Zine: Bodyslam #2
From the collection of Mark Conahan
Date: 1982 (Summer)
Where: Portland, Oregon
Format: Legal sized, folded in half.
Type: Photocopied, color photocopy cover. typed copy, some press-on type
Pages: 26
By: Max Concave AKA Mark Conahan
Photo Editor: Tom Huckabee
Layout: Craig Conahan, Mark Conahan, Carolyn Conahan, Tom Huckabee
Photos: Chris Gunderson, Tah, MC
Type: Digby
Note: The images here are from retouched scans of the original pasteups used to photocopy the zine. Mark offers a perfect-bound compendium of reformatted Bodyslam reprints, or you can download high quality scans of the original here.
It’s a many scene focusing on vert, and lots of wimps.
Features: Advert for Mrs A’s skate shop, Washington Skate Gods, Interview with Mark Conahan, comic by Jay (Smay) Williamson, Tim Staple’s surfer bowl gets introduced to vert skating, a barely legible letter from Stacy Peralta on Powell Peralta letterhead. Ads for Park Avenue Records, Gravity Sports, and Rock ‘n Roll Fashions.
Skaters: Mark Conahan, Mark Holt, Mark Shaugnessey, Mark Healey, Ryan Neuhoff, Tim Staple, Rob (local at Staples), Larry Dessano, Jay Williamson
Spots: Tim Stanple’s wooden bowl ramp
Honorable Mentions: Steve Pencilneck from Mercer Island,a Surf Punks reference and “You guys must be skate purists, I always think about surfing when I skate.” – a local at surfers ramp.
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