Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies - Excalibur Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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Breaking the laws of gravity — Powell-Peralla team ider. Eric Ross, defies gravity by pushing a front- ide wallride to its limits. This, and many other ricks keep up his high placings in street style contests. Let ' s try it again — Gymnastics takes a lot of skill md coordination. Here Dorce shows us that it doesn ' t flatter the age of a person, but the talent that a person has to master even the hardest looking moves. -f r H avingfun while playing sports outside The weekend arrives, with its long, party nights, and its easy going days. Two days is not enough, and to this everyone will agree, but to a select few, the weekend presents time to engage in their favorite activity out- side of school. These are people who have a favorite sport or pastime other than school related sports. 1 took up handgliding because it looked very interesting. It is very inspirational to look at a bird soar above the clouds, they look so free in the wind, and that ' s the kind of freedom that I wanted to achieve when I ' m handgliding, said eleventh grader Herman Wang. It is these kinds of people that most ap- preciate their free time. Although there are a lot of different sports outside of school that one could par- ticipate in, many choose the one sport that is very popular among California natives and others during the winter. This sport is skiing. Whenever winter comes around, 1 wait eagerly for the first trace of snow, then when there is enough snow to ski in, and depending if it is good or bad, I collect my skiing gear and head for the slopes, said eleventh grader Thomas Sobelman. But not all outside sports have to be sea- sonal, for example bike riding, skate board- ing, and other such sports can be done year round. These do not depend as much on the weather, so therefore they are much easier to take up. 1 began to trick ride about two or three years ago, 1 started out riding backwards, but later I moved up to more difficult things. It takes a lot of practice, for exam- ple, I practice almost everyday, but it de- pends sometimes on the load of homework I get, or if I ' m injured. I do it for fun, for the time being. I haven ' t had the time or spon- sor to enter any contest, and besides that it is relatively hard to get in, said tenth grad- er Brian Quon. All of these people have one thing in com- mon, their love of their sport, and no matter what, they will be out there doing whatever sport it is that they most enjoy. By Wendy Hernandez V : rH How often do you V J participate in your 1 out-of-school sport, V 1 and for how long? I ride my motorcycle four times a month, and for usually five or six hours. Pract icing starts for an hour then work- ing on my technique for the rest of the time. said eleventh grader, Kelly Lam- bert. Shooshing down a mountain — Skiing is a sport which many people enjoy. They will do almost any- thing to hit the snowy mountains. They travel miles and miles to either Big Bear. Tahoe. or any local skiing sight. Outside Sports • -j Sports Ol

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INSIDE SPORTS No way — Benjamin Calomay makes the besl of a light situation at one of his favorite skate spots. A rider for OJ II wheels, he concentrates on a number of new tricks to keep up in his skateboarding. Heee! — trick riding is what a lot of people wish that they could master. Here tenth grader Brian Quon shows off his unique talent by doing one of his favorite tricks, with an almost effortless and graceful style. Scorekeepers — Members are: bottom row; Chad Johnson. James Branom. Ean Kenyon. Pattv Estrada. Ian Bratslavsky. Coach Becker, top row; La Tanva Johnson. La Shawn Matthews. Terri Lancaster. Tif- fany Glover, and Kelly Lancaster. rf Outside Sports OU Sports

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Just play that rockin ' music — Leigh Spusta and Mark Seeman are practicing for band, and working on their stances in front of Mr. Morris ' classroom Maybe it would sound belter with their amplifiers hooked up. H hat am I doing here? — Chil Chin is at an .Aca- demic Decathlon meet in the auditorium. She has just finished her third round at the meet and is very tired- She only has one more round lo go. 62 Organizations Earning merits