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manufacturer
d)
a lesbian activist
group
e) a buncha guys that
have to hire bitches to
lay around in their
underwear
La Diabla
Portland, ME
SNOOZE FEST
The guy on the "Don't Get Caught
Sleeping, Subscribe" card in your Sept
issue is an old roommate of mine
named Mike "Tattoo" Miller, as you
probably know. Any clue as to his
whereabouts, or if he even woke up
would be appreciated.
Izic Sitton
Deerfield Beach, FL
That person sleeping is not named Mike
Miller Ted
STUDENT TEACHER
The other day I picked up a copy of
Thrasher for a laugh. You see, I'm a
senior at Michigan State University,
studying to be a teacher. I haven't picked
up a board in about four years, and I
got to thinking about skating. I want
every single skater that's reading this to
pay very good attention. I was a hard-
core skater for about six or seven years.
I'm what you guys call old school. I used
to do kickflip and melanchollies on my
Powell-Peralta Bucky Lasek. I am work
ing in a high school night now, and I see
a lot of skaters taking the same kinda
you-know-what I u
I used to take in my day
No one likes skaters except other skaters
and cool girls. That's the way it was, the
way it is, and the way it will be If you're
sick of it and want to throw in the towel
and burn your board, you're a loser!
More people need to respect the kind of
individuality and talent it really takes to
be a skater (and not a person who just
carries a skateboard) Take pride in what
you are and don't let anyone tell you
you're r not t cool because you don't play
QB for your football team. People used
to tell me that I would never amount to
anything because I was a skater, one of
them washed my car at the local car
wash last week. What I'm saying is, you
can do anything you want to do, and if
it just so happens that you love going
out and tearin' up your local spots, or
watching skate flicks all winter long.
then so be it. Do what you love for you,
not for attention, not for status, not to
rebel, but for something in you that tran-
scends you above the cheap insults and
nasty road rash on your knees and
elbows. One day you're gonna look back
at what you're doing now and how much
you love it, and you will have a kind of
pride that no one can touch.
KILLER FORMULA
Dan Duggan
East Lansing, MI
1 am a 15-year-old skater that goes.
to Rancho High School. One of these
days I am looking forward to being in
your magazine. Why can't you write
more stories about shit like classic
spots? The one about the Gloryhole
kicked ass. I'm going to try that pipe
sometime. You know how people are
writing to complain about the pro-
fanity and bad language? Well, I think
you should fuck 'em because that's
what's keeping me reading the arti-
cles. I love that shit.
Spooner
Alta Loma, CA
So do I Ted
DOWN TIME
1 am 13, and I've been skating for a lit-
tle over two years now, and I've been
reading Thrasher before then. T-ed, you
are the coolest being on Earth. Thrasher
is the greatest magazine in the world and
Ohio's Governor and all the skater-hating
cops are fucking dickheads. There is just
one thing I want to know, whatever hap
pened to Uncle Burly? Why isn't he in
your magazine anymore?
Bill Somerville
Rocky River, OH
Uncle Burly is in rehab T-ed
MOLD TIMER
I'd like to commend Thrasher for print-
ing "Salba's 15 Best Shows." Whatever
happened to the '80s? Smashing and
destroying seemed to be a part of
everyday life. I'm glad to say the past few
years in Cleveland have been pretty
destructive: bands inciting riots, smash-
ing
TVs in the crowd, and just breaking
everything in sight. No political reasons
or smash the state or any of that be-just
senseless wreck! I'm not sure about the
rest of America, but if this doesn't get
your tits going. I don't know what will
People doing kickflips over little brick
walls? Break everything
Duane from Parma
Senseless vandalism will never go out of
style Ted
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