CHRIS ORTIZ
PHOTO BY
CONTENTS
THRASHER
January
1993
Departments
Mail Drop Postal Problems...
Up Front Hats Off.........
On The Tip Sweet Sequences
Photograffiti Instant Images
6
16
37
Notes Digital Wrecknology
Media Blitz Brad's Bullshit
78
Trash Slander Sound......
On Board Governor's Gripe
Somethin' Else Concrete Cowboy.
86
2 THER
Skateboarding hasn't
changed a bit since 1981
Skaters still hang out in
greasy parking lots,
empty schoolyards,
obandoned gas stations.
bock alleys and 7-11,
just like always. T-shirts.
ballkaps, baggies, levi's
and lowtops are down
and usually dirty. The
music is loud and it goes
with you everywhere.
Curbs, pools, downhill
runs, banks and drive-
ways are skateable until
you get bored and move
on. Friends are for life
and you generally avoid
people who don't know.
With skateboarding, you
know what you're get
fing. You're going to
scare the shit out of
yourself and love every
minute of it. This is our
143rd issue of Thrasher.
It doesn't deny the past
and it doesn't dwell on
it either, Kevin Thatcher
Cover: Tim Brouch crum
bles a high and mighty
nosegrind in San Jose.
Photo by Bryce Kanights.
Contents: Lights, camera,
action-Mark Weber
skids a frontside
bluntside across a
portable bench.
Photo by Chris Ortiz.
Features
29 From Cradle to Grave The life and death of a pro
skateboarder. Images from the fringe of an industry that is
rotting from the bottom up.
34 Taking Shots Look through the viewfinder, focus and push
the button. Beyond the basics and into the secrets of capturing
fight on film.
38 12 x 12 Twelve years is not enough time to explain the
ever-changing skate world. The mirror of time tells no lies.
52 The Skaters Crack open Josh Beagle's head and look
inside the brain of a prevalent non-EMB pro
57 Zounds Straight talk from Boo-Yaa TRIBE-The biggest
arms in the business. The spirits of grunge haunt Mudhoney
Reptilian rockers Jesus Lizard lay it on the line. Rocket From
The Crypt splashes down.
80 All Type, No Hype The head chefs of the type department
conjure up a spicy soufflé of words.
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