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Abuse can come in many forms. Whether the cause is drugs, domestic violence or sexual abuse,
it all boils down to something taking control of your body to use it for its own gratification. In the
drug addict's case, abuse only leads to desperation and death, but for the skateboarder, abuse
is what sets you free. The tallest of metal vert ramps and the cement railing at your high school
have a common thread in that if you don't work it, then it will work you. This article is about
those common bonds that are in all good skating: Seize the moment, live your life, fuck the sys-
tem and always remember that paybacks are a bitch.
The cement around the LA court-
house has seen many sessions
and Kareem Campbell's name
has come up more than once-
backside tailslide high on the
block at the dusk of another
grey day. Moving the cement
bench in frontside bluntslide
range, Dave Abrahan hauls by.