Have you heard about the sweet new game played by skate rat syndicates? It's called Fish on a stick. They ride with a Fisher PH-DS280 portable boombox sitting topside between their legs. Here's how it goes. First, all the players set their AM/FM-stereo radios to the same station. The dynamic bass feature can be set at any level, but the greater it is, the more intense the game feels. Then they begin riding. The object of the game is to change another player's radio to the classical music station by using your remote control. Once a thrasher's station is changed, he sits. The last one skating-that is, still has on the original station-wins. A variation involves changing the song playing on the unit's CD player or cassette deck. An agreed-upon weak song is chosen as the "out" tune. Again, the last boarder skating without the "out" tune playing on his boomer wins.

The high of the game is not so much winning or losing, it's just being seen with a Fisher box on your board.