LIGHT YEARS AHEAD
CONTENTS
16
DELMAR PRO/AM
SPRING NATIONALS
A journey to a land down
under...San Diego that
is...for some heavy Pro/Am
skate destruction at Del
Mar's Skateranch
22
TAKE SAN JOSE, FOR
EXAMPLE
A wealth of skateable
spots, a healthy contingent
of young shredders and no
skateparks. This is San
Jose, Calif. But it could be
anywhere on the world
skate map. Story by Craig
Ramsay.
27
PHOTOGRAFFITI
New Jersey, Hawaii,
Japan. Readers rip it up.
THRASHER Magazine, May 1983, Vol. 3, No. 5
30
MODERN SKATE COMIX
EXTRAVAGANZA
What better way to pass
MAY 1983
Vol.3 Issue No.5
COVER: Pressing into, and releasing a
"boneless air" is a skater/journalist
extraordinaire, Garry "Skate" Davis at a
new San Jose hot spot "the sink." Photo by
Craig Ramsay.
the time during non-skating STAFF
hours...draw skateboarding
comics.
38
COMPETITION:
WINTER WRAP-UP
Eurocana, England
Bradpipe and world snow-
boarding championships
re-capped.
4
MAIL DROP
8
STEEP SLOPES
with Garry 'Skate' Davis
10
ASK THE DOCTOR
Dr. Rick Blackhart
14
SHRED 'N' BETTY
Burly tales from
Skateropolis.
36
NOTES FROM THE
UNDERGROUND
A whole sheetload of new
Skate Rock.
40
ON BOARD
46
SOMETHIN' ELSE
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
Joey Headbone
Lowboy
Erika Whiteway
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Glen E. Friedman
Jeff Newton
C. R. Stecyk III
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
Craig Ramsay
Stacy Peralta
Brian Schroeder
Brian Ware
Jani Soderhall
Guy Isitt
CONTRIBUTING
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Wesley Восхе
Mike Folmer
Bob Groholski
Sonny Miller
Ron Schneider
CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS
Ted Alb
Scott Ishi
Sean McLean
PRODUCTION
Andy Croft
Bob Buehner
Ken McGuire
Dan Ovelette
Jay Williamson
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