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MESSAGE FOR ALL
I've got a message for all you
skaters who want a ramp but don't
have time, permission, wood,
money or the right state of mind.
You've just got to stop being a pussy
about it and get tough. If you don't
have permission tell the old man all
the things he wants to hear and try to
convince him that it's really just a
small project. As for money, you
either have to start doing odd jobs
such as car washes, garage sales,
etc...or forget it. And for the right
state of mind you just pull out the old
THRASHER and read it over and
over again till you get totally stoked.
For wood, you either rip off some old
signs, or raid a construction site (al-
ways looking out for the watchdogs!)
or go check out your neighborhood
school/church for junk wood. I got
mine by asking an old nun about the
pile of wood in some parking lot. She
said I could have it and now I'm half-
way through with a halfpipe.
Jay Wischmann
San Jose, CA
HYPED UP ON KONA
Me and my friend just recently
went to Kona, Jacksonville, Fla. We
stayed for a week and it was killer.
It's a totally different park, their main
business is the little waist-high kids,
and there are a lot of them! I guess
it's pretty good in a way, because
the park will never close, and if the
little kids stick to skating, they'll
someday shred. There are some al-
ready bio skaters like Buck Smith,
Randy Barfield, Billy Hadge, Shawn
Adams, Bud Reeves and Jody Wil-
liams. They were all cool, but a few!
won't forget. Me, Clint, Buck, Billy
and Shawn partied like hell a few
nights and didn't sleep but a few
hours
The next day Shawn and Buck
took a few hits and proceeded to
blow our minds. They shredded
heavily. It was unreal to experience
and I must return soon for another
trip to Kona.
Mark Santol
Panama City, FL
Be prepared for more intensified
skate action from Kona Skatepark
when we bring you coverage from
the Summer Nationals slated for
July 15, 16, 17.-T-ed
COLTON EXPOSED
Well, I just had to crack and blow
my cover! For those of you who don't
know that Ranch Skatepark in Col-
ton is open for skating, or anyone
who wants to walk through the holes
in the fence.
The Holiday bowl is almost al-
ways dry, as is the rest of the park's
finer riding elements. Coming from
New Jersey, I found most of Califor
nia's parks destroyed, but Colton is
still there, skate for free. I also enjoy
the atmosphere, no hassles, no 1
own the park type skaters, just flow
in and out. A few months ago (quite
a few), the Ranch was a bust due to
cops and the "Tennis Geek" who
was hired to watch the park from the
tennis courts. But the skaters kept
coming back in revolt; we even went
there and my friends got their
boards taken away, but I hid and
then they got them back later from
the "Tennis Geek." It still didn't stop
skaters, they kept going there, tear-
ing No Trespassing signs down, run-
ning from cops, and I heard that the
Tennis Geek got beat up! Now
there's no signs, no cops, and no
geeks. 30 skater weekends are
common. It's the way a park should
be, no hassles.
A whole bunch of new skaters
with thrashed boards (their older
brothers') so that's good for sales. I
last saw Steve Olson and Mike
Folmer ripping there.
Skate Rebel
Joe McGibney
Apple Valley, CA
Check next issue for the full exposé
on the legendary Colton Skate
Ranch.-T-ed.
SMALL TOWN THRASH
First of all, I want to say that you're
doing a great job! I'm writing to you
from a small town in Arizona. It ain't
exactly skate city, but me and a few
friends still thrash the little hole.
Prescott, with a population of a lit-
tle over 20,000, can be shit city, if
you don't have a little imagination,
and a little ingenuity.
The cops here say that it's against
the law to cruise the sidewalks. So
we cruise the roads, then Officer
Friendly kicks us off them. So what's
a dude to do? Well, first off, we don't
pay much attention to the law, and
we cruise to look for a place to
thrash. The small town isn't hard to
cover so we get around. We find
numerous acid-drops,
cement
ramps and brick jumps, but eventu-
ally get kicked off all of them. So, we
started in the business of home-
made wooden quarter an halfpipes.
Except for an occasional trip to
Phoenix (excellent skating location),
this is all we have. Your mag has
helped out many times (building of
ramps, skateboard maneuvers, and
maintenance). Thanks, it was great
help. Well, summer's near, and your
mag will keep coming. Happy skat-
ing to all! Have an excellent sum-
mer! Angus of AC/DC and Peart of
Rush Rule!
Slashin' Shan
Rad Matt
Rippin' Rod
Prescott, AZ
NO ACTION HERE
My brother and I are thrashers
from Elyria, in northern Ohio, and we
carry out the tradition of the raddest
sport around...boarding!!
We thrash a portable quarter pipe,
4" wide x 6 high. We put it in our
basement and driveway, when it's
nice out
We had two parks in town, one is
mush now, the other is closed down.
We used to go through a hole in the
fence until some old wanker and the
pigs threw us out. That really blows,
huh?
So now we thrash our quarter-
pipe, and any curb, street, vertical
wall we can find. There's about 5 of
us who thrash, I thrash a Dogtown,
my bro thrashes a Flite and my sis's
boyfriend cruises a Caster. My
brother is probably the best, but I'm
catching him.
It's true skating lives in the East,
but with no parks to thrash, it's truly
depressing, but we'll keep thrashing
as long as we got boards.
Troy Edling & Company
Elyria, OH
WHERE'S THE COVERAGE?
I thought I'd tell you all about the
Annandale Ramp contest which was
totally Bio. It was on Saturday the
14th of May, it was raining out for a
while but it stopped and the thrash-
test was held. There were about 20
contestants who were all great, but
only one could win and that was Pat
Clark. My friends and I didn't enter
but we were there covering the con-
test for our own skate mag, EDO. 1
broke my arm on a radical fall, so I'm
not shredding too much now. I think
we'll send you some pics sometime
soon along with a copy of EDO.
Scott Brisendine
Springfield, VA
Sorry about the break, Scott. I
hope it doesn't hamper too much
your efforts to give us more info on
the Bio Annandale Ramp event.
Meanwhile, check the competition
department for a rundown of some
other backyard contests around the
world. -T-ed.
SPINNING 60'S AT MIDNIGHT
This is your correspondence from
Van Buren, this is the City of the
Dead. Me and my girlfriend are
freaking on it. I've been here about 8
years now, I don't know what the hell
I'm here for. If it wasn't for boards,
who knows? Skating is so under-
ground here, you guys would love a
visit, do some night terrorizing
downtown, like I've done these past
eight moons. There's no contests
like there were years ago. About all
my skate bro's broke their boards
and won't buy new ones, I guess
they're too busy partying... Too bad!
I was spinning 360's at midnight
New Year's Eve.
Went up to Tulsa to see the D.K.'s
(cancelled), so I skated all day in the
park. (Yes, there is a skate park
there.) Blazed the crap out of it with
old team brother Mike Medawar.
Well, skaters dominate the world!
Everybody else sucks
Scott Graham
Van Buren, AR
QUIT! YER BITCHIN'
Lately I've been hearing a lot
about skaters that "QUIT skating.
for odd reasons they only know. Like
the gossip that flows in a skate com-
munity, "Yeah, he don't skate any-
more. Well.... Hey, did this guy ever
really skate in the first place? Why
would anyone really involved in
skateboarding just blow it off and
say they "quit? I mean, sure, people
go through phases. Just because
Johny takes a break from riding
pools for a while doesn't mean he
"quit." He'll always be a skateboard
er. Maybe he's terrorizing the local
banks and ditches, or just carving
hills, who cares? He could at any
time drop in, tune up, and be thrash-
ing again within a week. He hasn't
forgotten.
SKATE CRAZED
Corner of Main
Johny
Skating at the corner of main,
some think it's cool, some think it's
insane.
As they pass by they sit and stare,
They don't understand why I'm
always there.
Move after move, trick after trick,
You have to be smooth, you have to
As
be quick
I'm doing a board slide,
I mess up and fall on my behind
It doesn't bother me
I don't mind
Because us skateboarders
Are one of a kind.
I've been skating for about 4 years
and I can say without a doubt that
skateboarding is the WORLD'S NO.
1 SPORT! I'm into street and some
freestyle. This summer I plan to
build a halfpipe and start riding verti-
cal. A couple of kids from Newark
skate vertical and they are pretty
hot. THRASHER is the world's
BEST magazine!!
You people at THRASHER def-
initely know how to satisfy a skater's
needs. I think that Rodney Mullen is
definitely THE HOTTESTI
People don't understand why I
skateboard, if they only knew what it
was like. That's why I'm writing this
poem.
Please print this letter and poem
so that people know that skate-
boarding is alive in Newark, N.Y.
THRASHER rules everything,
when I die, I'm going to skateboard
heaven!!
Rocco "Skate-crazed" Pizzirusso
Newark, NY
RESPONSIVE
I'm writing in response to a letter
that appeared in your "Mail Drop"
section in the May 1983 THRASH-
ER. This letter was written by two
lame brain, hosehead brothers from
Virginia Beach. Talking about fake
people, if these two lame brains
would have taken time to think, they
would know that skateboarding
originated from surfing.
This summer some friends and I
will be shredding the East Coast and
be watching for you wallys. Don't
worry, we will know you, by looking
for the two guys on plastic boards
and metal wheels.
M.H.
Vero Beach, FL
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