Contents
DECEMBER 1985
Vol. 5 No. 12
THRASHER
MAGAZINE
PUSH YOUR LUCK
MAIL DROP.
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RANT 'N REEL
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ASK THE DOCTOR.
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IGOR'S RECORD COLLECTION. 68
SKARFING MATERIAL...... 12
FROM THE UNDERGROUND..68
SKATER'S EDGE.
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ON BOARD/TRASH
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STEP BY STEP
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PRODUCT PATROL
75
PUSZONE
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SOMETHIN' ELSE
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CONTENTS: With contest caliber ramps
spread throughout the land, the long road trip
has once again become commonplace for
travelling competitors. Here Corey O'Brien
takes a street break from a two day drive to
Little Rock, Arkansas from Cal
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IN OTHER WORDS
Skaters with mates take hood and
read, the girls are taking notes 26
LITTLE ROCK JAM
You shoulda been here yesterday"
We slammed a two day event into one
Saturday of some of the best Pro Am
ramp raging to date
PHOTOGRAFITTI
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A taste of the best and worst from
Our overflowing files of unsolicited
skater snapshots
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NYC
A skate, a tune, a throttle and a fork,
thats the way we spoll New York. A
skatetown update on the Big Apple by
Lowboy
FINDING THE CURE
48
A heavy dose of gothic pop from a
band that has endured
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COVER: In a New York State of mind Like a
chameleon, Dave Hackett blends into her but
foundings whin doing stylized walkovers in the
Big Apple Photo Shonna Valeska
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