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tony buyalos
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CLOTHES LINE
In the January 91 issue, I read a
plethora of letters having to do with
Satanic clothes. Listen! The only
evil is that of man. Animals aren't
evil. We're the only animals on
Earth that kill for fun. I just want to
tell all of you guys that are going off
about Satan that it's only art. It is a
form of expression. I draw that kind
of stuff and out of frustration or
because I'm really pissed-off. It's
not because I'm the anti-Christ!
Don't stress over skate graphics.
just have fun. I've got to jet, it's a
full moon and we're sacrificing
chickens in the backyard.
OWLS.
So. Cal,
PRACTICING PREACHER
As a preacher who skates, I took.
exception to the letter from the
Virginia youth pastor who seemed
bent on trashing the whole skate
scene as Satanic because of board
graphics. I find it hard to believe
Satan is attacking through teen-
agers on skateboards! His better.
tactic is to make a belief in God
irrelevant. Some of the greatest
kids I have met are skaters.
I'm 33, started skating two
summers ago, and can thump the
Bible with the best of them. I don't
do any tricks, I just ride to work and
back on warm days. I proudly hang
my Thrasher calendar in my office.
Your mag and Tony Hawk have
been great inspirations. Not all of
us are Bible-belching paranoids. I
can still point the Way while skating
down the 11th Street bridge.
Amen! T-ed
NUDE DEAL
Tim Cummings
Sheridan, Wyoming
I am writing to those girls who like
to skate nude. My friend and I
skate nude a lot but my parents
caught us the last time. I got in big
trouble and got sent to the shrink. I
told him that in my past life I was
many different zoo animals. They
sent me to a padded room where I
was banging my head on the
wall, I got out two months later
and bought a Thrasher.
A dude with a headache
Billerica, MA
Hey man, don't blame us for your
problems. T-ed
HAIR YOU GO
This is a letter of plea. I'm sitting
here on the pot, thinking. My
principal told me to get my hair cut
today. I told him no, so he sent me
to in-school suspension. All these
people were saying how they
would stand behind me for my
hair. But when it came around to
court, they all chickened out. My
hair and skating are my life. I've
noticed through the years a lot of
skaters in your mag have long
hair. The school has given me no
reason to cut my hair except that
"it's in the rule book." Is this
discrimination? Most girls have.
long hair, so did Jesus!
Just another skater from Texas
Telling you to cut your hair is like
telling them what color polyester to
wear. Fight it. T-ed
DEATH COP 2000
Lately, a kid in Illinois was
coming out of an arcade at about
12:30 in the morning. He skated
across the street, minding his own
business. At the same time, a cop
was sent to handle some kind of
legal dispute thing. The cop, going
to the area of the crime at a high
rate of speed, hit this kid on his
skateboard, killing him. Now they
are trying to pass a law forbidding
skateboarding. If you ask me, they
should forbid cops, not skaters!
John Kelly
Terre Haute, IN
Ban justice. T-ed
FREE PHILOSOPHY
Life is what you want it to be.
Don't get tangled in trying to be free.
Dan Stuckie
Garden Grove, CA
Ban freedom. T-ed
BOWL OF JELLO
It's a very profound commentary
on our nation when Jello Biafra
runs for mayor and comes in
fourth, and Sonny Bono runs for
mayor and comes in first. Maybe
Jello should have run as a
Republican. Just something to
think about.
C. Joy
Cincinnati, OH
Ban Jello. T-ed
BIG BANG THEORY
Punk music is the sickest,
awesomest, head-bangingest, cra-
ziest thing I've ever heard! I'm
going to listen until my head falls
off from banging it too much!
Dave "The Skahn" Jarvis
Careful, that'll make hair grow on
your palms. T-ed
this is Curtis Joe Francis Stauffer
he's not a pro skater
just an everyday person.
if you live in the Sacramento area,
you would know cuRtis. because hE rIps.
Curtis is like a lot of guys out there in
your area.
You know, good skater, good guy, no glamour, just guts.
sMa is happy to sponsor Curtis, because
his only message is.
'NO GLamOuR- JusT gUTs!'
SMA 4084759434
clothes call: 2138381 264
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