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CONTENTS
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"THEY CAME TO
PLAY"
THRASHER Mag's "Skate
Rock" weekend: a three-
day, nonstop blast of
skating and music.
24
BACKYARD
AMERICA
The skaters are creating
their own ridable
environments and laying.
down their own ground
rules.
28
PHOTOGRAFFITI
INTERNATIONALE
You'll want to take off for
the Southern Hemisphere
after a look at this action
from Puerto Rico and
Brazil.
32
COMPETITION
Texas sessioning, Florida
backyards, CASL backyard
event at Palmdale.
36
PHOTO/ARTICLE OF
THE MONTH
A Missouri skate session
by John Harms.
38
METAL EDGE
A headbanger's guide to
what's happening on the
harsh metal front.
4
MAIL DROP
6
STEEP SLOPES
With Garry "Skate" Davis
10
ASK THE DOCTOR
With Doctor Rick Blackhart
14
THE ADVENTURES
OF SHRED 'N' BETTY
40
ON BOARD
47
SOMETHIN' ELSE
JULY 1983
Vol.3 Issue No. 7
COVER: Operating with just the bare neces
sities, Levi's, high tops and a board, Jay
"Alabamy" guides his skate with agg
te with aggressive
intensity across the "Love Seat" channel at
backyard pool in the wet dry pool capital of the
world, Southern California. Photo: Glen E
Friedman
STAFF
PUBLISHER
Edward Riggins
at a
ASSISTANT TO THE PUBLISHER
Rick D. Noll
EDITOR/ART DIRECTOR
Kevin J. Thatcher
PHOTO EDITOR AT LARGE
MoFo
EDITORIAL STAFF
Rick Blackhart
Garry "Skate" Davis:
Lowboy
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Glen E. Friedman
Jeff Newton
C. R. Stecyk III
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
Stacy Peralta
Paul Schmitt
Brian Schroeder
Brian Ware
Erika Whiteway
CONTRIBUTING
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Wesley Bocxe
Mike Folmer
Ron Schneider
CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS
Ken McGuire
PRODUCTION
Andy Croft
Bryce Kanights
THRASHER Magazine
A publication of High Speed
Productions, Inc.
P. O. Box 24592
San Francisco, CA 94124
Phone: (415) 822-3083
1983 by High Speed Productions, Inc.
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