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RIDER JUSTIN GIRARD
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Send all blanks, cranks
and thanks to Mall Drop
THRASHER, PO Box 884570,
San Francisco, CA 94188-4570.
IN HONOR OF
I was moved by a letter from
Danny's Mom in the August 1989.
issue-her son was killed in a freak
skateboarding accident. I would like
her to drop me a note if possible. If
any of Danny's friends read this,
please pass the message on to her.
i am the Eastern Skateboarding
Association Director of Massachu
setts and would like to hold a skate
contest in Danny's memory, to
celebrate life, and give a percentage
of the money raised to this young
"skate saint's" family, to help set up
a scholarship in his memory for
skaters in their area. Drop me a note
by writing to: Randy Roche Pryor,
Massachusetts ESA, PO Box 406,
Upton, Ma. 01568
THE ICE FAN COMETH
I just have to say I've been waiting
all my life for a dude like Ice-T. The
dude is someone to learn from, he's
unselfish and realistic. I think skating
should adopt a "syndicate" system,
cause from what Ice-T said, it works
and is good.
Darren Hembd
Port Orchard, WA
DIM NEIGHBORS
Here's the situation: My over-
weight, cigarette smoking, animal
abusing, alcohol dependent neigh-
bor says my skateboarding is a bad
habit that will keep me from ever get-
ting anywhere in life. Go figure.
LAW MEAT
I am a 15-year-old thrasher who
someday wants to become a hard-
core weaseling, conniving lawyer. I
will specialize in defending skaters
persecuted by the corrupt running-
dog cops who sell and smoke dope,
and then bust us skaters for it. But
I need your help to get into law
school. Please write me a letter of
recommendation, the livelihood of all
skaters depends on it.
A Boy with a Man's Dreams
Ontario, Canada
We would, but it would probably do
you more harm than good. Ted
PUSSED OFF
I just received your March '90
issue and I was outraged to see that
you printed the last Puszone.
AAARRRGH!! I have been a big fan
of the Pus-god for a long time. In fact,
it is my favorite article next to that one
about the food. Please don't discon-
tinue the Puszone or I'll be forced to
canel my subscription and sacrifice
my little sister's cat to the great Allah-
Pus. Then I'll move away to a cave
in the moutains because I'll have no
life to live for
Depressed
West Bend, WI
Don't worry, there's still plenty of Pus
oozing out of Thrasher Ted
Me Greg Jarman, Bricks, Auckland, NZ.
A Major Hicktown Near Here
Yeah, it'll keep you from getting fat,
unhealthy and depraved. T-ed
Xorba Randle, Corvallis, Oregon.
COVER STORY
I'm not a skater but my brother is
I just started reading your mag, so
I borrowed a lot of his old issues. I
couldn't figure out why a lot of them
had missing covers until I opened a
December '89 issue and found a
porno mag inside. Just thought I'd tell
you the many uses of a Thrasher
An Aware Older Sister
Somewhere in New Jersey
Many people think Thrasher is a
porno mag. Ted
THRASH APARTHEID
I don't want to sound like Mr.
Righteous and I know I'm not an
authority on what is and what is not
cool, but publishing a photo of a
white kid riding a ramp in South
Africa while black kids watch from
the opposite side of a barbed wire
fence is definitely NOT COOL. It
would have been OK. if the sur-
rounding copy had contained some
jim thiebaud
has got a big nose!
sma
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