The older skaters who survived the last era have left their marks on the sport, and if they sometimes seem angry and bitter, it is really just their way of warning the younger skaters.
February 23, 1984
Thursday, February 23
Frank Nasworthy in Encinitas invented the Cadillac wheel and changed skateboarding forever
Thursday, February 16
San Pasqual Winery's hard beginnings
In one corner of Kerry Damskey’s office is a counter littered with glass tubes, graduated cylinders. Bunsen burners, and small bottles with labels on them such as “Kesosol" and “T27 Lot 2.” The counter is …
February 16, 1984
Thursday, February 9
From Poland to San Diego before Solidarity won
The violin wasn't much to look at. It sat in an old case Mirek had thrown almost casually onto a corner of the couch in John Ratajkowski's Carmel Valley home. A family heirloom, to be …
February 9, 1984
Thursday, February 2
Naval Electronics Lab: SWATH boats, pulse-height analyzer, compass checker, lift sling
“The patent office people call me all the time, asking about new stuff like this that might be patentable,” says Cooke, who holds four other patents for the navy and three for General Dynamics.
February 2, 1984