MAIL DROP.
NEW RELIGION WORLDWIDEYour mag kicks ass. I've only been reading it for the past three months, and I've bought a few in the past to look at pics. Your mag is the best out there; fuck all those other corporations that are only in it to make money. I loved the issue with Rowley's Skater of the Year interview. I really didn't know much about him, but when I read his interview I thought "This guy is crazy. He's the raddest guy out there and I give him much respect." In that same issue Felix Im from Denver said that he hated Christian fucks like Myles Sumners. I totally agree with him. If you're a Christian, be a Christian. Don't preach about it, keep it real within yourself and don't flaunt it around. Oh, and Myles, your religion is not the one that's going to send you to Heaven. The one and only religion that will do anybody any good is the one where everybody is happy and skating. Keep it hardcore, Thrasher.
Mitch Bustamante Fresno, CA
SIX STRIKES
I am writing in response to cops. Fuck cops. I'm in drug rehab for six-to-nine months for bullshit. I'm tired of fat flicks (cops) fucking up kids' lives by arresting them. I'm in here for:
* Two counts of criminal mischief
* Theft
* Reckless driving
* Driving without a license
* Possession (less than an ounce)
What really pisses me off is that I'm going to be in this hell hole for summer and April 20th (4-20). Another thing is that I can't skate. The court system and my PO put me in here with a bunch of crack smokin' scandalous bitches. I just smoke chronic and skate, so leave me alone piggys. I'm also pissed off about posers sporting Transworld mags and running their mouths about Thrasher saying it sucks. I've got a message for them: "Shut the fuck up you punk bitches." I swear to god if I see one more bitch like them, I'm going to shove their Nash boards up their asses (sideways). The coolest thing I can do here is read your mag. Keep making gnarly mags. Skate and destroy.
Mike Weber Portland, OR
Quit bringing your drugs to the crime scene. T-ed.
WHERE'S THE DOCTOR
I have been endlessly pondering the question: Is goofy or regular better? Being the couch potato that I am, I saw Miss Cleo's ad on TV. So I called her to get the answer to my question I have been trying to find since I started skating. She said that regular was the spirit's preference. Personally, being goofy, I was disappointed; then I realized it was all a pile of bullshit. And to all you skaters out there, rock on. Skate and destroy and piss on posers.
Jake Schwarz South Orange, NJ
SOCIAL GRACES
Dudes, I've been looking forward to the Flip video for some time now. I thought it would have been out by now. I can't wait to see it! I'd give anything to go to the premiere. So whaddaya say you hook a chick up? You could send me Greyhound for all I care. One way! You don't even have to hook me up with a place to crash; I'm pretty good at finding a place to stay. I'll even write an article if you want me to. I'm a pretty decent writer. I was the entertainment editor on my high school newspaper and I aced most of my English papers. Or maybe I could take pictures. Out of everyone I know, I'm the only one whose pictures come out awesome. Or I don't have to do anything. I could just chill. My friends have called me a "social whore" due to my uncanny ability to make friends with anyone and everyone I meet (or walk up and introduce myself to). anyway. I think it would be hella cool if you could do this for me. Thanks a lot!
Rose Liner Lafayette, LA
Geoff says that you can stay over at his house. T-ed.
FAIR WEATHER FRIEND
I'm writing this letter to give much respect and love to your magazine. I started skating in 1990 and your magazine has been the glue between all the skate world. I'm a prisoner right now and have been for four years but there isn't a day that goes by that I don't think about skating, watching old Alien Workshop and Real videos, and thinking of my old friends who probably don't remember me. But it's all good. Someday I'll be skating the streets again, but for now your mag is my skate connection. Even though I haven't been there in a long time, I want to say what's up to Troy, OH and the old school crew: Matt, Derek, Pete, Jason, Brian, Donger and the rest of you. Even though you probably talk shit about me behind my back, you're still my bros. Thrasher, your magazine keeps me sane.
Todd Pattee Greencastle, IN
ON PURPOSE
My name is Kyle Spiegler and I am 12-years-old. What the hell is going on with Santa Cruz? I can't believe pros skate those pieces of crap! I have had a lot of different boards and I have broken two. One, a Creature "on purpose." I broke the Santa Cruz ollieing over a school yard water drain and the tail snapped. Not even an hour later I snapped the nose off. I see pros doing tailslides and ollieing gaps all the time. Do they sell crappy boards only to the public?
Kyle Spiegler Oroville, CA
No, only to kids named Kyle. T-ed.
VICTORIA'S SECRET
Whilst flicking through issue #243 (April, SOTY) a friend pointed out that on the black and white double spread of Geoff Rowley's frontside bluntslide in France (pg 86-87), Geoff appears to be wearing a thong. Is Geoff finally severing his British ties, or just out to tease the ladies? I thought current skate fashion couldn't get anymore bizarre...
Anonymous
Manchester, United Kingdom
I have a secret: Under my clothes I'm naked! T-ed.
CABIN FEMER
From one true skater to another, there aren't many of us left, Cards, Hosoi, Trujillo, Gonz, Bourne, Alva, Senn, Stranger, Anderson, Ryan Johnson, etc. are some of the pure skaters, and even though I have no sponsors I am a true, pure skater too. Yesterday it snowed here in Sidney, BC. Today the sun came out and dried up some of the concrete, but not all of it. I still went out in the cold and blasted big ollies over snow chains, power-slides in the water, speeding through cars towards the park...no one there except for some kids with a remote control car. I had fun anyway, forgetting the fact that I put rubber cement and Ductape on my board to keep it together, and Ductape on the ollieside of my sneaker. It's a blast knowing that I'm skating in the cold and snow with no brand names on, while the rich kids with their World Industries gear and their fancy Grind King trucks are in their mansions complaining about the weather while they watch 55-inch DVD home entertainment systems. Fuck them. They don't know wh at the words determination, desire and fun really mean, like I have come to know through the years. Where has stylish, flowing, original skating gone? All the kids are trying kickflips at the park, yet when I do 360s or smooth ollies...am I the only one who can tic-tac? I can skate all terrains, anytime, any place. And I can create anytime, any place. Jake, if you know any fellow skaters who want an original, independent, creative, free madman to skate for their 100-percent-skateboarding company or product, let me know. I got bills too, you know. And I'd like to get away from these damn winters. Keep on keepin' on with the realness, the road trips, the rippin' mag and the burning fire.
Ian
Sidney, British Columbia
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| Publication: | Thrasher |
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| Date: | Aug 1, 2001 |
| Words: | 1325 |
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