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LIKE SON, LIKE FATHER
I recently got some current issues
of your mag and I dig 'em. Except the
Wild Riders of Boardz, it stinks. Keep
up the good work.
I skate everyday and will forever!
We don't have any ramps or nearby
parks but we ride the streets and
some D.K. banks. And my father and I
are searching for ditches and pools.
Collin McKinney
Munster, Indiana
AND MY BOSS SAYS...
Hey Thrasher Staff. I'm writing,
once again. How you dudes been? I'm
doing great. I'm close to finishing my
half-pipe. When I'm finished and
shredding I'll send photos and a write
up. Well back to what I wrote about.
My subscription is running out, so I'll
subscribe once again. So enclosed is
$10.00 for a full year subscription.
Hey I just recieved my first and last
back issue, the Pipeline Finals. That's
a great issue. It prompted me to
scout the nearby surroundings of my
summer job in Atlanta. Get this, I'm'"
sitting there on the job reading my
back issue and my boss says, "I
know where there's a big pipe like
that. I say "really, where?" He tells
me. I'm going to check it out soon.
How's that for easy Top Secret gain?
Just thought I'd pass on my latest
gigs. Maybe another write up will be
at hand.
Later,
Mike Harrington
Alpharetta, Georgia
P.A. Bowman shreds, Lamar shreds,
lets see some coverage.
P.S.S. I saw Variflex and Mike Smith
in Huntsville, Alabama. They shred
also.
THEY TALK PREPPIE...
Your mag is way rad. No bikes, go
carts, etc. And you guys really know
how to write an article. Not like 'other
magazines', where you can't under-
stand them. They talk so preppie.
Here on Long Island the skating
scene is still alive, at least for me
and my friends. We skate my halfpipe
daily. I have it wired, and can pull
such maneuvers as fakie airs,
layback airs, indyairs, transfers, etc.
The ramps great. I want it to be
known that New Yorkers blaze ramps
just as much as the streets.
P.S. I'll be sending photos soon,
we're Clash City Rockers.
Joe Mannix
Long Island, New York
EAST COAST STOKE
I'm writing to tell you where
skateboarding is at! Riverdale is con-
stantly bombarded by five serious and
modern boarders. By modern I mean
imaginative street riders. Rolling off
of 4 walls, boardsliding on painted
curbs, executing air-related
maneuvers in a reservoir and freestyl-
ing in parking lots are all common in
these areas. With our good luck, we
also have Crofton Skatepark. It has a
deep capsule pool, a kidney pool, an
oval bowl, a half-pipe and freesyle
bands. I just hope they don't close
down.
I heard that Cherry Hill closed
down, but I'm sure that the skaters
there won't quit. They'll probably
build ramps or ride the street. They
just can't remove skateboarding from
their minds.
Ocean City, Maryland is also a
gathering place for skateboarders.
The Ocean Bowl is still operating.
Also Rolling Surf Skatepark operates,
but in a different way. Rolling Surf
closed down, then left their ramps in
a lot. So now the skaters ride there
for free.
I am amazed at Thrashers' en-
thusiasm for skateboarding. Some
people will admit that skating is dead
just because they don't see it in front
of their eyes. But you all, you look for
it. I know that many areas in the East
Coast are still into skateboarding. Go-
ing down to ocean City, MD is the full
proof. I met people from New York,
Virginia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
and even Ocean City locals. Yeah,
they all know about Thrasher! I would
send photos with this letter but all of
our pictures are colored. (I'll try to get
some black and white soon) We also
made our own little magazine form
the editorial advice in your June
issue. (I'll try to send a copy your
way!).
Well I would try to give some ad-
vice on how to improve your
magazine but I might ruin future
plans. So you all just keep on doing
what you're doing because it's work-
ing.
Sincerely,
Tony Albano
Riverdale, Maryland
Promises, promises, let's see action.
Send in. Remember, by skaters for
skaters and all about skateboarding...
-ED-
NOT DEAD...
Canada is not dead as far as
skating is concerned. Me and my
friends are heavily into street and
bowl skating. Street during the week
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and bowl on the weekends or
whenever we score a ride. Our local
park which isn't that local (30 miles
away) is kinda lame, but we make due
with what we have. You rule.
Stay Stoked,
Kevin McMahan
a.k.a. Ratstink of the Taco Brigaders.
St Albert, Canada
The skate scene here isn't to good
but I am surviving. There's only about
6 people in my city that still skate.
There is a park in Toronto (1½ hours
away) but it's full of kinks. I've got a
16% diameter half-pipe. It's not bad
but it's kind of tight. We had a
quarter-pipe too but the city towed it
away The street scene isn't bad but
we've only got a couple of banks and
not a lot of other places to skate.
Might send some pix later.
Mike Penner
Ontario, Canada
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