STARRING ROLLS SKATEBOARDERS TRY OUT FOR PARTS IN NEW MOVIE.Byline: Lisa M. Sodders Staff Writer NORTH HOLLYWOOD - When Stevie Rachelle Vocalist in 80's glam metal band Tuff and financer and manager of 80's Glam Metal website Metal Sludge. Early life Rachelle was born Steven Howard Hanseter on March 2 1966. He was raised in America around the Lake Winnebago area of Oshkosh Wisconsin despite being German. was 15, he and his friends got their parents to build them a 9-foot wooden half-pipe skateboard ramp in his back yard. ``They were supportive,'' he said. ``The first time a kid picks up a guitar and plays, it's loud and annoying, but if the kid gets a record contract, they're proud.'' Many years later, Rachelle, 36, Van Nuys, a singer-musician and skateboard instructor, is hoping to parlay An open programming interface (API) to a service provider's network (the network operator), developed by the Parlay Group (www.parlay.org). By enabling the customer's application to talk directly to the network, it allows the end user to have greater access to network information as well his skateboarding skateboarding Form of recreation, popular among youths, in which a person rides standing balanced on a small board mounted on wheels. The skateboard first appeared in the early 1960s on paved areas along California beaches as a makeshift diversion for surfers when the ocean skills into a movie role. He was at Val Surf on Saturday with his skateboard, along with hundreds of other skateboarders, auditioning for a part in a coming Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) . movie about skateboarding. The film, which doesn't have a title yet, is scheduled to be filmed in September in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. and released in the spring of 2003, said Bill Gerber, one of the producers. The movie will follow four skaters who follow the tour of a skateboard star, doing tricks to get noticed and sponsors themselves. Gerber chose Val Surf for the casting call because ``this is the mecca; this is 40 years of surfing and skating. Any trend comes out of this shop.'' Hopefuls had their photos taken, read some lines and then set out to prove their skills on a cordoned-off skateboard course with several ramps. Many of the hopefuls described the tryout area as being a little too tight for them to show off their moves. But Tom Peha, 34, Seattle, Wash., performed a handstand on the board and several hand plants, in which the skater does a one-handed handstand at the top of a ramp while holding the board to his feet with the other hand. Not bad for a guy who only heard about the audition Friday and flew down that evening, getting only about two hours of sleep. A production assistant for commercials by day, Peha has been skateboarding for 20 years. Jon Cousins, 26, of Echo Park didn't do as well. Although his colorful tattoos, shaved head and 26 body piercings - he's a professional body piercer - made him a visual standout in the crowd, he fell during several of his moves, and even managed to temporarily dislocate dis·lo·cate v. To displace a body part, especially to displace a bone from its normal position. a shoulder in one fall, he said. ``I've dislocated dis·lo·cate tr.v. dis·lo·cat·ed, dis·lo·cat·ing, dis·lo·cates 1. To put out of usual or proper place, position, or relationship. 2. both my hips, ground off half my face - when you're in the skateboard industry, you're going to get hurt,'' he said cheerfully. ``I've broken both of my shins at the same time.'' The skaters wore helmets on the course, and several wore elbow and knee-guards. Damon Richards, general manager of Val Surf, said the sport has seen a resurgence in the last five years, particularly in the area of street skating Street skating is the practice of roller skating (commonly on inline skates or quad skates) in groups on public roads. Street skates can be formal affairs, with prespecified routes, marshals and, at times, police escorts or ad hoc gatherings of like minded individuals. . Boards today are smaller and lighter, making it easier to do tricks. The skateboards skateboards mini surfboard supported on roller-skate wheels; 1960s craze enjoyed renaissance. [Am. Hist.: Sann, 151–152] See : Fads at Val Surf are the higher-end models and run between $89 and $159, Richards said. Many are made out of several layers of hardrock maple, which gives the board the flexibility skaters need for their stunts. ``A lot of the tricks have to do with boosting and popping, getting energy out of the board,'' Richards explained. For example, one basic move, an ollie, calls for the skater to press on the tail of the board with the rear foot to pop the front in the air, ``basically doing a bunny hop
Mike Horvath, 26, of Hollywood didn't even try an ollie. He'd only been skateboarding for two weeks, he said, and uses his board just to go to the store. He settled for simply cruising back and forth across the audition area. But he has surfed for seven years and has acted in such television shows as ``Dawson's Creek Dawson's Creek is an American primetime television drama which aired from January 20, 1998, to May 14, 2003, on The WB Television Network. The lead production company was Sony Pictures Television. .'' ``I started a fight between Pacey and Joey the episode before they had sex,'' he said. Rose Bernfeld, 23, and Bill Green, 25, made the tryouts a family affair: They brought their daughter, 3-year-old Jasmyn, who also loves skateboards. ``I think she's taking a liking the to G-forces,'' Bernfeld said fondly, adding that she took up skateboarding to lose the weight she gained during pregnancy. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) Jason Jones Jason Jones is the name of:
(2) Three-year-old Jasmyn Long seems to contemplate her chances for a movie role during Saturday's casting call at Val Surf. Charlotte Schmid-Maybach/Staff Photographer |
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