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BATSKATES
Here we go again. Winter on the
east coast. It's snowing here in plas
tic land once again. So here I'm sit-
ting on the floor staring at Batman
reruns. Holy iceburgs Batman, it's
Mr. Freeze, get the thermal Bat un-
derwear quick! No, but it's OK,
here comes Batman to save the day,
and put Mr. Freeze away. Once
more Batman has foiled Mr. Freeze.
How come it's still cold? How come
it's still snowing? Is Mr. Freeze
back? Has Batman failed? I can't
thrash through the streets with un-
equaled recklessness? Nor can I
ride the once faithful ramps which
used to be free? What will happen to
the skaters of the town? Will we ever
be free of this dreaded cold? Or will
Mr. Freeze chill my ass off? HELP!!!
HELP!!! I can't take it. Please, if you
guys out there in the sun see Bat-
man tell him Mr. Freeze is back! This
is one scared dude.
A-DOWN
Cold but bold,
Greg (stiff buns) Howard
Gaithersburg, MD
I'm from the area where Annan-
dale used to be. Actually I'm from
Nokesville. Now that A-Town is
down there's no where to go. We just
finished tearing our halfpipe down,
but we are relocating!
This time our ramp is going to be
24 feet wide-11 feet high. It's gonna
be great. We have about 5 people
who are gonna be riding it all the
time. They are my brother Steve,
Paul Conley, Mike Kingsbury-(he is
also our freestyle man), David Zepp
(who would like to say "Hi" to old
buddies Rodney Mullen, Monty Nol-
der, Billy McCormick, and Sam and
Donny Myhre-the Florida Connec
tion), and myself. Alan Chaney
sometimes comes out too.
We would like to tell all the city ratz
that the field mice jam too. So come
on out and skate.
Jack Waddell
Nokesville, MD
P.S. Here's a quote from the guy for
ya. "I'm strictly a Rhino man. Jeff
Swain-while eating animal crackers
at Rampage 1, our first ramp
MORE PEDS
I am 15 and just thought I'd write
and tell ya what's goin on here in
C.H. About a month back everyone
was skating and then all of the sud-
den everyone quit. They are either
saying they need a new board or
there's no place to shred. Me and
my 2 friends, Greg and Tony skate
anything we can find and we plan on
building a half-pipe soon. We have a
quarter-pipe right now, but it's
thrashed. Also, alot of skaters are
getting mopeds so they don't hardly
skate.
Well Later,
Chris Howard
Citrus Heights, CA
P.S. I guess we're finally separating
the trendies and the real skaters.
NEW-RO
It is plain to see anymore, when
frequenting parties elc., that the
majority of youth today is moving to-
wards the feminine, new ro scene
(or was that last week?). There are
enough problems as is, without hav-
ing to put up with these kooks. The
worst thing about it is that most of
these characters don't do anything
but dance and drink California Cool-
ers. Come on you trendies, if you're
gonna look like a bunch of quebees,
at least get out there and tear it up.
Do something for your society: get a
skate and THRASH a ramp or
something. You'll make it ha
The Skunk buddies.
Redlands, CA
R.A.S.P.Y.
I'm writing to tell you about the
skate scene here in New Jersey. For
one thing, it's way hot. There's a
shop in our town that does its best to
keep all of us skaters provided with
parts and equipment and they're
cool about us hanging out there. I
skate on a team called R.A.S.P
(Ridgewood Area Skate Punks). Wo
have many members from different
towns in North Jersey but it is mainly
centered here. Two of our members
happen to be locals of the old
Borscht ramp in NY. There are two
halfpipes and a few quarter pipes
here that we rage, plus alot of cool
street spots also. I play bass in a
skaterock/thrash band named "Bad
Dream. We're pretty rad. That's all
for now so just keep up the excellent
work on your mag, us skater's bible.
Skate or don't.
Later,
B.C.
Ridgewood, NJ
BIG BANG THEORY
I'm writing to let you know how the
skate scene in Turlock, CA is. It
sucks!!! Why?? Too many cowboys
and lowriders (no offense). Well to
tell the truth it's not all the hics, but
most of them. While I was in deten-
tion some hick dude starts calling
me Boy George. I hate Boy
Georgett
I've got alot of lowrider friends too,
but some are just too much for me.
One dude came up to me and told
me I make the world look funny, then
he punched me!!! it hurt like hell but
I acted like it didn't. All I said was
owww. The dude acts like he-man,
he's built like him too. He's HUGE!
The reason I'm not liked very well
by the lowriders and hics is because
of my hair and the way I dress, like
any other skate rat. I think the skate
rat look is totally cool, you know, van
on one foot and converse on the
ather, powell 1-shirt, 501s. My friend
say my hair is ugly but I like it. My
hair's short everywhere, all except
my bangs. My bangs are almost a
foot long (down to my chin). That's
not bad. Me and my friends do al-
most all street skating because our
ramp has a hole in the middle of it.
There's only a few skate rats in Tur-
lock. Me (Elfman), Rat. Scrotom
head, Geary, Arrow, Ann Quin, Paul
Gerorg used to skate but he quit for
bowling, worthy cause, huh? But he
does make alot of money. You
dudes skate hard, your zine is the
hottest!!! Skaters,
Elfman
Turlock, CA
P.S. Peace, love, warl!!...wait...that-
didn't made sense.
FLUNKER
I'm a 12 year old skater from
Sacto and the skate scene sucks!!!
Me and my friend John Rippy go to
local curbs and stuff. But then came
D-day, the dreaded day you're par-
ents find out you're flunking school,
and no skate for me. Sooo if you
have strict parents get good grades.
Use your brains!!
SNOW ALONE
Slugger
Sacto, CA
My name's David Robison, and
I'm a nineteen year old skater who
recently moved from Clayton, Cal.
(Hello to all the Dak skaters) to
scenic Cedarville, Ohio to go to col-
lege. I thought I'd write to you and
tell you that the skate scene here is
dead. I'm the only skater I know, and
I'm not better than myself, so I'm not
as challenged as I was when I had
friends better than me. It shows here
alot, so when I want to skate I have
to trudge about 1/2 a mile to the gym
to skate on the indoor track, which
sucks because it is slow. Anyway.
I'm glad I get to skate.
Any skater the Xenia
Springfield area who wants to cor-
respond with me, I love mail, and I
need someone with whom to skate.
My address is: Dave Robison, PO
BOX 601, Cedarville, OH, 45314."
By the way, who really cares how
you dress as long as you're comfort-
able? In the immortal words of the
DK's: You ain't hardcore 'cuz you
spike your hair, when a jock still lives
inside your head...
BOARDS GOT COPPED
I'm 15 and I'm writing to you to tell
you that the skate scene up here in
Centreville, VA, is not that big, but
it's getting started.
The other day me and a few of my
fellow skaters got our boards taken
away by a cop-when he was taking
my friend's board away I told him to
f-k off! I had to go to court and I had
to pay a 75 dollar fine, this is like the
4th time the cops have hassled us,
and we're getting sick of it. Well any-
way, me and my friends would like to
know how we could get the city or
someone to build us a skate park or
a place to skate; you see we think if
there's a place for us to skate, it will
keep alot of kids like us, that have a
ittle bit too much anarchy in them,
out of trouble.
RADDICTED
Phil Charland
Centerville, VA
I'm a 14 year old skater from
Balto. MD. The scene here sucks,
there are about five skaters includ-
ing myself. I used to hear about skat-
ers who become addicted to jam-
min', I never really used to believe it
until I got my board for X-mas. A
friend and I built a small ramp. We
shred on it every weekend. I have
become a radical ramp rat. So any
one that skates downhill or dosen't
skate, you don't know what you're
missing. Build yourself a ramp and
jam. Thanx
Rad Ramp Rat Chris Gibbs
Balto. MD
RAMP ROT
I'm a 16 year old skater from Los
Gatos, California, recently located at
a boarding school in New Hamp-
shire. My first thought was, "Shoot,
they probably haven't even heard of
skateboards in New Hampshire." I
was wrong. A day after my arrival my
roommate (also a skater) and I lo-
cated a halfpipe about 2 miles from
the school. The blood rushed to my
head in total excitement. I attempted
a canyon drop but ended up smash-
ing through the bottom, splinters
everywhere to my friends amuse-
ment. Hell, the thing hadn't been
skated since 78. Anyway, the skate
scene here is semi-rad (except
winter) and my friends and I hit Bos-
ton whenever we get the chance.
Thrasher shreds
COOL DAD, DUDE
Rich Reily
Wolfeboro, N.H
I am writing this letter about a very
cool person who I've never met, but
I would like to very much. This cool
dude is Lance Mountain. I saw him a
month or two ago in the Bones
Brigade video and I've seen him alot
of times in your mag. I just wrote to
tell you how inspiring Lance and all
the other skaters are to my friends
and me. After setting down in S.R.V.
(the local skate shop) and watching
the Brigade it makes us go try the
things that they do and sometimes
we even pull some of them off!
Mark Boyer
Roanoke, VA
Thrasher Mag speaks for all skat
ers in congratulating Lance Moun
tain and his wife Evette on the birth
of their son on March 25th.-T-ed.
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