HANDSTAND WITH A DIFFERENCE was demonstrated last week by Lester Kasal, aged 14, from Anaheim,
Callfornia, as he competed in a skateboard competition at the skateboard bow] in Sey Lynn Park. (Terry Peters

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ako

. Belly-Flop championships
* Two Norte Van-

|’ plunge here Saturday in
the world’s

biggest
flopperoo.

Robin Gentile and Bill
Knott will go for the gold in
*Super-Flop VII’'--the
annual World Belly-Flop and
Cannonball-Diving Champ-
ionships at the pool of the
Coach House Inn.

Splashdown is | p.m.

At stake is the Coveted
Green Bathrobe, em-
blematic of master's status in
this most-demanding of
aquatic sports; the hand-
some three-and-a-half foot
World Championship
Trophy in simulated--gold
plate valued at $49.95, plus
tax and engraving; and
$1,000 cash. Second prize:
nothing. .

Both Gentile and Knott,
who have plumbed the
depths of obscurity all year
long, will be thrust before

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NBC Television cameras on
hand to videotape the event
for later viewing on the 220-
station network by a U.S..
audience estimated at 20
million.

The gentle Gentile, a 305-
pound fry-cook who at age
19 became the youngest
champion over two years
ago, is on the comeback trail
after a humilating finish in
the middle of the pack in
1980. Older and wiser,
Robin is ranked a major
threat.

Knott, 34, a 285-pound
welder at Pacific Coast
Containers, who trains ona
single meal daily (steak and
eggs) is making his. second
try: ot
Kitty Knott should esily
win the “Furthest Mum”
competition~she’s flying-in
from Oakville, Ontario to
watch her baby perform
Saturday.

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