Free-time Pastimes
BB September 1998
How are you spending your summer? Are you ready to
get up and go or would you rather kick back and relax?
Find out what hobbies you have inc ommon with the
rhythm-and-blues-belting babes behind the album Keep On.
Doesn't it seem like you have all the time in the world!
What are you doing with your school-free summer break?
Camping, swimming, playing or just taking all-day outings
to the mall? Whatever it is, summer's the time to have
fun and soak up the sun. Well, at least for Boppers it is.
But what if you're a super-sensational singing group
whose time is mostly taken up by traveling and touring
rather than resting and relaxing? For the answer, we
went straight to the source: the singing sweeties
of No Authority. Here Danny Zavatsky, Eric Stretch, Josh
Keaton and Ricky Felix share how they spend their summer
when they take a break from sticking to their most
favorite pastime of all: singing!
up for rough-and-tumble romping
Free time might be scarce for the babes behind "Don't
Stop," but some of the boys still have hair-rasing
hobbies. One look at the gorgeous guys and it's a cinch
to see which one of the group grabs a board and heads
to the shore whenever he gets the chance. "I'm really into
surfing right now," shares Danny, whose laid-back look
of baggy jeans and untucked T-shirts gives away his
passion for riding the waves.
Coming from teh California coastal city Long Beach,
it's not surprising the blue-eyed babe (who celebrated
his sweet 16 this month) was introduced to the sport by
his father, Steve, rather than a best bud. "My dad, he
udes to surf when he was younger and he got his old
board and [asked me] if I wanted to go out," the baby
of the group shares. "He bought a surfboard for me. I've
been surfing for about two years now." However, the
cuties was quick to tell BB that catching curls isn't
his only passoon. "And I skateboard and snowboard,"
Danny exclaims.
"It wasn't fun anymore"
Daredevil Danny isn't the only rough-and-tumble one
of the group. Eric, who has always been footloose and
fancy free, took a shot at soccer before he ever stepped
on the stage. "I used to be totally competitive in
soccer," Eric (who turns 18 this month) shares. "I was on
a traveling team and everything. I must say, I was pretty
good."
Unfortnatly, the California native, who put a lot of time
and energy into perfecting his playing, found out the
hard way that not everyone was a good sport. "It was so
competitive that it wasn't fun anymore," Eric groans.
"I was playing it my whole life and finally I was like,
'I don't want to play this anymore.' So I quit."
Turning in his soccer shoes to take a turn at singing
and dancing wasn't easy for Eric since he comes from
a long line of athletes. "My whole family is complete
sports freaks," Eric chuckles. "And it's really weird
that I'm in a different industry- dancing and singing."
These days, when eric gets a break, he takes to the field
only for fun games with friends or family.
While Danny and Eric are more than happy to get down
and dirty, Ricky opts for less athletic activites to
keep him occupied. It's obvious from the moment you meet
the brown-eyed babe that he's the super-sensitive type
wholikes to spend some of his spare time just kicking
back. "I love to read books and I love to sit and talk
about the writing and stuff," the 17-year-old relates.
But that doesn't mean to sweet-natured songster is the
couch-potato type. As a matter of fact, when the fabulous
four stopped by BB's headquarters recently, Ricky was
the one who couldn't sit still- he's always movin' and
grovin'.
Ricky's passion for dancin' is what landed him in the group,
so if he's not reading or writing songs in his spare
time, you can surely find him out and about rockin' the
house. "I love to go dancing at clubs and things," the
singer shares.
Yet this melody maker doesn't confine his urge to rock
around the clock just to clubs. The California kid snagged
himself a dazzling dancing part in the 1997 movie
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. In
case you didn't recognize him, he's the one rocking out
wearing a really bright orange retro turtleneck with
tight stripped pants in the opening street dance
sequence!
Ricky isn't the only one who likes to spend his spare
time doing the more serence stuff. Josh isn't too fond
of the knock-'em-down-roll-'em-around-type of hobbies,
either. Instead, the well-rounded performer has a passion
for acting that gobbles up most of his spare time- that
is, if he has any! "[Acting] the one thing that I have
kind of stuck with for a long time," the blue-eyed babe
says.
Sticking with his fave hobby has landed the 19-year-old
California native guest-starring spots on ABC-TV's
Boy Meets World and Step by Step. The
totally talented cutie also recently won a role on the
ABC soap General Hospital, but since things
are going so well fo No Authority, Josh has decided
not to start shooting for a while (so keep your eyes
peeled).
Even though he's getting great gigs on TV, Josh assures
us that he's not about to ditch his successful singing
career for moviemaking. "Acting goes really well and that's
what's taking off, but rught now, it's the music," the
commited singer says. "Well, we're so glad that Josh and his
gorgeous groupmates have decided to hold off thier
hobbies in oder to keep on croooning for us. Thanks, guys!
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