THRASHER CONTENTS
PUBLISHER
Edward Riggins
EDITOR/ART DIRECTOR
Kevin J. Thatcher
PHOTO EDITOR
Reginald Cosell J
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Brad Bowman
man, Dudley Counts
Gerry Hurtado, Terry Nails
CONTRIBUTING
PHOTOGRAPERS
Jim Goodrich, Rusty Harris
Richard Rose, Billy Ruff
Paul Wooldridge
PRODUCTION
Andy Croft
THRASHER
A publication of High Speed
Production, Inc
PO Box 24592, San Francisco
CA 94124
Phone 415-822-3083
1980 by High Speed Productions
Inc. All rights reserved. Published 12
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LAKEWOOD HALF-PIPE PRO/AM
Off-season competition heats up in LA.
BERKELEY SESSIONS
In Berkeley, California, street skating
has taken on new dimensions.
EXPOSURE
Some hot shots of some hot action.
COMMUNITY SKATEPARKS
Free skating anyone? Public skateparks
are not new and may become a big part
of skateboarding in the future.
TALKING ED
MAIL DROP
EASTERN FRONT
VOLUME 1
ISSUE NO. 2
Sensation Basin Contest-Shawn Peddie interview
NEW PRODUCTS
ON BOARD
24
26
10
13
16
18
6
7
22
MODERN SKATE COMIX
8×10
28
30
Cover: Chris Strople expresses freedom and aggression during a backyard session somewhere in Pasadena, CA
Photo: K Thatcher
Roger Hickey at Laguna Seca
3rd Place-Laguna Seca
MAD RATS
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