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THE ART INSTITUTES
326 Penn Avenue Ptsburgh, PA 15222 USA
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twelve and have been
THAY
80 1995
Francisco et
reading Thrasher almost
as long. I'm now writ-
ing from a minimum
security prison in South
Carolina, about thirty
miles from my home port
in Charleston. Fuck this guy
crying over two years and blaming
it on skateboarding. I've been down
on and off since I was fourteen and
totaled five years all together. This
guy talks about wasted golden years
on a piece of plywood with wheels.
Obviously he was never a true skater
to begin with. I would like to thank
Thrasher and skateboarding for
being a part of my life. It taught me
to be original and not to fall into
the rat race with the rest of society.
The only time I don't skate is when
I'm in jail. Once, I quit skating to be
a drunk-ass punk motherfucker. I
learned punk from Thrasher as well.
Punk is my other love in life, along
with skateboarding. Well, my time's
not getting any shorter writing this,
so I'll quit taking up your time. Fuck
prison, the police and fuck you
Mister Warden. You'll have a harder
time catching my ass next time.
SUMMER SLIME
James Painter
Ridgeville, SC
I finally lived out one of my
dreams the other day. I was skating
around and it was hot as hell, so I
went into the school to cool off.
When I got inside, I realized there
was no one else there. This was my
chance, so I went into the girls lock-
er room and beat off until I blew my
load all over the wall and lockers. 1
think I can die now.
Cum
Westlawn, PA
They've got it on video. T-ed
DEATH MARCH
Today was a hellish nightmare. I
was skating in the park-
ing lot of some dry
cleaner's when this
big fat dude in cor-
duroys came out
and said, "Get
the fuck off the
proper-
Jonas
Rasmussen, Forest Knolls, CA
ty, punk!" I told him to go blow.
himself and continued skating. He
grabbed my arm, swung me around
and threw me on the ground and
told me to get the fuck out. I hit
him with my skate so hard, it cracked
against his head. He was okay, but
without a weapon, I threw what
was left of my board at him and
ran. He chased me into an alley.
Then this weird Italian mafia guy
grabbed the fat dude, decked him
and scared him away. Afterwards, he
told me to give him money or he'd
beat the shit out of me. I didn't have
any, so he said he'd get me later.
So now, I have no board, Guido the
killer pimp is gonna kill me and my
favorite Sonic Youth album is bro-
ken. What the hell should I do?
Dead In One Week
Cincinnati, OH
Write your will. Ted
THIRD STRIKE
First, it was He Who Cannot Be
Named, then GG Allin. They say
things happen in threes. Let us all
take a minute and pray that the next
musical death is Duran Duran's tour
bus skidding off the road and
over a cliff.
Darrin Snyder
Springfield, VA
How 'bout Phil Collins? Ted
FOOT BALLS
I'm a girl skater. Around
here the big skater thing to
do is play hacky sack. I like
to play hacky sack, but every
time I play I end up nailing
someone in the balls with the
sack. I don't mean to. Now
no one will let me play with them
unless they're wearing a cup.
Genitalia Magnet
Hickville, WA
What does hacky sack have to do
with skateboarding? T-ed
LOCK-UP
I'd like to tell everybody how easy
it is to get put in a mental home. If
you say anything like you're going to
kill your mom and dad around a psy
chiatrist, they can lock you up and
take away your board. You have to
watch out what you do in school,
especially around the guidance
counselor. Finally I'd like to say that
all jocks, cops, teachers, principals,
wiggers, hillbillies, counselors,
THINK
Sean Thornton, Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada