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OLLIE NOW
I'd like to thank everybody who
helped organize and those who
attended the 2001 Old School Skate
Jam. I had a great time. All the old
school skaters treated me like we
had been hanging out non-stop for
the past 20 years as genuine friends.
Over time, people have come up to
me to say, "Wow, you invented the
ollie," and would say "Yeah" with
no great enthusiasm. I never real-
ized how many people were
affected by one little move
that an 80-pound kid.
from Hollywood, FL
pulled in the under
bowl at SKATE-
BOARD USA
back
in
way
1977.
Skateboarding was a way
of life when I started. By
the time I stopped, it was a
job. Never forget the friends
you're skating with now-they'll
probably be your friends forever.
Alan "Ollie" Gelfand
Hollywood, FL
P.S. I had not skated since the very
early eighties, but started again on
February 10th, 2001. I skate every
day now, and haven't had this much
fun in years. Skate hard.
RAIL ROAD
Just writing to let Trainwreck
know how much I loved yer inter-
view in the last issue (#242) of
Thrasher! It sure is nice from some-
one out west who hates homosek-
shuls and other freaks as much as we
do down here in the heartland of
America-Coitus, Alabama. You
clearly understand that it's a real
man's duty to remind queers that the
good Lord in His infinite wisdom
created Adam and Eve, not Adam
and Steve. When a feller like me
sees all the foreigners and
heathens and sekshul per-
verts runnin' around.
these days like a
plague upon our
nation, it cheers him
up somethin' powerful
to see a brave man like yerself
trying to save what's left of
straight, white America.
Me and Roscoe and Enus and
some of the other boys down here in
Coitus
got ourselves a little organi-
zayshun started where we tryin' to
save straight, white America too.
And we was wonderin' if you'd allow
us the privilege of making you an
honorary member of our little
group, bein' that yer such a intelli-
Let's see you invent something new. T-ed. gent, outspoken role model for pure
SKATEPARK
Can be a viciously Sharp
Double edged Sword. True
Hoarding can not (must
not be traded for crappy
trannys, confinement,
and tickets. Concrete
day care box across town
can equal further
bustility of your
loyalest curb, sacredly
Scarce these days be
careful what you
wish for, and dont
get cut.
Americans and all. First though I
have to ask, do they call you
Trainwreck because you enjoy hav-
ing another man's big, steaming
locomotive smash you repeatedly in
the caboose? Because if that's the
case, yer honorary membership
would definitely be out of the ques-
tion. Rob Halford is more of a
man than you'll ever be you con-
temptible moron.
SOUL'S SAVED
Some Hick
Coitus, AL
Okay, why hasn't Jamie Thomas
been chosen Skater of the Year?
He's the first person to try the leap
of faith and actually try to land it. If
it's because he's a Christian and a
straightedge, then that's bullshit.
That's why he is so good, because he
doesn't do drugs or get shit-faced
and then the next day you can't even
skate because you feel like shit.
Dude, in my town Jamie Thomas is
the Skater of the Year in our book.
Anonymous
Grass Valley, CA
Has he ever had the cover of the Bible?
Score: (Thrasher 1) (Bible 0) T-ed.
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