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CONTENTS
16
S
SKATE CITY/
WHITTIER
CHRISTMAS CLASSIC
Last blast of bionics at
Skate City, What next?
22
TAKING AND TALKING
THE KILLER SKATE
PHOTOS.
A look back over the years
and some words to click by
with Glen E. Friedman.
28
BILLY RUFF
INTERVIEW:
32
SKATE ROCK
Rock Skate, Roll Board with
JFA, The Big Boys, TSOL,
Die Kreuzen
os & more
37
Los Olvidad-
skatebands.
PHOTOGRAFFITI
The vast network of the
skate brethren continues to
expand, worldwide. Real.
skating for real skaters.
4
MAIL DROP
10
ASK THE DOCTOR
14
SHRED 'N' BETTY
Burly tales from
skateropolis.
36
MODERN SKATE
COMIX
40
ON BOARD
SOMETHIN' ELSE
Skateboarding and all that 46
other stuff.
MARCH 1983
Vol.3 Issue No.3
COVER-Bill Ruff, interviewed in this
issue, executes another backside air over
the now closed Skate City Whittier
keyhole, during the Christmas Classic.
Photo: Kevin Thatcher.
STAFF
PUBLISHER
Edward Riggins
ASSISTANT TO THE PUBLISHER
Rick D. Noll
EDITOR/ART DIRECTOR
Kevin J. Thatcher
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
Lamar St. John
PHOTO EDITOR AT LARGE
MoFo
EDITORIAL STAFF
Rick Blackhart
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PHOTOGRAPHERS
Glen E. Friedman
Jeff Newton
C. R. Stecyk Ill
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
Glen E. Friedman
Joey Headbone
Stacy Peralta
Brian Schroeder
Erika Whiteway
CONTRIBUTING
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Matt Etheridge
Ron Schneider
CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS
Henry Fowler
Ken McGuire
PRODUCTION
Andy Croft
Bob Buehner
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