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BE PREPARED
I just finished a five day trip to
Yosemite National Park with two
other friends. We were skating
around when some other skaters
showed up and said, "Let's see you
skate." So we skated and, wouldn't
you know, I blasted a boneless and
broke the kingpin when I landed. The
other guys laughed and took off. We
went to every store in the whole park
and not a single bolt in sight. Then
we noticed the bolts in the park ben-
ches so we jacked one of those and
took bottle caps and poked holes in
them for washers. Then we found
those same guys and shredded them
apart. So, if you're skating in the
wilderness use your resources or just
bring some spare parts.
BADGERED
Squeak Skater
Simi Valley, CA
We were skating in a parking lot
one evening when a cop drove up.
She didn't say anything to us as she
cruised past. Not half a block away,
she stopped two little kids who were
carrying their boards, gave them a
lecture and took their boards. They
said her sermon went something like
this: " it's a federal offense to hit
someone with a board (who was
hit?).. since you were carrying your
boards I won't take you in your
parents can come and get your
boards." As you can see, something
is seriously wrong. Is it just our cops
or is it a shining example of typical
pig logic?
Jody, Scott, Shane
Morganton, NC
PS. In the last year, while the cops
were busy chasing skaters, our crime
rate went up 21%.
STREET BLEAT
I am just one of the people who
would like to see some more street
skating in your magazine. Keep up
the good work. Don't forget
streetskaters
Dirk Gragert
A Streetskater
Portland, OR
ANSWER UNCOVERED
I know how to accomplish world
peace-NAKEDNESS. If the world
would get naked who would give a
shit about war. Am I right? I love your
magazine.
M. Prince
"Planet" Dugway, UT
COUSIN JOHN
I love your mag. You can't go
wrong with a name like Thrasher.
John Thrasher
Mountain View, CA
GOING DOWN
All the ramps in town are outside
so we can't skate on them now that
winter's here, but we figured out a
way to skate inside. We nailed a few
pieces of plywood onto his basement
stairs, built a small 42 foot ramp and
put it up against the opposite wall.
The ramp doesn't have a platform so
if you start at the top of the stairs you
can get enough speed to ride the
wall. So to any skaters that can't skate
because of the weather-if you have
a basement, try it out.
Ken Wade
Midland, MI
GIRL TALK
I think it's high time a girl's division
is established. As a girl sponsored
skater I come in contact with a lot of
other girls who skate, all of who are
eager to compete but not against a
bunch of highly competitive guys
who skate really well. A separate
girl's division would encourage girls
to come out of small towns and start
competing against other girls at their
level of skating. To all those who
agree I think the best thing to do is
to write C.A.S.L. and N.S.A. and en-
courage them to establish a girl's
division in their 1987 contest sched-
ule. There are enough of us out there,
we just need to start speaking up.
Karen Zapata
Berkeley, CA
PRO-GRESS
I recently started skating. I only
skate ramps and have never tried the
street. Over the past couple months,
I have learned to fakie and drop in.
I was getting a little down-hearted at
the slow progress, but then I picked
up your October/November issue
and turned to page 31. I read the
finger-flip-lein-to-tail Step-by-Step
and decided to try it. Or my first run
I pulled off a nice, juicy five-footer. I'm
looking forward to your next issue
and I hope you do a Step-by-Step for
a channel egg-plant. I hope to turn
pro by Christmas vacation. Please
send me all of your back issues so
I can learn new tricks. Great mag.
Ruke Durk
WRITE, RIGHT?
Walnut Creek, CA
I have been putting together Grim
Ripper skate zine for a couple of
years now and not until it was listed
in "Zine Thing" did I get a great
response, which I owe much to
THRASHER. There's only one com-
plaint I have that I'm sure other zines
run into: READER RESPONSE. I get
"letters" on ripped pieces of
notebook paper that have been
copied 100 times and sent to every
zine listed in the column. Most simply
say, "Dudes, send the zine-thanx
and that's it. Come on! Write. We
want to know about your scene. If
you've seen the zine before-what
do you think of it?! The reason that
we make these publications is
because we care and can't get
enough of skating. That means com-
municating with skaters too. So show
you care and write!
Roger Bridges
Editor: Grim Ripper Skatezine
Miami, FL
We ran into the same problem here at
THRASHER but found a solution early
on. It's called the round file. Hold said
Xerox scam letters over the round fille
let go and watch them flutter into a
loose pile of similar correspondence.
We then transfer all the contents of our
round files into a larger file. It's called
a dumpster Ted.
FUTURE SHOCK
1986
STICKERS
TRUCKS
1987
LEATHER GOODS
UNDERWEAR
PURSES
1988
MONKEY SUITS
FISHING JACKETS
BRIEFCASES
1989
TV'S
LAMPS
UPHOLSTERY
1990
CERAMIC FISH
STORAGE BINS
SWIVEL KNIVES
AWAKE
VENTURE
FUTURE
VENTURE
FUTURE
WEAR
NEAR
In an age when companies are so busy worrying about the future they forget about the present, we
at Venture have decided to give you a look ahead so you can make your choices now. Instead of hiding
the products we have planned, we're going to show you our ideas and designs all the way through
the end of the decade. As you can see, we are well-prepared to follow you to adulthood, when you
throw away your silly toys and get down to real life. So go out today and buy a set of Venture Trucks.
Wear our shirts and decals; next year we'll have more products to help you along the way-and the
year after that, even more. Soon you'll see the Venture Future-Wear logo and automatically buy, just
because you know we've planned it to fit your changing needs. So awake now for the future, because
at Venture, we know you can't skateboard forever. P.O.# 883942, San Francisco, CA 94188-3942.
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