Zine:
Skate Life
(Impossible to tell what # this is, there’s no mention of it anywhere in the contents. The other issue in the gallery is the same way. No way to tell which came first unless you remember them.)
From the collection of Will Heesp
Date: 1986
From: Newburryport, MA
Format: Legal sized, folded in half. White paper.
Type: Photocopy, handwritten. some typewriter
Pages: 20
By: Jim Noonan
This is a good zine with a ton of photos and lots of pros to boot. Again, it has no issue number or title so it’s hard to tell when it came out, but it does have coverage of the NSA Chicago Blowout and that took place in September of 1986. Safe to say this issue is dated to 1986 0r 1987. Layout wise it does feel as polished as the Troy Chasen cover issue, so it feels earlier than that one. On a personal note, It’s a great coincidence that Dave Tobin was part of the Chicago Blowout raad trip crew. I was athkteh Chicago Blowout, but I didn’t meet Dave till the early 2000’s.
Featuring: CNSA Chicago Blowout,road trip with Tobin and Blair, Cedar Crest, Cambridge Pool, Holden Sessions, Canton Sessions, Chicken But [sic], Fred Smith Alva Ad, Steadham Designs ad
Skaters: Fred Smith, Swindle, Jeff Phillips, Chris Borst, Craig Johnson, Stagoo, Fejj, Malba, Christianb Hosoi, Bob Blair, Steve Godoy, Carwash, Bonnie, Mike Mapp, Metal, Shawn McLean, Lawrence, Bomb King, Hound Dog, (Called Houndog in other issues), Jason Ferrell, John Gibson, D.B. , Reese Simpson, Jim Murphy, J.T., J.L., Frank Lannon, Mike Emmond, Twista, Chicken Kid, George form Texas, Dennis McLean, Rodney Mead, J.N., Peanut Brown, Tony
Spots: The Odeum in Chicago burbs, Lynnhaven, Cedar Crest Countryclub, Cambridge Pool, Chicken Butt ramp, Manassas ditch,
Honorable Mentions: Dave Tobin lost $100 bill and the keys to the van in one day. Saw a rat in the street near the Odeum in Chicago, almost the size of a cat. Bob Barker’s Blowout. ( These guys were obsessed with documenting flat tires), Mike broke his collar bone.
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