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I
PRAISE THE BOARD
There are movies for skaters,
clothes for skaters, mags for skaters,
vids for skaters and songs for skaters.
That's all very nice, but how about
prayers for skaters? They need them
more than anyone. Here's a sample:
Now I lay me on my brain
The world is black, I'm full of pain.
If I must go unto my fate,
I pray the Lord I still may skate.
Now I lay me on my face.
My cheeks are red, my pulse doth
race.
I pray the Lord no one did see,
My board slip out from under me.
Now I lay me in a grind,
pray, "Don't let my coping bind."
And if I slip and take a dive,
I pray the Lord, let me survive.
PUNKAL
M.A.T.
Seattle, WA
I just don't get off on all these punk
bands going metal-punk or just plain
metal. What in the hell is metal-punk?
Is that something like mixing Willie
Nelson and Beethoven and calling it
country-classics? Well, thank some-
one that there still are true all-anti-
American punk bands around like
the Exploited-can you fathom the
Exploited going metal-punk? I think
Punk's not dead.
Rick Acid
Portland, OR
not.
Punk-metal maybe, but, no.
metal-punk. T-ed.
AJ'S SKATE MANIFESTO
1. If you can't be good, be careful. If
you can't be careful and you can't be
good, skate.
2. Stickers are questionable. Buying
them is dumb because skateboards
cost so much that they should pay
you to advertise on them. Feed the
sticker to the dog under the dinner
table when mom isn't looking.
3. Graphics are also questionable,
unless you are paid standard
billboard advertising rates. Spray
paint eliminates cartoons quickly
from TV sets and skateboards.
4. "Street" means no ramps.
5. "Street contest" means let the
truck win.
6. A car needs a skate in the trunk
because emergencies only happen
after emergency cab fare has been
spent.
218 ELK COURT 11950
7. An abandoned car needs a skater
on the trunk because that is all it's
good for. Use the car to experiment
with different skating surfaces: com-
pare fiberglass cloth bodywork to
smooth painted steel. Then fix up the
car, drive it to Virginia and compare
the fiberglass cloth on the Mt.
Trashmore ramp to the smooth
painted steel of Cedar Crest.
8. "Street" means no rules.
Therefore, "streetstyle contest"
means let's see who can violate the
most rules.
9. Many hot new tricks, such as carry-
ing a skateboard or doing cartwheels
while holding a skateboard, are
easier if you take off the trucks and
wheels.
Arlington Joe
New York
SEX VEX
This letter is referring to a letter in
the Sept. '86 issue. I'm a skater and
a girl. I think it's great that you guys
(excuse me, I mean girls) are getting
a "Women's Skate Club" together, in
fact, I would like to talk to another girl
skater for once in my life. But I just
want to ask you why girls classify
themselves as "girl skaters" and
guys as "skaters"? If you desire to
skate, then get your butt on board
and skate! Screw the women's skate
clubs-instead, get a hot male skater
to teach you some cool tricks. I per-
sonally would rather be taught by a
guy than a club of girls, any day.
Skate tough, whatever sex you are.
FREE ADVICE
K.K. Norris
Columbus, MO
I'm going to buy a freestyle board,
but I don't know how to freestyle.
Since there are no other freestylers
in my town, there is no one to teach
me. I was just wondering if there is
a book that teaches the easy-to-hard
tricks in freestyle skating. If there is,
please send me the address and how
much it costs. Make sure it's an up-
dated one, because I don't want to
order a book from the seventies.
John Hall
Terrace, BC, Canada
Let us know when you've wired all the
freestyle tricks from the 70's, like
double kickflips, G-turns, rail walks,
M-80s, shove-its and nose and tail
wheelies; then we'll tell you where to
get the new book when it comes out.
T-ed
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