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SKATING LIVES
I have just subscribed and am waiting for
my first issue and a hot T-shirt. I plan on
wearing it in front of all my BMX friends (of
which I have none). As for now, I peer
through old issues and wait for better
skating weather. Thanks for coverage of
the Ocean City competition from summer
of '82. I hope you're there this year to see
that skating lives on the East Coast. With
the help of THRASHER and new skaters,
skating will live forever. To preserve our
rare parks, we have purchased a large
microwave to fry the BMXers who insist on
leaving marks in our skateparks. We have
also hired a barber to give them haircuts
free of charge, a note to the peddling
pussies! Skatepunks dominate and BMX
sux. Keep up with the hottest mag around.
The Clash, and the Sex Pistols rule
(Sid lives!).
WET FEET
Jim Talbert
Hampstead, MD
On behalf of my friends with handpolio
here in Reaganville (S.B.), I'm dutying for
now in the form of this paper sculpture.
Boardskating in S.B. is quite a happy
experience with the Jeff's halfpipe among
the nooks and crannies. Also the fly bowl,
the ditches, the bug pool, Glen's cement
cool ramp in the shade. This ramp is hot
and must be skated. The closing of
Whittier is like cardinal sin. We were there
on the last day. Definitely true reckloose
antics in the deep pool. My mom liked the
Lance Mountain interview. Lance's efforts
in skimboarding the halfpipe are ap-
preciated. I considered it but my shoelaces
take too long to dry. What happened to
Mike Smith? Cool handplants!
Lately I've been hangin' with the man
Rob Staton, 39 years old and a hot
freestyler. The guy is too cool. We're
flippin' around hours a day. Our regards to
Per H. and the gang in Sweden. See you in
the summer. Bring me a nose picker
perhaps.
Chow,
John Dettmen
Santa Barbara, CA
P.S. Per, send some updated CP Skate
Mags over to Rob.
SOLD ON SHREDDING
I've been skating for about two years
now and I'm sold. It's definitely the raddest
sport (lifestyle) around. Since my friend
Bernie introduced it to me, I've been living.
thinking and shredding skateboards.
Luckily, my friend and I found a local sport
skate shop that sells skateboards (Easy
Roller in South Riner).
We both skate the streets and our mall
has the best skateable terrain around
including a perfect wall for tail slides and
grinds, a nearby half-skateable midget pit
(extreme transition), and a six-foot wall for
kick-out acid drops.
My friend and I both crave vertical. As
soon as possible, we are going to visit Tom
Groholski's ramp, about 12 miles from
where I live. We also plan on building a
halfpipe behind my house this spring.
THRASHER, Black Flag, DEVO and the
Circle Jerks are too cool.
How about a street issue, rad
THRASHER?
John Ballon
E. Brunswick, NJ
Check street coverage this issue and look
out for a summertime "Streetstyle" issue.
Stay skating.-ED
LAY DOWN THE LAW
I'm a skatepunk from Santa Clara and
though I don't have the problem of no place
to skate (far from it in fact), I want to tell
everybody whimpering about nothing to
shred, JUST KEEP LOOKING! I missed
out on about six months of good clean fun
(skating) because I was waiting for another
Winchester or something to open. DON'T
WAIT! Anyway, semi-recently I found out
that skateboarding is not allowed on the
sidewalk or the street here. My BMXer
THRASHTOONS
brother got a ticket on his bike. He went to
bicycle traffic court and was told this.
Another kid asked where they were
supposed to ride boards, and he was told
in the park. Unfortunately the kid didn't say
there weren't any left. Well, anyhow, I
would like to know for the gaining of
general skate knowledge, what's the law in
S.F.?
Mike Cole
Santa Clara, CA
In most cities the laws are such that just
skating down the street in many areas is
against the law.-ED
MESSAGE FROM A MADMAN
Who needs skateparks? This is for those
whose skateboard sits against the wall a
lot. Everybody knows that skate sarks have
come and gone. That's because a lot of
owners would rather have "rent-a-spaces"
or flat parking lots. (But big deal), anyone
who has been skating for more than five
years knows skating started without them,
and will go on without them. Skating the
streets, backyard pools, parking lots,
banks, ramps, pipes, curbs, hills, and
almost everything else you can point a
board at, now that's skateboarding.
Skating is where you make it, a lazy
skater who won't take the time to look or
build something to skate, then you're not
much of a skateboarder anyway. So
skaters of the world, don't sit around and
be bummed out, call your friends, grab
some brews, buds, and Jaks, and skate...
If the board you're skating on is a pile of
crap, go buy a new one. (Let's not get hurt.)
Skate on, R. Katen
Madman Sactoboyz
Sacramento, CA
Draggin' Baldy
Jenny R
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