate had ‘boen stripped but that the in reasonable condition. Instead of buying ‘another baseplate | managed to repair the threads by using Araldite, The Araldite used was the “Rapid’ type {and the instructions for use state that both surfaces must bbe ciean, dry and grease-free. ‘cleaned and dried the bas plate but lightly oiled the king pin, | then smeared the king pin with Araldite and also smeared the inside of the hole in the baseplate. The king pin was then inserted into the baseplate. Once the clue was set I had some brand new threads. I's a ‘900d idea to check that the ‘threads are free before the ‘lue has gone absolutely solid (with Araldite Rapid— ‘after about one hour) Stave Ascham, Bedford 22 Skateboa! READERS TIPS Compiled by Dave Goldsmith As ony regular reader of Skateboard! will remember, 1 us ‘to invite your technical tips for the Tip of the Month” ‘pot. I still receive the occasional idea or two in the postbag — and often it's a winner. Here isa selection of the best tips Teceived over the past six months, In line with tradition they all win their authors a free one year sub to Skateboard! lines of stitching | Velcro strips bolt must be _—\ ‘completely threeded If you have Tracker-type ssetions of king pins get trucks and you use them on | exposed. Therefore when -atight adjustment, the top | you do axle grinds the threads tend to gat mang up, thus making it difficult ‘to remove or change the rubbers, ete, ‘A good way to avoid this is to put extra washers between the lock nut and ‘original washer, keoping the ‘kingpin protected by the (replaceable) lock nut. Columb King, Bournemouth \ have found a good wey of converting trucks like ACS or Lazer into Tracker-type trucks (fixed King pin. All {You do isto find a bolt which isthe same diameter and thread type as that bought with the original truck, except that it must be thread- td right the way along its length, Just screw the bolt from the underside of the baseplate and assemble the rubbers, aut and washers as normal Once you have done this all you need isa Fork nut to fit the new kingpin, You will abo, of course, need to ‘uta small piece out of your fiser pad to take the head of the bolt Christopher Cave, East Huntipil, Somerset (Most people find that the nase of their board tends to get stubbed and cracked due to hitting walls etc. This device serves the purpose of ‘a nose saver and riser pad.) Take a piece of strona timber (6.9. oak} 60mm wide, 12mm thick and approximately. 170mm long. At one end drill your truck hole pattern and then simply fit the nose saver between the truck and deck (instead of a riser). The length of the nose saver of course, [Link] the lenath of the front truck from the front of the deck, but the block should pro- trude about 15mm from the nose of the deck, Replac- ing this device now and sgain fs much cheaper than replac: ing your deck. Mike Dale, Eastbourne, Sussex.Photography by Jerry Young SKATEPARK SUPERTEST—THE ROM SKATEBOARD! OPENS UP A NEW ERA OF IN-DEPTH PARK TESTING BY CHECKING OUT LONDON’S LATEST POWER-ON FACILITY F 7 Bowl size up t0 Sm in diame : Taming vec in truth i's not unlike the one so recently installed at Harrow 's Solid Surf (another G-Force Skatepark Con i's little smaller all round ‘and rather rough and lumpy in places because of difficulties during construc k e tion (more on that later) Nevertheless the transitions to vertical are smooth and well designed. checked in at the new Romford facility. It was & fairly important occasion, THE MOGUL BOWLS One of the most popular features in the place — at ining of an improved system least when we were there of park evaluation. The is the set of six Mogul “quality of Team support ows. I's an exciting eno Torn pp BN | cosgned unit thet condsts Tttngly comprised of Benjy. | PI j of nonveftescratrclice Jules Gayton, Alex k bowls who's dlameters vary Turnbull and Smane Cutts between 8 and 6m depths fange between 1.6 nd 2m. the LOGOS plus a wel-— ange Bf the LOGOS plus e wet: | 1G There are interconnection welping of madness f points that stand out 4s large from Me ile rit ‘shoulders’, plus four moguls. ede peat aed srt Hugo Corey. ‘Katearnooth, Not only is Managed by Skatelands the satup very safe and fun feacen teres torride, tals otfies a high into the leisure business), lave of skater capacity designed by Adrian Rolt “aS THE POOL of Force and bu by The Case Poo (of standard Consmuction Lined te G-Force design) is 6.7m in S00 is eat diameter by 2.75 deo, 0 sre neve sk write runin cfm (ot Pade ot McRae approximately 25 degree SRE CUTa ROG gradient). It's a real swim. ming pool type enstution Sas repre So t otret she enced fe roter wore the cette M tbe round coping, General con: corms fetes a sal, Tater limay an acing vert wae sory nosed (particularly under the tiles). Invome part of te Pool The caied an asymmetry which made certain moves fiuid on one sae but ley onthe ober Te gonfigur: tion of good and esr goed ovrd some mame ofthe Tet eam to pronounce Units or runs to co ‘and all will be pretty fami liar in concept to the regular skatepark-goer. .. with the possible exception of an unusually carved Cloverleaf, Generally the surface is ade quate throughout, apart from the odd bump and kink, The only ugly sight to catch the eye is the already hheavily patched Half Pipe vty pat that: "The Poo! ie much th lncy of aoalig better for yooty foots iia rn " But ol tha ai, the unit THE PERFORMANCE Neied meoreneepelia ow From top to bottom: The four-bowd Clover forts rd merchandise all Conctved along standard G- | mance Bod: another ofthe Chen Poot; te sare of sox | setancon Ta purulere Mogul Bowls, ged in a triangle. local kid Vinee Scanlon Skateboard! 33Protogaohy by Jerry Young Ay at all bal, didn’t seem at all affected by the Poot's faults, .. he was coping {if you'll pardon the expression) very well ‘THE SLALOM RUN Abbriet description will suffice here, .. the Run is built onto a man-made hil, itearries to a length of 50m and it’s 6m wide, That ‘means, with the help of a prayer or two, itl just about take a head to head event The gradient angles to around 6 degrees and the surface is flawlessly smooth and even. THE RESERVOIR/ FREESTYLE AREA The far end of the Slalom Fuun feeds back into the large Reservoir/Freestyle patch — and there really is plenty of flat and lovel space in the centre. The unit measures 28m by 19m with banks on I four sides of differing Inelination and heights up to ‘2m. These encourage and low for some very laid-back 1 Skateboard! ‘and mellow freestyle-influ fenced bank riding. The lips ‘are rounded, the surface is lovely and the transitions ‘are perfect. THE HALF PIPE ‘This particular example of Half Pipe lies on a slight gradient, is approximately 20m long by 3m high by ‘5.5m wide, and hes the ‘usual entry and exit points Not quite vertical at the start, but certainly reaching it by the end of the run, the Half Pipe proves to be very rideable — though suffering, ‘unfortunately, from the usual bumps and kinks. The Test Team were a litle amazed at the fact that very few ‘skaters seemed to want to Use it... mast of the locals, apparenily preferring the more ‘trendy’ Pool. Atten: tion all Half Pipe addicts — if you're looking for an unin: terrupted work-out, you know where to go! THE CLOVERLEAF Without any doubt at all, the most original unit we ode at The Rom was the Cloverleaf, 1t has four inter: locking bowls (6m in diame: te), two being 2m deep and the other two, 2.5m deep, The latter pair just reach vertical with 9 rounded lip, ‘The bowls are connected by an ingenious transition hump at the unit’s centre, Challeng ing, radical and great to ride, this stands out a5 one of the park's best features. The surface and transitions are beyond criticism. No one will be surprised to hear that the Test Team expe cod a strange magnetic, attraction towards the Cloverleaf, The order of the day became 2-whee! out forever 4-bow! carving, 360 serials and Napper Snappers into wood slides. THE SNAKE RUN. Not so impressive, unfor- tunately, is the Snake. ed J ‘Looking down the Halfpipe, check out the black patching up and the kinks on the right side at the far ond. Otherwise it's not ‘50m long and varying in width from 2.5 to 5m, the bends are too tight and have no vertical, 1t seemed to us that it was only really usable in a gremlin-type fashion. There's not enough space to pull off anything spec tacular and, needless to say, the run didn’t appear to be receiving too much atten: tion. It seems strange that the people who surfaced the outstanding and excel lent Skatecity (Skateways) ‘Snake Run should have Produced this black sheep. We asked Adrian Rolt of G-Force if he'd like to ‘comment on the Rom in pparticular and on building parks in general “One is faced with 2 ‘umber of problems. ‘mainly financial, The ‘American parks are built and designed on often five times our budget and they're more able to cover al the features of a park as an, ‘entire package than we areThen there's the quality of concrete and other necessary materials, Often these fluc: tuate badly because suppliers cut corners and fiddle you. “The site itself is often difficult to work with and cone is always faced with short deadlines and of ‘course, rain, That's particu | larly unwelcome during the final stages of hand-smooth: ing — it ruins the finish. Concrete is also very tricky to work with as it goes off aceording to atmospheric conditions, sometimes 35 quickly as 20 minutes. The Rom was in fact built on a package design basis and the order of con: struction work ran 3s fol lows: (1) Putting in all the drainage, (2) Excavating ‘mechanically with bull dozers and s0 on, (3) Hand ‘excavating and then compact ing, (4) Straightening, leve! ling and shaping (laying the (guidelines for the runs) — known as Form Work, (8) Reinforcing the various runs with steel, (6) Applying con: crete by high pressure spray: ing (Shoterete 28 oppated to Gunite), and (7) Trowelling and smoothing by hand. IN GENERAL The Rom has another 2,000 square metres worth of land available for expansion and the possibilities here inelude a Full Pipe and another begin. nner’s un, Park capacity testimates varied from 150 to 300/400, depending on who ‘we talked to. To our eyes @ compromise figure of around 260 looked more oF less Tight, As often happens the cost of the entire project appeared a rather fluctuating figure, Mr Penn, the Manager estimated approximately £100,000 although other reliable sources put the final break-down as some way below this. ‘A theme of the park, as emphasised by the mana ‘ment, is that "We're running The Snake Run. .. note the surface inconsistencies and tight, non-vertical bend: the place as aclub"... very laudable intentions. The ‘club’, however, was looking somewhat drab in colour — without any visible banners fr flags. And the atmosphere wasn’t helped any by a complete absence of music! (certainly in comparison with Solid Surf — see the review last issue); all we heard amplified were dul ‘cet tones announcing the next time check. Marshalling was adequate and, at the time of writing, a grading system is about to be installed. On hand as resident pro is Stove Peters (with broken lagi). He's there to help out and to supervise the skating, Social events are in the offing (the club claims to already have 1,100 members) and these include meetings, coach: Ing, discos and competitions. Check the fixturet board for up-to-the-minute details ‘And this brings us neatly around to the Clubhouse (designed by Jeff Savile). It’s tidy-looking, clean and comfortable inside and a far ety from the shack one more usually expects. The building houses a hire shop, accafe, a first aid room, a ro shop and an office. Charges are as follows: membership is £5.00 per annum, for which you get a T-shirt and 10% discount at the well-stocked pro shop. Members can skate for 50p per 2-hour session. Other people need temporary membership for the day and skating will cost them 80p er 2hour session. Equip. ment hire requires a £1.00 deposit, then 10p for knee pads, 10p for elbows, 20p for an imitation Norcon helmet and 40p for # board. The park is in the Upper Rainham Read, Hornchurch in Essex and is 7 minutes walk from Elm Park Under- ground Station (District Line}. vs also accessible via several bus routes, Skateboard! 35,STREET LIFE: BRISTOL Have board,will travel...the rapid transit controversy board was born in the street and judging by all the signs, ‘there it will likely stay. It's ‘a cheap and pleasurable Form of transport for young and ‘old alike and in my view, far more compatible with public transport than even the most ingenious of folding bicycles The reasons skaters give {for choosing to ride the high. ways are diverse, but as & point of interest, it seems most of them are able to pur sue their desires without coming into conflict with other road-users or, for that ‘matter, the law. ‘As any skilled ridor will tall you, a skateboard is as safe on the road as any bicy: cle ~ provided it is properly and sensibly ridden. What's more, a competent skater can stop at least a¢ Quickly {a push-bike in any given situation, With common ‘sense and reasonable applica tion of the highway code, there's no reaton why any skater should be a hazard on the road — either to: himealt, oF to others. [find it worth observing the following rules: (1) If the terrain is steeper oF more full of traffic than you can handle, walk (2) Use hand signals and make use of the highway code just as if you were ona push bike. If ‘you're on the ‘pavement (bye- laws now with standing), behave as a responsible pedestrian (3) Have respect for the blind and the infirm, Such peo- pple may well be upset at ‘There was a time not all that long ago when to even contemplate the possibility of riding a skateboard anywhere ‘near the Queen's highway was tantamount to hi ‘reason, Times have changed, however, and now Steve Kane feels ifs safe to come out into the open, to suffer the id arrows of RoSPA and to declare that, for some ‘ime now, he’s been taking it to the streets, having to deal with skaters | ty like to exploit the shop- rushing by (4) Avoid tedious | front terrain. Legally they are id-battles with servants of || on tough ground — ‘causing the State... whatever you | an obstruction on the pave say will probably make very | ment’ is an oft-applied law. little difference. if you're | However, in theary you a confident that what you also not allowed to ride a were doing was safe and pavement tricycle or, 30 far legal, say so politely, then | as 1 can make out, push keep quiet (5) Remember | prams either. One possible loophole is that it’s often, hard to say where pavement ‘ends and shop front areas flick of the board inte the | begin (for instance, Oxford hand. Use this rapid con-_| Streetin London). Much of version in all potentially what appears to be public tricky situations. It’s ama- | pavement is in fact owned by zing how people's attitudes | the shops and thus it comes mellow once they can see | under civil law. You ean only you're really just like any- | be moved on at the request, one else (6) Enjoy yourself | of the owners, and ride with the style and Pavemen don’t often get confidence to encourage into trouble through legal others to take to theure- | tangles, unless there happens thane. to bea specific anti-oller: Streetskating can roughly | skating law in operation locally — or unless they're recognisable catagories —on | acting antisacially. pavement and on the street To my mind the hottest proper. Although the skilled | paveman stoker on a board Streeter will switch from one ‘also happens to be the ter to another, there % \ youngest — and that's are definitely those -\ “Jaton Thrupo (see who specialise, The Star Shots) who, at "Pavemen tnd to Nb) tt years cl: ha es ride Kiektall Ja] cended more flights boards; they pre lof steps than many for to negotiate twice his age, And stops and kerbs finally, when all's = kerb grind: said and done, Bris: ors are a fav tol’s overall master ourite avernent artist has and they general got to be Tim Altic, whase rollers enable him to ignore kerb and steps and choote any route that takes his fancy. ‘On the other side of street life are the Road: workers. Fload skating is much more akin to skiing. In traffic you need a cool head and confidence in ty. The controlled 30mph plus uns on along, stable board that's ‘equipped with something ike old red Keyps. Also try tome bi, steep hills (with Dlanty of width tor Wedel Ing) ~ expecially on sunny Sunday momings when the motorised locals ore stil ving in Radical Road-workers a rarer breed than the Pa ten. Until recentiy they apt en extremly tow pro le for fear of runing into authority. Bristol, Hama: stead, Greenwich, Croydon and Brighton are all Key areas, Pig City figures like Mark Baker and Tim Dun. keriey are boter known for ‘pool busting than for street ing ~tearn manegers are reluctant to pay for riding highway! cols streets are the terrain of the Old Foote who use their age and access qo ved transport tohit the road regularly. Many around Clifton uve their boards axa regular form of transport. Names lice Norman Gosney and Martin Lester (ho rune the acl Ke shon) are 5 ‘common sights mong eClifton traffic, Also, of Gourse, we mustn't miss out Micky B, plus his new-found sidekick, the Lone Rider. Street sticks differ from park models in that they ‘are built to handle more realistic terrain. Preferred wheels are Excallerators, Bones, Sims Snakes, Red Kryps and the humble Road Rider (for when grip is the order. Hoping to create a prece- dent I've compiled a map showing some of the better skates around Clifton and Bristol — covering the de~ sires ofall from the manic gradient freak to the most sober of pavement pushers Route 1: Starts at the Bristol Skateboard Centre, goes out via classic York: stone pavement across Victoria Square to Lands: downe Road, then back via Clifton Hill (exceptional for jamming) plus a short walk. Route 2: This links the Skateboard Centre with the Kite Shop and is fun and ‘mellow roadwork in either direction. Try the pavement down Hanbury Road. Route 3: Strictly road and including two advanced, high speed oad cruises it just danger of falling the Portway. Take care you don’t come into conflict | with the fence that's been Route : A regular Sunday mocning pick-me-up that's just about impossible! The surface is rough and the escent, precipitous. It Includes a stretch of grass at the beginning and passes the ‘garage where the first skate boards were sold in Bristol Watch out for Goldney ‘steps, few can handle them (although it’s rumoured ‘that Jason Thrupp can}. And Hf you can make it from the Observatory to the Horwell Road without putting a foot ‘on the ground — you should, be in line to be the first to skate dawn Everest. tan Dobbie‘Skateboard! magazine takes the wiew that skating on the streets can indeed be an jovable, not to say effic: ient, form of urban trans ort. A good rider is no less In control of his machine than the cyclist. Street skat ing calls for a sense of ras: ponsibility and Stove Kane Fightly stresses the need for keeping to the highway code. Only by good example can we set at rest the concerned minds of authority. 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The has the respect of the people that count. ine ofthe hottest acts around” — Mare Sinclar. jeople don’t even know about _= John Bail, “Though regarded by many as « newe has in fact been araund the seene for two years ar more, His career started around the time the South Bank was ‘ery YoureItseems everything has ‘gone erazy since skateboard. ing started... . how do vi consider you rsalf in relation to the sport now? Just as skating and having tun; I'm not in itfor the money or anything like that The money's gatting better but it'l never be my only reason for skating But by your own definition, do you consider yourself a professional?” Not really, not at the mo iment. | don’t spend every minute training for skate- boarding, .. | can’t lve off it hear rumours about you going to the States soon. ‘Yes, I’m going to America Ghristmas. Skaters over there are just so much bett than over here 50 | think I'l Fearn alot... pick up as ‘many new things as I can {In what aspects do you con sider America to be way ahead of us? Not so much way ahead ~ all the tricks they can ‘Above: Jules Gayton, grabbing and grinding in the Harrow we can do = they just do H. Pipe. Below: Frontside forca in the same location. thern more hairy. Like their aerials are higher and the finds are longer. | sup. pose in freestyle they’ pretty much ahead. In sla om though, Tim Levis i Up with the top pros and in bowlriding we're just about level with them, But we've got a lot more trieks to learn and better skatoparks need to be built so we can practise Under the same conditions, Do you think the way things have developed over here is good or bad? believe skatepark construc tion has developed badly. The first parks were okay but it doesn’t seem like they're ‘getting any better — they jus stay about the same, They've gone wrong in the transitions and the surfaces they ve used and sometimes also the design, The skaters are alright though re improving all the But what about the way they're improving? Many riders seem obsessed with the money they earn and they ‘also tend to complain all the time, Doesn't that strike you a3 very unprofessional? They're complaining a lot bbut their actual skating abi ty is what really counts. The tricks they're learning are a lat improved, .. the way they're skating is more pro fessional and they're better in control, What’s more the uys are mostly wearing safe- Photography by Sery Young {44 SkateboardProtography by Serry Young, ty gear now so there's fewer injuries, Don’t you feal though that the term ‘professional’ applies in more than just ‘one direction? Wouldn't you say how you behave is as important as how you skate? I"dagree that most skater’s behaviour is not really pro: fessional, but we don’t bother about that, we just skate, How about if skaters were paid more? Then they'd have to change their outlook, If we got paid enough we'd ‘most probably do anything, but outside of that we'd still mess around and have 3 good time, That's the whole reason for skating. But do you think people going to pay that sort of money when they see skaters ‘acting the way they do? ‘Most people think that’s just the way itis = that’s how the kids are, You'd say there's place for everything Yeah. .. when we skate we don’t mess around, we get down to it. But after we're finished, if we're touring around, we'll go and have 3 ‘good time, But it's all just fun, nobody gets hurt except maybe when Mare Sinclair is there, Once he actually set John Sablosky’s hair alight! He's a real faugh and he’s a hot skater — one of the best at the moment, Like we have insane water fights and things like that. .. he knows how to hhave a good time, You're on the Benjy Team how. .. how does it compare with, say, the Hobies? The Hobie people told us we were going to America, that they'd pay us alot and that we'd get plenty of demos. We {did do a lot of demos but there were always hassles over money. I'd say Benjy is a lot better, We get T-shirts, it's ‘more professional and we all Use the same equipment and safety gear all the time, We're really trying to get our demos together, .. you know, like doing one demo and doing it everywhere, We're trying to get an act together, using the whole team, Is Jahn Povey (of Benjy- boards) helping you out with, that? John does a lot with the advertising but mostly it Us trying to work things out, although we get a lot of help from John, Ben Howard and ime and kate pinballing — Jules at Harrow's Solid Surf Who would you say is the: natural leader of the team now? I should think Mare oF Jeremy (Henderson) — be- Cause they‘re good all rounders. They can command respect, they can hold their ‘wn in freestyle and bow/rid- ing. Mare also slaloms well, How would you compare Benjy’s attitude with the Hobie attitude towards skate- boarding? Well, the Hobies (U.K.) must hhave had the less successful attitude because they went ‘ut of business. They didn’t stock the right equipment and they didn’t follow the skater’s point of view, Beniy’s trying to sell things that skateboarder’s will like. they're attempting to stock the equipment people want bby asking the opinions of us land other skaters too. They bbring a lot of new gear over into this country and they're also turning out a lot of good. British boards. tn fact Marc Sinclair's got one coming along soon that | think will bbe ten inches wide, What are your feelings on the general mave towards wider platforms? [ike a wide board — say nine and a half inches ~ but once they get past ten, the trucks and wheels aren't wide fengugh so you can't see the wheels when you're skating. | think boards will get a bit too tippy after ten inches, they'll not be stable enough, So you go for a nine and a half, plus Fultracks? Yeah, Fultracks all the time they're quite stable on my boards. The Benjy Wheels that are coming are supposed to be really good — the Benjy Boots. | expect 111 be using them soon. | notice that your trucks are ally loose these days. What brought you round to this way of thinking? You know I've been through {ots of phases: all the skaters at one time never used to se risers at all and they really tightened their trucks. But now everyone's looking towards half ineh risers with quite loose trucks becouse they're getting into earving and tricks where you need loose steering. You can hand: leit because ‘wobble’ doesn’t happen any more, In the old days there was no control at all Do you believe all these different trends have been influenced by American guys ‘Skateboard! 45‘crd us alot. Steve Cathey and ‘the others who came to the Horticultrual show I think ‘had higher risers than we ‘were using. Qur trucks were ‘much tighter and we just ‘couldn't do the manoeuvres they were doing. So really ‘we just worked things out for ‘ourselves and leerned by our mistakes, For instance we found we couldn't carve on a really tight setup so we Toosened them a bit and ‘that’s why we ride now with foose trucks. Isit okay for people to allow ‘themselves to be [Link]- ced by what they read in ‘magazines? Having read what ‘you've just said, would you ‘expect half the skaters in Britain to suddenly loosen Off their trucks? ‘They might, but if it didn’t ‘work for them then | wouldn't think they’d be ‘doing it far long, .. they just follow their own ideas, Hf someone said, “Have your ‘trucks as tight as they'll go” ‘over in America, I don't ‘think over here we'd follow suit without at least wonde ing why. We'd do it i it were functional, If we couldn't carve with tight trucks then we wouldn't use them. A. year ago we might have Copied blindly, but now we ust follow our own path ‘We've got our own views although most of the time they"re just the same as the Americans’. The m problem is we haven't got the parks to do all the tricks that they can do. Despite that limitation, the name ‘Jules Gayton’ seams to be gaining more and more respect these days... What are your immediate plans? rm really going to get into my freestyle and bowlriding, {In particular | need to sort out a good freestyle routine and learn some new tricks, When I reach America I'm going to try to learn all the new moves they're doing right now, then bring them. over and start practising at getting them wired, It'll Just be a chain of more ticks coming along, learn those, then new tricks, then harder trieks, and ther, developing tricks from the tricks you've already learned. So it’s just a chain — and you get better and better. ‘What sort of repertoire have ‘you got at the moment, froestyle-wise? ‘Adam Peacock 46 Skateboard! "You want me to do a silly aerial?” All new freestyle tricks are really just variations of old ones. For example, we used 10 do 180 shove-its end now a few people are doing 360 shovelts. But in bowiriding there's alot of new tricks like rollouts and ins. then after you've done them, frontsiders which are a lot harder. Would you say people are starting to think up new ‘ticks themselves, rather ‘than just looking through magazines and copying? They try tricks from maga: zines and when they get those wired they think of new ones. Variations come unexpected- Iy like you do a rock slide and then all of a sudden you ‘rab the ral like Shane Cutts and you get two wheels out Moving towards the business ‘end of your life, what sort of ‘contract are you on with Benjy? Haven't signed a contract yet but | think they're going to be offering one 300n. Mainly the deal with Benjy is that we ride, do demos and advertise their products all the time. Luckily I ike rid ing their equipment anyway it's not just because ‘they're Beniy’s; they do stock good products. We're starting to do some foreign demos now. We were in Belgium a little while ago and they really seemed to be into the sport over there. They't trying to build hot facilities right from the beginning, not just rush into them and ereet tubbith for people to make money. ‘So your team position must bbe opening up a lot of inter esting travel opportunites. Doss it every worry you that ‘somewhere ahead you may just end up another burned. ‘out skater? don't think I'l ever be burned out. 1 | wasn't on a team I'd probably skate every day, all day long but at least when you're travelling it ives you the chance to take a rest, And even when you get to the place you only do ashort demo, . «it’s nat ‘exactly hard skating all day tong. People usuatly don't know the really hard tricks 50 You just have to put on a good display that they'll ‘enjoy... . you needn't pull ‘out the stops. For instance Probably wouldn't try a rol inin.a Belgium demo because they wouldn't see the difference between that and. maybe a tailtlock, So there's no need to risk hurting ‘yourself... you just maybe spin a load of 360's and two foot aerial and they'll go wild over it, They're qui ‘a way behind us — they hardly know the tricks at ‘my belief that British skaters tend to look down on the rest of Europe almost as the ‘Americans do the rest of the world. certainly don't think we should, In France. | saw some really hot skaters who were ight up with us. It's a mis: take to loak down on them. And | don’t think the Ameri Cans look down on us all that much either. They see we're improving all the time — they know we're Dpretty good skaters. There's British guys who are better then some of the top-rated ‘American pros. So it’s all pretty much ‘evening-out among the world’s top skaters? Yeah. . .| think America's still ahead of us because they've got so much more time to practise, plus the space, weather and every- thing. It rains even in summer ‘over here and Britain simply hasn't got any good indoor parks at the momant. Maybe that’s why placas like Skate. city are closing down. ‘they're not challenging. they're too easy. There are times when a park doesn’t have to be challenging — ‘can just be good fun. But ‘most of the time skaters ‘need the challenge element. Does that mean new parks, once they've been through ‘the initial high level of business and it’s starting to drop down, will have to ‘begin tearing out the easier runs to put something mare challenging in their place — like a deeper pool or a bigger pipe? Itisn’t necessarily a case of more challenging, it's just that most of the pipes, far instance, have really poor transitions. You start spending more time avoiding lumps than in carry: ing out manoeuvres, Also ‘massive, 6m deep bowls ‘may be more challenging, ‘but they‘re no fun at all. To start with you can't work. ‘aerials, whereas a4m poal ith really nice transitions thas endless possibilites for tricks like rollins and aerials cut the top, Ina 6m deep ool it's hard enough to get ta the top, let alone do anything. It's too high. A ‘challenge maybe, but it ‘misses the point... it gets so challenging that it’s not worth riding. What about the Verti-Bow! at Harrow. .. that must be ‘one of the deepest we've hhad so far and I've not heard any rescton aginst in No, but that’s not too deep it’s only around 5m. And it’s good fun because you can ‘Get to the top quite easily and ull aff things like grinds, ‘aerials, carves ~ anything. But something that’s @ lot deeper or harder to work and with bad transitions wouldn't be any fun at all. So the Verti Bawt’s good transitions make it more challenging? ‘Yes, the transitions are good ‘= there's nothing to worry about there, There's just a few lumps on the right hand side £0 you've got to be a bit careful ~ in fact generally speaking it could still be a lot better. Even so it’s a good bowl — in what | think is one of the best parks in London. tight now. What about their idea of put ting on another two feet of vertical? I don't rate it at all... I really don't go for high walls | like Harrow’s performance bow! the way itis. If they put more vertical on itil be hard Handing) ancl Sot ara doth 4-wheol aerials backside and