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Art and skateboarding have been a major part of Tait Roelofs' life for the
last twelve years. Ever since he cut out a Z-Blank in the shape of a ham-
merhead and painted the Ghostbusters logo on it, he has been drawing,
painting, and skating. Last year he graduated from Oregon State with a Bachelors Degree in
Art. With all of his travelling to skate, it only took him eight years to complete. Lately he has
been painting on Masonite, but just like skating, he will use any medium. Pools and Burnside
are his favorites, but he will fuck shit up at any ramp or street session. "Tait comes from a
hippie background, but his style skateboarding and art - definitely says PUNK" -Jones
34 THRASHER
TOP: At the Quality snowboard warehouse, Tait fakies into a layback grind
LEFT: Who Else 1996 5x7"
ABOVE: Jeff Handplants in Front of Himself and His Wife 1996 10x17"
TAIT
ROELOFS
Clockwise from top left.
Waiting 1995
Mona LSDsa 1995 24"x36"
Eye Of the Storm 1996 10"x14"
Self-Portrait 1996 4"x5"