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the debut album, featuring forgiven
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10 THRASHER
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bones in place, and to top it all off I had
20 staples to heal my cut. When the doc-
tor came in to answer all my questions
like, can I ever skateboard again, and if
so, when, the only answer he could give
me was, only time can tell. That all hap-
pened a very long 4 months ago. Now
that my cast is off, I've begun therapy,
and I just had surgery again to remove
the screw. The doctors tell me I'll be
skating in 6 to 8 weeks, just in time for
summer. My ankle will be good as new,
but I don't know if I'll be. I've had a pret-
ty good scare to put a stop to my skating.
I won't know until I'm up there on those
ledges and loading docks ready to pull
out some tricks. It took me 15 years to
get where I wanted to be. I had all my.
fun and my perfect life the way I always
wanted, until I made my mistake off that
roof. Not a day goes by when I don't
think about that day, that second, and
how great my life could be right now. I
can only keep up my exercises and pray
every night that I might get back my
wish, to reach
where I once was,
and tell how I did it,
and if I can't, it will
never be the same,
but never say
never. There is no
can't. This is a pic-
ture of my scar.
Eric Jacob
Islip, NY
Chicken bone? T-ed.
HARD ON
which is infamously known for ideas that
never work, dominates control of my
body. So I have 3 questions: 1) Is she
seeing anyone right now? 2) Would I
have any chance at all? 3) If she says no,
can I have a consolation prize of a swift
kick to the head, or perhaps you can
crush my chest cavity?
Thanks,
A possibly insane desperate fool
"Sheck" Marquez
El Paso, TX
A split personality demands therapy. T-ed.
PRIVATE SINSTITUTION
I have a story that must be told. It
involves the "skateboarding cult" that
has arisen at the private school I attend.
It all started this last summer when I was
called in for a meeting with the "Big
Cheese." He proceeded to tell me that
the big pants that I had been wearing
throughout the previous school year.
were a violation of the semi-dresscode
of the school. I was told that this "fad
wear" of the skateboarders caused them
What, no feathers?
I saw a picture of the Donnas in the
May issue last week, in particular the
lead singer, Donna A. I was just skim-
ming through when I saw her. I carefully
read the article 100 times over and kept
thinking, "Man, this chick is the most
perfect in the world. I wish I could go out
with a chick like that. No, better yet, I
wish I could go out with her." Then my
rather intelligent side said, "So dipshit,
how do you plan to go about this?" So I
thought and thought and came upon a
conclusion: I have no fucking idea. Then
I figured why not write to you guys. I
mean, the band is in your zine. Maybe
you guys could help. Again my smarter
half says, "It's a skate zine not some dat-
ing service." Fortunately, my other half,
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to have big, bad thoughts
and do big, bad things. I
was then told it was OK
for the basketball teams to
wear big shorts because
Michael Jordan was doing
it. And we all know if he's
doing it, then it must be
OK. Anyway, I got through
all that crap and returned
to finish my last year of high school,
which is still in session as I write..
Throughout the school year, the
"Department of Control" likes to have
the occasional "boy's meeting." The "Big
Cheese" always runs these meetings and
we've had 2 so far this year. The girls.
also have a similar meeting that takes
place at the same time as ours. In the
first meeting we were informed that a
"skateboarding cult" existed in our
hometown of Athens, GA. This excited
myself and the 2 other skaters at my
school. We were then told that the cult
meets at the ramps where they perform
their cultic rituals and make sacrifices to
the board god. And don't forget they
always come dressed in their over-sized
skater garb. The second meeting, which
took place recently because someone
wrote funny stuff on the bathroom walls,
PLAYING KABOOM BOX
ATEXTREME
SOUND LEVELS
WILL DEFINITELY
MESS WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE
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