62 THRASHER
THROHE
Clockwise from left: This
backside 180° flip at the
library was landed four
times in a row. See the
hand? Time to get
chopped. Frontside
bluntslide at Little Hubba.
Switch backside tailslide
shove-it. Ethan who?
Everything that I about United Estates
verything that I thought about United Estates changed when I
My trip start in San Diego, where almost every place that I
saw in the videos or magazines was fuck-up for security
guards or bolts on the ledges and handrails.
Anyway, the places that I skated were perfects. I skated every
day all day because I didn't knew if someday I gonna be there again.
I saw that no one skate every day, like I thought.
They just go to take photos or film on weekends. After San Diego I
I went to LA for a couple days and it was the same. I finish in SF
where I'm living right now.
Here I meet a lot of friendly guys who I can skate with every
day, and the most important thing, I can go everywhere in the city
in my skateboard, not driving one hour for one place.
Right now the only thing that I have to do
is skate. I don't have to care about nothing, just skate-
boarding. I kept skating every day like I always did and I start-
ed to get coverage and footage and it just happened. I was
there, they were there, and that's it..
-Diego Bucchieri
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