BLAME IT ON DAD
Not many people can smile while facing potentially
fatal encounters all day long. It's a miracle that young
Frankle Hill can still walk, let alone think about his
next jaw-dropping stunt. We're talking big onions on
this boy. Maybe his father is responsible-some
genetic disorder, or sunspots... who knows? Pray that
Mr. Wilson has mercy on mutants like Frankie Hill.
50 THRASHER MAGAZINE
ALL IN THE FAMILY
Most people think handrails are
for those with mobility problems.
Christian Hosoi says they are for
ollie nose grinds. Maybe when he
is an old man. Christ will bring his
grandchildren to the library. Only
he will walk a little slower and use
his hand instead of his board.
He will reminisce of another time
and place as his grandchildren
take skating into a new era.
LIVE AIR
DEAD WOOD
Some say trees
scream silently
when the teeth of
the saw cut into
their bark. Those
that die of old age
expire slowly while
the world around
them continues to
flourish. Time is
cruel to the wither-
ing carcasses of
limbs and stems
and even crueler to
human beings.
Neither Erik Tervo
nor the gnarled
skeleton of an oak
can do much to alter
their eventual
demise. So in the
meantime. Erik
vaults a tuck-knee
frontsideover a crest
ofsnow and takes it
way on down
the mountain.