JIM GRECSON
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HAT WAS THE FIRST THRASHER
that you saw?
There's no way I could possibly remem-
ber that. I mean there's just no way, no
possible way.
Do you think after 20 years Thrasher's
still important?
Important to skateboarding, or important
to me?
Important to you.
Yeah, of course, it's my favorite mag!
What was the first photo that you ever had
in Thrasher?
How the fuck can I possibly remember that?
Come on, how can't you remember that? If
Thrasher is your favorite magazine...
No, no, no. It's hard to fuckin' say; it could
Krueger and Andrew Dice Clay were in the
same room together?
That's fucking high jinks!
What if you put the baby in the room
with them?
Freddy Krueger would probably kill the baby.
What would Dice do?
That's an unlikely combo.
Who do you think has a better chance of
pulling off a good skate hammer, Freddy
or Dice?
Ah, Freddy.
Do you know that there's a new Dice movie
coming out?
Yeah, it's the one that I went to live at the
Roxy: I'm Over Here Now. Andrew and I went
and saw it live. I'm actually on the soundtrack,
What do you want to be doing 10 years
from now when Thrasher has its 30 year
anniversary?
Who fuckin' knows if I'll even be alive then;
that's 10 years away.
You were just home in Connecticut. Did peo-
ple recognize you more now that you've had
the cover of Thrasher?
I don't give a fuck. How would I know?
Who is your favorite skateboarding pioneer,
you know, old school legendary skateboarder,
and why?
I've had many over the years. It's not some-
thing that I really think about. I just think about
going out, puttin' the hammer down, going
home, and going to sleep.
-The Juice
"I JUST THINK ABOUT GOING OUT,
PUTTIN' THE HAMMER DOWN,
GOING HOME, AND GOING TO SLEEP"
be ollieing across the street, it could have been
making out with some broad... I went on this
tour thing and it was like four or five pages; it
had a photo of me making out with a broad,
grinding a rail, and doin' something else. I
don't know.
Does the skate and destroy attitude apply to
you and your life?
Does the skate and destroy attitude apply to
me and my life, what the fuck is that supposed
to mean?
Any rumors about you that you'd like to
clear up?
What rumors? What do you mean?
All right, next question.
Who wrote these questions?
Look, this is the 20th year anniversary.
issue and I'm asking questions to reflect
back and see if anybody, if you, give a fuck
about Thrasher.
Yeah, it's good. It's my favorite skate mag.
Next question.
What do you think would happen if Freddy
some of my laughing. I didn't see
it-I lived it.
What is the best skate trick that's
ever been done that you've seen?
Live, in front of my face?
Nah, in Thrasher.
In Thrasher? Exclusively?
OK, live in front of your face.
Live in front of my face. I don't
know, man.
All right, the gnarliest trick ever.
Ever?
Ever. It doesn't matter where it
was, what magazine it was in, or
who did it.
I don't know.
East Coast or West Coast?
Who gives a fuck? Hold up, I'm still
thinking about the gnarliest skate-
board trick ever. I just can't really
narrow it down.
Let's talk about Southwest Airlines.
Southwest Airlines sucks!
THASHER
September 2000
Switch frontside flip.