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FRONTSIE
ABSENCE OF SANITY
ODD MAN OUT
LIFE!
it appeals to so many of us. You can
do whatever you want to do. I per-
sonally enjoy doing streetplants and
ho-hos, and I would like to know what
right Rocco has to tell us what is and
what isn't real skateboarding. Next
time you see a kid perform "sacri
lege" by doing a streetplant in a
ditch, leave him alone and worry
about your own skating. Hey Rocco!
I quote you: "Try to appreciate a
skater for what he does." Why don't
you shut up and skate and practice
what you preach?
Nick Mueller
Georges Heights, N.S.W. Australia
WIENIE WEEDER
I live in a decent sized city with lots
of neat little skate spots. My friends
and I have truckloads of fun cruisin'
around and getting harassed. But
lately we've noticed something.
There are fewer and fewer real
skaters and more and more wienies.
Can you people at THRASHER send
us some instant skater seeds and a
case of wienie repellant?
Chris Green
Bristol, VA
How about a bag of briquettes and
some lighter fluid? Ted
SAVANNAH GRANDMA
How many of you skaters out there
have a really cool grandma? Well, I
do. My grandma just happened to be
in Savannah right when it was time
for the Savannah Slamma II. I
couldn't go because of school, so
she said she'd go for me. After the
contest she sent me all the results,
a program, etc. She also sent me a
letter and told me she thought that
the contest was really cool. I was
stoked, because I didn't think my
grandma had such good taste.
Batman
Moscow (not Russia), ID
WHAT, WE WORRY?
I am writing in repsonse to your
article, "Find Your Own Spot," in the
April issue. Potatohead stated that he
is sick of skaters hanging out in front
of 7-11 doing the same old tricks. This
has offended me. I believe that if a
skater wants to hang out in front of
7-11, that's perfectly fine. It's not
where you skate, it's your attitude
toward skating itself. And if a skater
skates seriously, who cares where he
skates? Potatohead should spend
less time worrying about other
people and more time being con-
cerned with himself. If he doesn't,
he's got a problem and I'm not going
to worry about it.
Michael Hermanson
Hoff. Ests., IL
Maybe Tater should spend less time
hangin' around 7-11. Ted
DISCLAIMER EXCLAIMER
In six consecutive years of sub-
scribing to your magazine, I've never
been as pissed off as I was after view-
ing that b.s. disclaimer at the end of
"Find Your Own Spot" in the April
88 issue. "Skating in some spots is
illegal...THRASHER does not pro-
mote the breaking of those laws."
HUH?
To many, skateboarding and the
law have always been a contradiction
in terms, so why should skaters now
become law abiding citizens? Also,
what kind of a message does this put
out to the little kids, the future fourth
generation of skaters? "Skate
tough...as long as it's okay with
mom and dad?" Now you staff boys
at THRASHER have to make a deci-
sion: 1) Offend a few moms and por-
tray skateboarding the way it really
is, or 2) Continue with your conser-
vative multi-million dollar fashion
trends magazine.
Unsincerely,
Greg Kenneth
San Francisco, CA
Just don't tell them we sent you when
you're shackled to the door handle of
a patrol car while they're calling your
mommy. Ted
STOKED ON TATERS
Your write up on "Find Your Own
Spot" by Potatohead was great. All
my friends and I took his advice and
we found banks, pools, and even a
pipe. It had a fence across it, but did
it stop us? No! We took it down
because there weren't any signs on
it. We skate there everyday, it's our
secret spot. We haven't told anyone
where it is. I just wanted to say thanks
for the cool mag.
Jason Munchester
An Eskimo Skater from
Calgary Alberta, Canada
Have you gotten busted yet? T-ed
BLOWN AWAY
the
I go to an all-girls school where
some of the teachers are nuns. Right
now I think I'm the only skater in the
institution. One day I wore my
THRASHER sweatshirt to English
class and I noticed my teacher eye-
ing me. She began to tell the class
a story. She said that my sweatshirt
bothered her because of the name
THRASHER, and went on to say that
"a few years ago" (about 20 or so)
there was this American submarine
out on this big assignment, testing
something-or-other, and
homecoming was a big deal. All of
the families and officers, etc., were
awaiting their comeback, until on the
way into port. the thing blew up.
The name of the sub was none other
than THRASHER. As soon as she
said that, I burst out laughing. It was
kind of a cheezy story-I guess you
had to be there. The whole point of
her story was that THRASHER
brought back memories of the event
in her history. The point of my story
I forgot, but maybe we better watch
out, because when we are old and
grey, we just might see kids running
around with "Poindexter" crayons or
something. Stay in school-you may
learn something.
Coffee Girl
St. Louis, MO
What kind of coffee did you say that
was? T-ed
SOLE SEARCHING QUESTION
Well, if right foot forward is goofy.
then what
right foot back while
pushing off left-footed?
Ryan "Beaker" Sumstad
Hayward, CA
A goofy way for a regular foot to push
off. T-ed
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