FLEXIBLE
NEGATIVE
AS SOON AS WERE
OUT ON OUR OWN WE
FIND OURSELVES MORE
CONFINED THAN EVER
BY THE NEED FOR SELF-
SUFFICIENCY...
GETAJOB MAN...
USUALLY THIS MEANS: PERFORM
SOME DEMEANING TASK LIKE:
YOU WANT
THESE INA
BAG OR ARE
YOU GONNA
CATEM NOW?
You
FAT
الله
THE ADVANTAGES OF
PLAYING THE NICE BOY
ARE CLEAR, MAKE A LOT
OF DOUGH RIGHT?...
WORK HARD GET RICH
OUTSIDE
INSIDE
...BUT I HATE
THAT ATTITUDE!
GET A JOB YOU SAY? I HAVE TO
EAT? ALL RIGHT, I WILL BUT NOT
IF I DON'T HAVE TIME TO...
ROCK&ROLL!
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AND THIS
IS IMPORTANT
SO FUCKING-
LISTEN
UP!!
OK?
"JEEZ. WHAT'S THIS
SKATE ZONE STUFF
He's TALKING ABOUT?
YOU'RE PROBABLY CON-
FUSED RIGHT?
THE ZONE DE-
SCRIBES AN ALTERNATE
SET OF PHYSICAL CIR-
CUMSTANCES-SIMILAR
to THOSE OF THE WORK-
WORLD IN ALL BUT MO-
TIVES. OK,
HOW 'BOUT
SOME EXAMPLES?!
TAKE THIS BUS BENCH
FOR INSTANCE OR THOSE
PARKING CURBS. MUNDANE
OBJECTS FROM EVERYDAY
URS FOR PARKING FAT
ASSES OR FAT ROAD Hoas.
BUT HOW MANY PEOPLE
WOULD EVER SUSPECT
THEIR TRUE POTENTIAL
01!
NOW ALL YOU SKATERS SHOULD
BE SAYING, "OH YEAH, RIGHT."
YOU UNDERSTAND. DON'T YOU?
30 THE SKATE-
ZONE HAS A DIF
FERENT PRACTICAL
TOPOGRAPHY THAN
THE SPUDESTRIAN
ZONE IT'S A
DIFFERENT PLACE
ENTIRELY!!
OH YEAH, AND
SKATE ZONE
RULES!
1964.
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DON'T TALK TO ME ABOUT
RESPONSIBILITY... I'M NOT
SOME FUCKING SPONGER!
BUT I'M NOT AN UNQUES-
TIONING SLAVE TO THE.
WORK ETHIC EITHER!! I
MAY TAIL FOR CASH, BUT
MY MIND IS ELSEWHERE.
Mc-1934
SKATE
ZONE
S LIKE GARBAG
AUSE IT IS A
POISON