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Enclosed, RZYMOWSKI ST. 53
please find
David Brown's
portfolio. IT'S
PRETENTIOUS
ASSHOLES like
this prick that
are milking skat-
ing to design
weak parks with
serious layout
problems-
check his two
designs. Both
have pyramids
that shoot you
into the grass or trees. These parks
suck. He gets paid fat and takes the
money away from skating. He eats it.
He's a fat prick. Quotes: "Well, if the
beginners are so worried about that,
maybe they should just quit skate-
boarding." "And over here are some
berms and chutes, so you can go and
dipsey doodle around." "Let's call that
section 'The Grotto."" What an ass.
Please help warn Alberta and the world
in general against this ass and others.
like him. Thanks.
Anonymous
Alberta, Canada
How about mystery hips and jungle
bars? T-ed
WAR STORY
Hi! I am a skateboarder for two and a
half years. I'm writing you because of
your September 1998 issue of Thrasher.
The Thrasher back to school product
burnout was the biggest dick-smoking
article. What you did s very shitty. I
know that you are trying to be different
and original. I'm not trying to be in
some Santa Claus style but I think that
there is a lot of people that has the same
opinion like I do in USA. By the way, I'm
from Belgrade, Yugoslavia. A lot of
skateboarders would be grateful if they
could drive one of those skateboards or
I wear some of that stuff. To me or some
of my friends that would mean a lot! So,
next time instead of destroying it, give it
to someone who really needs it. You are
still number one. Fuck TWS. By the way,
can you get me an authogram of some
pro skateboarder. Please!
Atanackovic Aleksandar
Belgrade, Yugoslavia
You should have seen the stuff that
wouldn't burn. T-ed
COOL THINGS
Since it's 1999, I figured that in order
to prepare for the new millennium I
need to express my thoughts to the peo-
ple who might best understand me.
Since I skateboard, that would probably
be skaters. Here are a few lists I came
up with of things that should happen in
2000. Things we need more of: 1.
Skaters who like heavy metal. 2. Girls
who like skaters. 3. Girls who like girls..
4. Girls who like me. 5. Cops who are
nice. Things we need less of: 1. Groups.
like Hanson and N'Sync. 2. Mean cops.
3. Rollerbladers. 4. Girls who aren't real-
ly girls. 5. People who abuse small pup-
pies and old ladies. Things I would like
to see happen before 2000: 1. Saddam
being blown to hell and back. 2. Jerry
Garcia raised from the dead, followed
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by a Grateful Dead tour. 3. Cops to
become more sensitive to skaters"
needs. 4. Hanson to be killed in a freak
accident involving an ice cream truck
and 2000 rabid llamas. 5. That I might
learn how to skate better. Please publish
this and tell me what you think. Hell
yeah to all skaters.
I don't. T-ed
OLD DUDE
Chris Margrave
Colorado Springs, CO
I write to you in my darkest hour.
Skateboarding to me is a freedom not all
Americans have. It's a way to escape
any problem, hardship, or mood
momentarily. When you lose that free-
dom, because of an injury, you only
realize it then. So next time you're hav-
ing a good session, really appreciate it,
because that next trick could put your
love on hold. I've been skating since it
blew up in '88, and I stuck with it
through all these years. Now it's
engraved in my soul and will never
leave. Skating will die out again, and
that will leave the people who really
love it, and all the kids who rock it as a
trend will come to an end. Thanks for
your time.
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Mike Kelly
N. Weymouth, MA
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