Dobson High School - Equus Yearbook (Mesa, AZ)

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 I'm hoping that volleyball will play a big part in my college life. I hope to join the Fiji Sigma Chi inter- national team, but tor now I will fur- ther pursue my Interests In couch potato. Marc Tropio. Senior. SKATEBOARDS OUT IN THE COLD. Skis hang outside the Snowbowl lodge awaiting use. All the whte. their owners lounge inside taking a break and having a bite of kjnch after the mornng runs DROPPING IN. What s that in the air? Is it a bird, is it a plane? No. it's senior Both Bull breeding all the rules, ignoring at the warnings tor a true skating thrill. Recreational Sports

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Recreational sports are a refreshing CHANGE OF PACE from the ordinary. No longer was football, baseball, and basketball the full realm of the sporting world. Widely recognized sports such as surfing, skiing and skate boarding hit the scene taking over and cap- tivating the minds of many. One really didn't have to participate in order to fit in. All that was needed was just some of the right duds. These were obtained at speciality shops such as the Bare Cover. Alpine Ski Keller, or California Daze. Skiing in Arizona was one very popular recreational sport. Close and easily ac- cessible resorts made it con- venient to just go for the day. For some, Arizona didn't offer enough excite- ment so students organized ski trips to places like Purga- tory and Telluride. Another hip form of recreational ex- citement was skin boarding. This sport was played on wet turf (school irrigation). Then there was the ever popular skateboarding. Being such a versatile sport that can be done olmost anywhere, it was very popular. Last but not least was the year's most popular recreational sport: couch potatoeing. A difficult sport to master, it became very involved as the game progressed. Start- ing with just the basics it moved up to advanced T.V.channel punching. Design by Marc Stenoien. Photos by Jeff Darbut. Ash- ley Towne. TAKE A HIKE. OUT OF PLACE. Hkrig and mountain clmbng offer hgh adventure for every level of thril seeker Th« group of students takes a weekend excursion ihrough Arizona northern. Soling has realy gained much pop- ularity since the America's Cup Vic- tory lost year. Even here in ocean- less Arizona people find a way to enjoy the sport. t$0 ports

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 The magazine is a good place to submit expressive material other than just turning it in to the teacher for a grade. It's more cre- ative than before. Creative energy and a way with words brought senior Mike Smith face to face with the pro- duction of the newly revised Lit- erary Arts magazine, Filigree and Shadows . A WEIGHTY MATTER. Thoroughly absorbed in the world of physics, seniors Rick Marvin and Jeff Palmer ad- just the weights on a balance to determine the displace- ment of metal springs.