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HOUSTON ROCKETS There comes a time to Shut-Up And Skate, and that's exactly what
a slew of pros and ams did at the Skatepark of Houston..
THRASH-A-BASH Once again, the folks at Cal Pay in San Luis Obispo went over the
edge and invited people from all over to skate their brains out for charity.....38
FICTION DEPICTIONS The pen is mightier than the sword and our constituents
wield it well with tales of guns, stairs, dragons, slams and cowboys...42
SKATER OF THE YEAR The Lord's Messenger, Salman Agah, is celebrat-
ed far and wide as the skater's choice in 1993. ....................46
CONTENTS: Aaron Astorga
powers out of the long-standing
Black Bottom Pool in the Oakland Hills.
Photo by Bryce Kanights.
COVER: A look into the mind of Salman Agah,
THE SKATERS Jaya Bonderov and Ron Whaley spill their guts about
the state of skateboarding today..
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Thrasher's Skater of the Year. Photo by Mark Modeo.
SHOT IN THE FACE The timeless photos of Glen E Friedman cap-
ture slices of life, music and rolling.
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ZOUNDS A Tribe Called Quest, Sepultura, Kurious Jorge,
SNFU and Boys Against Girls speak out............63
Departments
MAIL DROP Valentine's Day
UP FRONT Seattle Steam
STATIC Hot Flashes
CONTAMINATED Supreme Soviets
ON THE TIP Road Tricks
NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND Voodoo Ward................70
PHOTOGRAFFITI Two Pages!!!!!
TRASH Frazier Flips
ON BOARD Joe Talks...
SOMETHIN' ELSE Stink Foot ................94
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