IT'S TIME
TO CAST YOUR
VOTE
FOR
THE
ORIGINAL
THRASHER
SKATER OF THE YEAR
1999
Ⓡ
CAR WASH
THRASHER
Yes, this letter comes from prison. I
think I stole your car. Well, then again,
maybe not. I just can't remember. This
place sucks, as most prisons do, but if
you have any complaints about riding.
come here. I imagine you'll change your
attitude. At least you get to ride, you
know. They have a carpenter's shop
here. Maybe you could talk them into
you
putting a halfpipe on the rec yard. That
would be smooth. I'm going home, so
book
hook it up for my partners Ray and JR
they still have 16 years left between
them. JR rode Burnside as I did before
falling. Stay free; it's much better. You
don't have to shower with heaps of
dudes. There are a few of us who buy
your mag here so I hope you ink this.
That would be cool, yes indeed. Good
looking out.
RE CON
Hey, to all the read-
ers: this is a cool place
to skate. Directions:
Just before Cherry
Street hill, on the east
side across the field,
over the gate in the
storm drain. To Thrasher,
Grips
Pendleton, OR
could you guys do me a favor and give
me some stickers, etc, for the picture?
Thanks.
She didn't know which one of us did it,
but she said some skateboarder stole
the fifty-dollar goldfish from her pond
and put in on her lawn. Tragically,
died. She did know that the culprit was
wearing a gold chain. She said that skate-
boarders were the scum of the earth
and that she's been watching us waste
our lives away for five years. At one point
she specified me as the "curly-haired
son of a bitch." She was still in Turtle's
face when I arrived on the scene, but she
quickly diverted her attention to slan-
dering my personal esteem. Through
the course of her colorful expressions
we were told that we weren't worth the
powder to blow us to hell and back, we
were all big piles of crap, and that we
weren't worth the tit on a boar. She also
said that she'd had a little bit too much
to drink. When I realized there was
nobody hiding in a bush with a camera
we
and that this lady
and that
was serious, I was
foot
shocked by the fact
that my insignifi-
cant life could
have such
have such a huge
have
impact on her. By
then our ears
were getting
tired so we just walked
off to find a place to puff.
Curly-haired son of a bitch
Little Mexico, WA
Angel dust will kill you. T-ed
LACA/SF/OAK/NYC FOURSTAR CLOTHING CO.
Matt
Waukegan, IL
Ten lucky voters will win a
HUMVEE watch from TIMEX.
OFFICIAL 1999
1.
2.
3.
THRASHER
S.O.T.Y. BALLOT
My three picks for Thrasher's
1999 Skater Of The Year are:
Send to: S.O.T.Y. c/o Thrasher
PO Box 884570
San Francisco, CA 94188-4570
L
HARD DRUGS
The Buggin' Out article in issue 223
(which was bad ass) reminded me of a
recent episode at our local park. I was
away using a pay phone to finalize some
"business endeavors" while two of my
best buds were waiting for me at the
park. While burning time, they decided
to attempt kicking an abandoned milk
jug into the nearby garbage can. After
doing this for a few minutes, a lady
across the street began approaching
them with an aquarium fishnet. She
started poking Turtle with the fishnet.
TALK SOUP
It's the Urban Latino representing Cuba
and Miami and I'm writing to Thrasher
for the first time. I got two things to say.
Fuck Ricky Martin and Tony Hawk. Mr.
Hawk, AKA "Media Whore," gives
naw
skateboarding a bad name. Screw main-
Skated
stream. All I know is that nowadays
Sued
everything blows. I just saw the
Foundation video and it straight up
sucks. Who the hell is Ethan Fowler?
Better yet, who cares? I skate to destroy.
What about you? Adios putos.
Urban Latino
Miami, FL
Envelope of the Month: Rhea Mae Mendez, Bakersfield, CA
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