Rob Dyrdek, 180 nosegrind noseslide nosegrind fakie.
Darrell Vaughn, frontside slider alley-oop nosegrind fakie.
CONTENTS FEBRUARY 1993 THRASHE
Carlos Kenner, 180 nosegrind shove-it fakie
THE SHADOW KNOWS
30
MALL DROP Letter Perfect
6
Over hill and dale, today modern ply pilots are laughing in the face of death, while silent.
partners follow their-every move.
URFRONT Vertical School
18
THE SKATERS: PANG & KNIGGE
36
Jeff Pang and Rog Knigge are both from the northeast, where skating is happening bigger
and badder than ever. Tune in to two skaters at the forefront of style and t
ON THE TIP Captured Beasts
26
SAN JOSE CALIFORNIA
40
NOTES Za Chorus
58
Simon Woodstock delves deep into the hub of skate culture and interviews Gershon Mosley,
Salman Agah Jason Adams, Jim Young, Crazy Eddie, Tim Brauch, JJ Rogers, Steve
Caballero, Ed DeVera and Shawn Mandoli.
VIDEO BLITZ More Buttons
76
PHOTOGRAFITTI Home Grown
78
PORTLAND, OREGON
46
A tale of two skateparks One indoors with ramps, rules and pads, one outside with bowls,
anarchy and cement
TRASH Tattle Tales
82
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
48
SNOW BLIND
Forget grunge Peters Seattle is a thriving skatetown. Interviews with Danny Minnick,
Chad Vo
On the streets or on the slopes, some people can do it anywhere.
ZOUNDS
ON BOARD Lyrical Verse
84
Huy Lee, Tom Peha and Aaron Deeter.
SOMETHIN' ELSE Way's World
86
50
53
Eye to eye with Bushwick Bill of the Geto Boys. Sharing visions with Tom Waits. Jawbox
howls at the moon. Black-coffee musings of Laughing Hyenas. All tells all.
Cover: 1
er: The Brooklyn Bridge bank, a timeless East Coast
spot, gets caressed by favored son Jeff Pang
Photo by Chris Ortiz.
Cover inset: Coco Santiago-10/25/92.
Ron Knigge, switchstance noseslide nosegrind 270 dismount
Lance Mountain, noseslide shove-it. All photos by Chris Ortiz.
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