THRASHER
MAGAZINE AUGUST
199
42 NICKY GUERRERO
An overdue interview with the soft-
spoken, tough-skating European vertical
ramp champion.
48 WATERWHEELS
Skate-style surfing is on the rise as surfers boost
aerial and street moves on waves. Take a look at
some who glide on both liquids and solids.
58 DROUGHT SURVIVAL
When the rain refuses to fall on the plain, the main thing to do is
drain. Vaj Potenza gives a list of hints for the parched skater.
CONTENTS
CONTEST NEWS 62
A bowl jam at Charleston Hangar and a vert/cross-country double-header in Jacksonville.
AEROSOL KIDS 66
Despite bans on selling aerosol paint and crackdowns on "graffiti," spray artists are at
DEPARTMENTS
the vanguard of modern painting.
NIGHTCLUBBING
68
$70
Skating after dark inside the glamorous metropolitan nightclub circuit.
ZOUNDS SOUNDS
Celebrate the boldest skate rock collection ever with Blunt,
The Boneshavers, Swell, The Odd Numbers and Hemi.
COVER
Photo: Needham, Illustrating the influence of skatoon.
with aerial defiance tegui takes on the drought
at an undisclosed pipe locatio
ing on surfing, Christian Fletcher imitates a flying fish w
a high oceanic ollie. Sequence: S
kateboard-
ence: Swegles.
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CONTENTS
Some of us refuse to grow up. Chuck Barfoot goes
surfing across the street from his home, riding a 44"
Sims longboard and toting a
Water log.
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Product Patrol Sponsor a
Hints For Hammer
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Thievery...
Somethin' Fl. Cidl.
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