THRASHER CONTENTS
PUBLISHER
Edward Riggins
EDITOR/ART DIRECTOR
Kevin J. Thatcher
PHOTO EDITOR
Reginald R
Reginald Caselli J
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
Mike Folmer, Howie Kein
Jeff Newton, Chris Strople
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Dudley Counts, Gerry Hurtado
MOFO Terry Nails
CONTRIBUTING
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Brad Bowman, Mike Folmer
Jeff Newton, Rich Rose
Bruce Walker, Sonny Millor
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
times per year in San Francisco,
CA Cover price $1.00 available
worldwide. Subscription rate is
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10
COLTON SPRING
NATIONALS
A wild weekend
under heavy skies at
The Ranch
16
IT'S A SET-UP
Three top riders tell
you how they set-up
their boards and why
Chris Miller
18
TOP SECRET
SPOTS REVEALED
Many of those
legendary spots are
still skateable, some
are gone, others have
yet to be discovered
24
COMPETITION:
TEXAS WRAP-UP
Spring Series of ramp
contests brings skating
to the masses
26
VOLUME 1
ISSUE NO. 6
WILD RIDERS OF
BOARDZ Part IV
Zekes and Vatos
Banditos in full on
pool duel
TALKING ED
7
MAIL DROP
28
ON BOARD
29
NOTES FROM THE
UNDERGROUND
COVER: Mike Smith lapping over
the coping and edging out the
competition at Colton
BACK COVER: A timeless moment. Bruce Logan rolling in the 80's.
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