CUTTER
TRUCKS
SKATER CHRIS MAY
SEND DOLLAR FOR STICKER
PO BOX 1096 CARDIFF BY THE SEA
CALIFORNIA 92007
MAIL
DROP
Send all art, shopping carts and strawberry
tarts to Mail Drop. THRASHER. PO Box
854570. San Francisco, CA 94188-4570
BOLT ACTION
I've been skating for about two
years and I've always been afraid of
receiving an injury that would keep
me off my skate for a long time. I've
feared broken ankles, sprained
wrists, being hit by cars, and several
other serious injuries, but until
yesterday I had never worried about
being struck by lightning. I was
skating to an old girlfriend's house
when it suddenly began to sprinkle
I decided to keep going. That was
a mistake because it started to really
pour. I figured, "Oh well, my deck
tape needs cleaning anyway." Sud-
denly, a tree not 40 feet from me was
hit by a huge bolt of lightning. In an
instant there was a bright flash,
sparks flying, and a clap of thunder
louder than anything I've ever heard
As the smell of an old battery filled
the air I began to feel extremely
vulnerable. After getting to my old
girlfriend's house and telling her
about how I almost became people
popcorn, I realized I had learned two.
things from my experience:
1. How to skate in a tight crouch,
2. Cops aren't the only ones out to
get us
Mark Pemberton
Paradise, CA
3. She's got a spell on you. T-ed
PAS FREE
Even if this letter has nothing to
do with skating itself, I'm sending it
to Thrasher because I think skaters
are concerned with the notions of
liberty and freedom, skateboarding
being a crime in almost every
American city. I just got back from
California where I spent two weeks
with my mother. We were really look
ing forward to this trip, being French
and having heard all those cliché
things about America. Well, we have
pretty much changed our minds
since. How can you call yourself
free? How can you make your coun
try the symbol of liberty when you
are not even allowed to drink a beer
on the beach or roll on a board with
four wheels under it? All we saw
were "NO" signs. On the beach,
cops on bikes, motorcycles, horses,
cars, helicopters were passing in
front of us. It looked like a Disney
parade. They looked like cowboys
Do you people need to be controlled
like animals? Women can't even
take their tops off.
Come on, wake up and smell the
coffee you are living in a country
where censorship is everywhere.
where it is easier for a guy twenty
years old to get crack or to buy a
machine gun than it is to get a beer.
or a bottle of wine. You have thei
right to get killed in Vietnam at 181
but you can't even drink. In Holland,
marijuana is legal and I'd like to
know how many people died after
smoking pot compared to the
number who died in the States from
cancer caused by tobacco.
Your government is hypocritical,
so don't be brainwashed. Look for
the definition of the word "freedom"
in the dictionary.
to
J. Laurent R.
Montréal, Canada
They took that out, too. T-ed
LYING DOWN ON THE JOB
I told everyone I was good at
skating, but I really sucked. So I lied
about hurting my ankle on a front-
side rock & roll when they came over
my house to skate with me. I tried
to keep the lie going for as long as
possible (about 3 months). I would
limp every once in a while and stuff
It didn't work. Look, everyone.
reading this don't lie! My friends
won't even talk to me anymore. "I'm
sorry guys."
HAIR SAUCE
Lawrence Chan
Marietta, GA
When guy skaters want skater
hair, they grow their hair real long.
Meanwhile
The girl skaters want to have their
hair cut real short
Ahhh
about
something to think.
OUT TO LAUNCH
Uncle Wongie
When going off of a launch
should I use ramp wheels or street
wheels?
Some kid in Utah.
Maybe you should just use a Big
Wheel T-ed
NEW MATH
I was listening to the radio on my
way to school today and there was
a commercial for a back-to-shcool
sale. It talked about different uses
for school items (calculator batteries
for Walkmans was one). There was
one that really caught my attention
SMA
4401 SOQUEL DR CA 95073 1.00 DATA&DECALS
JULIEN STRANGER