Thrasher back issues from December 2001:
MAIL DROP.
Dec 01, 2001 ... Condemn as wrong all ding dongs, king kongs and songs of thong at: Mail Drop c/o THRASHER PO Box 884570 San Francisco, CA 94188-4570 SKATE MORE STUDY LESS Thank you Thrasher heads. My Matt Field issue (October 2001) came in the mail a couple days ago and has bumped my ...
X-GAMES, ONE BAD TRIP.(skating in Philly)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2001; O'Dell, Patrick ... The wise words of Lance Mountain in the Girl video basically echo the sentiment I felt wandering around the X-Games while dumb-ass kids clawed for stickers, and jock security kept them in line. Maybe I've turned into an old-ass bitter, crabby like one of those geezers from the park who ...
SKANKY TOWN REQUIEM.
Dec 01, 2001; Weyland, Jocko ... SKATE SPOTS COME AND GO. SOME ENDURE LONGER THAN others, but even seemingly everlasting concrete can't survive the inevitable. Nothing lasts forever. The Vermont Drop, Upland, and EMB are just three examples of legendary playgrounds that have been sessioned and then destroyed over the past ...
Truckstop's.(Review)
Dec 01, 2001; Lundry, Wez ... Truckstop's been at it for awhile; this is issue #12, and it shows with clean layout and execution from the swamp tog capital of the world, Florida (well, Oregon is up there too ...) A couple interviews, Charleston SC footage (The Hangarl), Tampa Am stuff, street skating and a skate travel ...
Treats From the Underground.(magazine)(Review)
Dec 01, 2001; Lundry, Wez ... Treats From the Unerground! Sounds suspiciously like Thrasher's music column, but no, this is pure metal. Lots of interviews with bands with words like but "assault," "carnage," and "chaos," but really, a review of Insane Clown Posse? Ouch. Still, lotsa reviews ...
Rawhyde.(Review)
Dec 01, 2001; Lundry, Wez ... Rawhyde is a product of Tennessee, but it looks like it covers Florida, It takes a decidedly nostalgic look at skating--it is hard to imagine that any of the photos in this one are less than 10-years-old--even the 'zine ...
Butter.(skate magazine)(Review)
Dec 01, 2001; Lundry, Wez ... This is a 'zine outta Colorado by the name of Butter. "OK, the name is bad but I am gonna give it a chance," I thought. It's got some good skate flicks in there and it's got a semi-slick look, but still enough misspellings and typos for an issue #1. Cool retrospective on Texas vert skating ...
DANCE OF DAYS: Two Decades of Punk in the Nation's Capitol.(Review)
Dec 01, 2001; Childers, Oakland L ... For a lot of people, Washington, DC is not just the nation's seat of power or the home of countless museums, monuments and memorials. It is also a city where a musical revolution started more than 20 years ago. Mark Andersen spent a good part of the last two decades documenting DC punk ...
PATTI AND I FOUND OUR WAY TO EACH OTHER.(relations through skating)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2001; Melcher, Patrick ... PATTI AND I FOUND OUR WAY TO EACH OTHER through the usual channels of skateboarding. Growing up in a mediocre town in Illinois, you tend to notice those who stand out. I've known her since we were in middle school and we've been roommates for three years. Patti is certainly one of the most ...
A BAKER TOUR NIGHTMARE.
Dec 01, 2001; Dell, Patrick O ... WELL, I'M IN PHILLY AND I SEE JON MINER AND HE'S ON THE BAKER TOUR as a filmer for Emerica, and I ask if he wants to go skate and take some pictures. One thing leads to another and Andrew Reynolds is like, "You should come on the whole tour." Damn, this is a break! I at first thought it ...
PETER SMOLIK.(skateboarder)(Brief Article)(Interview)
Dec 01, 2001; Burnett, Michael ... "FOOLS BITIN' MY SHIT" I've been calling over here around three or four and you're still asleep. What's the latest you've ever slept in? Slept in? Seriously, probably about 10:15pm. How has your life changed since your last Thrasher interview? ...
ALEX MOUL.(skateboarder)(Brief Article)(Interview)
Dec 01, 2001; Burnett, Michael ... "NOT QUITE A HAMMER PROGRAM MAN" What was the highlight of your early '90s pro career? My first pro contest beating Ed Templeton. What were your moves you took him out with? Five-forty ollies, front-foot impossibles, bag ladies down the ...
CHAD FERNANDEZ.(skateboarder)(Interview)
Dec 01, 2001; Burnett, Michael ... "I DON'T GO LOOKING FOR FIGHTS" Where does your hair go from here? Dreads? Yeah, it's dreads. Probably get cut in, like, less than a year, I know that. Were there any treatments to get it to this state? Treatments? Just twisting it, I guess ....
BITE THIS.(giving away skateboarding information)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2001 ... IN LIFE, IMITATION IS THE MOST SINCERE form of flattery; in skateboarding, it's the same way. "You make red socks? Well, we make red socks." So on and so forth. In the magazine realm it's no different. We can't run a sequence of Rick Jefferson frontside nosesliding something that Steve ...
THE SUMMER OF MY CONTENTMENT.(skateboarder recalls fun summer)
Dec 01, 2001 ... WEZ LUNDRY SUMMERTIME THE BEST OF TIMES. Quit your job, or just work a shitty one that lets you take time off. Travel. Relax. Skate all day. Forget your troubles. Read a book. Find a new swimmin' hole. Sleep on couches. Sleep on floors. Sleep in cars. Sleep outside. Sleep on the ...
CASWELL BERRY INTERViEW.(skateboarder)(Interview)
Dec 01, 2001; Eversole, Matt ... Chocolate covered marshmallows, Coca-Cola, Jack's chicken sandwich--nothin' on it--Sour Straws, Doritos ...the list goes on and on. This is what fuels the Tiltmode Army's big gunnery lieutenant; 18-years-old and training to be Mikey in the new Life cereal commercial. "Let's get Caswell ....
GOOD RIDDANCE.(skateboarding changes)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2001; Rankin, Russ ... BLASTBEAT KINGS, SC PRIDE, DERBY REPRESENT. Such is Good Riddance, perched most deservedly atop skate rock's evolutionary ladder. Russ Rankin took a break from schooling the kids with doctorate-level lyricism and sent us his take on the history of the world. I bought my first ...
KURUPT.(rap singer)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2001; Kelsch, Martin ... GETTING HIS JUMP START ON BOTH SNOOP and Dr. Dre's debut albums, Kurupt has made a name for himself with his sarcastic and instigating lyrics blended with those unmistakable Westside beats. With his first solo album Kuruption in 1998 and then his ridiculous second classic, Tha Streetz is a ...
PANCHO AND REDBONE.(rock musicians evaluate other rock musicians)
Dec 01, 2001 ... A GUIDE TO ASS--KICKIN' ROCK HOWDY DOO FOLKS, MR. ANDY HARRIS HERE, writing at my desk unit near the verdant green hills of Palos Verdes. Now, from time to time I find myself doing articles in this esteemed publication you're reading, and nine times out of 10 these pieces have ...
TILTWHEEL.(interview with Davey, member of rock band)
Dec 01, 2001 ... Tiltwheel's the happiest sad music you're bound to hear. Take the broken whiskey bottle gruffness and the muted guitar explosion of Leatherface, the duct tape barely holding it togetherness of Crimpshrine, the so-tender-it-kills lyricism of Jawbreaker, and spray it with extra shots of ...
I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN.(punk rock music)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2001; Lundry, Wez ... I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN. ALL THE SPAZZY BANDS that are coming out now are leading me to one sinister conclusion: The new wave side of punk is coming back with a vengeance. Embrace it; it had to happen sooner or later. It was getting difficult to count the number of bands with "77" in their ...
HEY PUNK.(Experience Music Project event in Seattle, Washington)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2001; Lundry, Wez ... EXPERIENCE MUSIC PROJECT Seattle's Experience Music Project threw down their second annual "Hey Punk" skate rock event in August, and pulled off a seriously legendary show. This year's event was scaled down from last year's in that it didn't feature the panel discussions or ...
SHOP OF THE MONTH.(Skateworks in Northern California)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2001 ... Skate Works Santa Cruz, CA Felton, CA Mountain View, CA Redwood City, CA Skateworks has kept the skateboarding community rolling since the Strubing family opened their first store in the redwoods outside of Santa Cruz in 1988. Since ...
TOY MACHINE'S TOM AND JERRY.(news about skateboarders)
Dec 01, 2001; Burnquist, Bob ... TOY MACHINE'S TOM AND JERRY ARE NO LONGER AS Brian Anderson is riding for Girl and Brad Staba has signed on with Enjoi. Upon hearing the news, Elissa Steamer put in her two weeks to ride for the newly conceived, highly secretive Baker off-shoot Bootleg Boards, whose other team riders are ...
Firing Line.(brief profile of skateboarder)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2001; PAEZ, RICHARD ... Home Visalia, CA Age 23 Years skating 13 Car: 69 Chevelle Read? Thrasher Music: Bay Area rap and Suicidal First board: Buck Smith Tattoos: Black ink ...
Poet's Corner.(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2001 ... Chet Reeves I roll down the street straight cruisin' on my board chillin'. The thoughts of our messed world I'm losin' someone once told me to be humble but take what you can because soon you'll wish you had but you'll ...
Five.(best skateboarders and their moves)(Brief Article)(Illustration)
Dec 01, 2001 ... Best s itch tre flips 1. Rob Welsh 2. Rick McCrank 4. Eric Koston 5. Brian Wenning Chris Cowley, Portland, OR ...
Awful Truth.(skateboarder Christian R. Hosoi sentenced to prison on drug charges)(Brief Article)
Dec 01, 2001 ... HOSOI GETS 5 Nationally known skate boarder Christian. R Hosor, formerly of Lanikai, was sentenced to five years and 10 months in federal prison followed by three-years of supervised release for carrying nearly one-and-a-half pounds of crystal methamphetamine to Honolulu in ...
