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"If I was Terry I would be stoked" Uttech on the new revolution ads

"I didn't even get my snowboard out of

the car". Cory Mac-donald on snowboar-ding vs snowskating "I could beat

that in my sleep" Chad

the breaker on the new land speed record

"fear is a great teacher" Mark

Edmundson

"It looks like the poop from a lava monster" Ian Roberts on the ser-pentine massacre trophy

"i thought it was kinda of retarded." Abhominal On

the Ralston Cup Story

"he got free floorspace" Danny Shee-han on the Ralston Cup

Story.

"Don"t let him use your skate." Roy on Chad the

Breaker

Quotes

"It really is not that legit" Paul Elkins on the x games 4x event

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Ted Amell

here.

How old are you?

I am 14.

When did you start snowskating?

I started when I was about 8.

Why did you start?

I saw some of my mom’s friends doing it and I saw a video, it got me pretty

What’s your name? It seems

a little confusing ; I think we spelled it like three differ-ent ways in the last magazine.

Yeah, It’s JOMMY.

Alright and where are you from?

South Lake Tahoe.

Originally? I grew up here. I was born

excited and I wanted to try it.

Do you remember what video it was?

It was the “What’s that?” video, the first one. I didn’t know any of the guys re-ally.

Where do you usually skate?

In my back yard, at the Bonzer Pipeline and at Sierra.

What contests did you win last year?

“I saw some of my mom’s friends doing it, and I saw a video, it got me

pretty excited”

Jommy Smith

Interview by Jack Hitchcock

The Ralston Cup.

Where do you go to school?

I am home schooled this year.

If you don’t go to a regular school how do you meet girls?

Dude, ahhh, chicks dig me!

Dude do the girls react to your success as a snowskater?

Umm... Sort of... Everyone was pretty stoked that I won.

Did Sheehan ever pay you?

Yeah.

How often do you skate over at Bonzer”s house?

Almost every week-end. Whenever I can.

Do the girls that dig you hang out there too?

Umm. I don’t think they know I hang out there.

What would be your

dream session? Would you ride the park or powder?

I like more street style like rails and drops. I’m not re-ally into the pow-der that much on a snowskate.

“Dude, ahhh, chicks dig me!”

Jommy Smith

Jommy Smith

Jommy Smith “I don’t think there is really a best, I think everyone has

there own style.”

That’s it? That’s the dream session? Parks, rails and drops?

I don’t know but it would be something like Amped II.

Amped II that is the video game?

Yeah they got snowskating on

there.

Is it sick?

Yeah, me and my friend play it.

What’s your set-up on Amped? What board do you ride?

I ride a Ralston.

Who would you say is the best snowskater?

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I don’t think there is really a best, I think everyone has there own style.

Did you see the Flat deck movie?

Where? On You Tube?

I think so.

I don’t know, I’m not into the flat decks.

They put out a movie and it is pretty sick. They do flip tricks onto rails and stuff.

Yeah, I wanna start trying that stuff but I don’t know. I don’t like those flat decks.

Alright. What’s your plan for the Winter?

Take a few trips, promote Ralston Snowskates, and try to get out there a little more.

OK, before we end this, who do you gotta thank?

I don’t know.

You know like Shee-han, your mom or your little sister.

Yeah, I gotta thank Danny Sheehan a lot and a lot of people that helped me get

on the team, like Seth Hall and my parents for giving me time to skate.

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than me talking."

OK so what issue is this?

The interview issue.

The Starfish Inter-view issue? Jake Tomlinson. First Question. What's your name?

Laughter.

Jake L. Tomlinson.

Where are you from?

Born in Wenatchee.

Home Mountain?

Home Mountain is the scummit.

When did you get into snowskating?

Oh, when was that first time they came up? that has got to be about six or seven years ago? Seven years ago before the Michigan's even came out. We rode the first ones that Lib

made. Me and you and the Cummins brothers and Pos and Paul Ferrell. That was the first time I ever rode one.

Where was that at?

At Central. No, West in the Park. I remember Cummins doing cabs off one of those jumps Like the first time riding those boards.

Matt or Temple?

Jake tomlinson

Jake Interview by:

LeavittClarke #3 In the World &

Photos by Leavitt

"fuck Burton."

Temple, but both of them were there. They had a whole bunch of One Ball spikes for us to nail our boards out with.

Had you seen Steve Frink's bi-deck de-sign at this point in time?

Never.

Were you allowed on the lift?

Laughter.

No,

No?

Were we? I can't remember. you were there.

Your right nobody really hassled us. We got hassled a little bit the first year, but it wasn't that first day.

Some lifts would let you on, some wouldn't let you on. They would tell you to go back to the other one and we would go back, but that was only that first year.

How do those early boards compare to the new board de-signs that are com-ing out now?

We thought they were bad ass, Laughter. but they rode like shit. We didn't know no bet-ter. we were like this is kill!" I'm sure we looked like goons trying to

come down and make them carve. They wouldn't carve, that's for fucking sure. Those were the Michigans, like the first ones but is seemed like it was

on.

Did you have a leash?

I think we had shoe strings or some-thing shitty. Luck-

Photo by PLWPPhotos by Leavitt

"we didn't know no better. we were like

this is kill!"

I think we had shoe strings or some-thing shitty. Luck-ily we never killed anybody.

When did you first realize that you could ride pow-der and the whole mountain with out bindings?

Oh... Umm. Watch-ing wolle. And then riding Florida once we rode Flori-da's. me and Carlson took them up and I think that was the first time.

Me and Dani took them out and rode Knoll #2, and that is a real mountain.

We did like full top to bottom knoll #2, knoll #1, and snake dance all in like a foot and a half of new, you actually could drop some cliffs and ride some pow-der.

I've never actually ridden a Florida Board.

You haven't? make sure it is a big de-cent one. don't ride the little one. ride like the 152.

What attracts you to binding free rid-ing? Fame? Money? Fun?

Laughter.

I've been skating my whole life. When I first found out about snowskating i jumped right on it. It was so fun. SNowskating feels

so natural for me it was the perfect evolution.

All the goons you get to hang out with?

Defiantly. The cool people. Laughter. and all of the

Photos by Leavitt

Photo by Dane

"Luckily we never killed anybody."

fights I get to get into. fighting is the cool part about snowskating.

How did you come to Own Rocker trucks? What was your plan?

Me and Tyson were working at a shop. I think I broke the first Lib Tech ones a couple of times and was like, "that's not right" and we knew we could make them better.

Me and Tyson made the first ones out of just blocks of Aluminum. Every year since, we have been making them.

I want my snowskate to ride like the best skateboard and snowboard com-bined. I think letting the ski flex as much as possible is the best wasty to do this, that is what Rocker trucks do.

Clarke: How many mills do you have?

I got one mill and two C&C lathes.

Are those five Axis?

Four axis mills.

How long does it take to make a truck? Oh, fuck we make a ton at a time. I've got an all star staff?

Who is on your staff?

Eric Neadller.

Really?

Rocker neadler, Monty Hayes on occasion. Leavitt. Leavitt made some trucks... Huh... Like two.

I' don't think I made them.

Yeah, I guess you just grinded a cou-ple of pairs.

Where is your fac-tory at?

Seattle Washington, in the city, in the heart of the ghet-to,

What do you think about the flat deckers? Have you seen the flat deck video?

I'm stoked on it. Af-ter meeting Alan I'm more stoked on it. Somebody that can see it all..

Those guys tear it up. There is a

place for it. Not on my hill but... kickfliping onto rails is sick..

What do you think about the Noboard design?

It's wack. Laughter. You can't print that.

Photo by Leavitt

Laughter.

I think Wolle's got it right.

Laughter.

I set you up for that.

Laughter.

Here's my fight-ing words for the interview,

"That shit sucks."

I should put that in the Quotes Section,

"It's wack"

Laughter

Yeah, if you are gonna snowboard or put a strap over your feet you might as well strap your feet in.

If your not then ride like Wolle... and fucking ride a flat board without any straps or any rope to hold onto.

What would you say are the most important design changes you have seen since you started snowskat-ing?

Good leashes that are gonna keep us snowskating and not kill anyone. Mag, Magnatrac-tion on snowskates, Banana. All those things that make snowskating bet-ter and more fun. Killer decks with the right concave, Putting Rockers on your board.

laughter.

It's true.

On to the Clarke Questions.

So jake, how high can you Ollie?

Laughter.

You don't have to answer that.

"Is this the part where I sock you?"

Photo by Dane

Is this the part where I sock you?

Why is Segornie weaver so hot?

Bad ass. I like Bad ass chicks that is just the way it is.

Even if they are bald?

Yep even if they are bald. It doesn't matter. As long as they are bad ass.

So when you were up in Canada how many times did you get beat up for be-ing an American?

I think there was one fight but it wasn't for being a yank. I love Cana-da.

What's new for this year? What tricks

have you got in your head?

Hmm.

You know when you are driving up to the hill and you are thinking about what tricks you are gonna do in your head?

Yeah?

I don't think any-body does that but you Clarke.

Nobody thinks about that shit? I can't get to sleep at night.

Nope,,, maybe a frontside invert and an egg plant.

Alright, we will be looking for that.

Use the pictures. The pictures are better than me talking.

who do you wanna thank?

My wife Dani, Mike Olson, Chiller Mark, Florida. Leavitt for doing what he's doing. Jordan. Ev-erybody out there. Sheehan. Frank or Frink or whatever his name is...

"My anti-thank for the whole issue."

Photos by Leavitt

Photo by Dane

Photo by Dane

The inventor.

The inventor, the original inventor. Fuck Burton for trying their best to ruin snowskating

I asked you who you wanna thank.

Yeah, fuck Burton.

Laughter. My anti-thank for the whole issue. Thank Pos and Cobb and Shag for building stuff for us.

Cool. That's a rap. I gotta go take a shit real quick I will be

Logan Trip-lett’s story in the last issue featured three photos of Al-lan butters. Appar-ently Allan Butters is not a real per-son. there was some kind of miscommuni-cation between the photographers and the publisher. The photos were sick and starfish is now accepting applica-tions for a new Al-lan Butters.

Three years ago in Tennessee, Brian Beauchene set the land speed re-cord for snowskat-ing at 37 miles per hour. This record stood unchallenged for years.

Finally, starfish de-cided that it was time for a new record. Tyler Wagner was appointed the of-ficial starfish time-keeper. Next, Wagner and former Serpen-tine Massacre cham-pion Dane Orvold teamed up and broke the old record by 4.4 miles per hour.

The new snowskate

The tension surrounding this years serpentine massacre continues to grow.

Snowskatings #1 Band, the T-bagging bandits, has been booked to play the South by Southwest Music festival in Aus-tin Texas on the same day as the race. This means that contend-ers Pete Ireton, big john and last years #3 finisher Clarke Hurlbut #3 in the World will all be absent.

Last years young-est top ten finisher Adrian Rassmusen will also be missing the event because of

Our first photo of snowskating in Japan featured in the last is-sue was taken by Tsuto-mu endo not Higai. Sorry Mr. Endo. Please send more photos.

Breaking world speed record

news!!!

Japanese Misrepresented

t-baggers and jewish boy absent from serpentine

chinese Downhill!!! A devastat-ing landslide in the Olympic park has closed the road to the Olympic snowskating arena and almost ruined this years games. Fortunately, the Olympic committee has decided to fix the road. This years event is still on schedule.

Alan Butters; not a real person!!!

Olympics:still on

his barmitsva. Wel-come to manhood Adrian.

The trophy is cooler than ever. Chris Beck’s glass ser-pent sculpture has been positioned on top of a piece of cherry wood.In the tradition of the Stanley Cup the new trophy will be engraved with the winner’s name and defended year after year.

The big question on people’s minds: who will win the #3 spot?

speed record is 41.4 miles per hour.

Although many skat-ers claim to have gone faster than the 41.4 MPH record these claims have not been verified.

Unfortunately, for these skaters the official time is kept by the official time keeper, Tyler Wag-ner, in a safe at Starfish Headquar-ters North.

Skaters are encour-aged to break this record by contact-ing Tyler at Starfish headquarters and setting up and ap-pointment through starfishsnoskate@yahoo.com

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Alan Gerlach

Interview by Jack Hitchcock

“he would make sure to introduce me as this kid who just got the Gold at the X-Games.”

What’s your name?

Alan Gerlach, with one “L” not two like you usually spell it.

Where are you from?Minneapolis Minnesota.

When did you get into snowskating?

Around 2000 or 2001. In middle school.

So about 10 years.

Yeah, about nine or ten years for sure.

Were you a skateboarder or a hockey player or asnowboarder before you started snowskating.

No, I never liked hockey even though I am fromMinnesota. I started skateboarding when I was younger and then got into snowboarding and the snowboarding led into snowskating. I still do everything, but rarely do I snowboard anymore.

When you started had you ever seen trucks before or a bi-deck design?

I had seen them but at that time all of the Photo by Nick Ahrens

“I don’t know, You gave me a hard question on that

one... shit.”

Photo by Bjorn r-g

marketing was for the Burton products. So I tried one of those and it worked O.K. but I wasn’t that hyped on them originally until about three years ago when I started setting up some customized bi-deck stuff and then Goblin gave me a Ralston while I was living in Breck a couple years ago. That was my first bi-deck setup that I could really rip the whole mountain with, the Ralston sub with a flatdeck mounted as the top deck.

When you first startedhad you heard of SteveFrink?No, definitely not.

Where do you standnow as far as boarddesign?

I ride everything. I love all types of snowskating.

What do you think about this powder trend that is going on in snowskating right now?

I think it is great. There is a lot of new designs out there and they all provide a whole different feel and a different way to ride the mountain. I really like the powder surfs right now. I am really hyped on that.But powder bi-decks

are great as well because you can rip through pow and still cruise the groomers and chop, just ride the whole mountain.

Would you rather stay home in Minnesota or travel to skate?

Travel for sure, Minnesota is good, it is perfect for single decking but I would definitely rather travel and go see the world, and get to ride all types of terrain and meet all the amazing people I have met.

How many states did you skate in last year?

Oh, last year let me think for a second... probably seven or eight states and two Canadian Provinces.

How many contests?

Three, I did the X-Games, the Yeti Jam and the Olympics atHurricane Ridge.

Which one was the best?

Dude, I don’t know. TheOlympic event was the most fun over all. Yeti was super sick too because I won that event and it was set up super good with lots of kids. Definitely for a single deck contest that is about as legit as you

can get and fun. But yeah, Hurricane Ridge was the most fun for sure because I got toride everything from banked slalom to powder, a hand-built park, and skateboard too.

Who do you ride for?

I ride for AmbitionSnowskates for single decking and I ride for Circuit for bi-deck and powder stuff. Also Banshee Bungee, JUX skate co, thesnowskateshop.com, and FS grip.

How does Jordan feel about you riding for aflat deck company?

He’s down with it for sure. He still gets ona flat deck now and again. He started ona flat deck as well. I think it’s just rad that both companies are cool with me riding everything. Single decking and bi-decking are still pretty mucha separate deal.

Now that you have traveled a bit would you say that riding flat decks at ski resorts is a reasonable idea?

Yeah, for sure. It’s just different. I don’t know, you gave me a hard question on that one... shit. Yeah,

“Rarely do I snow-board anymore.”

Flat Decks at ski resorts are good depending on the snow conditions. You can make turns and have decent control if it’s soft. I have always ridden ski areas on a flat deck and a lot of my favorite snowskate days have been at ski areas on flat decks, however it’s one of those things where if a little kid takes a flat deck to a ski resort, its not going to work very well, but if somebody who knows how to ride it takes it too a ski resort it’s going to be fun for sure. Also, Midwest ski areas are so small that

it is totally reasonable to single deck at them, even on Minnesota ice. My cousin and I used to take full lift laps on singles at this place called Spirit Mt. In Minnesota. They would let us on with our plastic skates and shoelaces taped on as leashes. Sometimes we would just hold the lace near the skate while in line so we wouldn’t actually have to leash up. They were open until 9pm so we had some of the best night woods runs and icy rail hits in the bitter Minnesota cold. Those were some great nights

there.

I am just way more comfortable on rails on a flat deck. There are certain things at ski areas that I’d rather do on a flat deck. I can do way more rail tricks, plus sometimes the simplicity and hard to control nature of a flat deck on a hill is rad. It’s just different.

Why do Flat Decks ollie so high?

I don’t know? Because we play basketball too?

What do you think aboutNoboarding?

That hand binding thing

is cheating to me. I’m not down with that. Not legit.

Would you say you are a Pro?

A Pro?

Yeah, a Pro?

Uh, yeah. It is still weird to say but yes I am. The first board I got I had to rub my name off on the grip graphic. It was too weird riding a board and seeing my name on it. I’m used to it now though and it’s good.

So if there are chicks around would your friends tell them you

Photo by Nick Wosika

Photo by Aidan L-K

“Snowskater 100 percent. No, hand bindings for me.”

“I ride everything. I love all types of snowskating.”

Photo by Bjorn r-g

are a Pro?

Oh, yeah for sure.Just last weekend after the X-Games, every girlPhil (Smage) would meet at this party he would make sure to introduce me as this kid who just got the Gold at the X-Games. Girls were real confused by it but whatever. But yeah,Phil tells peopleI am a pro, mostly justPhil though. He likes telling girls random things, some true, some made up.

Where is home during the winter months?

Home is still Minneapolis.I will be back there in a week. But Montana is definitely my second home with Logan andBjorn. Yeah, I don’tKnow, Jordan’s is like a third home, and Colorado. I guess wherever this car takes me is home for the moment.

I’ve seen you ride all sorts of bindingless boards in the powder

would you say you are a snowskater or a Noboarder?

Snowskater 100%. No hand bindings for me.

Are you going to theOlympics?

Yeah, not the Vancouver ones though. The real ones at HurricaneRidge.

What happened to AllanButters?

There are actually two Allan Butters in the house right now and we saw the third one today. We pretty much had the complete trifecta of Allan Butters today.

Could he be in Bozeman?

No, all three parts are in Whitefish right now, but you can often find one part of Butters there.

Who is gonna win theRalston Cup tomorrow?

It’s tomorrow? Probably Goblin.

How did you do at theX-Games?

I won the flat deck jam.

How much money didyou win?

Hah, nothing man. They

don’t throw money into it anymore.

How does the X-Gamespromote snowskating?

Oh, man, I don’t know what to tell you on this one. Realistically, I think it kinda makes snowskating look worse. This year was a lot of fun and I had a great time riding with Paul [Elkins], butX games always gives us the shaft on the park and doesn’t really help Paul set it up how he wants. It could be more legit with a better park, but honestly I don’t think X games is the best place for snowskating until snowskating matures a little more or ESPN is willing to support it. X Games does get some new people into snowskating, but to the general snowboard kid crowd there, I don’t think it gives the best impression. Going out and riding the mountain at X-Games everyday with Paul probably gave the best impression, people were hyped on that.

Do you think if snowskating made it to the Olympics the format would be the same as the X-Games?

I don’t think we’ll ever have to worry about Photo by Bjorn r-g

that, but yeah it would be a jam format for sure. Jam formats are best. And snowskating is already in the Olympics, Hurricane Ridge is way sicker than the Vancouver Olympics for sure.

That’s about all I have dude. Who do you have to thank?

Jordan Armstrong, Alex, Logan Triplett, Bjorn R-G, Starfish, all the filmers, photographers, and friends and everybody that is down for snowskating. Thanks to everyone who let me crash at their house and helped me live the travel life, I can’t imagine a better way of living. Thanks.

And uh, where are all of the questions that Starfish is famous for?

Which ones are those?

The ones that create drama and controversy.

I think we already covered that.

Really did I say some bad shit?

Even if you don’t say anything bad it will create controversy

none the less.

“Oh, man, I don’t know what to tell you on this one.”

right back.