POET'S CORNER
ODE TO SLIM FAST
Party hearty
Rock and roll
Drink a fifth
Smoke a bowl
We are skaters
We got class
RESULTS
SKATEPARK OF TAMPA
AMATEUR CONTEST
TAMPA, FL
JANUARY 21, 1996
VERT
1. Phil Hajal
2.
Greg Hiller
3. Pierre Luc-Gagnon
4. Anthony Furlong
5. Dave Maxwell
6. Tommy Leggot
7. Ken Lehman
8. Kenny Belov
STREET
1. Donny Barley
2. Brian Seber
3. Sean Mullendore
4. Kenny Hughes
5. Phil Hajal
6. Mike Maldonado
7.
Brian Childers
8. Neal Mims
9. Allen Russel
10. Aaron Mitchell
11. Bam Margera
12. Steve Young
13.
Neil Urwin
14. Peter Bici
Mess with us
We'll kick your ass
To all the rollerbladers
Who think they're cool
Think again
Skaters rule!
By The Unknown Poet
SHADY SKATES
TENTH ANNIVERSARY
PITTSBURGH, PA
JANUARY 13, 1996
BEGINNER
1. Robbie Newman
2. Levis Chongolola
3. Adam Bahnson
INTERMEDIATE
1. Dave Kaule
2. Nate Kish
2.
Graig Repine
3. Garvey Butler
ADVANCED
1. Mike Meyers
2. Joe Hendricks
3. Erich Browne
GREATS
STEINBECK
LONDON
HUXLEY
POE
BUKOWSKI
-by Ima Reader
HAIR OF THE DOG
The skateboard magazine publishing indus-
try can get mighty hairy at times. Besides
the mad moms, deadlines, uncooperative
security officers and assorted bureaucratic
buffoonery, there is always the problem of
keeping everything spic and span in case of
a surprise inspection by the man. Presented
here are two examples of what happens
when things get out of control. Somewhere
within the mag you are now holding in your
hands are two hairs that the powers that be
can't understand. Whether they were put
there by gremlins, Martians, anarchists or
charlatans, we don't know. It's your job
to find and identify them and you will be
entered in a random drawing to win an
embroidered Thrasher ballcap. Start sniffin'.
Send to Dog Hair, c/o Thrasher, PO Box
884570, SF, CA 94188-4570.
WINNER'S CIRCLE Steve Westhoff of
Fredericskburg, VA, correctly counted
89 Thrasher logos in the January issue.
ON BOARD
124 THER
FIRING LINE
REESE SIMPSON
DOB: 2/31/78
Weight: 135 pounds
Height: 6'9"
First Axe: Keith Hufnagel,
Grind Kings and Blurrs
Food: Banana pie and chicken
popsicles
Family: Ten sisters and a dog
name Scraps
Travels: Wherever there are
waves and babes
Hates: Posers
Likes: Fresh powder
Influences: JFK, Oliver Stone,
Charles Manson
Favorite Tricks: Ones that hurt
if you don't make it
Favorite Movie: Flashdance,
"What a feeling"
Favorite Color: Teal sunburst
Years Skating: 127
Future: Dive into as many
empty swimming pools as
possible
Quote: "Live hard or die soft"
Props: They know who they be
Fun
Q: Why did the man get 100 bucks tattooed on his rod?
A: So he could hold his money, watch his money grow
Box
it at home.
THUNDER
TRUCKS
UNCONVENTIONAL
JOEL PRICE
WEAPONRY
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and if his wife wanted to blow 100 bucks she could do
-Submitted by Monica Kreidel from AZ
THUNDER TRUCKS
P.O. BOX 884415 SF CA 94188