The Easter Bunny Issue

Skate and Snow Articles

Jeff Toland Interview
"We're gonna try and go ride in this shit today at Boreal in a few hours." "Have you guys built any quarter pipes out in the yard?," I asked. "No, but we got that snowmobile out there....let's go check it out." Toland was
motivated. The weather changed from rain to snow, warm one minute, cold the next. As we scoped out the snowmobile, it was buried. "My other roomate Antho has the key and he's not here," Jeff griped as he produced a wood stick. I started eyeing the driveway for a hikeable bank hit.
EEEeerrrrrggg!! Behind me growled a musclebound tan-colored dog that resembled a pitbull. "This is Earth, Antho's dog. Come-ear Earth!" yelled Jeff with his right arm over his head. read on>>

Randy Walter & Michelle Yu Interview
One day in 1990, we went hiking with Bud Fawcett out near Kirkwood and a girl named Michelle Yu came along. She had just moved to Tahoe from New Jersey and was pretty much a beginner on a snowboard. They met that day and from then on, slowly became a nice couple. Since then, they have moved in together, gotten rid of Michelle's yellow Karman Ghia (their official snow car, that was driven out here from New Jersey) and acquired an older Subaru Brat. read on>>

Joe Sierro Interview
Control, speed, slayer along with his mellow calm expression make Joe shine above the rest. His time has come.(again) -Jeff Landi read on>>

Sasha Steinhorst Interview
Skateboarding is circular, and it's coming back around to it's roots. The whole "image" thing has played itself out, so now kids have to let their skating do the talking for them. I know kids who can do 6 ft. kickflip Indy grabs, but they don't know how to do a little invert or something. I'm not clowning 'em, but on the same token...Diversity. That's my new word right now. Diversity, consistency, and longevity. read on>>

Kevin McGuire Interview
Remember those synthetic courduroy stretch pants (often found on the racks of any Salvation Army)? Think those days are over? Think again. Just truck up to good old Mt. Rose ski area, home mountain of Kevin McGuire. Kevin has left "The Biggest Little City," of Reno, Nevada and retro hill Mt. Rose for Bend, Oregon and the computerized lift tickets of Mt. Bachelor. Kevin's move reminds me of my move: I left Dodge Ridge, California where the market for specialty ski items such as Circle K blades and Wranglers is still booming. read on>>

3 Boarders: Jon North, Amie Comeaux & Kellie Wright
Of the handful of times I've come to the Sierra- Tahoe region I've managed to spend a few days carving powder with Jon at Homewood and Sugarbowl. He likes to go fast, ride in the trees, and fly in a forward motion off of most hits. Our boy believes that `spinning to win' isn't where it's at for his entertainment value. Jon once told me in a candid moment that anything beyond a 540 degree aerial maneuver doesn't make much sense to him. read on>>

Music Articles

Spearhead Interview w/ audio clip
If you really want to reach people you can't shout at them.If you shout at them then they turn their heads, but sometimes they shout with you ,but if everybody in the room is shouting along with you, then that means that I'm the only one thinking.I just wanted to write songs this time around that people could just listen to and enjoy.And maybe some people are just in it for the entertainment, then other people have a higher level of thinking and they want to dig deeper for the jewels that are hidden in those lyrics. read on>>

What do these 4 bands have in common?: Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Love Battery, Bush & Tesla
It seemed like every time I went to the Press Club to check out a band (Girls Against Boys, Love Battery) I would see Brian Wheat of Tesla chillin' at the bar. Now, besides Noah Salasnek, William Vollman, Rudy Vanderlans and vine-ripened tomatoes, everybody knows that Sacramento is the home to the multi-platinum rockers named after Nicolai Tesla, one of the pioneers in the electricity business. read on>>

Jale Interview w/ Audio Clip
Well, interviewing Jale was easy enough. Heard they were comin' to town, made the appropriate phone calls, and they were waiting for me when I showed up at the Press Club one chilly friday night in January. Writing a story on the all-female quartet has turned out to be, well... another story. read on>>

Punk Jazz thing w/ 2 audio clips
When I heard about the 3rd Annual Airwaves Jazz Festival, it seemed like a perfect opportunity for an interview of sorts. The bill was a veritable encyclopedia on the state of progressive jazz today, and I don't mean Kenny G. The show was put together by seminal Sacramento jazzman, Tony Passarell. Besides founding Sacto's longest running avant-bop funk jazz group Bub, almost 5 years ago, Tony was also a founding member in the bands Hunting Game and The Borman 6. read on>>

Ten Foot Pole Interview
"About 13 years ago Scott, Steve and I started playing in garages to have some fun. We won a battle of the bands in a roller rink, which was pretty exciting cause the guys in the other bands were about 25 and had long hair, the whole rocker thing, we were psyched. "When we started our name was Scared Straight. People assumed we were a Straight Edge Band....but we weren't. Also, Mystic Records marketed us straight edge (without our consent). We got defined as a Straight Edge Band because of the name so we decided to change the name cause our philosophies are not 'Straight Edge' completely. We have nothing against Straight Edge. We just don't want to be defined as something we're not. read on>>

Rhythm X Interview
is part of the Sick Wid It crew, a label outta Nor-Cal that's been releasing beats for the trunk for a while now. After much hard work, the label got consumed by Jive, which is owned by BMG, a major music corporation. So, the S.W.I. clique has been livin' large. Rhythm X is one of many up-n-comers that had a few words to say. read on>>

Dick Dale Don't surf...
Dick Dale is one of those guys that can comfortably fit into the role of a legend. His guitar playing is so signature that it can be easily picked out from the rest of the pack and his music is usually synonymous with the surf culture of the 60's. I was actually surprised that he no longer surfs but after he told me why I didn't blame him. A few years back his leg became infected while surfing. After coming within twelve hours of having his leg hacked off, he found out that it was due to mercury and other poisons that are beginning to dominate our oceans. read on>>

Other Articles

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Contest Winners
We got a lot of great and some not so great stories as entries in the contest to win a complete Santa Cruz Everslick Skateboard. It took a while to get rolling, but the entries started rolling in and we now have a winner. The grand prize of the complete deck with Krux Trucks and Speed wheels goes to Melanie and Courtney Fitzgerald for the story called Hard Candies. We picked this story because it was entertaining, well written, soulful and because Courtney sounds like she needs a skate. Chosen runner-ups will receive special parting gifts courtesy of Heckler Door Prizes.
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Sticks & Stones....
Small digitally produced android-people are collecting snowboarding data from all over the "new" seven planets while I'm about to experience it from this (what used to be called a television) modern day Data-Galaxy-Info-laser-channel transposer. It's hooked directly into my mind while I relax on my Pulp Inducer 5000 (known 100 years ago as a couch). I am not able to travel through distant space and time; too old. I believe I am possibly brainwashed by this 21st century channel that is the answer to an MTV long gone. Before the turn of the century, MTV controlled the populace and was voted in as the president elect of the United States. read on>>