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LAWYER TIME
Up until two months ago I was
living in an apartment complex with
my mom, and I never had any
problems with anybody about my
skating. Then we got new managers.
At first it was fine, but one day eight
friends came over to skate my launch
ramp. After about half an hour one
of the managers started yelling at us.
He told us we couldn't skate there
anymore and said my ramp should
be torched. We had a hissy at first,
but then we said fine. For about
another two weeks we didn't have
any problems. Then, one day we
decided to have a water balloon fight.
After we were all pretty wet, guess
who comes storming over: the
manager. This time he said we were
training for skate gang warfare. We
said, "Yeah, sure, whatever," and left.
The next day my mom found an
eviction notice on the door. How's
that for skate harassment!?
Cab and Lance
Seattle, WA
Sounds like you should take your case
to a tenant's rights organization. They
can't evict you for that. T-ed
OH, MY GOD...
I thought your response to "One
Ticked Off Skater Who Believes in
God" was a real slam against the kid
and his beliefs. Gee, if the kid cared
enough to write, he was obviously
offended by the ad. You should have
considered his feelings instead of
responding with a little more
sacrilege ('ol God). How about some
respect for people whose views are
different from yours? Or are you guys
bigoted against believers in God?
Personally, I think God himself is
more put off by your treatment of the
kid than the stupid ad. He can handle
sacrilege easier than put-downs of
kids.
Ticked Off, Too
Menton, OH
This is to the guy who wrote in last
month ranting and raving about the
Circle Jerks' "sacrilegious" ad. I'm
a Roman Catholic, and I don't see
anything wrong. I took the ad to my
pastor (that's a priest to all you
heathens out there) and he found it
to be quite true and even thoughtfully
provocative. All in all, he found
nothing wrong with it. So why don't
you ease up on the crusade thing
and just enjoy the magazine? I'm not
saying I don't believe in God. Every
time I try a new air I make the sign
of the cross, and every time I find a
new skate spot I thank God. So just
mellow out and realize that air
pollution and anti-skate laws are the
true blasphemies.
C.A.C.
Sacramento, CA
New move: "In God we Thrust." T-ed
I'm Catholic and I go to an all-boys
Catholic high school. The Circle
Jerks are one of my favorite bands.
When I first saw the "VI" ad, I got
such a laugh out of it that I put it up
in my locker at school. I feel that there
is nothing wrong with poking a little
humor at God. I mean, face reality.
Take a look around you. God sure
didn't make the world perfect. I
believe that taking a not-so-serious
attitude makes life a little easier.
Maybe you should try it some time.
Paul Teague
Joliet, IL
I think we opened up a whole new can
of worms here, and they're squirmin
Let's hear it! T-ed
YOU BETTY WATCH OUT
This is to Sam Mallery from
Newport Richy, FL, who wrote in to
Mail Drop in the January issue: I'm
afraid you left something very
important out of your list of "10 things
never to say to a skate betty."-
Never call her a skate betty. Close,
but no cigar.
TRANS-STATES SKATE
Allison
NYC, NY
I have three very short, simple
questions: Has any skater ever
skated across the United States? If
so, who were they and how long did
it take them? Is it possible?
Mike A
U.S.A
Bob Denike, Jack Smith and Gary
Fluitt's cross-country journey for
mutiple sclerosis was documented in
THRASHER (October 1984). They
leap-frogged across in about a
month, trading off skating with riding
in a back-up van. Other earlier
attempts have been documented but
details are sketchy. T-ed
TRAGIC COMEDY
On December 5th a few friends
and I were cruising down to our local
neighborhood skate shop when all of
a sudden the car door flies open and
I go flying out. The weird thing is, I
had on my THRASHER "Prevent
This Tragedy" t-shirt. The fall
screwed up the whole right side of
my face, both hips, both knees, both
hands, my right shoulder and broke
my pinky finger on my right hand.
They rushed me to a nearby hospital
and into the emergency room where
they spent half an hour sewing part
of my right ear back on. When I went
to school on Wednesday I wore the
shirt again, blood and all. Everybody
thought I was sicko. It was great!
Jim Meyer
Indianapolis, IN
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