Mail
Render all tender, fenders, and old garage sale
blenders to: Mail Drop c/o Thrasher,
PO Box 884570, San Francisco, CA 94188-4570.
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94188
Until the GK-6 is. avail-
able, here's a glimpse of
the latest, prototype
during testing
over
For
eighteen
months,
,
we've been
developing
the world's
most advanced
skateboard
truck.
GRIND KING
SHORT STACK
Every morning when I wake up, it is
a ritual to go down to Joe's Coffee
Shop, usually with Gino and Veronica.
Our order rarely strays from what we
get every day: three mild grande cups
of Joe. We sit outside and bullshit,
amusing ourselves with our seeming-
ly clever chatter. My eyes wander and
I start to observe the surroundings.
The cracks in the sidewalk. The left
turn signals. The groups of smartly
dressed people scurrying busily up and
down the boulevard. You can see them
in windows at the costly v restaurants.
Talking about who is and
isn't performing up to par at
the old job site. You see their
eyes when they are giving
king
you the once-over. Looking
you up and down with that
disapproving stare because
you are dressed jeans and
a T-shirt and they are not.
They hit the clock at 6:00
AM and have been working
Working
half the day. I just woke up
and haven't even showered
yet. Every y day I see the exact
same scenario. The same cloned.
human being eating the power lunch,
giving the same clammy glare to me
and my friends. I know what they're
thinking just by looking at the suit they
purchased at the Men's Warehouse
(custom suits cost a a fortune). They
hate the fact that I am so easygoing at
12:00 in the afternoon and they have to
work during their lunchtime. I'm not
better than the suits; I'm just cut from
a à different mold. A mold that is not as
shallow but has a deep end. I see archi-
tecture as a means of neverending fun
on four wheels, not as a nine to five jail
sentence. The beauty of being a skate-
boarder is that our two eyes and brain
embrace life in a different manner. So
when you see me or one of my select-
ed elite during your daily torture, try to
gaze a little farther than your double-
breasted suit. The few who choose to
go down a path that consists of four
wheels and griptape. Everyone needs
to have currency to eat, drink, and sit
at the barstool. The magic of it is how
you choose to do it. Believe it or not,
you
life is not a prolonged deal. I choose to
live life to its fullest. I have met the
most intelligent and colorful individu-
als on my skateboard over the years. I
would barter nothing for the memories.
Having a credit card and a nice plaque
on my desk to remind me of who I am
has never occurred to me.
MAG
Dave Ashley
SHOE ME
Today, when I got the
mail, I was surprised to
see a catalog entitled
Elysium. Seeing two big
kickflips and a noseg-
rind
on the cover,
I
eagerly began to turn
pages. To my dismay
this was nothing more.
than a fashion catalog
and another pathetic
example of what hap-
pened to skateboarding, the sport that
originally attracted me because it was
such an individual thing and free of
fashion and trends. Take DCs, for
instance: people pay out of the ass for
something that looks like a basketball
shoe, and why? Because in their
of
attempt t
to be cool and accepted they
forgot about themselves and now work
on some image. DC is such a joke that
they specially built a ramp so that
Danny Way, who I've loved since the
old Powell Peralta videos, cou
could break
a record. If Hosoi or whoever set the
record would have had a special ramp,
the record would have been much
higher. The thing that bothers me the
most about that publicity stunt is that
they only did it to keep up with
Airwalk, since they had Tony Hawk
Daewon Song
TRASHER. MAGAZINE
BOX 884570
San Francisco,
CA 94188-4570
Photo: Burnett
The new GK-6 truck; advanced geometry, strongest, lightest,
longest lasting, superior bushing, improved patented kingpin,
smoothest grinding, nonslip axle, GK guarantee.
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