HIGH PERFORMANCE
DECEMBER 1981
Cover: Steve Rocco practicing
freestyle in the kitchen of a certain
prominent skaters' moms' house.
PHOTO BY STECYK
STAFF
PUBLISHER
Edward Riggins
ISSUE NO.12.
CONTENTS
38
DITCH CONTESTS
It doesn't matter who wins.
It's the sessioning that
counts.
ASSISTANT TO THE
PUBLISHER
Rick D. Noll
EDITOR/ART DIRECTOR
Kevin J. Thatcher
PHOTO EDITOR
Reginald Caselli Jr.
EDITORIAL STAFF
Rick Blackhart
Mike Folmer
Lowboy
MoFo
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DOWN SOUTH
STYLE
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LANCE MOUNTAIN, KONA
PHOTO BY JEFF NEWTON
Brian Ware
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
Vlaadmir Blutonoir
Bob Denike
Jeff Newton
Stacy Peralta.
Damien Pithias
Patrick Wachter
CONTRIBUTING
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Mike Folmer
Sonny Miller
Jeff Newton
PRODUCTION
Andy Croft
Grace Lamar
THRASHER
A publication of High Speed
Productions, Inc.
P.O. Box 24592
San Francisco, CA 94124
Phone 415-822-3083
1981 by High Speed Productions.
Inc. All rights reserved. Published
12 times per year in San Fran-
cisco, CA. Cover price: $1.00
available world wide. Subscription
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Foreign rate: $20.00 International.
Money Orders only. Advertising
rates available upon request.
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THRASHER 1982
ASHER
PRO CALENDAR
Leave it in or pull it out.
12 Months of hot shots.
33
INDOOR
SKATEBOARDING:
A GUIDE TO
STAYING DRY
40
WILD RIDERS OF
BOARDZ
6
MAIL DROP
10
CASE
SHOWCASE
Hot Set-ups
42
ON BOARD
44
NOTES FROM
THE
UNDERGROUND
47
8 X 10