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MALL RAT
MAIL
DROP
1
I'm writing this letter to anybody that
really cares. After buying a new CD at
the mall, I noticed a little paragraph on
skateboarders that went like this:
"What's so special about this wooden
board with four tiny plastic wheels?
Why do 20 year old unshaven fanatics
try to jump down fifteen stairs with this
children's toy, even though they know it's
only going to work after they have failed
a good number of times? What's the
secret? 'It is a lifestyle feeling impossible
to describe,' says the skateboarder." After
reading this I came to like it a lot. It is so
true. We don't skate because we have to
or because other people do it. We do it
out of love-it sets us away from the rest
of the world. I hope that every skate-
boarder who reads this knows why they
skate. It shouldn't be for
any other reason than
because you love to.
Everybody keep rippin'
it up for the same rea-
sons you started!
Ryan Webster
Cincy, Ohio
HIT LIST
What the hell is a Nike
didn't
Bite all mites,
tights, and
things that
used to be
bright to:
Mail Drop
PO Box 884570
SF, CA
94188-4570
League of Airhead Sports Teams? Noth-
ing!! Screw Nike, and anyone who
thinks they should begin skating just
because it's popular again! Dammit, I
hate Nike! I bet the child laborers who
assembled those shoes would never
dream of wearing them while skating.
Otherwise, your magazine kicks ass.
Ryan Nemeth
'Cleveland, Ohio
Ever heard of restraint of trade? T-Ed.
HOPPING MAD
I went for a walk today to take a short
dip in a local pool. It was still deathly
hot out, which meant skating would
have to be put off for a few more
hours. Even the sky seemed parched
and thirsty. The fucking pool turns out
to be closed. It's 5 o' clock on a Satur-
day afternoon and we're right smack in
TERASTER
ad doing in your maga-
zine? Does this mean
that the same fat-ass
company that makes clothing for jocks is
actually y trying to sell skate shoes? I
thought skating was the one sport that
t require $120.00 shoes and a mus-
cle-bound physique. I fear that the indi-
viduality and creativity of skating will be
diminished due to companies like Nike
forcing skaters (and ex-jocks, now
sorry-ass posers) to focus on looking
good and buying the most expensive
"skate" apparel, instead of the stuff that
matters. "What if all athletes were treat-
ed like skateboarders?" What the hell do
shoulder-pad clad jocks know about
being harassed and outcast simply
because you wanna skate instead of join
the Local Organized
POB 884570
the middle of summer! What's wrong
with this scenario?
It
I surfaced and felt instantly cooler all
around, slipped the shoes on and shim-
mied over the fence
e again. I strolled
through part of a golf course on the way
home and pondered the differences
between skateboarding and golf.
appears, upon closer mental inspection,
that the people who play golf are really
just using it as an excuse to go play in
the park. They're really just big kids,
many of whom are still asking Mom if
they can go outside and play; only
instead of "Mom?" it's now "Honey?"
There's really nothing wrong with want-
ing to go outside and play in a park, but
I can't stand the damned jaded manner-
isms that go along with it. How the fuck
does one release their aggressions play-
ing golf? Is it nature? Does it just make
'them all calm and content? Well, if this
be true my friend,
ADIDAS
it does not stand
on solid ground
when it comes to
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