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Mad Drop
Excavate nasally all parks that
are paisley, stories told dazedly,
and switch flips done lazily to:
Mail Drop c/o Thrasher,
PO Box 884570,
San Francisco, CA 94188-4570
DRUGS RULE
Despite the fact that this letter may
be slightly out of date, I still have an
opinion to give. It has come to my
attention that vert skating has come a
long way since the days of the original
few who dared to defy many things
(including gravity) to achieve a little
high from the piece of wood, metal,
and urethane under their feet. Some of
the elite few (namely Grosso) still had
it in their heads that nothing was better
than the dope! Anyway, a short time
later, some people were progressing
faster than others on the vert battle-
field. I can still remember the
time I saw the original Bones
Brigade light the coping.
ablaze on my television,
screen-some pretty
insane stuff for that time in skating's
history. A few short years later, the
stage was once again set for the next
step in vert's life. Danny Way set the
world record for the highest air on a
board. Vert has always been one of the
keys to skateboarding's existence.
Today I saw Tony Hawk attempt the
900 at the Best Trick at the X Games.
He finally nailed it on the sixth try.
Sluggo managed to pull off the back-
flip on vert last year, let's not forget! So
I guess that no matter what happens
next year in skating, someone is always
going to outdo someone else. I sin-
cerely hope that the next big stunt in
skating will be by a girl! I would love to
see someone like Cara Beth Burnside
pull off an 18' backside method or
kickflip. That would definitely give the
Bones Brigade a run for their money.
Matt Beaulne
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Bones Brigade? Ain't that like the '80s,
man? T-ed
OLD MAN
I'm the 25-year-old skate punk who
decided to "retire" from skating in
early '98 for the bogus reason of
"these kids are so good nowadays and
and
I still struggle with pressure flips
ow my ankle hurts..." and other such
sissy-like whinings. I've been skating
since about '86 and had always said
that I will always skate, even if it's just
on a longboard when I'm 40. Well, me
being "too old" or whatever, I put my
skate away (gave it away, actually) and
haven't picked it up since. Well, here I
sit at my desk in a
prison in Oregon
looking at an issue of
Thrasher, wishing for my
skate and I a curb.
My
skate and punk shows
are the things that
miss most about out
there. It's so true, the old say-
say
ing, "You don't miss it till it's gone."
Give up skating? Was I out of my flip-
ping mind? Why would I quit doing a
thing that gives such pleasure and
helps me grow in every way? The only
thing I can think of is that I was turn-
ing into a "lame." So, if you're thinking
about quitting and happen to scope
out this letter, remember that there
are a slew of skaters locked up who
would give teeth for your skate and
those shitty curbs at Circle K or 7-11,
or that ditch you bitch about having to
sweep out. I'll be 28 when I get out,
and the first thing I'm going to do
(after I get some nookie) is get a skate
and some Vans and hit Burnside
skatepark. Sure, there will be 15-year-
olds there blowing me out of the
water, but I'm not skating for anyone
but me. And besides, I don't think
many people still do Miller flips and
Adam Clarke
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