THRASHER CONTENTS
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THRASHER
A publication of High Speed
Productions, inc
PO Box 24592 San Francisco
CA 94124
Phone 415 822 3063
1981 by High Speed Productions
Inc. All rights reserved Published 12
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COMPETITION:
The Great Canadian
Open
12
VARIFLEX/KONA
SUMMER
NATIONALS
Successful Pro contest
on a half-pipe ramp.
16
LIFE AND DEATH
Builder/skater Rob
Schlaefi talks about
skatepark death and
destruction
20
COMPETITION:
TEXAS
UNDERGROUND
High energy, low
profiles.
24
VOLUME 1
ISSUE NO.9
WILD RIDERS OF
BOARDZ
Texas' Big Boys
6
MAIL DROP
26
ON BOARD
28
NOTES FROM THE
UNDERGROUND
30
8×10
COVER: Steve Caballero holds on
to win yet another PRO contest
at the Variflex/ Kona Summer
Nationals.
Photography by a
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