Mid-Eastern Skateboard Series

MESS #3, August 6, 1983, Sarge's Ramp, Huntington, WV

From Skate Attack #9, by Marty Jimenez (part of a MESS '83 retrospective)
MESS #3 was a strange affair to say the least. For it was to be held in West Virginia. This place has a reputation of having lots of old, ugly, horny women and not to mention its fair share of skate haters. The Ridge was the main man behind this event so you could say we were in good hands???

For me personally, this was not one of my better days. You see, it all startded at about 6:00 in the morning when my alarm clock went off to remind me to get my lazy bones out of bed and go to work. Well, the day of the contest was here and I'm stuck at work, but not for long. I got off work early and then cut the 5-hour trip to W.Va. down to 3. Not bad for the Le Box.

When I finally did make my way to Chris Carter's (no relation to Jimmy) ramp, I was stunned to see that the contest was already in progress. Luckily for me it was only the 1A event. There was a lot of snaking going on earlier, but I was late and wanted to skate so the snaking continued. (Drop or be dropped.)

The contest went fairly smooth although the ramp wasn't. Bill Danforth skated really hot. It was as though he had forgotten how to bail, therefore, he sailed right into 1st place. Master Squid came on and flailed right past those Annawhale gomers to capture 1st place in his division. It was now time to pass out the prizes. What prizes? Honest Ridge left them at his house.

We finally convinced him to go retain the goods or else lose his limbs, not to mention his reputation. Ha ha Ridge. He made his choice and we had a total blast passing it all out. That night after the contest, things happened that just weren't meant to be written about, at least not in this mag. Maybe in Hustler.

Results

Sponsored:
1. Bill Danforth
2. Pat Clarke
3. Bill Ferguson
4. Marty Jimenez
5. Brett Martin
6. O.P. Moore
7. Mike Hill
8. Steve Schick
9. Al Buttela
10. Rick Summerfield

Unsponsored 2A:
1. Kevin Dickmann
2. Dan Brown
3. Doug Mayer
4. Steve Hobbie
5. Joe Bowers
6. John. H.
7. Dave O.
8. Chip Jones

Unsponsored 1A:
1. Ozzie Taylor
2. Chris Carter
3. Steve Ragland
4. John Wittpenn
5. Marty Richardson
6. Ray Young
7. Gary Anderson
8. Del Ray Fairchild
9. Andy Rogers
10. Scott Richardson
11. Lori Nock