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ARCHIVED SKATE MAGS
On 4/18/2007 SHUFLY wrote in from United States  (75.49.nnn.nnn)

IN REGARDS TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT REPUBLISHING THE OLD
ISSUES OF SKATEBOARDER & ACTION SPORTS. I FOUND OUT THAT
THE MAGS FROM 97'BACK ARE JUST ON HARD COPY ONLY AND THE
MAGS FROM 98'FORWARD ARE ON DISK. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD
BE PROFITABLE FOR THE PUBLISHERS TO REPRINT ANY OF THOSE.
THE MAGS I HAVE I ARE PRICELESS TO ME, SO IF YOU HAVE ANY
HOLD ON TO THEM.
PEACE OUT , DSHUFLY

 
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yeah
On 4/13/2007 herbn wrote in from United States  (205.188.nnn.nnn)

maybe not hardbound, but year by year in a book sort of the size of the indy book.

 
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Skateboarder Magazine
On 4/12/2007 Marc F. wrote in from United States  (64.12.nnn.nnn)

It would be great if someone could re issue all the old Skateboarder and Action Now magazines. Wonder if that could be possible?

 
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Capitola Classic
On 4/9/2007 Judi O wrote in from United States  (69.110.nnn.nnn)

Steve,

I just emailed you the scan. Let me know if you don't get it. Someone has a video of the race. I saw it at Novak’s house that night. I remember I had crashed and slid 25 feet down the double yellow it saved my skin well at least some of it. I had a mild concussion but kept skating. I cried when I saw the footage. It looked so bad and everyone went augh!!! all of a sudden I felt every scrape and bruise.

Take care,

Happy 50 th! this year.

Judi O

 
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Capitola Classic
On 4/8/2007 Evans wrote in from United States  (66.214.nnn.nnn)

Judy , that was a great event!

Can you send me any scanned images of me from Pop's negatives? I would appreciate it.

I remember driving up the coast w/Dave D. and Lance S. of Tracker just in front of a gnarly south swell. It sucked cuz everytime we stopped to surf it would be small and grow to overhead in a matter of an hour, then we would start driving again. Park, small surf then big surf again, it was making me crazy but we had to get to the race! Surfing from HB to County Line to Jalama to Capitola.

That race is where I started to get racers to wear speedsuits. My mom made me a custom 4way stretch suit (the one in the photo), I looked like Spiderman, everyone was in a panic cuz the suit was so aero, racers started wearing their wetsuits, it was hilarious! It's been so long ago I can't even remember how I finished because the trip was so much fun!

History is great and having many fanastic memories and friends to look back on is a dream come true! I'm turning 50 this year it's been a hell of a ride and looking foward to some more great adventures!

Evans "Badlands" the House of High Speed

 
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stewart singer
On 4/7/2007 herbn wrote in from United States  (205.188.nnn.nnn)

that's the texan,i think the guy in the ad might not be him though

 
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Capitola Classic
On 4/7/2007 Judi O wrote in from United States  (69.111.nnn.nnn)

My dad found some old negatives from 1980. Steve Evans and Hut shots.

One of my side projects.

http://capitolaclassic.com

 
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Or was that.....
On 4/6/2007 Stubbs wrote in from United States  (75.11.nnn.nnn)

....Dan Wilkes? Hey, HerbN, can you scan that page and put it up here? I'd be interested in checking that out.

 
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That Texan in the Donel Distribution ad...
On 4/5/2007 Stubbs wrote in from United States  (70.251.nnn.nnn)

...is none other than Stewart Singer from Dallas, TX.

 
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Heroes.......
On 4/5/2007 Rene CANNONBALL Carrasco wrote in from United States  (71.129.nnn.nnn)

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Cat -

The people I had on my wall, as I was growing up were
Bobby Rydell, Muhammed Ali, Chuck Norris, The Beach Boys,
and for many years I had photo's of Yokohama Bay, Hawaii...
from the 1960'S.

I can't believe I never went to Hawaii until 1996 -
and when I was there - wouldn't you know it - - -
of all the surf spots my brothers and I went to -
my favorite surf spot was Yokohama Bay !
( -Makaha a close second ! )


Below: 1996 - I took this photo of my brother
Randy Carrasco surfing Yokohama Bay, Hawaii.



I've never met you Cat -
-but maybe I'll see ya @ the
2007 La Costa Open/Encinitas Open/San Diego Open....
whatever they will name it this year !


THE LCB ~ ~ ~ real good people !




Take care,

..........-Rene Carrasco.

WWW.RENECARRASCO.COM







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gorilllaz
On 4/5/2007 herbn wrote in from United States  (64.12.nnn.nnn)

a quick glance through my old mags and i got a couple of fav's,an obscure "who's hot" dave bently, looks to have some pretty good height in his gorilla grip air, i think the best pic of a gorilla grip may have been skitch hitchcock in the hobie sundancer ad, the texan was in a donel distribution ad with no name credit,he had other pics i think,there's my trivia question.i don't know the answer,yet.

 
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texas gorilla
On 4/5/2007 herbn wrote in from United States  (64.12.nnn.nnn)

who was the sort of famous texan that had a gorilla grip in his "who's hot" name is on the tip of my tongue,yuch.

 
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Rene
On 4/5/2007 Cat wrote in from United States  (67.117.nnn.nnn)

Rene,

I love seeing all your pics about history in Skateboarding!
Even though I skated in the summertime, I never read skateboard mags back then, only ski.

My heroes in the 60's & 70's were Spider Sabich, Jean-Claude Killy, Suzy "Chapstick" Chaffee, Stein Eriksen. These are the people I had on my wall!

Keep em' coming!!!!

 
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GoRiLLa GriP ~ ToE GRiP .....
On 4/3/2007 Rene CANNONBALL Carrasco wrote in from United States  (71.133.nnn.nnn)

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Speakin' of Gorilla Grip, or Toe Grippers back in 1970's...

-let's not forget Steve Shipp,

and that kid - David Carrasco.




David Carrasco - Carlsbad Hills...mid 1970'S.






When I met Gordy Linneman back in 1976 on location during
the shooting of the movie 'SKATEBOARD' -

-he was doing some cool stuff barefooted - on his tiny skateboard.
- actually amazing stuff.




Take care,

................-Rene Carrasco.

Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket







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toe grip
On 3/26/2007 wearvans wrote in from United States  (206.135.nnn.nnn)

Russ Howell, Ed Nadalin, and my brother Karl hung out together at Ed's pad in Huntington Beach
it was raining that day and I tagged along with my brother Karl
I stood on Ed's board and that's where I first did a grilla grip
started jumping over evrything
I used to trip on how high Skitch jumped
1975

 
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Locating former skateboarder & skate shop owner
On 3/26/2007 Arthur wrote in from United States  (205.188.nnn.nnn)

Hi I'm trying to locate any info out there on a skateboarder named Allan F. Houck who owned 'Daytona Street Skates' in Daytona Beach, Fl in the late 70s and opened the 'Moon Forest Skateboard Park' in Ormond Beach in 1980. His partner Ed Baxter was also a skateboarder and won three titles during that time period. Thanks!

 
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Michelle Brunot
On 3/25/2007 Chris Yandall wrote in from United States  (75.80.nnn.nnn)

I had a bad reference on my last post :)

disregard.

cYa

 
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2. Questions .... 2nd one answered here?
On 3/25/2007 Chris Yandall wrote in from United States  (75.80.nnn.nnn)

"2. DEL MAR 1975: I just had to remind a woman working on a children's book which has a chapter on skateboarding that the first place winners at Del Mar were NOT the Z-Boys. The overall winner was a GIRL! Does anybody have more info who Michelle Brunot was?"

hello!

i'm still standin' and willing to chip in .02 here and there.

ok this is an old pic but it lends a hand to the fictional story. those guys were epic but no more a sensation than howell, ty page, logan gang, and the list goes on. Thatz howz I seez it! I could ramble on about the old days but I'll save that for another post :)



lookin back at those magical times, we were truly setting the stage to today's industry. these are golden times too! i'm thrilled at all the longboarders everywhere!!!! still gyrating down the sidewalks and racing here and there.

cYa





 
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Early Gorilla Grippers
On 3/25/2007 GBJ wrote in from United States  (69.140.nnn.nnn)

Ed Nadalin was another of the very early gorilla grippers.

 
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Anaheim 1965
On 3/23/2007 Craig B. Snyder wrote in from United States  (66.32.nnn.nnn)

Okay, Cliff... Would John Freis for overall and Torger Johnson for Freestyle be the correct answer?

By the way, I have found a Skitch Hitchcock interview in the Feb 79 issue of Skateboarder. The intro by Benito Schwartz says SH popularized the Gorilla Grip in Spring 75, at Del Mar. He also nearly got eliminated because he used it to go up and down the platform.

Torture me with more questions.

 
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Craig Snyder
On 3/23/2007 Cliff Coleman wrote in from United States  (69.181.nnn.nnn)

Craig,

Go back 10 years before the Del Mar Contest. See if you can tell me who won the overall and who placed 1st in Freestyle at Anahiem, 5/22&23/65? More questions if you can answer these.

Cliff Coleman

 
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Answers
On 3/23/2007 Marty wrote in from United States  (209.214.nnn.nnn)


I would pose the Gorrilla Grip question to Steve Cathey. He was one of the first I ever saw doing it.

Question # 2 would be good for Russ Howell or Chris Yandall, they were both on the podium with her.

 
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"La Grippe" & Del Mar
On 3/22/2007 Craig B. Snyder wrote in from United States  (66.32.nnn.nnn)

Hello All,

Two questions:

1. GORILLA GRIP: What do members here know about the origins of this move? And was there one specific originator?

2. DEL MAR 1975: I just had to remind a woman working on a children's book which has a chapter on skateboarding that the first place winners at Del Mar were NOT the Z-Boys. The overall winner was a GIRL! Does anybody have more info who Michelle Brunot was?

thanks,
Craig

Here's the plug for my new book. Will be a good one. Take care guys.

A Secret History of the Ollie
http://theOllieBook.com/

 
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stat
On 3/15/2007 shapeshifter wrote in from United States  (198.160.nnn.nnn)

found this on russ howell's site. nice to know that people are looking out for him!

 
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Skitch
On 3/15/2007 wearvans wrote in from United States  (206.135.nnn.nnn)

anyone know the stats on Skitch?
Happy B-Day Waldo Autry
Waldo
you and my brother hung out for a min in HB (Karl)

 
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