Thrasher Magazine February 2000 — Page 41
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            THE ROAD to
ONSITE!
E3rd Ave
words And Photos
BY NIK FrietAs
SCUMVILLE
RIVER CITY
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VERYONE IS SCREWED UP,
man. Seriously. I don't care
who you are, what you do,
what kind of money you make,
or how hot your girl is-there is
something pitiful about you. The bottom line
is whether you admit it or not. Sure, you can
throw up your disguise with some attitude,
but it's just like deodorant: you smell nice
and appear so, but underneath you're just a
dirty dude. But enough with my attempt at
philosophy. I'm just trying to make an intro-
duction to the reason I was so stoked when I
jumped in a van with the dudes from 151: no
one cared. Everyone seated knew that they
were screwed in one aspect or another, and
they couldn't give a shit. I was at home.
Left to right: Joe Barnes
kickflips a set of six steps onto
the slanted surface of a home-
less person's lean-to. After a
couple hours in the van,
Darren Navarrette didn't even.
finish doing his side stretches
before he leapt into a lien
over the hip at Ashland.
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