Well it's finally happened and all the girls
are screaming about it. Candy addict and Stratton / Okemo local
Lane Kannack finally got his license. Rumor has it that Ross
Powers will be featured on bottles of Naya water, did Ross recently
buy a limo? Rossignol pro Ron Chiodi has been skating vert in
Europe, will Ron be in an upcoming TV commercial? Abe Teter's
been surfing on the West Coast. Hobie Chittenden has been entering
logging contests and got third in his first one. Hobie should
have a signature board with Hayes Brothers out now { so go buy
it }, rumor says that it's the one with the chainsaw on the bottom.
Bromley/Stratton local Tristan Winpenny is still without a board
sponsor even after going bigger then most of the sponsored ams
all winter. Killington has closed their night pipe for good so
expect the Stratton mtn.
night pipe to be a little more congested for the 99\00 season.
In Industry news, the fine people at Mervin
Mfg. have their robots working overtime on a new line of
skateboards with a super-light carbon laminate that may change
the amount of skateboards you break in a year. Gnu
Snowboards is in fierce competition with Apple Computer™
over the G3 tradename and their new line of "super computer
bindings". Now illegal in most third world countries, the
bindings are so light that riders have been known to interfere
with military radar surveillance upon entry to the atmosphere.
Could a G4 be on the way? Is Vew Do Balance Boards putting together
a snowboard team of some of the best the east has to offer? Check
them out at Vew-do.com.
On a skateboarding note, Boston has recently opened a new concrete
park four blocks off the Maverick stop. Toy Machine pro Brian
Anderson stopped by to tear it up solo. The park is fun although
nothing is over four feet. Mark Gonzales got married to his longtime
girlfriend. The Alleged Art Gallery located at 809 Washington
Street in Manhattan will be hosting an Ed Templeton show titled
" The Golden Age of Neglect ". According to the Alleged
press release Ed " documents the people from his neighborhood.
Suburban kids smoking and making out who are suppose to be good
but are really bad. He also takes pictures of he and his wife
being bad". The exhibit, in the form of a giant sketchbook
is open until January 9th so go and check it out.
Quote of the month:
"Who is Greg Wilson? Is he one of the Beach Boys?"
-Scott Lenhardt
