We all miss Blaize. His style was the best. channel sweep.
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The legendary Tom Groholski serves up a healthy frontside air to grind.
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me-frigid air. Me, Ken Sigafoos and Fred Smith had a band called Triple Negative because we all had such violent tempers....
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Long time local Dave Messick put out a great video called "The Ocean Bowl Story". This video has everything in it. Call up Atlantic Skates in O.C. to get a copy. You won't be disappointed.

The bowl was always fun for a little cruisin'
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VB crewmember Allen
Midgette flows through
a mute air.
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Peanut Brown-channel
boneless.
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Lenny Byrd-fside air
over the channel.
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Geoff Graham-smith grind.
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Buster Halterman was just comin' up...
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Bernie o'dowd-the first originator of going backwards or "switch" as it is now called. He was the first to drop in backwards, do backwards airs and the now famous bernie 5000.
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The back of this photo says Mertz-channel plant. So that's what it is, a channel plant. The funny thing about this photo is that I have no front teeth. I knocked them out 8 months before this at the Stone Mountain NSA contest. A year and a half passed before I got front teeth and I didn't even care.
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Captain John Ballon-andrecht.
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Paul Wisnewski-bside air
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