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IT'S GOOD TO BE A GIRL
THRASHER
Chad Muska seem to be some-
what narcissistic?
Paul Rich
San Francisco, CA
If you looked that good, you'd be in
love with yourself too. T-ed
SMALL ROOM
What happened? I've been skating
since 1994 (the good years).
Anyway, when I skate nowadays
everybody makes a thing of skate-
boarding like Mervyns?, Sketchers?,
McDonald's? I mean, what the hell
is going on? I remember when if
you skateboarded, you
were a REBEL. Everyone
thought you wor-
shipped the devil. You
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what I knew and worked with what
I could. Now I'm back on the board
again and I'm sober. I fall off a lot
and bust my ass, but still I'm having
fun. I'm now learning to laugh at
myself and not take shit so seriously,
which brings me to a couple of
questions. I was wondering about
the whereabouts of old-school pros
such as Mark Gonzales, Lance
Mountain, Duane Peters, Matt
Hensley, Tom Knox, Sean
'Sheffey, and Bill Danforth. I know
that's a lot but I am curious.
Sincerely. Also, I saw this skate
video with that guy
Pancho Moler who
rides for Think. That
man shreds more than
words. Howard Stern
better not get ahold of
his purity. I'll be hurt and I'll be
pissed. Yippy kai-ay motherfucker!
wore regular Vans (not like HRASHER
now with those pussy gel
pads). You wore short Dickies and a
beanie. Now it's zipper pants and
fancy shoes (thank you very much
Chad Muska) and rap for skaters.
Hardcore punk rock like Fugazi.
Plus, where did the good skaters go
like Andy Bohna, Paul Sharpe, and
Toad? Those guys kicked ass. Now I
don't even hear from them. Those
guys made me amateur. Please God
bring it back.
Brian Walter
Orangevale, Ca
I am a rebel and you will always be
an amateur. T-ed
GLUE FACTORY
Because of four knee dislocations
and too much booze, I'd given up on
skating for about six years. Not that
I was really good at it, but I enjoyed
*DEDICATION*
WEAK IN REVIEW
NO SHIT
Christian Walz
Elizabeth City, NC
I just wanna say your mag fuckin'
rules! Stay another 20 years, OK?
Print my artwork, please. I love Vans
and I love your magazine. I've been
reading it for about six years. Geoff
Rowley fuckin' rips, too. Also, in the
article about the Santa Cruz tour,
how come ya'll didn't talk about the
Southside and Dex demos, or did
they? Is it 'cause Houston sucks? Or
because of deadlines or somethin'?
Oh well, that's all for now.
Michael Murland
Houston, TX
Houston? Where is Houston? T-ed
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