TOM KNOX
FAMILIAR WITH AGILITY
PO BOX 884234 S.F., CA 94188
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RIP-PAR
Everyone should quit being dikes,
vampires and other bull like that and
golf! Start golfing really hardcore. Go
down to the ol' pro shop and spray
paint "Golf & Destroy" on the side.
Give golfers reputations as bad as
skaters. I mean, after all, we are
basically the same. We both wear
wack looking shorts, sport awesome
hats and ride around on something
with four wheels hoping to gain one
thing: FUN.
A skate-to-the-golf course guy.
Glenn Stevenson
Sebring, Florida.
Actually, Ted has been known to slam
a quick nine on occasion, but don't
tell him we told you. Z-ed
FIELD OF DREAMS
I have figured out an interesting tid-
bit that you guys might like to pass
along. It is in the area of magnetic
fields and the applications of low-
temperature superconductors
upon said fields. Anyway, my
idea goes like this: construct
a grid of superconducting
material immersed in liquid
nitrogen. This grid should have
squares with the dimensions 1
cm by 1 cm. By controlling the
amount of current flowing
through each grid square it
would be possible to create an
angled field of magnetic force.
If it were done on a large
enough scale, you could have
all kinds of speed runs, bowls,
banked walls, even vert. By
simply having a board with a
grid tuned to generate the
opposite charge as the base
field (the one on the ground)
it would hover over it. Energy
requirements should not be tool
great because of the infini-
tesimal electrical resistance
when dealing with supercon-
ductors. You could modify a
pair of those infa-red night-
vison goggles to pick up the
specific frequency of the base
field and convert it into visual
images. Sound pretty nifty so
far? Here's the kick. You would have
it computer controlled so at the sim-
ple touch of a button the base field
could assume any pre-programmed
specification. Just think-skate a
simulation of Upland for a couple of
hours, then with the touch of a key,
have an entirely new park to shred
I realize that my idea has some bugs
but hopefully someone who has
access to the materials could
refine it and bring it into
reality.
Reginald A. Carey
Skate Punk at Large
But dude, how could you put
stickers on it? T-ed
SALVADOR DOLLY
Many companies today do
a very good job of exploiting
anything to get money! T
myself have come up with a very
good idea to become a rich, suc-
cessful entrepreneur the safe (snivel-
ing, lowlife, backstabbing) way. We
could take advantage of our own kind
by exploiting their very existence and
mass-producing professional skater
action figures! Ray Barbie dolls and
G.I. Joe Johnsons could invade
every youngster's toy box and
bathtub
Joe (Slyther) Kalson
Kenmore, N.Y.
You forgot about Cab-bage Patch
dolls, My Little Tony's and Lance-
formers. T-ed
TOUGH ROOKIE
I've been skating for a month now
and I've got some advice for the pros:
watch out for me!
Thaddeus M. Arel
Palo Alto, CA
Why are you going to loose-board
them? Ted
FEAR OF LIFE
This is a protest letter of disgust
with your obviously "out of control"
magazine. I am a concerned parent.
If I had known the contents of this
Paul Schneider, Somewhere. Photo: Davi Walker.
magazine I would never have pur-
chased it. Needless to say I'll not in
the future purchase another.
Very young children with impres-
CONROY
Our greatest
glory consists
not in never
falling, but in
rising every
time we fall.
SMA