SEE THAT KID...THAT'S J.D. POWELL.
HE'S 6 YEARS OLD AND JUST DID 9 STAIRS...
IMAGINE WHAT HE'LL DO WHEN HE'S 8!
MAIL DROP
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TRANNY DOG
OK Thrasher, we all know that
you guys have advertisers to stroke
and mags to sell, but what's up
with the recent anti-tranny
SOTYS? In the April issue you've
got Geoff Rowley as follows: Hand
grenade juggling, portrait, 180
nosegrind, 50-50 frontside lip,
portrait, frontside heelflip, half Cab
readers, should know that this is
the real deal in your hands. A
magazine from the lifers; a mag
which generates a feeling like no
other. Acceptance, adventure,
awful truths... diehard and dirty.
Thrasher is skateboarding survival.
Either you're down or you're out.
RAP ROCKS
Isaac Jimenez
Bakersfield, CA
frontside boardslide, frontside More like a Royal Flush. T-ed.
blunt, and finally another frontside
boardslide... Man, there's some
sick shit in there, and I know I
recently saw a Vans ad with a
Rowley ollie in a pipe, but don't
you have some kind of pre-
requisite that if the guy gets
the pick he's at least
got to throw down in
a pool or on a ramp?
Whatever happened
There's something to be said
about Dead Prez. I gotta give it to
them; if you've ever listened to any
of their albums you'll know they're
extremely talented, they've
got heart, and some
TOPICOUR
TO SERVE
to the crossover
skaters like Cardiel,
Danny Way, Chris
Senn, Bob... Tony
Hawk was winning
both street and vert
contests on nearly the
same day when he was
inducted. Geoff Rowley is truly
amazing. A fucking superstar with
some steep, sketched-out banisters
in his bag. It's obviously not for
lack of balls, so what's up?
Barry Shotwell
Green Bay, WI
OK, Salba next year. T-ed.
HOT HAND
I want to say what's up and much
love to Thrasher, all the people who
read Mail Drop, and all the skaters
and independent artists out there
sweating and sharing their souls
through what they love. Either by
skating a curb, writing a rhyme,
painting a picture, drawing a
comic, or bombing trains at night.
Everyone reading this magazine,
from true skaters to first-time
JON Tatizo
30 west street
MERCEDA 95340
cool ideas. They
don't ever rap about
having cars and
money the stuff
that won't change
anything. They open
their minds while
staying real and
productive. Thing is,
they have all this
potential and people are
noticing them, but they're ready
to waste it. They are extreme
and radical, which makes them
creative, but it wastes their chance
for positive change. Hate thrives
on desperation and extremism; for
example, Hitler, Mussolini, Pol Pot,
Milosevic, Rwanda... when people
are desperate, combined with a
charismatic, extreme leadership
and claiming
placing blame
solutions, people follow and
slaughter themselves. Dead Prez
have the potential to promote
positive change, or to inspire hate
and feed the fires of all the anger
we already have in this country.
This kid Isaac Brown said some-
thing important the other day
when he was flowing at our assem-
bly. He said, "We gotta stop falling
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