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CONTENTS
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COMPETITION:
FALL WRAP-UP
1982
Contest coverage by our
readers, for our readers
and all about...
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SKATE AND
DESTROY
Searching for ultimate
skating, or; Something to
offend almost everybody.
Article by Lowboy.
Jams
Cycle
Shop
30
PHOTOGRAFFITTI
Reader contributions
continue to pour in from
around the skate world.
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POOL PARTY!
We're gonna have a dry
DECEMBER 1982
Vol. 2 Issue No.12
COVER: Tom Groholski hovering over
his own backyard Rad Ramp in North
Brunswick, New Jersey. More about
Tom and our other readers in
Photograffitti, starting on page 30.
Photo by Bob Groholski
STAFF
PUBLISHER
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EDITOR/ART DIRECTOR
Kevin J. Thatcher
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Lamar St. John
PHOTO EDITOR
Reginald Caselli Jr.
EDITORIAL STAFF
Rick Blackhart
Mike Folmer
Lowboy
MoFo
Jeff Newton
pool party tonight! Awright! Steve Weston
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METAL MANIA
It's only rock-n-roll.
4
MAIL DROP
13
TALKIN' SHOP
Del *13 S.M.
14
ASK THE DOCTOR
Dr. Rick Blackhart
AR
40
ON BOARD
44
SHOWCASE
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THRASHER Magazine, December 1982, Vol. 11
SOMETHIN' ELSE
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Brad Bowman.
Glen E. Friedman
Sonny Miller
MoFoto
Jeff Newton
C.R. Stecyk III
CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS
Sylvia Amezcua
Bob Groholski
Jonas Wilkstrom
Paul Schmitt
CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS
Ted Alb
Alan Chilton
Ken McGuire
PRODUCTION
Andy Croft
Chris Cook
THRASHER Magazine
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1982 by High Speed Productions, Inc.
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