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Send all info, compliments and criticisms to:
Mail Drop c/o THRASHER, PO Box 884570,
San Francisco, CA 94188-4570
MRS. KAUPAS SPEAKS
Thank you for your excellent
coverage of Natas' skating.
I am really distressed that I failed
as a mother to teach Natas about his
ethnic background and religions in
general. Had I explained properly
that his grandmother's name is
Natalia, a Lithuanian version of
Natalie, he never would have said
Natasha, which is a diminuative ver-
sion of Natalie in Russian. You see,
the Russian Communists overran the
Baltic countries Estonia, Latvia and
Lithuania in 1940 as a result of the
Stalin-Hitler pact and started murder-
ing and deporting people for merely
disagreeing with the Communist
doctrine and resisting Russification.
Needless to say, we the refugees
from the Russian occupation do not
want any association whatsoever
with their language, culture or
ideology.
Lithuanian nouns ending in -a are
feminine and the nouns ending in -as
are masculine; therefore, Natas
could have been named Natalias, but
we have abbreviated it to Natas. This
has nothing to do with devil worship
or religion as such.
We sincerely respect all religious
traditions and are fully aware of
religion's role in history, teaching
morals to people. However, we are
true humanists and believe that we
all can live in harmony without the
invention of god and devil; although
they are nice concepts to represent
the highest good and lowest evil. The
thinking of German philosopher
Emannuel Kant (1724-1804) is closest
to my heart.
Some time I will have to sit down
and talk about these things with
Natas, but whenever I try he gets
fidgety and wants to skate.
Sincerely,
Liuda Kaupas
Santa Monica, Ca.
Hi Mom! Love, Natas
SHEET DREAMS
I've got a new way to sleep com-
fortably. Go buy a permanent marker
and color skate graffiti all over your
sheets. It looks cool and impresses
a lot of people. But don't forget to get
permission from mommy dearest.
Jud Philpot
Somewhere Down South
I'M SAVED!
I would like to share with the public
the fact that I am a born again skater.
Only a few months ago, I used to
worry about the clothes I wore,
whether my hair was combed. Then
I was watching Natas Kaupas in
Wheels of Fire and I saw what I had
completely overlooked, foot-to-board
contact. Now I don't give a damn
what people think about me and I've
found a whole new dimension of
skating. I have finally overcome the
hobby of skating and now it's a way
of life!
Signed,
Used To Be a Poser
Now that's going back to basics. T-ed
A SHORT STORY
I was in town skating with the guys
when I woke up and remembered I
had mono.
GREAT SCOTT!
Recovering
In Minnesota
I just received your May '88 issue
and you guys made a mistake on
page 74. It says, "Ernie Weed
negotiates the last turn of the giant
banked slalom," when in fact it's
myself. I would appreciate the credit
in your next issue.
Later Bros,
Scott Downey
Breckenridge, CO
Here's credit where credit is due. T-ed
A (BROKEN) BONE TO PICK
I am sitting in a wheelchair
because of a stupid skater. I was on
my lunch break, walking out of
McDonalds, and a little punk ran in-
to me on his skateboard. When I
woke up I was in an ambulance and
a doctor was looking at my leg. It was
broken, and, of course, I am suing
the boy's parents. I have some ques-
tions for you skate punks out there.
1) Why do you insist on saying
skateboarding isn't a crime, because
it is. You stupid kids run into people
and destroy property, then you say,
"We're just trying to have fun." Well,
play football or something. 2) Why
don't you do something useful with
your lives? Instead of skating, doing
drugs and committing crimes, why
don't you make good grades, go to
college and make something useful
out of your life? I went down and
bought a THRASHER to get your ad-
dress. I started looking through it and
all I saw was skeletons and demons.
I think you guys are just tools of the
devil. I once helped support skaters,
but now that I have looked into it I am
leading the fight to ban skaters in
Tampa.
Dennis Childers
Tampa, FL
See what eating junk food does to you
kids. It tightens your sphincter until
you go off like this guy. Ted
PLANT LOVER
According to Steve Rocco, street-
plants are not skateboarding. Skating
is a form of enjoyment. That's why
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