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PHOTOS: MARK WATERS
Mark Partain Cutter Pro Team 1990
Cutter Trucks send dollar set a sticker
po box 1096 cardiff by the sea, ca. 92007
8 THRASHER MAGAZINE
was to protest. When nobody came
out of City Hall, everyone started
skating. It was like a frenzied skate
swarm. Finally, a donut-dropper
pulled up and told everyone to
disperse. When we refused he got
a city councilman to come around.
When he arrived we stated our
demands: 1. We wanted our permits.
granted, or 2. We wanted a city-
sponsored skate ramp. Whelp, next
week we're going to a city council
meeting to state our grievances.
That day we started the S.R.M.B
(Skaters Rights Movement of
Bowie). Let this be a lesson to all the
conformists out there: skate harass-
ment will never stop unless you take
initiative and stand up for your
rights.
CITY HALT
Jay H.
Bowie, MD
Me and my friend wrote to the
mayor of our fair city. We asked him
to build a public skatepark in a huge
empty lot. We are waiting for a
response from him. If he does not
we are going to thrash his pool.
Joe
Dude, the only place one letter gets
results is in Mail Drop Tally Whack.
See the previous letter for some more
guidance. T-ed
SKULL BUGGERY
My mom thinks this mag sucks
because "there are too many skulls
in Thrasher." But I just tell my mom
that she must suck because she's
got a skull in her head. She just
slaps me! Like I'll really turn satanic
because there's a skull on an ad-
with Bryan Pennington. What's this
world coming to anyway?
Jeff "Confused" White
Eau Claire, WI
i don't know, but there are more
skulls in it every day. T-ed
COP OUT
Man, the coolest thing just hap-
pened to me. Noah, A.T., John
Stokes and I just skated an illegal
spot-the Hub at Indiana's (PA)
university. What makes this so cool
is that cops were just fifty feet away.
They couldn't bust us because they
were busy busting some druggies.
You could see it in their eyes that
they wanted to bust us, but they
couldn't. So, to all those cops. "HA
HA HA."
Tim Krupnik
Indiana, PA
Too bad you just mentioned all your
names-now you're busted. T-ed
MOLLY RINGWORM
I'm in Saturday school and it
sucks. It's nothing like "Breakfast
Club" and to top off the rest of my
four more long hours in here, my
teacher just took away my Thrasher
Amy B
San Diego, CA
MOB JOB
The other day as I was attempting
to ollie four decks I messed up and
slammed. Some dweeb down the
block laughed. "Screw you," I said.
Little did I know some lady thought
I was talking to her. Ten minutes
later her husband came out saying
that he'd kick the shit out of me if
I ever said anything about his wife
again and he didn't care if my dad
was a cop, which he is not. I tried
to explain but he refused to listen
and repeated what he had said
earlier. This called for something
that any fourteen-year-old would do.
I told him my uncle was John Gotti
(a very famous mafia guy on Long
Island). He quickly shut up, apolo-
gized and walked away.
ZEN-TO-TAIL
Plete
Long Island
To all who skate I send my words:
He boned his stick as he rose from
the smooth grindable edge of the
surf bowl. As he hurtled through the
air no thought could occupy his
mind. The perfection in his action
allowed no room for petty self-
centered chatter. He knew nothing
yet the infinite wisdom of the uni
verse controlled his every move.
Who witnesses the grace as the
spinning wheels, taken by gravity's
force, return to the waiting transi-
tion? It is done. No credit. No blame.
We skate and we die.
One Spiritual Slasher
Human Free Sunshine
GRIN AND BARE IT
We are three girl skaters from
Norman, Oklahoma. We are the
founders of the "SAC" (Skaters
Against Clothing) organization. It's
rad, but so far we're the only
members. The way we see it,
clothing denies full self-expression.
therefore it should be banned. Yes,
skating can be more painful without
clothing, but don't worry, when we
skate ramps we do wear our
kneepads and helmets. Many peo-
ple are shocked when they find us
skating along happily down Main
Street in the nude, including the
cops, who we have just recently
visited at the Norman Juvenile
Detention Center.
As for our parents, they still think
that when we leave the house fully
clothed for a rad day of skating we
actually stay that way. The last time
we visited Jeff Phillips Skatepark in
Dallas, we were pleased to see that
there were actually guys there
without shirts. We congratulated
them-they are one step closer
toward freely expressing themselves
in public. We have one last com-
ment, to that pissed off parent who
complained in your June '90 issue
about the dude skating the pool
bare-assed. He's got charisma!
Krisi, Sera and I are ashamed to live
in the same state with people who
are prejudiced against nude skaters.
THEY RULE!
Krisi Dome, Mandy Hunt, Sera Fitz
Norman, OK
Not only do you three girls rip, you
rip it off! T-ed
PICK SIDES
Why do they call it frontside when,
if you fall, chances are you'll land on
your backside?
Frankie Foont
Pittsburgh, PA
I'll tell you if you can explain why they
call it flatbottom. T-ed
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