August 1996 Vol 187
Contents
COLORADO
DRESSEN
8
20
MAIL DROP
UP FRONT
34
AMS
48
GUMS
50
56
60
KID
70
SPAIN
74
GONZ
76
OX
86
15 BEST
88
PUNK
91
CYCO
104
TIME
110
COLD SLAP
118
PHOTO-G
122
TRASH
124
RESULTS
126
ELSE
"My dad has a mustache."
"Rickety ass ramps."
"Two dudes who work there are skaters."
"Kickflip backside lipslide."
"Five-0 on four feet of vert."
"Authenticity never wears out."
"Are ya gonna share yer beer?"
"The whole nine."
"Get away from those carts."
"Fucking unbelievable."
"TG and Gonz went head-to-head."
"Who told you about that?"
"Skating's evolved a lot."
"The myth named Luke Ogden."
"Ripper number 532."
"Locked down frontside Smith."
"Sick sequence."
"I would steal a Hummer."
"Please milk me."
Cover: A very young Eric Dressen thrusts frontside in your face
a la Bob Jarvis at Skatopia in the summer of 1977. Think about it.
Photo by Bruce Hazelton.
Contents: Big Al Petersen about to grab an Indy over the hole at
Balconnen in Cannberra, Australia. Photo by Dawes.
THRASHER