ANGEL - Dust
XX
Words are justification for feelings, mere random stabbings
at understandiNg Ithe mu ances of life. There arre no words
to explain how I feel. Phil S hao is dead. To know him And
understand XXX his amazing life is atreasure I will
cherish forever. But where does it Start and how does it.
end Only he knew. I had known him for eight years and I
will tell you this Straight up: the greatestX skater eve r.
Pool, curb, ramp, gap or flip, he Could do XXXXXXX any-
thing he wanted to. The tracks he laid on this earth will
I never be matched. He never overdid it, never sketched,
never bragged. He was a terminator. In these days of
media hype and industry brainwashing, he stood tallX and
was proud to be a skate rat. Dirty shiXrt, peeled-up grin-
tape or rattling bolts, he couldnt care less. He was
skating. Im sitting at his desk trying to understand why
he isnt here and the only Ilogical readon is he wired
this world and its time to rip somewhere else. He is here
with me as well as with you, and someday when the session
is ON and the gang is yelling, screaming and livingfor
the moment, look to the sky and Know he is loving it. I
loved him.
4 THRASHER
...my friends are gonnaa be there too...
Jake Phelps
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