Skateboarding
Thrasher Magazine took photos of Vallely performing his tricks in the handplant circle, one of which eventually made its way onto the cover of Thrasher's August 1986 issue. It was also at this time that Vallely's new sponsor had him on an airplane for the first time to fly to California to compete at the Oceanside "Street Attack" contest in July in Oceanside, California. Vallely won the amateur division which got him a full page spread in Transworld Skateboarding's September issue.
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