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In these hard days of affluence, what sort of present do you obtain for the recipient who has everything? A recent eBay auction listing offered up the opportunity to bid for a full day of hanging out with Steve Olson and David Hackett. It was unclear if the service being brokered was a coaching clinic, a psychological intervention or a celebrity hang all.

The Hubba cartel was just together in SE where they all posted up for a team picture outside of Old Saint Mary's Cathedral. Tony V was shooting the festivities when a squad of San Francisco's defenders arrived to preserve the peace. Terell Robinson's serious air travel seemed to spook the five-O, who shut them all down. TV then began quoting scripture written on the front of the church and took everybody over to Chinatown's Cathay House, where Hubba churned serious chow for days. Technically noteworthy was Tony's low profile utilization of some Polytrifluoroethylene compounds. Is this a sign of more products to come?

Reports have Ed Templeton consigned to the sequestered "porn dorm" section at the Orange County Museum of Art along with Larry Clark. Also beautifully lost was the highly regarded ramp, which seemed to have drawn an equal I amount of transition-starved skaters and cops after hours. Kevin Ancell was observed talking with the Newport PD while Neck face was believed to be running. Ancell left the scene, deciding to venture to the south of France.

Heidi Lemmon, of SPAUSA, Melanie Berry and Ger-i Lewis all stormed the LA City Council Meeting to demand that the politicians honor their previous commitment to develop the Venice public skatepark on V Beach. Jesse Martinez was appointed the citizen consensus representative and he will advise the architects, politicos and power brokers as to what the skaters need.

Questions: does the option to live an intelligent life still exist after flogging a series of Think model skates? Despite years of tour abuse and the isolation of weasel ranching, Paul Zuanich is said to be now lucratively employed at a certain Stanford region think tank. No one really knows exactly what sort of work happens at this research institute, but you can color it black as in dark ops. Spook Zooch denies all.

Is it true that Terry Kennedy is back on Baker, now that a TV show about him is in the works?