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L
DROM
DON'T BANK ON IT
I am writing in regard to the "Rag-
ing Rooftops feature in your October
issue. Well, some of my friends, my
brother and I were out skating at
about 9:00 one night and were hav-
ing a pretty good time. It was the first
night session I had ever skated. As
we were skating we found a new spot
to get air on, and we carried on such
actions. We then became bored and
went to a place that you could get air
at if you got a piece of plywood
(located just down the alley) and
propped it up against about a foot
and a half tall cement embankment.
Well we then proceeded to other
parts of our wonderful hick town.
Then my brother mentioned a fire
escape in an alley that lead up to the
roof of a bank. So we went up and
my brother and one friend left their
SPECIAL FOSTAL STAMP SNES: THRASHERY 13 boards at the bottom, but the rest of
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LAYIN' PIPE
Recently I had the good fortune to
savor the joys of my first full-pipe.
One cannot describe the feeling of
free falling from the over-vertical
regions that can only be experienced
in these concrete giants. Needless
to say, I'm definitely hooked on
"smoking the pipe." So let's see
more coverage on full-pipes in the
future; they are the ultimate "high"
in skateboarding.
Scott Suds
Los Angeles, CA
STYLE COUNCIL
I was flipping through your August
issue and saw a style article. I
thought to myself, all right! I'm going
to see some cool shots of the best.
Skater's names flew through my
mind as I hastily fluttered through
pages 45, 46, finally page 47. Ahh,
John Gibson, hmm. I bet I'll see
Hawk, Cab, and there is no way they
could leave out the most stylish of
them all, yes, I'm talking about
Christian Hosoil. I flipped the page
and saw my first guess-Cab.
Another page turning led to an
unbelievable air by Hawk. My con-
clusion was that on the next page
would be Hosoi. Over-anxious, I
turned the page, nothing but an ad
and a pretty cool layback grind. The
tension built as I tried to imagine
what Hosoi would be doing. I turned
the page and...NO HOSOI. I
thought, What!? No Christ?! What
the fk is wrong with these people?
Then I came to the conclusion that
I must have missed it. I turned back
and perused carefully through every
photo. I was wrong, unfortunately.
and I decided to write this letter.
Although there was a two-page pic
ture of Christ, and it was very dis-
torted, you left out one of the princes
of style. And to top it off you left out
the king of style-Peralta.
Get your mind in gear,
Rick Reddick
Lexington, SC
Yeah, our excuse that Christ gets all
kinds of stylish coverage elsewhere
in the mag didn't wash too well with
him either Oh, well. T-ed
us took ours up. We got up there and
saw the best bank in all the city.
Then, just as we started to come
down, a cop shined a light in my face.
To make a long story short, we all
face trespassing charges and could
be arrested. One word of advice to
other skaters: if you skate a roof,
make sure it isn't a bank (as in
money), they might think you're try-
ing to rob it.
Luther Blanton
Crawforsville, IN
You know, there is another spot you
can use for skating-your head. Ted
CONSPIRACY
Our friend Chuck is a pretty rad
skater. He can do a lot of tricks off
our 4" jump ramp, but he's afraid to
pull 180° airs. We kept encouraging
him to try and gave him Rectors and
a helmet. He finally decided to go for
it. As he started getting speed for the
ramp, we yelled "360° air!" Chuck
went off the top and did a 190° and
broke his ankle. Sorry, Chuck!
Street Slashers,
Chris, Cardie, R.J.
Morristown, NJ
Why even give him pads and a
helmet? Just gang up and throw him
off the roof next time. Ted
ONE BOARD SCHOOLHOUSE
I live in a small town with about
1,500 people in it. I got tired of this
school so I decided to try something
new; I started home-teaching last
week. I looked at all the classes I had
to take, regular stuff, math, English,
etc., and then I saw PE. I thought to
myself, "this really sucks!" My home
teacher asked me what I liked to do.
Of course, I said skating. She said
I could skate for 45 minutes a day and
that would fill my requirements for the
year. Now, I skate down to the beach
(not a real one) and skate for about
an hour, which is what I do anyway.
Jim Feddema
Chester, CA
SKATE OF THE UNION
We the Thrashers of the United
Skates, in order to form a more per-
fect transition, establish half-pipes,
abolish domestic interference, pro-
vide for the common skater, promote
the general boardslide, and secure
the blessings of coping to ourselves
and our grind-lines, (Continued pp. 16)
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