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slight infection and the hole is
crooked. I don't think I'll ever wear a
bra again because the pain would be
too much for me to bear. A word to
the wise and the stupid: don't do it, it
ain't worth it.
Forever in Agony
Dayne Cramer
Oakville, WA
Good thing he didn't say he was a
brain surgeon. T-ed
ICE CRISPIES
I am a snowboarder/skateboarder
and I was just reading through your
October issue. I thought Ice Blast
was great. It got me and my friends
pumped. The last few days, to re-
lieve our suffering of this long, hot,
dry summer, we've been trampoline
boarding, boarding down carpeted
stairs and getting pulled on grass
behind a three-wheeler. We even
strapped our boards on and hopped
on my waterbed. Any substitute rips.
Skate it up till you can ice it up.
PoorBoy
Roaming in Utah
Obviously you still haven't tried the
Sno-cone machine in a walk-in
refrigerator method. T-ed
LOW IS HIGH
In reference to Carpet Bagger in
your October Mail Drop, the teens of
the mid-60s did use 2x4's for
boards. Mine had steel wheels (the
kind from clamp-on skates)
attached. We
could not do the
stunts skate-
boarders do to-
day, so the fad
was short-lived. I
retired after I
came off a big
hill and just missed being zapped by
a car. I turned to psychedelic
(drugs), which are much safer-you
could go on a trip and never leave
your house. You got a great rag, my
subscription is in the mail. I am also
the area's oldest teenager.
Burned-out Hippie
Low E. Thompson
The "lad" has only lasted thirty
years, it's the burned-out hippie
thing that was short lived. T-ed
OFF THE WAGON
I quit skating for a month, and in
that month I drank, did drugs, got ar-
rested for stealing my parents' car
and smashing it up, got kicked out of
my house four times and beat up my
shrink. I started skating again, and in
the two months I've been back at it,
the worst thing that happens is get
ting kicked out of places. So, don't
quit skating!
BALLOT BOX
Boze
NS, Canada
The other day I was skating down
the street minding my own business.
Iollied onto a curb, and this old man
came out of nowhere and clobbered
me with his cane. I went flying off my
board and landed on the sidewalk.
He then grabbed my board and
started to run. I got up and started to
chase him. It took me no time to
catch up with him but when I did, he
turned around and hit me with my
board. I was down with a truck
imprint in my head. A pedestrian
saw the whole thing and called the
cops. I was rushed to the hospital
and taken care of. The cops then
took me in for questioning. It turns
out it was our ex-mayor who was
mad because he thought he got
voted out because he built a
skatepark instead of a baseball field.
So they made him pay a fine and
buy me a new board.
A Skater
Lost in this shitty world
He was just mad because you
weren't skating his park. T-ed
NAKED LAUNCH
T-ed, are you allowed to print
naked pictures? I have some real
nice ones of your mom.
Hunter
Hamburg, NY
Day late, dollar short-check last
month's Playboy. Ted
SHORT MEMORY
I am the mother of a couple of
skaters and I think skating is excel-
lent and your mag is a lot of fun. It
really bothered me, however, when
my son Bob showed me the skate
rags he wanted to buy. I couldn't be-
lieve skaters were wearing Bob
Hope Bermuda golfing shorts! I
mean, my dad wore those nerdish
shorts when I was a teenager and I
was embarrassed to be seen with
him. So, I'm writing to warn all
skaters about
these totally
nerdlike, un-
awesome,
dweeb-o-matic
Bob Hope golf-
ing shorts. If
you wear them
you are at risk of making your own
mother think, "Like, how did my own
son become such a NERD?"
Mama Jude
St. Joseph, IL
Face it, Mom, nowadays nerds are
cool and whatever your generation
is into is out! T-ed
METAL HEAD
Are old steel wheels coming back
in style? Check out the new duro-1
meters: 101A, 1000c, 1500c. Steel
wheels have to be next, don't they?
Imagine how they would spark when
you do a gnarly slide, or the killer
sounds of landing a fat ollie, not to
mention their potential for destruc-
tion. I understand that big steel
wheels would be too heavy, but
everyone knows small wheels are in
again, I think I'll dust-off those old
strap-on skates and update my ride.
I tried drilling holes in quarters and
riding them, but the serations made
a lousy riding surface. Maybe I
should have tried nickels.
CORRECTION?
Old Fart
Skate City, TX
Some people thought the photo of
Christian Hosoi (Brazil, page 36.
Nov '91) was flopped. Everyone
knows, though, that when you travel
south of the equator, water swirls the
opposite way down the drain. Bet
you didn't know that when skating
below the equator you also ride
opposite-footed...
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