On Board
FIRING LINE
The Awful Truth Scott Johnston
GOING BLANK
All skateboard
companies exist to
make money
Although I'm sure
it's easy for many of
the industry elte
and pros to forget,
the cash that lines
their pockets comes
from us, the skaters
It seems fairly ele-
mentary that the
person making your
living for you
deserves more than
lip service in return.
The reason the
skateboard industry
is so adamantly
opposed to the phe-
nomenon of blank
boards is no mys
tery, though their
stated reasons are
untrue. They get
cicce to it when they
pretend to be con
cemed about the
pro's salaries Small-
time skaters every
where are paying
cut the ass, not for a
superior product
but to support cor-
porations that don't
care enough to give
anything back, and
don't even serve a
useful purpose
We shouldn't nec
essarily assume that
the companies who
do offer us blanks
are doing it out of
kindness of their
hearts, for the most
part they too are
just trying to make
money. They have
made the connec
tion though that it
shouldn't cost us so
much. Why not sup
port companies that
support skateboard-
ing in concrete
ways? They aren't
that hard to find.
-Anonymous
Bar
FIDDLE FRO
wayGoo
Mech
NOBODY
BACON
ax
ADING
WORLD
108 THES
YOUR
RIGHT
YOU ARE
TRUN
MORELA
CONE EAR
MASIM
Shoe Size: 9
Trucks: Thunder
Wheel Size: 49.
Partners In Crime: Keith
Hufnagel, Chris Keeffe, Aaron
Meza, just everyone else.
Skate spots: All over downtown
and the avenues in San Francisco
and Washington DC.
Roommates: Just my girlfriend,
Shealys.
Food: Burritos
Phobia: Hubba Hideout.
Travels: Europe, the East Coast
and Japan.
Last Book Read: Of Mice
And Men.
Favorite TV Show: 90210 and
Melrose Place.
Disposition: I'm quiet around
people I don't know, and when
I'm around people I'm comfort-
able with, I get hyper.
Loves: I love skating, and I love
not having to work.
Hates: Nothing.
Worst Slam: Hubba Hideout.
Respect: Anyone that is himself
and does his own thing.
Family: Mom and sister.
Favorite Movie: Shawshank
Redemption.
First Trick: Railslide on a curb.
Last Trick: Switch tailslide.
YOU IDIOT!
FEE SORRY
FOR YOURSELF
SICK!!
I'm A FREN WORM!!
JAMAN STUCE IN A WORMS'
BODY IM HELPLESS, IM
Useless, my LIFE IS
PONTLES AND THATE YOU!
Lee
by Steve Kaplan
Fowler Saugus, MA
GRANTS Hufnagel
Donger
Kareem
Just
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BE Such A
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LETS SEE IF
ALLE TLC
AND SOME
Son FIRE
YOUR SHORTS
SKATING'S OVER
Nelle kickflip to noseslide
While the dazed people watch him glide
Fakie inside heelflip varial
Backside 360 aerial
Fat kickflip on the halfpipe
He's an amateur that's still not ripe
He's in a bend, plays the guitar
Hopes someday to become a rock star
Kickflip to railslide on a handrail
Eats concrete on a rather hard bal
Half-Cab heelflip over a gap
Has to go back and find his Thrasher cap
Switchstance 360 flip down
a fifty foot drop
No more skating
here comes those inconsiderate cops
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