Mountain Manor was the scene of another
major non-event. At this particular oc-
curance, Hollywood director Graham Clif-
ford and a few associates observed the ver-
tical life close up as part of their research
for an upcoming film called "Gleaming the
Cube." Since virtually everyone was in at-
tendance, we'll only comment on those who
stood out. Chris Miller, Gator, Spidey,
Thiebaud, O, Ridgeway, G.S.D., Lance,
Chris Black, Guerrero, Hosol, Taters,
McGill, Kinnear, Steve Hawk, Tony
Hawk, Rocco, Welinder, Lindgren,
Rodney, Muerro, Mrs. Lance, Ivan,
Natas, Malba, Schmitt, Lester, Jesse
M., Muir, Elguera, Underhill and S.P. all
come to mind immediately and those were
just the first guys to show up. For a sup-
posedly secret session, it was well
attended.
THRASHER
LLUSTRATION BY XNO
QUESTIONS
When Mr. Thumb claimed to service
1,500 accounts, did he have himself
confused with Louis B?
Is Buchinski, artist extraoidinaire of
Thrasher (Dec. 84, Vol 4 #12) cover,
actually doing skate-oriented animation
for the world's best known secret
video?
Are other noteworthy types actually
designing fortune cookies for this same
unnamed vid?
TRASH
Is another graphic documentarian being.
sought down south in the matter of an over-
turned Pepsi truck on the freeway?
Did the promo man of a certain truck com-
pany get nabbed with an accomplice.
attempting to snag a prominent skate com-
pany's dealer list?
Now that Brian Martin is allegedly free,
are all the other manus scrambling to sign
him?
Which skate types allegedly obtained
Heather Locklear's husband's phone
credit card? Or was it her mother's sister's
card?
Is it true that Stacy Peralta boils lettuce
and inhales the steam? Does he do this to
sleep? Or did Steve Olson start this rumor
to bring down the empire?
Did ace reporter Ridgeway leave Cam-
bodia before he even knew who won?
QUOTES
"I've got two homes. Now what do I need
two for? I only live in one."
Dorsey
"We never should have left Missouri."
Jesse Martinez
"Any guy who climbs up in a tree with a bow
and arrow is all right with me."
Dickvak
JUMP
ACK
ANA
SYLEE NOT
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BBS
...More quick quips from the non-stop bab-
ble of Thrasher's Electronic Bulletin Board.
From: Steve Smith
To: All
Subject: !
This is my second time on this board and I think
it is great. Can't stay long though, because I'm
phoning from England. At the moment it is snow-
ing and has been doing so for the last 2-3 weeks.
The locals are getting a bit twitchy due to the lack
of any decent sessions. Do you know how expen-
sive it is to buy equipment over here?! Hi-top Vans
$67, most good decks $75, Rector Aggressor
k/pads $81, Independent 9" (pair) $54 (I worked
it out at 1 pound $1.50). Bloody stupid prices!
But, if you enjoy skating then price should be no
object (try telling me that before payday). Leave
a message and I'll try to read it when I can afford
it (30 minutes from UK to US is $45).
From: Jello
To: All the guys at Thrasher
Subject: trkjhsdlkifgisk
Until I received your December issue of Thrasher
I didn't even know we had a computer. Then,
while discussing how rad this BBS thing is, my
parents alerted me that I have the capability to
talk to you. After locating our household's com-
puter, I quickly realized that I needed a crash
course in this subject. That was provided com-
pliments of my little sister. After experiencing the
joy of mastering this computer mumbo-jumbo I
feel as if I have actually done something. Like
pulling off your first invert-well, maybe not that
extreme, but still kind of exciting. To all the guys
that think computers are for the birds: that's ex-
actly what I thought until I tried it out. Just try not
to make fun of them until you see what they can
do. Well, everything went great with my first ride
on a computer. It went so great that my thirty
minute limit is almost up.
From: Brian Everley
To: Sysop
Subject: BBS
Hi. Read about this BBS in Thrasher. It is one
of the best things to hit Moon Township (where
I live) in a long time. Keep up the great work. One
question: I am 19 years old and just started
skating. I get a lot of flak about being 6'8" and
a skater. Do you think my height will prove a dis-
advantage when skating street or ramps?
From: Sysop
To: Brian Everley
Subject: Height
Although you'll have a rougher time than the rest
of the shrimps in this world tuning into your center
of gravity, returning from the sketch-zone on those
long, burly grinds (due to greater weight displace-
ment) will put you in a class of your own. In any
case, just hop aboard and give it your best.
From: Bowser Conran
To: Angelo Delanova
Subject: Eschaton
I'm sorry, but I represent a group of beings who
were sent to this accursed planet on a twenty-
year research mission. We are currently awaiting
the scheduled arrival of our Mothership, personal
flivver transports, and enough destruct-o-beams
to go around. So to be quite frank, if there's any
immanitizing of the eschaton to be done, we have
first dibs. We've tried to maintain objectivity, but
amidst the overwhelming onslaught of stupidity,
lies, war-mongering, pollution, rampant con-
sumerism, ignorance, alienation, and despair so
prevalent on this planet, we feel that a form of
biospheric euthanasia is in order. Any assistance
would be appreciated, of course, but pre-emption
of our plans is unacceptable. (I have a personal
axe to grind, having been told originally that I was
embarking on a TWO year mission). Yours in the
Eschaton (James Watt will be long dead!)
From: Chip Gordon
To: Bowser Conran
Subject: Eschaton
Sorry to disappoint you, but there are approx-
imately 15 different time-lines converging here
and yours is only one of them. The reason they
lied to you (saying yours was only a short mis-
sion) is that all of these different eschata have
to be accommodated before translation can ac-
tually take place. I still say this can't possibly be
got together before 1999 E.V. Anyway, you've
been on earth long enough by now to realize that
human society never does anything "on time."
In this case, what your people are waiting for is
the planet to come to a boil. Remember, "A watch-
ed pot never boils!"
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