ON BOARD
TRASH
ON BOARD
COMING EVENTS
March 3-4
NATIONAL SNOWBOARD
CHAMPIONSHIPS
Snow Valley Ski Area
Winhall, Vermont
March 31-April 1
WORLD SNOWBOARDING
CHAMPIONSHIPS
Soda Springs, Tahoe, CA
SNOW JAM (snowboard gig) sponsored
by THRASHER.
Place and date TBA.
ABSTRACTED
AIR!
Hello Magazineland. Did you all have a
gnarly Christmas? Was Santy Claus good
to ya? How many of you got new boards or
skate equipment? Raise your hands. What
do you think of life? Does it mean anything
to you yet? When people want to make life
miserable for other people by raining death
on their homelands, that's considered a
bunch of TRASH.
The true feeling of a new gnarlsome deck
in hand.
Harsh realities of stereotype life are about
to end.
Raging with high potency, energy we grind,
flip, pop, slide with ease.
At the core of the city the terror spreads.
Speed follows with each consecutive
manic move.
Hanging air, time encountered with each
street contour.
In the night this action bewilders the
common meat pieces
Now it is midnight, our grinders are
withering
Great time? For sure, why? Because the
sport f--kin' rules.
From here on skate literature will
undoubtedly develop its own unique style,
and best of all only skaters can understand
it. Yeah!
SKATE LIKE
THERE'S NO
TOMEROW
Before we jump into the true dirt of the
skate/youth world, here's a little something
to think about.
"The United States, because of its
geographic location, is in the fortunate
position of being able to teach sane
pacifisms in the schools, for there exists no
serious danger of foreign aggression and
hence there is no necessity for incalculat-
ing in youth a military spirit. There is,
however, a danger that the problem of
educating for peace may be handled from
an emotional, rather than a realistic
standpoint. Little will be gained without a
thorough understanding of the underlying
difficulties of the problem."
"American youth should understand,
first of all, that even though actual invasion
of American territory is unlikely, the United
States is liable to be involved in interna-
tional entanglements at any time. Refer-
ence need only be made to America's
participation in the World War to prove the
need for such understanding."
"Security for the United States, as for
other countries, lies only in a satisfactory
solution of the world peace problem. Youth
must not be allowed to believe that safety
can be obtained through political isolation.
On the contrary, a concern for the general
peace problem should be aroused.
"It should be pointed out that nothing can
be gained merely by demanding disarma-
ment so long as there are powerful
countries not unwilling to use militaristic
methods for the attainment of more
advantageous world positions.
The spirit of international solidarity
should also be strengthened, and
chauvinism should be combated as a
hinderance to world peace. In schools,
history should be used as a means of
interpreting progress in civilization, and not
for inculcating ideals of imperialistic power
and military success. In my opinion, H.G.
Well's World History is to be recommended
to students for this point of view."
These words rationally and realistically
describe views on the importance of the
education of youth, for the sake of world
peace in the future. The words have a
contemporary ring to them although they
are not. They are excerpts from a message.
to the Progressive Education Association,
November 23, 1934. These are words not
that of a politician but of Einstein. Celeb-
rated as the greatest scientist/prophet/
moralist of our time.
A boy. A man. A Job. A dog. Hot winter
nights. So why after all of his protracted
posturizing regarding the sad state of
global economic affairs does Brad 'Son of
Šims' Dorfman show up holding the pink
slips to not one but three 59-60 Cadillacs?
G.S.D. has no idea (except for a couple he
borrowed from Neil Blender), and only
Larry 'The B' knows for sure. Bradley
was last seen in compound low belching
billowey blue puffs of long chains hydrocar-
bons from the tailpipes of an ailing '60
Deville convertible.
Talking more Saturday Night Specials.
Lori Balma, daughter of Tracker Larry
recently completed her studies at beauty
College rumor has it that a major
restyling is in order for the whole gnarly
crew. Will the future feature Peggy in a
multi-hued mohawk? Will this harmless
sentence be the basis of a new
publication documentary post debutant
style? Does anyone read this stuff any
way?
Preaching aside, imagine yourself
floating over ACTION NOW SURF &
SPORT in Harlingen, Texas, observing a
giant skate demo in session, complete with
harlequined Betsy-Boobies and giant
crowds of hundreds of Southern Texans.
The demo onslaught was directed by Jeff
'Del' Newtron and executed by a small
crew. Radio Station KIRX, 99.5 on your
FM dial was even there to monitor activity.
7Up was there too. Del Newtron's
comment "...most fun I've ever had on
someone else's tab."
More Tex-Ass news, final warning has i
that the Texas Pipeline is doomed to be
We're calling all girls (And yes, we will
use your proper names providing that you
send in). Sara, the skating lady below, is
ripping a ramp near Alberta, Canada. More
on Sara, her crew, and girl skaters
everywhere in the future.
razed by press time. "Forgive them, for
they know not what they do." It's a sad, sad
thing that these skate-oasis' perish
one-by-one as the skate energy continues
to grow and thrive.
As reliable of a source as you can get,
Jonny Ray's mom informs us that Colton
indeed, has been reduced to a memory.
You heard it here first.
RAD AND GNARLY
The count the Rads and Gnarleys
contest in our October '83 issue has
yielded several interesting replies. The
closest four were Zach Hertz of San
Francisco with 8 rads and gnarlies. Shay
Saunders of Tyler, Texas with 3 rads and
gnarlies. Chris Gray of Lacey, WA who
simply found eight and Steve Peralkis of
everywhere. Drainage uitches are
crowded with skate Kamakazies. The
explosive scene has parents under a skate
syndrome. Boards, rock, the generation to
kamakazie the streets and grind the
pavement to oblivion.
OUT IN AZ.
Brian of Phoenix' premium skate bank
J.F.A. informs of a proposed 'several mile
long' 21ft diameter pipe. Keep tuned to
THRASHER for further rumors. Also B.B.
informs of sessioning a ramp in Chicken
Butts backyard and heavy street blasting
in downtown Phoenix
WEIRD STICKER IN PLACE
Yes, we still occasionally receive
entrants for the in the weirdest place
contest we had a long time ago. This
month's winner is Mike Harrington. He
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West Berlin, New Jersey, who was the
most thorough with 1 rad, 2 gnarlies, 1 ultra
rad, 1 radical and 2 gnarliest. We decided
to reward all entries with subscriptions (like
we promised) for having the nerve to enter
such a stupid contest.
BETTY HUNT
We're sick and tired of hearing you
people whine about there not being
enough women between our pages. Well it
isn't that easy. We'd like nothing better
than to dedicate a page to Skate Chicks, or
Betties, or whatever you call them in your
neighborhood. Unfortunately, most young
women don't oblige too kindly to our
'dirty-minded' heavy breathing, slob staff
photographers shoving a lens in their faces
and clicking away, more often than not
without film. So we're instigating a BETTY
HUNT. Send in a photo of your favorite
Betty in a 'skate environment' of some sort,
to be considered as 'Betty of the Month."
Looks count as much as originality. We
don't even care if they're...you know. The
winning Betties will receive a THRASHER
T-shirt. Enter as many different times as
you want. The more Betties the merrier.
DATELINE...
Hawaii rippers rule. Honolulu streets are
becoming a thrasher's paradise. As curb
grinds and acid-drops are happening
also has an interesting story to go along
with it. He tells:
"When the act of taking this photo was
taking place, a lady said that I couldn't do
it. I said, "Yeah? Why?" before I took the
picture. She tried to drag me inside (it was
a law firm office) to get me in what looked
like trouble. So I ran away. Then I went
back and entered because I was curious
as to what the big deal was. A lawyer man
by the name of Thrasher, told me not to do
it anymore and to give him the roll of film. I
managed to exit with my film intact, with a
standing order from Mr. Thrasher not to
take any more photos. On my way past the
sign I managed to place a few other
stickers on the sign along with covering his
associates' names with tape and snapping
a shot before they came charging out and
said they called the cops.
I went by the other day and all the
stickers were gone except the THRASHER
sticker-it's still there.
The guy who's name I covered with
tape, I think is the guy who called the cops."
QUOTES FROM THE GUT
"The object of oratory is not truth, but
persuasion." Confucius.
Lone Texas quote from the gut: "You
gotta be versatile to be an asshole."
Scarecrow.