ASK THE DOCTOR
With Rick Blackhart
LOOSE NUT
I have recently come across a problem.
After asking everyone who might listen I still
haven't got an answer. You may be my only
hope. When I'm skating a bank or some-
thing I have to push on, my testes and peter
always fall out the side of my underwear. I've
never had this problem before. Is there
anything I can do?
Bret Taylor
Portland, OR
The solution to this ageless problem
is simple. It's the only cool way, hombre.
Get yourself some Shoe-Goo and duct
tape. Dump the whole tube down in your
shorts and then strap that baby down. I
guarantee your case of ball slappage will
cease immediately. The fun part comes
when you let your girlfriend rip it off.
Another solution-wear 'em backwards.
SKATER HATER DATER
I love skating. My brother and I skate his
launch ramp a lot. My boyfriend despises
the "thrash scene." He hates and puts down
all my skating friends. He went away to
school and we write to each other. My let-
ters to him aren't very long 'cause I don't
have that much to write about except
skating, but he hates it! He's threatened to
call off the whole thing if he sees me with
"those slimy skater faggots" as he calls
them. Doc, what am I to do? I love him dear-
ly, but he can be such a jerk sometimes.
Confused
Hick Town, NE
Listen up, babe. Chill out. You dig
skating, he doesn't. Don't stop doing
something you like just because he can't
relate. Two people don't have to like the
same hobby or even the same lifestyle
to like each other. I was with a girl for
seven years and she hated skating. Did
it stop me from skating? No way! And it
better not stop you. This goes for anyone
out there who might be in the same com-
promising situation. Because that's what
it's all about, compromise. If he doesn't
dig skating that's fine, but if he's bum-
med at you for skating, tell him to jerk it
and find someone else who can hang
with what you're into.
RIPPING THE PIT
I've been skating for about two years and
have been listening to little posers cry about
not having anywhere to skate. So all I have
to say is, stop crying and start skating! |
thrash on my concrete driveway. There's no
vert, curbs or ramps in this hellhole. I live
in the armpit of NJ-farm country that is.
So wussys, refer to line four.
J.F.
Julistown, NJ
Right on. With more hardcore skaters
like you I'd probably have a lot less
wimpy, mealy mouthed letters to throw
away. Skate down, bro.
SCRUBINI
Bill Johnson was on the right track with
his graphic scrubbing, but try this idea. After
buying the wheel, get a paint marker and
give yourself some cool whitewalls.
However, on one point the Doctor was slight-
ly incorrect. Wheel decorating is not a trend.
but an inexpensive, very effective cheap
marketing gimmick. I no longer have
respect for these corporate geniuses, Who
are wheel companies really here for: we the
skaters or $$George Washington$$?
Yo
Greensboro, NC
What is a trend, dude? It's something
that wasn't around before and suddenly
everybody's doing it. So you're wrong if
you're trying to tell me that wheel
graphics is not a trend. Your own ex-
planation is exactly why it is a trend-
cheap and gimmick are the key words
here. Then you talk about your own ideas
of wheel trash. Why don't you just dunk
your whole board in a can of paint?
Don't just stand there freezing to
death, get an Ask The Doctor t-shirt!
Send $10.75 (postage and handling
included) to: THRASHER, Ask The
Doctor T-shirt, P.O. Box 884570,
San Francisco, CA 94188-4570.
GNARLY
TRUCKS
YOU CAN
TRACKER
SINCE 1975
TRUST
HENRY GUTIERREZ