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piece on Guns-N-Roses, also in the
December issue. That's my favorite
band, and it gave me a better under-
standing of the group and its music.
METRO RETRO
J. Sherman
Fresno, CA
I would like to correct the Novem-
ber '88 article on Metro D.C. For one,
the Toke Team did not find or drain
the Beltsville pool. The first people
to drain and skate it were Jeff, Tod,
Wade, Matt and Rob. It rained one
day, the Toke Team bailed out about
eight inches of water, someone took
a picture and now they're the found-
ing fathers of the pool. I think the
credit should go where it's due.
Secondly, the article was mainly
about the Toke Team and Northern
VA. There's more here than just
Cedar Crest. Whoever wrote the ar-
ticle should have asked around and
found some real street skating
locales. Places like the V-Bowl,
Pepco, Malcom X, Welfare Banks,
Sibly, Solvern, New Garage, Josh
Banks, Bethesda, Silver Spring,
Rockville, College Park, and much
more were left out. The article also
forgot one of the raddest
skate cities in the world:
Baltimore. With places like
Landsdowne, Lutherville,
Riverside and downtown-
Balto, this area rips.
Lance and Jim
Metro D.C.
How could we leave out a
whole city? Bonnie, no
skating for a week! T-ed
BE WARY OF GARY
We have this real weir-
do in our town. We call him
Psycho Gary. He says he
rapes people, steals their
purses and then kills:
them. Sometimes het
takes down our names
and reports to the police
station by talking to his pen (at least
he thinks he does). If Gary gets real-
ly mad at us he'll take our skates,
throw them down steps, throw them
in water or take them to the police
station. So we just made up a rhyme:
"Gary, touch my stick and I'll kick you
in the dick."
Islander
Charlottetown
Prince Edward Island, Canada
I guess Gary didn't have a skate when
he was growing up. T-ed
CHOKED BEFORE SPOKED
People are really overreacting
about skateboarding in city limits (like
that will stop us). We can get fined
up to $200 and/or lose our skate-
boards. Yet nothing is ever said about
bikes. I think bikes are much more
dangerous than skateboards anyway.
They try to take our rights away from
us by saying we cannot skate. I
thought the Constitution gave every-
one rights. If they don't want us to
skate, they must want us to start
using drugs, because we sure aren't
going to ride bikes!
Us
Henderson, KY
We hear that some cities are
thinking of building drug parks
instead of skateparks. Just a
rumor, though. Ted
WHO CUT THE BEEF?
About the New Tricks New
Year article in the December
1988 issue. I don't think that Jeff
Grosso should get credit for the
Roast Beef grab, because around
here we have been doing that trick
for almost a year.
Someone In
Flint, MI
Maybe you should sue for half the
trick royalties. Call your attorney. Ted
SHORT ON IDEAS
In the September issue I saw little
letters, like, in the Mail Drop section.
It gave me an idea.
Jason Wilcox
Ridgefield, WA
Good for you, Jason. Now you have
two ideas to your credit. Ted
ROSES ARE READ
What's the deal T-ed? Guns 'n'
Roses has no business showing their
faces in THRASHER. I mean, it's bad
enough that the whole skate society
is harassed by hoods with no earthly
cause and now you guys
give them a reason to
swipe our mags.
C "Nose Blunt" B
Newark, OH
You're just pissed because
Axl rides a bike and not a
skate. Ted
VICIOUS REACTION
I'm writing to you about
a letter printed in the
November issue by Mr.
Happy. I agree with Mr.
Happy that it's not right to
glorify drug users, but
we're not glorifying Sid for
using drugs. He was
great! He should be
remembered. Hey, Elvis is
remembered. There are
Elvis shirts, lunch boxes, bobby
soxes and a whole lot more. Why is
is so bad to have Sid shirts?
All 4 Sid!
It's not, maybe someone should make
velvet paintings of him, too. Ted
PILLS BEFORE THRILLS
What I wanna know is why my
mom will get me birth control pills but
won't let me skate 'cause it's "too
dangerous." Man, some people's
priorities are really out of whack.
Sex Without Skateboards
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