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BOARD WARS

IN A SHOCKING MOVE, TERRY KENNEDY TURNED HIS BACK on the Baker family for a spot on team Element. The intricacies of the move are unknown, but one can't wonder if the root of the matter wasn't financial. Seek is the new company from the sovereign sect of the Alien Workshop, with style kings Kalis, Dyrdek and Colin McKay heading up the diamond-studded roster. Ams to be added soon. Meanwhile at Girl, Boston pile driver Jereme Rogers joins Biebel and McKinley in the am division.

After some light shopping around, rail marauder Paul Machnau signed up at World Industries with fellow Red Dragon Rob "Sluggo" Boyce. In other World news, team am Ryan Sheckler has forsaken his MacDonaldstyle full pads kit and was seen raw doggin' it helmetless into fourth place pro at the recent Globe World Cup in Melbourne. McCrank won street-style and Bucky took vert. Third World vert pro Mathias Ringstrom suffered a ruptured lung following an intense meeting with the flatbottom that may or may not have been cosmically related to the company the surly Swede has been keeping as of late--which includes, but is certainly not limited to, the drug dependent Backstreet Boy (not to be confused with the similarly facial-haired, 35-yearold N'Sync dude).

Billy "Skid" Marks was excommunicated from The Firm following some team compatibility problems and his general devil-may-care attitude. Another Firm ex, Frank Gerwer, has become the next Anti Hero.

VIDEO JUNKIES

Reigning SOTY Arto Saari pulverized his ankle and could be heading for surgery. Meanwhile, Flip-mate Geoff Rowley was reported off hunting big game--photo-style--in the mountains of the American West.

Former Omaha mini-ramp wrecking ball and Z-boy Todd Baechle's band, The Faint, have been all but lionized by the British music press and ain't doing too shabby on this side of the pond either, with coverage in Spin and The New Yorker celebrating their nuevo-new wave stylings. Other band members include lil' bro Clark Baechle (briefly of Counterfeit fame,) and Steve Berra's best friend Joel Peterson.

In need of clothing that addresses your artistic side? Why not try Ruca, whose endorsers include Ethan Fowler, Ed Templeton, Cairo and Salman Agali. In other Agah news, Sultan fans should act fast if they want to get a pair of his signature kicks, as the present Vans model will be his last.

Coen Brothers fans rejoice. New Expedition pro Stefan Janoski has a Lebowski-themed Big Janoski model that ties the room together. Shut the fuck up, Donnie.

MALL RATS

Those who dig on swine will be stoked to hear Austin Stephens, Corey Duffel, and PJ Ladd are rollin' for Pig wheels. Fellow oinker Don "Nuge" Nguyen will be jumping the Leap of Faith in 4CE Shoes; that is, unless he's chicken. Jose Rojo's no hen, that's why he's putting his dogs into the highly-technical shoes of Savier footwear.

A gigantic am contest of Tampa caliber is slated to go off April 19th-21st at the OG Phoenix Skatepark. Hit 'em up at their web thingy: [e-mail] for the details.

FIRST PERSON

Are Dill and Van Engelen so close to their surf roots that the street-style wonder boys have forever sworn off the ledged world for the bounty of the backyard pool bonanza? Does Anthony shred shoe-less? Does Dill slash the box? Will Dyrdek join in bucketing sludge in his diamonds? Keep scanning the night skies for more details.

QUEEN MARY

ASR The pro unionists met with the skateboard manufacturers associationists and the television conglomeratists. The former secretary of the NFL Player's Union looked as good as she could. Can't we all agree just not to get along? Kudos for the "best performance by a union organizer" has to go to Andy Mac, who bypassed the meeting in favor of attending the Super Bowl.

A purported Steve Olson-designed line of be-jeweled wheels debuted to the shock of more than a few with its shameless synthetic bling.

The Hurley hucksters talked of their independence just prior to their alleged sell out to Nike.

Ethan Fowler has gigged his way into a sponsorship set up with Fender Guitars. Will a FowlerFender-Vans shoe be an axe-cessory now that the pro series is "officially" over?

The marketing cyclone surrounding Jay Adams keeps blowing up. The Osiris cartel is reportedly heatedly battling the Vans organization for his shoe rights. Other sources allege that Jay Boy is being offered a large piece of Z Flex to renew a previous contract that is close to running out. A couple of other board builders are still trying to claim him. Another circulating rumor has the owner of one company that is desirous of Adams' services supposedly attempting to insert himself into the equation in order to rake off a percentage of the man's payments for himself by functioning as "manager/designer."

SOUL CARVE

In the DLX house, look for Mark Gonzales' new company Krooked. No, not the company motto, it rather relates to both the rail in the Blind video and the essence of skateboarding-turning.

Kirk Gee, outrider for Con Safos Press, has been seen flogging a couple of new projects in odd ways lately. Gee was dogging one release to Hugh Hefner at the El Rey theatre. The work in question is a torrid luxe love confessional by Jamie Brisick that exults both martinis and the missionary position. Brisick was not present, choosing instead to be in Rio doing pirate radio with Perry Farrell. Not that it's any of our business, but how can Kirk justify dancing in a Chinese dragon troupe as promotion of the new Dogtown book by CR Stecyk and Glen E. Friedman? Naturally those two winners deny any connection with the dragon, any film that they both appear in, and just about anything else. Stecyk--who claims that he cannot possess the book because of "legal concerns"--was seen signing blank pages in it that he had assistants hand him in such a manner that he "would not see the book as he wrote in it." Tony Alva was coerced into signing Friedman's name in dedication pages as part of the same process.

MAX MORTUARY

The Vivid Video Pornettes are aligned with Black Leather Racing's newest video. Unfortunately, no one has been able to satisfactorily explain how slalom legend Henry Hester's daughter and friends appeared in Steve Olson and David Hackett's last video offering.

Baker is now said to be entirely 100% Andrew Reynolds'. One of the former associates is purportedly beside himself to get his share. Grecs is back in Hollywood, and the posse seems distanced from him. Word is that Dad Greco is serving as Jim's bank.

GRAVE DIGGERS

Tony Alva confronted meathead Arnold Schwartzenneger at Paul Revere while the action movie hero attempted to pick up his kids after school. Maddog told Arnold to "quit glorifying terrorism in his films." A retrospective of Wynn Miller's photographs of Anthony Alva will debut at the Fresh Jive Emulsion Project Gallery in Tokyo.

CASE CLOSED

"They're fuckin' ghetto fabulous jewels but the wheels are good.. That's the sadness. It's just another thorn in the lion's paw that will never come out."

Steve Olson

"I'm not looking forward to being tied up with this stress ball."

Tony Alva

"When you're 35- or 40-years-old, or even 28, dude, you need a man's board."

David Hackett

"I did the whole rave scene."

Chad Muska, Mixer magazine

"Not in this body he didn't." Salman Agah, when told that Arto already nollie backside lipslid the Uni High rail

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EYES HAVE IT

Stoney Tom Penny always looks faded. Here's the elusive TP contemplating the popular Afghani burqa look for incognito zootedness

HALL OF MEAT

Chicago's Justin Booz blitzed his knee and ended up wit 28 stitches and severed nerves. Slice and dice Chris Raimondo got smoked in the face when his bud chucked his board. That's a serious sesh foul