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UP FRONT
afro
When I read Thrasher for the first
time, I turned to Junk Drawer and
said, "What the hell is this?" There
was a picture of a white guy with an
afro by the name of Polonius Reap
and some pictures of a bunch of
items that had nothing to do with
skateboarding, so I skipped it and
went to the next article. Later, I
decided to read it because I had read
everything else in the mag. When I
did, I laughed until I was drooling. I'
don't know if this fits anyone else's
sense of humor, but it made me
laugh. To Mark Shafer in
the February issue, go
back to reading that
other skate mag.
Thrasher isn't about
getting chicks by try-
ing to be a skater,
even if you can do a
tailslide shove-it to
the guy know I kind of feel like shit
about it now. I'm sorry, man, but
thanks also; I rode the hell out of
that board. It finally broke in half in
Virginia Beach.
Flik
Pellston, MI
I wondered who did that. T-ed
OUCH ZONE
I just got your newest issue and I'm
kind of ticked off. I always read Mail
Drop first thing, and I always
thought it was funny listening to kids
whine and moan about posers,
bladers, and other kids com-
plaining. But every once
in a great while you get
someone who writes in 3
and truly knows what
the skate scene is really
about. I've only skated
for two and a half years,
but I feel I know more than
THRAS
tailslide. Jake Phelps'
Angel Dust is really good; it's nice to
know people think of skating that
way. By the way, I wear goofy
Dickies and skate bowls.
Where? T-ed
POOR ME
Matt Henthorn
Mountain View, CA
To the guy whose board I stole: A
few years ago I was living in Seattle,
and during that time I was making a
living stealing shit out cars, like
stereos and whatnot. Well, one rainy
night, I was out "working" and I
came across a new Foundation
board. It couldn't have been very
old; it didn't have any scratches and
had brand-new Independent trucks.
Well, I snatched it out of this
Volkswagen, and I just want to let
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a lot of these complaining idiots.
Then there's Nat Roe of Montclair,
NJ, the "straight-edger." I don't
know about you but where I come
from, "straight-edgers" are stupid
kids without minds of their own who
run around beating up every person
who isn't perfect. I bet he's some
"pre-skater wanna-be," and who
cares about T-ed's remarks? It's free-
dom of speech and it's humorous.
mean, what crawled up your butt
and died? Anyway, enough about
you. I know she won't be reading
this, but to Bonnie Smith of
Knoxville, IA: In a way you're right.
Some of the material in this mag is
smut, but some people like it and it
is used to get people's attention.
"Little old grandma ladies usually
don't read the magazine. It wasn't
made for them. On a positive note,
MAIL DROP
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CA 94188-4570
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