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Skateboarding around the World: includes. report on the European Championships from Switzerland and details of America's newest and arguably greatest deate park, Skateboard World, in Tormance California. 24 Ellen O'Neal and Laura Thombill: an exclusive Stare Bosrd? interview with America's ovo hotte female stars Skate City Visited: rofl on the drums, Britain gets a fully equipped skate pari ar last. team visit the twolay Watergate Bay Skateboarding International Who's Hot: More of Europe's hottest "boarders The Art of Skateboarding Tusteations on manoeuvres and tricks pls full captions 40 Skata Data: splits this month into a reviow of new products, a wheels road test And a questions/answers column, Essential reading When Skateboard! magazine first rode onto the streets, many pundits were heard to say vince aa Calton not toons ke the UK." I've got news for them... the first issue has ‘sold out and be lucky 0 gotit now love or money. That was the mews we were waiting. to hear. Fromnow on, db forget to par yout Sede in your neweat response (othe Us To Help You" question tle arazed everyone Th ‘going to be awhile yet, i Feveable to pythons down the sick of information we've had in (1,000 replies ‘none weekt) But ind here in Skate Peart No2 sone ofthe oles suggestions, There's -4Club Page, an expanded ‘Skata Data Section and ‘Check, a Competition Calendar, a Skate Places ‘Index, a Calling the Clubs {fata anda fe Sop, p. Remember though, with all these things we're toneed every bit of k we can get. Please “keep regularly in touch, Ons 2ath, The World Skateboarding Cham- under way at the ‘Areng, Los Angeles, USA. Natunlly we're go 10 be nere covering the events andaction for you and we won't miss the opportunity either of pinning down some of the big star to exclusive interviews for Skateboard! The pictures alone will be dynamite, so standby for our Skateside report —next tsuet | And talking of contest, one question I'm always beingasked is“... could you Print the skateboarding competition rules?” Well 1 talked to Don Branker of the Skateboard US Professional ing Association on this one and he tells me the short answer is that no one set of ‘Skateboard! 11 VVi dN lp lela we ,) §=f TT Ed PUT METS | TAT AP ARTA SKATEBOARD OF CHAMPIONS rules exists! Apparently, as riders and equipment improve, over in the States they find it easier to just keep on re-wtiting the repu- lations to suit. Kinda mak sense, I suppose. What Don fs doing though is sending over a eopy of the rules for this year’s world champion- ships. We'll be printing them up into a poster just as soon as possible and that'll be available through our mail order . .. watch out for it It’s with great pleasure that | welcome Uk’s new Champion of Champion Tim Levis, to the ranks of Skateboard! His ability and technical know-how will go a Jong way to making sure that this magazine continues to, Wo its readers, the best there is in the world of skateboarding Lastly, to the town of Aylesbury in Buckingham slure and our ‘mouth of the month” award goes to a spokesman from the Thames Valley Police. Commenting on the possibie future prosecution of 's skaters he went on: we do not probl at te moment, the potential is there and in some areas ‘we are beginning to teceive complaints from edestrians.” Surely the only problem’ is the council concerned having failed to grasp that many of its younger citizens need good skateboarding facilities? 1 doubt it would cost much ‘more to the ratepayers than the equivalent sum spent on arresting, say, a dozen skaters! BRUCE SAWFORD Skateboard! Editor borne’ Unbelievable news has just ‘come over the phone 0 us that the entire USA Pro Hobie Team will be arriving the UK on October 16th plus a fora series of demos iggie event in North do you London, Okay wanna hear th A blow to skateboarding was dealt by the death of young Michael Batley. Labelled “First British victim of the craze”, Michael’s death c bout iby a heavy fall on lower back, while trying to perfect a backward mid-air spin. iis mother was quoted as aying: “The skateboard was responsible for his injuries These things should b banned immediately Thankfully, the news: papers did go on to report that Michael suffered from a rare hereditary blood disorder, which could cause heavy bleeding. Michael practiced every night in a car park-on avery cheap board, Need we say more? Give us amenities with safety regulations and these tragedies will not occur. Please don’t blame the sport. ut of 26 sports listed by the USA, skateboarding was placed the 25th most dangerous. More deaths are caused by lying in bed Keep your eyes on your skateboard at all times. Some teal creeps are on the loose ‘board snatching, In three days alone, boards and gear worth over £300 were stolen from kids at the South Bank. How dors it happen? Three guys seem to be the main culprits, They approach the younger kids and ask them to emonstrate a complicated trick, Then they push the ‘unsuspecting skater off his board, and scoot away on it. At Crystal Palace we witnessed a thief in action, trying to lift a board while its owner stood talking to the press. Don’t let your board ut of your sight, and never lend it to anyone you don’t know... Protesting skaters in Havering staged a dema recently, on market day in Romford, Essex. The kids got shoppers to sign a petition urging Havering Council to set upa local skateboarding rink where they can have fun away from complaining . pedestrians. As a result of this, the council arranged 2 teachin at the Chaffords Sports Centre. Their petition is shortly to go before the Community and Recreation Committee for discussion. Take heed, all frustrated skaters, and get demoing! The Thought Factory of Basingstoke claim to be making the fist allBri urethane wheels. In thi hand-poured styie, they’ using the only fast system in Europe. The firm is only six months old, and already they have been supplying Europe, UK and even the USA with wheels under other brand names, Now, in September, they are releasing their own brand called Alleyeat. It's a bowl wheel with double edge flex ~ and clear green in colaur, Watch out for our test in Skata Data Great to hear from all you readers who wrote to us complaining about Blackpool ‘Skateboard! 13 Council, There's nothing like a bit of bad publicity to Stirup the authorities Skaters in Blackpool have ed off the Promen: ks. Mr ade and out of Fred Matthew, Blackp Director of Parks and reasoning behind this: f there was an accident ark involv board, the that would hi people would put in a claim jzuinst the Corporation negligence. The parks ar used by the old and infirm and skateboards are a dangerous hazard, He went on to say he had seen children skating near his house and was surprised no one had been killed, More adventurous kids who moved on to the multi storey ear park w sed off This kind of story make our blood boll. It seems that the councils ate run by the aged and infirm, living way back in the past, Kids will be killed on the streets if they're ven proper places to The more own out of parks, dangerous the s will be, Did you evi a skater erushing a pedestrian 10 death in a park? Enough allop! The | ver the country, enclosing newspaper clips full of inane warnings about the “Hazards Of skateboarding’ from citizens concerned with public safety. Berkshire Cheltenham, St. Helen’s and Penance seein worst hit by the anti-skateboard hysteria In the Thames Valley, sparts shops have refused to stock boards, and the police are commending a total skateboards for child under the age of eight, It is claimed that decent towns folk across the length and | breadth of Berkshire and Oxfordshire have lodged complaints. “Unless they are banished from crowded town ccentres and housing estate subways, someone is going to be killed or main soon, say the experts! screams one Local rag. Mr. der, of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents is quoted as saying: “The alternative is for our hospital beds to be taken up by people maimed and injured. And, with the state of our economy as itis, that 14 Skateboard! Above Benty man, Jeremy Henderson — adab hand at the kick flip. Below Jeffrey Rutland, 7up and taking it look easy is ridiculous!” That certainly is, Mr. Larder. But the person I would most like to nominate for assage on the next voyage of the Titanie is a MF. Stan Eldon of Caversham, “Skateboards are deadly things, and most likely 10 gro among customers. regard skateboardi asa sport, and I don’t want todo anything toencourage | it” Skateboarding symbolises youth, health and vitality reckon the advertisers. Our TV sereens are soon t0 n herate with just that, as skaters take off to demon- te the health giving of Unigate milk, ind the vitality that can be yours if you use Blue Stratos Aftershave. Bill Gable, Max | Kirsten, Tim Levis and Guy Wadsworth are among the skate superstars strutting | their stuff on celluloid lywood tomorrow? The Evening News Ski ‘board Championship at | Crystal Pal ot take place with ishaps. In fact, ed that | otto take | place at all. The compe ized | waterlogged | appointed spec for the sun tocome outin | ‘noon. Those who enjoyed a fun packed day of demonstra busty ladies from the | Tea | | th dawned bright ce again siasls flocked to the ace, although spectators ‘were thinner on the ground, selting up the slalom. Tery Conlan of Slick Willies the boys to be was okay for the contest One young lad agreed to have “Plucky kid,” said Terry, that's a fast tight run, | wouldn't like to be going down there right now!" added on to his timing. These Too right he w two results were then added thekid wiped out spectacular- | together. ly about six Coke cans down, The freestyle points were ind grazed himself badly given out of a possible maxi Within seconds the St. Johns | mum of 90. The combined Ambulance Brigade came and slalom times were poundin then subtracted from the 5 saints to give eral figure. Far anyone to be considered as overall all winney champion they had to winner for sompete in all three events. quite stai ‘who gained high placings were points in the freestyle were They wer likely to get the highest 3d (under 14) — 1. Gerald | scores overall.” lan; 2. Mare Sinciai The judges were: Steve drew Vining:4. Pani | Constable, Peter Minto, Barry Walsh and'Keith Faulkner. Speed (14~16)—[Link] | Roger Daltry gave the prizes Shayer; 2. lan Chiles and remarked 3. David Acton-Bond; 4, John | “I was very impressed. 1 Sablosky used to skateboard myself Speed (17 and over) when it first came in fashion 1. Jock Patterson; 2,Tim | in the sixties, so I know just Dunkerley;3, Max Kirsten; | how hard itis, 4, Tim Levis se Slalom (under 14) — 1, Pal Sully; 2. Mare Sine! The [Link].A. continues to 3, Keith Smith;4, Nikolas | thrive in Brighton, Their Nikolite second competition t Slalom (14~-16)—1. John | place on Sunday August 7th Shayer; [Link] Sablosky; | at the Portsla 3. Caspar Peacock; 4. Simon | Centre Prizes of £100, donated by (17 and over) | skateboard City, attracted 1, Jock Pai Tim ikerley; 3. Frank Middle: i; 4. Tim Levis, | ¢ Freestyle (under 14) | by a panel of four Brighton 1, Paul Sully; 2. Mare | and Hove Albion players and Sinclair;3. Keith Smith; | the prizes were presented by 4, Graham McEachean. Peter Ward, Albion's top goal Freestyle (14—16) scorer, 1. Richard Heslop; 2. John ‘There were three events, Sablosky;[Link] Shayer; | Slalom, Freestyle and Team 4, Otto Wilkinson, | Shunt Race and the competi- Freestyle (17 and over) — _| tions were divided into three 1. Tim Levis; 2. Tim Dunker- | age groups. ley;3. Cliff Mitchell; [Link] | | Inthe 13 and under Liddell Slalom the youngest compet Overall winners in each age | tor, six year old Damon group who received cash Arnold, captured the hearts prizes and a silver salver were | of the crowd. He was Mare Sinclair, John Sablosky_| awarded the ‘rophy for the and Tim Levi most promising young Originally, Paul Sully won | competitor both his age group prize and | Most of the competitors the overall championship | were in the 14 to 16 age title. Later it was found that | group and here competition he had to be disqualified as | was muuch fle his f Patrick Bowman took the Ever Slalom completing the Ti twenty gate course in just title and the Hatley Davidson | over 9 seconds. prize A time of | minute for Much controversy has | the Freestyle was sufficient surrounded the choosing of | fot he riders to go through overall winner, but as ir moves, ‘ony Bowman, the organiser eil Robbins started his explains this was calculated "| winning routine with a jump fon a points system, Cover two of his team mates, The speed and slalom | He was followed into second points were worked out ona} place by Steve Karous who penalty system. That is if | also was showing fine form the contestant fouled the _ | in his jumping start line or knocked over a Many other manoeuvres an penalty points were were performed: 360s, hand: 16 Skateboard! Ny wild ee) Discover Duraflex ae eee Cote aot nara at eet ea ee eee ere eee teers era ee ena aa re aeons at era hills, zap around comers, and maintain velocity eee ee te eed Poet tea eee a ieee ene ice) Leche eae Ce tec aes reece a eee Las fine cross-laminated mahogany Coretta tte ee Reel eae ee Ley Purple, of Our wood veneer eR OAn RG) etc Durartey coreries beginners and days for the ‘experienced. Rumour also hhung about the edge of the Bow! that a steeper wall would be built in the futu the original took off. ‘And that’s just wiat it has done. Some local y oungsters have been skating just a ter of weeks, and have already slid comfortably into high line drives round the lip of the bowl, punchy off-the: lipsand radical ral turns. Crowds? One local com- mented: “We don't mind people bringing their boards here, particulasly if they're better than us. I'll watch what they can do and try to copy them, so I'l get better.” Otherwise, i's a run you ‘won't forget in a place pethaps you'd rather. For ‘more information, contact Howard Wilkinson at the Bowl on 061-338 3528, if ids in Coventry are putting their town on the national skateboarding map. They practice hard at the cycle track at Butts Stadium, Albany Road, It's by no means ideal, as the surface is pretty abrasive, but th some good high banks. The charge is 25p for as long a session as you like, and it's ‘open every day and evening except Friday night, when the cycling enthusiasts use the track. They don’t have any organised teams as yet, as their skating standacd isn't quite high enough. But enthusiasm is evitably Coventry will be producing good competitors before very long. On Sundays, the main shopping precinet is a fevour- ite meeting place, and more and more kids turn up every week, Many of the kids have bought their own skateboards by saving up their pocket money, and doing odd jobs like paper rounds. ——————— ‘similar scene is growing Mn Manchester. A regular meeting place is Crown ‘Square in the town cent bbut after 6pm as the area is Used as a thoroughfare during, the day, Around 40 skaters use the square, and the stan- dard is pretty high. They've been thrown out of the parks, gh some schools allow use of playgrounds Hyson Green tn Nowingham Is the scene of much skate- board activity. There are three bowls here, varying from two to ten feet in bank A fine Duffy ‘on display at Crystal Palace. height, with an angle of 60 degrees. When the decaying inner city was pulled down by town planners, it was replaced with banks, bowls, tubes and smooth slopes — skater’s paradise, Nottingham cats aren't too interested in slalom and freestyle theyte bow! riders to a mai rd from Eltham writes joyal Greenwich Park is fast becoming recognised as cone of the best skateboarding, areas in the South East. There are a number of long sloping paths that give some incred- {ble downhill uns, and the park is crisscrossed with ‘numerous smooth tarmac paths. “The most popular for skateboarders is along. shallow run leading to a short sharp hill, Most of the stunts are tried heve, or along a path running adjacent to this. There's also a short steep run, 1 path following the road which isan easy half mile cruise, and the fastest of all a Jong steep ride which is really hot to skate, “The attitude of the police seems very tolerant, although some kids have been moved on, and others have been, threatened with fines. It does seem a good idea to set time limits for when skating can | take place, or to seetion off | an area. The average age and | standard is below that of the South Bank, but both are rising.” Team Check We want to hear details of what your team is geting up to, Please write or pone Tetting us know wos inthe linesap how long it's been fag where ya been Fiding ately, what equipment You tse. Naturally, a team photo would come in handy too. Contact Skateboard? magazine, 14 Rathbone Pace, London WIP IDE. Competition Calendar Is okay running @ compet tion, but if you want any spectators (or maybe even competitors!) then you'd better let us know about it in good time ~ and that ‘means at least five weeks before publication day Where i wil be held, and address of the organiser, Prizes offered, events to be Staged, and, most important ly, the date and time of starting, Details to: Ska board? magazine, 14 Rathbone Place, London WIP 1D Places Index Skateboard! mapuzine is drawing up alist of well-used skate places around the country. If you have a favourite park, cul-de-sac, offstreet area that you'd like to share and it's safe ane! legal, we'd like to hear about it. Detais please to: Skare- board? magazine, 14 Rathbone Place, London WIP IDE. Suop Shop Gotta ‘board you're tired of —"a set of pads you can’t use any more — or how about some of those great US mags you've read sixty times over? Just write in and let us know ‘what you'd like in their place and we'll see the word gets out in the next month's Swop Shop column. Once again, the service is free of charge. Just drop a line to: Skateboard! magazine, 14 Rathbone Place, London WIP IDE, The Clubs Each month we shall be featuring report on the many Skateboarding Clubs and Associations around the country. To do this, we need to hear from you. Please write or phone, giving us your name, address and if possible phone number. We'd like to know the name of the club, where itis, how much itis to join, how many members there are, how long it’s been running, and so on. All Tomer Syke information will be published free of charge to the clubs concerned. Contact Skate- board! magazine, 14 Rathbone Place, London WIP IED. SKATEBOARD! MAGAZINE GOES MONTHLY FROM NOW ON! Because of the enormous success of issue 1, from now on, Skateboard! magazine goes MONTHLY. Unfortu- nately, this has meant the rescheduling of several articles that were to have appeared in this edition. Have no fear, the advertised features on ‘Customisi ‘Skateboarding Hybrids’, and ‘Constructing your own Park’ will be with you in even greater detail in the months to come, THE EDIT SKATE LINE “WE'RE HOT AND GETTING HOTTER’ Three months ago we bought cour first skateboards, and | that was a really good feeling; ‘we'd seen all the kids whiz- Zing about locally and couldn't wait to try. Actually ‘we had had a bash earlier by taking apart our sister's roller skates (Boy was she mad!!!) and making avery rough deck ‘out of plywood. It smashed to pieces coming down a very fast hill in Parliament Hill Fields ~ take heed — we've still got the scars to prove it Mum and Dad were slighted at our new found enthusiasm, that is until the first time we went up to the South Bank. Then the trouble started. “These boards are uscless, we can't ride the banks, we can't do nose wheelies, we can't doa hhang ten etc.,et., etc,’ So it was parents up to the scene of all the action, and thanks to a couple of very interested adults, my Dad was a ‘champion sportsman himself, ‘we got good trucks and good wisels and he made us some really way out decks Now it’s all happening at ‘our house and around New Barnet. Ido find it difficult to understand why my Mum ‘objects to sometimes as many a5 15 to 20 kids hammering dowm the side of ‘our house: we're lucky we live on a ill and we have paved drive and patio. We used to have a lovely lawn 00 until we discovered that if we covered the grass with hardboard butted up together and then put some ttestles and a couple of large pieces of 7 ply up against the apple tree we actually had terific mini skate park. Al the kids in our area know about it now and they come round every night. We're saving up for flood lights for the winter, ha! ha! We've tamed Mum now and she understands that hanging ‘out the washing is bound to hazardous task and she is positively the only lady in New Barnet who wears a crash helmet whilst ping ou the empty mile atiles. 20 Skateboard! We've got our own team, practising hard right now because we've just been challenged by the Holymonk Skateboard Team who all live a couple of streets away So you see it's really moving here in Barnet. Come down and see us sometime, an L1-man catamaran is some: thing I ean tell you. Matt and Ben Shaul, New Barnet, Herts, LONDON ISN'T BURNING Al right, so skateboarding in the UK did start in Londor but those are the only skate boarders that you seem to be concemed with. There are lots of skaters who meet in sialler towns and villages, and although they may not be as good as the Londoners, you could at least give them a mention. Take us in Slough, for example. We meet every Sunday in a car park above Slough Bus Station. We have problems, because although there aren't any people around, we still get thrown out regularly. We may not be the best, but we're getting better all the time. P-T. Hemmings, Slough, Berks. (in fact, we don't reckon skateboarding started in London at all. Many people from the south coastal towns claim to have bee skating continuously singe the "60s. We're doing our best to rake our coverage as nation- wide as possible, and you can help us by letting us know who's hot in your area Each club could nominate their hottest skater, and send us pics and a phone number $0 we can talk to you. Londoners are Incky because they are getting the facilities first — help us to help you by giving publicity to your activities. Ed.) Calennaiienentaieneed YOU CAN ALWAYS. ‘TELL AN OUTLAW BY HIS KNEES . came across your first issue in afocal shop, and felt L had to write. You seem concemed| with the direction of the new ‘wonder world’ of skate- boarding... soam I, yet at present, we travel on opposite Mono twee ‘A friend and I began surf skating back in 1967.1 started with red cork, slippy ‘wheels, and progressed to Hammaco. They made complete units of similar size, design and equal strength to today’s boards for £5. Those wheels gave good grip, durability and allowed side- slips that are unthinkable today. Skateboard radicalism ‘emerged alongside the short board styles in "68. ‘ust a few skaters were doing things eight years azo that kids are “inventing” today. Board decks hit forty inches and eleven inches, kick tails came in four years before they were developed fen masse, and one guy even shaped up a spooned, ult wide deck for knee-riding! Handstands and eight mph drops were for goons who'd never been near the ocean in their lives. Wirral was littered with smooth, steep hill, some of which you moved onto and off again after angry words with neighbours. Other drops are still mellow today. Now skateboarding has taken off in Britain, it seems everybody's hell-bent to organise, be competitive, push everyone into clubs and ask advice from the RSPA (Gs if they were even on the same wavelength), ‘The days of road and pavement freedom may be waning as local authorities, cautious to promote the right image, herd everyone behind high fences and put them under the control of old men. Now is the time to stop the spread of idiot com- mercialism. If we don't resist, the Government, the police and the goody-two-shoes RSPA will make damn sure ‘you pay your SOp and take a drop into the plastic dream bow. Please take care Skate- board! Don't bury our souls because of wounded knees. Keep the pads off. Rod Holmes, Wirral, Merseyside, (You wouldn't expect to ride a go-kart in the road ora ‘motorbike on a footpath — in the same way skateboards are inevitably going to have to come off the surcets. Surfers have the whole ‘ocean ~ skateboarders will Ihave to build their own. Yes, it would be a bum deat i the sport was rendered passive and sterile by the maiden aunts of autho But we are looking on the brighter side. There ain't alot you can do with a street littered with cars and pedestrians — but in a skate park the possibilities are ‘unlimited. Doesn’t a thirty ‘oot concrete wave appeal to you? They're building ‘them in the States right now Ed.) —_—- MAD DOGS AND ENGLISHMEN . Tam writing to tell you that your mag's an the right Pipeline. How about a few skateboarding stories people's own experiences, and some skate tips. In Nottingham we have two ‘main ‘radical’ breaks, Broad ‘Marsh centre with a 15 foot ‘bank, and Hyson Green, which makes London's ‘South Bank look like Diddy land, We practice every’ ‘Sunday pulling stunts like power slides, space walks and tile hitting. 've worn, ‘out two boards already! My ‘comment: why not build a replica of the concrete wave in Anaheim up North — it would cost a lot, yes, but would soon have paid for itself, And how about 1g some big stars here, Ike "Mad Dog’ or Jay ‘Adams to help keep British skateboarding on the ri track, ‘Steve, Tristram, Notts. (Good idea, Steve — let's see your skate tories — but cep them short, 300 co 500 word, We have fo exciting Plans inthe pipeline: one {0 bring some top skaters over from the USA; the other to take some of ours over to se them! Watch thi space, Ed) IN SHORT I've been skateboarding for five months and would like tojoin a club, Please advise re how to do this, and tell me where I can find any skateboard runs or bowls TJ, Huggins, Surrey, (Happy to obtige. See our next issue on how to set about forming — or finding 1 club, Ea) thought the magazine was terrific ~ here are some suggestions which would ‘make it even better. A scriptions department, so we could get back issues foo. Some pull-out, colour posters Detailed manoeuvres, with pics. D. Manders, Wakefield, (AI three start this month. Ed) est idea what “radical” means in the sense you use it Mooked it up in the diction. ary with no luck. And how about a*wanted and for sale" section in the mag? A. Haas, Dorset. (Many skateboard terms and phrases have origi surfing and less skaters should start a language of our own? Oh... the Swop Shop starts next issue. Ed.) Congratulations on produ a brilliant magazine, Tread it from cover to cover and ‘was totaly stunned, magazine could be native and interesting. Carry ‘Adrian Limes, Staines, Middlesex. (We were dead chuffed by some of your letters sreat to know when we" getting it right! But then, we're sure you won't hesitate to tell us when you think we're wrong, too. Ed.) ng For answers to your technical ‘ueries ~ see Skata Data, rage 4. Across the USA, some 30 million people are tuned in to. the joys of skateboarding. ‘Small wonder that they have the best facilities in the world, and are getting hotter ‘wilder ones every day. On June 30th, skateboard- ing entered 4 new dimension ‘with the opening of SKATE- BOARD WORLD, America’s newest and most up-to-the- minute skatepark, The cost ‘was. in excess of a million dollars, it covers thee and a half acres of land, and it took 9 manths to build, (Which is quite a long ‘time by ‘American standards.) Skateboard World is situated at Torrance, in Galifornia’s South Bay, and ‘was designed by Disney’ Land architect, Randy Duell. Visually, it's stunning, with Jandscaping, flying flags and carefully engineered multi coloured runs. And. there's something for. everybody — ‘whatever their level of skating ability, For speed freaks there's a straight, steep slalom for a curling, curving snake- Tike run with seven nerve testing bends. For dedicated bank riders, there’s a pipe line fending in’ a deep smooth bowl. For those who want to test their skills on a novel surface, there's the mogul un, full of bumps to glide around or spring from one to another. Beginners are amply catered for with a gentle bowl, and a large 500 square foot freestyle area, Powerful floodlights keep skaters riding welll into the evening, a popular time. But perhaps the most lunigue aspect of Skateboard World is — the sound. An underground music system has been installed ~ so placed that the skaters get the same hhigh quality of sound that they would from their own speakers. Piping the music up from the ground in this way makes the sound very direc- 22 Skateboard! tional — so that the skaters and onlookers can hear it oud and clear ~ but not the neighbours. ‘This music system marks a real breakthrough for free- style skaters, who can now ‘gear their performances to a ‘certain record, thus taking on. the rhythm and continuity of a gymnastic display, or a ballet ‘A ‘session lasts for two hours and costs 4.13 dollars (£3.50) which is pretty dear by Bish standards, but 114% of their gross income ‘goes to insurance alone, Skateboard World is bound to have quite a few accidents, but the kids want deeper and more demanding bowls, so skatepark builders hhave to comply. Montebello, ‘once the most popular park, is now deserted, and Carlsbad is closed at present for re- ‘building. The 15 foot banks are increasing to 30 foot to ‘keep abreast with Skateboard World. Safety rules are, of course, strictly adhered to, No one is allowed near a US skatepark without full safety gear, The company’ responsible for Skateboard World. have more great_ plans in store. Warwick Charlton told us that he may next be building clear acrylic pipe with water running through, and skating it would bring the visual sensations of riding an enormous wave! They are also working on a portable system that could be taken anywhere and quickly put down — an entire surface with banks and slopes, Where to next in the country of space age skateparks? Well, they're planning a fen acre site in Las Vegas next year — and with an estimated — million skate- boarders around that area alone it just has to. be Sound business, And quite something to see, t00! With a firs prize of a trip to California, it’s not surprising that the European Skateboard Zurich on August 6 and 7,

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