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Wake up and come back to Earth,
Tumbleweed, you are not legend. I
hate to tell you, but being conceited
isn't being cool.
Skate Artist & Devoted Reader
Savannah, GA
LOST SOLES
I have a complaint about the so-
called "Skate Shoes." The tops are
sporty, but there's one drawback,
the bottoms! Why don't the manu-
factures make the bottoms last
longer? Every two months the bot
toms wear out. I have three pair of
fighting anti-skate legislation and
most of all creating places to skate.
Now I know lots of people, including
me, have a bone to pick with skate-
parks, but I bet for the money put
into one arena contest a nice public
ramp or bowl could be established.
In the long run that means a hell of
a lot more than some contest.
Josh
Pasadena, CA
SKATESOPHRENIA
My and my friends found a sweet
ditch. The problem is there are crazy
skate shoes sitting my room col-people hanging around. It's hidden
lecting dust-the dust that doesn't
fall through the holes in the bottoms.
These shoes cost around $50 a
pair. Instead of making such a big
deal about how nice the tops look.
do something about how long the
bottoms last. After all, when was the
last time you saw a skater skating
on the tops of his shoes? Three
weeks ago I was in my first competi-
tion. While performing an air-walk
my big toe did an air-walk of its own,
right out of this big hole in my shoe.
Manufacturers, please do something
about this problem.
Mike Scott
Brandon, FL
One thing you can do is stop drag-
ging your feet. Also, shop around.
Just because a shoe has "skate" on
it doesn't mean it's the best shoe for
skating. T-ed
UNLUCKYS
The other day me and my friends
were skating next to Lucky's when
a cop pulled up and said, "Give me
your skateboard." Then he snagged
my skate and said, "Come over to
my car." He asked me what my mid-
dle name was. "I don't have one,"
I said. He kept asking me what my
middle name was. I kept saying i
didn't have one. He said, "Do you
want to do this the hard way?"
said, "Do what?" He said, "I'll take
you to juvie." I said, "Why, because
I don't have a middle name?!" |
ended up getting my skate taken
away for two weeks. I don't know if
I can live through that.
Dan Ardebili
"A Skater Pushed Too Far"
San Ramon, CA
CAN'T WIN
I really dig your cool mag. The
other day I left it open to a page that
had a picture of a "Christ" air. My
mom saw it and said that she didn't
approve of a magazine that tried to
urge its readers to accept a Christian
outlook or Christian beliefs. I told
her I don't even like "Christ" airs.
She said I'd have to cancel if your
mag didn't stop printing Christian
messages. Please put more.
Pushead and subliminal satanic
messages in your next issue so I can
keep my subscription.
Socrates
Glendale, CA
NON SINCERE ATTITUDE
If the N.S.A. and all these giant
skate companies really gave a shit
about skating, they wouldn't be
pouring huge amounts of money into
contests (in hopes of making more).
They'd be making better skates,
in the bushes and it's pretty scary.
Should I skate it or not?
Dustin O.
Skate that sucker, but clear outta
there if you hear a chainsaw. T-ed
TRAPPED LIKE A RAT
I
dig your mag because when I'm
feeling trapped in my crummy town
it helps me dream about skating all
over the world. I was just wondering.
do skaters in other countries read
THRASHER too?
Jimbo McKlain
Jordan, MN
Skaters are tearing it up in all comers
of the globe. Read on and you'll see
what I mean, Jimbo. The latitudes
may be different, but the attitudes are
the same. T-ed
9°56'N, 84°05'W
Hi, we're three punx from Costa
Rica. We like your zine a lot,
'specially the punk stuff, interviews
(Puszone, etc.).
This country is a hellhole; people
around here doesn't like us because
we're punk skaters and we're the
only ones who listen to punk rock in
this country. Many police men have
arrested us because of our image
and because we make other people
angry. But we don't give a damn
about that, we still being punks!
That's the way of life we chosen.
We hate all the goddamned prep-
pies who skate, because they don't
know how to do it; they are a fraud
for the skate scene! People around
here think that skateboards are
stupid toys, but we think that's a cool
sport, better than football, baseball,
basketball, and all that shit. Bah!
It's hard to get a board around
here, and order from the U.S.A. are
very expensive. We only have two
boards, one of them is an Alva (John
Gibson) and it's going to break
pretty soon. When it happens we will
only have one for all of us. But we
like to skate. We think that was
made for fun, and nothing is going
to stop our PUNK SKATE scene.
Leonardo, Marco, Luis
San Jose, Costa Rica
Central America
41°45'N, 12°29'E
I am 18 years old and I love
skating. I've only started for about
a year but sometimes I wonder if 18
is too old to start. Why don't some
pro skaters come to Italy, Rome in
particular? Skating is becoming very
popular here and I'm sure that if
people here see what those guys are
capable of doing, it will become even
bigger and maybe (Cont on page 110)
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