ON BOARD
at the manager? Did Schneer later do
backflips off the upper balcony? Why were
hotel police later looking for a certain un-
named skate type who dove off the roof, near-
ly nailing the head security officer? Did Red
Dog impose order, or what? After the fracas,
did not the entire party take over the hotel
lobby? How will Paul top the party next year?
HITTING THE FAN DEPT.
the amateurs who are paid for demos and
recieve actual salaries. The NSA will soon
adopt a set of rules for enforcement pro-
cedures, sanctions and legal boundaries. On
January 1, 1989, anyone who has a model
on the market will be classified as a pro by
the NSA and be required to compete as one.
Sounds like skateboarding is headed for the
Olympics (at least the NSA version) and
Olympic-sized problems!
QUOTA
In a letter to amateur skaters, the NSA
outlined new rules pertaining to the question
of pro status. Company owners, pros, ams
and parents are concerned about companies
who market amateur signature models and
PARTNERS IN "CRIME"-ATTITUDE INTERFACE
Lately I've been wondering what the hell
I'm doing writing for THRASHER. I haven't.
skated since junior high, and would probably
kill myself if I tried now. Still, there must be
some reason why I'm turning this out for a
bunch of skaters, and there must be a reason
that a bunch of skaters have read this far.
The other day I headed up to an Austin
skate shop in order to clarify these reasons.
After convincing the guy behind the counter
that I wasn't some kind of wierdo faggot narc
who had a thing for knee pads, I got a couple
of addresses where some sessions might be
happening.
I wandered over to a huge concrete ditch
and, sure enough, there were half a dozen
young maniacs trying to kill themselves.
Although they looked at me suspiciously
when I first walked up, the fact that I write
for Thrasher and had a case in an ice chest
seemed to break the tension. I sat there
drinking and talking for the rest of the after
noon, and I even tried to break my legs a cou-
ple of times (gee, the ollie looked fairly easy.)
By the end of the day, I had my answers.
There are actually quite few similarities.
between hacking and skating.
First and foremost is the risk taking. You
get a rush from hurling yourself into the air
above a wooden or concrete surface. I get.
a rush from traipsing unnoticed through my
telephone company's UNIX system. A ses-
sion is a session.
Second, we both get hassled a lot by the
law. Like someone said in an old issue, to
skate half the decent areas in your town you
are going to have to break the law. To truly
hack, you are going to break a lot of laws.
Trespassing is trespassing, whether it's on
their property or in their computer.
Third, we have a lot of the same motives.
You aren't trespassing on their property to
trash it or vandalize it, you just want to skate.
I don't want to bring their computer system
crashing down around their knees, I just want
to check it out and see what's going on.
Last, it's attitude. The only people I've ever
met that have the same "Fuck you, you can't
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"I feel like Andy Warhol now! I just tell them
Jim Ganzer
what to do."
"I'm not sure if I quit or if I was kicked out.
I think I quit."
Steve Caballero
"There's a full moon in Tahiti, and you know
what that means."
Bryan Ridgeway
"I must be the only guy left with a sense of
humor."
Jim Muir
"I guess I should have booked a bigger "My favorite is running on a half-pipe, but
room."
give me a flat surface and I'm happy."
Poison boy Rikki Rocket (in Circus mag)
Paul Schmitt
stop me" attitude that most hackers have is
skaters. It takes real dedication to keep work-
ing at something even when you know you're
heading for nothing but harrassment by
parents, cops, and society in general. Most
people don't have the balls to jaywalk, much
less purposely call attention to themselves
as someone who holds society at large in
contempt.
Anyway, that's my piece. Next time you're
going to be in Texas, leave me a line on the
THRASHER BBS [415-822-5630, 1200/300
baud] or write c/o THRASHER. We've got
more to talk about than I realized.
Underground Notes: Although it's ancient.
news by the time this hits the stands, Sum-
merCon '88 in St. Louis went off beautifully.
Around thirty hackers and phone phreaks
from around the nation converged for a
weekend of partying and information trading.
This year, as at SummerCon '87, the
presence of obvious feds and the Secret Ser-
vice didn't detract from our fun, but it did
point out a need for tighter security concer-
ning the promotion of the 'Con. Look for a
new city and a different format next year.
The Phoenix Project, an attempt to recruit
and educate new members into the
hack/phreak community is going well. Stay
tuned to this column for more details, or log
into the Thrasher BBS.
A quick note to all those people who are
using Sprint FON cards or AT&T calling cards
from anything other than the house of some-
one you don't like. Stop it. They'll bust you.
No fooling.
Look for issue #3 of the Legion of
Doom/Legion of Hackers Technical Journal
on a BBS near you. It should be widely
distributed by the time you read this. Also
look for issue #20 of Phrack Inc.'s newsletter.
Crimson Death and Epsilon are doing a kick-
ass job with it, which kind of makes up for
the fact that CD's board never answers.
That's it for this month! Be careful, and
keep those lines clean!
The Mentor
Legion of Doom!
NEW TRICKS-NEW YEAR
Most of you are no doubt familiar with
the eight basic tricks listed on pages 49-51
and many of you can pull those moves off
any time, any place, right? Well, here's a
list of new maneuvers that'll put you back
on the practice ramp, and the names of
the skaters who brought them to
prominence.
ROCKING HORSE Steve Schneer-Indy
grab to front truck axle (nosepick), then
back truck axle, then air in.
BEAV-AIR Steve Schneer-Frontside in-
vert taking both feet off the board.
MAD-OLLIE John Schultes - Frontside
ollie-to-tail taking front foot off while in
mid-ollie.
360° TAIL BLOCK Steve Alba-Fakie to
backside 360° tail tap, all wheels out.
FRENCH MAID Steve Alba-A high
speed backside carve while bending over
and grabbing the rail with both hands.
Must not bend the knees.
CRAWDAD Steve Schneer - Switch-
stance frontside air to stale fish grab
re-entry.
GROSSMAN or ROAST BEEF Jeff
Grosso-An ugly grab with the leading
hand reaching between the legs and
grabbing the outside rail.
SALAD GRIND Eric Dressen-Frontside
grind with the nose fully boned out from
the lip.
POP TART Ray Underhill Fakie ap-
proach to tuck-knee air tweak.
SARGENT CART-AIR Danny Sargent-
Fakie approach to 180° nosepick then
fakie re-entry.
LUCIF-AIR This Could Be You-Forward
flip off jump ramp with feet on the board.
Now get your brain workin' and figure
those new moves out.
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