46 THER
THRASHER
Greed
corrupts
absolutely
and these
guys are
absolutely
corrupt."
Skip Engblom
8/88
THRER
ARCH
"Neighbors
are the big-
gest problem
in skate-
boarding
today."
Joe Lopes
9/89
RASHER
"People who
don't change
with the
times will
get ousted."
Eric Nash
10/90
The trained eye it takes to under-
stand modern skating is ever-
evolving. Ten years ago this photo
was explained thus: Mike Frazier
(above), nosegrob high to low.
Now look at his eyes and you will
see it is a frontside tailgrab nose-
grind fakie low to high. Air is the
biggest rush skating can give. In
control above the earth, in touch
with all senses and feeling noth-
ing, Royce Nelson (opposite)
dlocks serious air time above a
block bottom backyard pool.