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guy comes up with uncut hightops,
black Levis and a red t-shirt with
holes in it. His hair is all long and
messy, and he's riding an old
board, a Fiberflex with no tail or
nose, Bennett trucks and Road Rider
wheels, antique style.
He tries to sit by you guys, but you
all keep laughing and making fun
of how he dresses, so he cannot
introduce himself. He doesn't really
care about your attitude, but you
all keep capping on this dude. He
approaches and asks, "Can I ride
your board?" Someone shoots the
board at him and says, "Go ahead
Bozo, don't kill yourself!"
He jumps on like he knows
what time it is, pushes towards
a ten-foot gap between
two curbs, and POW!
He busts a big ol' fat
backside ollie 180°
kickflip and clears
the whole thing.
Everyone is like,
"What the fuck?"
Then he comes
back with board
in hand and asks
if anyone has any
speed? Tell me that I'm not com-
pletely ganked in the melon for
thinking that Henry Rollins sounds
distinctly like a Disney character
(and it's not the Chipmunks).
Sinéad Sant
Boston, MA
I never listened after Henry. T-ed
HONEST INDIAN
There were a bunch of camels in
the
back of a truck smoking weed.
Then one got out, went in my oven
and we had him for dinner while in
a trunk watching The Little Mer-
maid. Then we got out and
talked to a monkey, the blue
monkey that walks at midnight,
and he told me, "Do not eat yel-
low snow."
Jeremiah Ferguson
West Jefferson, OH
change for a dollar so he
can buy a soda out of the
machine. Everybody crowds him
and starts to throw all kinds of
money at him. They ask questions
like, "Where are you from, what's
your name, who do you skate for?"
He leaves all the money on the
ground, picks up his old board and
says, "You kids have a good day and
thanks for letting me ride your
board." Everyone is in awe of this
guy and they don't even know who
he is. Well, that guy was Mark Gon-
zales. Just remember, trends come
and go, but the soul of skateboard-
ing will live forever. Do not judge
people by what they wear or what
they ridel Sorry kids, but this time
the joke's on you.
WOUND UP
Doing time,
Harry Jumonji
San Diego, CA
Has anybody out there ever lis-
tened to the song "Damaged I" on
Black Flag's Damaged album at high
GRAPHIC
BRUTALITY
MG
Dallas, PA
Do not piss in
wind. T-ed
SERIOUS LIFE
I used to skate in
the streets, ditches,
pools, and on ramps,
curbs, etc., until one
night (Christmas Eve
1988) I went to a drinking.
party with a friend, my girl-
friend and his girl. We got
so fucked up that I couldn't talk or
walk. Then this guy stole a set of
keys and invited us to join him at a
"better party." We only made it
about two-thirds of a mile down
the road (the driver was pretty drunk
too), and we hit some black ice and
slid into a tree, head first. Then the
car tipped over on its side. The dri-
ver and the other person in the front
seat crawled out and left us there
suffering. I was in a coma for three
months and started to wake up in
March, but finally woke up in April.
It took me a while to say my first
word, which was "Mom."
Don't be in a rush to grow up. I just
turned eighteen when this shit hap-
pened. I'm twenty-two now and I'll
be out there again to skate all of
the ditches, banks, streets, curbs,
ramps, etc. Alcohol and drugs are
nothing but brain poison. I learned
the hard way.
Rob Dainys
Worcester, MA
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