Thrasher back issues from May 2002:
Mail drop.(Letter to the Editor)
May 01, 2002 ... State your position on dissin', fishin' and 10-foot transitions at: Mail Drop do THRASHER PO Box 884570 San Fransisco, CA 94188-4570 TUBE RIDE I saw a commercial--a Nike commercial. "No big deal," you say. "So what?" Well, it had a skateboarder in it. Haven't we ...
Skaters eye.(Brief Article)
May 01, 2002 ... Uber-skate journalist Jacko Weyland checks in on the state of the nation ... The Howard Johnson pool in Colton, right by the freeway. After clearing out the scum and the dead frogs we skated for three hours completely unmolested. The Inland Empire is a wasteland that affords ...
Zine thing.(Brief Article)
May 01, 2002; Lundry, Wez ... Volume #3 and #4 So I leave the country for a few weeks and I come home to two issues of Volume. They must be crankin' 'em out. This is some good quality dope, mostly park and street photos with more than a few names you'll recognize, an Andrew Reynolds interview, how to drive ...
I Love it when you call me Big Poppa: Grind king presents the paulo diaz switch ollie challenge.(skateboarding contest)(Brief Article)
May 01, 2002; Sterling, Eben ... I'M SO WASHED. I MISSED EVERY COOL PARTY AT THE RECENT ASR TRADESHOW IN Long Beach, CA. I missed Duane Peters' band, The Hunns, at the Black Label bash. I wasn't even informed of (let alone invited to) Blitz distribution's Tony Hawk 20-Year Anniversary party. Tradeshows are ...
Anatomy of a "liability issue".
May 01, 2002 ... RULES, LIKE FINE CHINA, ARE MEANT TO BE BROKEN. With all the fat city council people "kickin' down" public skateparks all over the ...
Brookings skatepark southern oregon on the 101. (Prime Cuts).(Brief Article)
May 01, 2002; Hammeke, Joe ... This year is promising several new parks brought to you by Dreamland. The first of the new year was nearing completion in January, and as expected is better than the parks before. Located in Southwest Oregon along Highway 101, Brookings is huge and features a donut design. The ...
Jon Reiter. (Canvas).(skateboard decoration)(Brief Article)
May 01, 2002; Partanen, Al ... JON IS A UNIQUE INDIVIDUAL, with the amazing ability to express himself in any medium. Be it drawing, tattooing, painting, building or designing, his distinct style shines through in all of his creations. Over the years he has ...
Destiny turns on the radio -- the deathbox expression session 2002: Each legendary pool lord charged hard with their former wheel print of cuts and glory.(skateboarding exhibition)(Brief Article)
May 01, 2002; Engel, Aubry ... The gates were guarded by Dago Hell's Angels "Fuzzy" and Brandon Kent. You had to "be on the list" or there's no entrance. word was out that this session was dedicated to Jay Adams and Christian Hosoi. Several salivated as they peered through the chain link fence surrounding a scene born ...
Totally later'd lukewarms to Tampa.(skateboarder narrative)
May 01, 2002; O'Dell, Patrick ... "Lukewarm" is my friend Brian Dale's word for a skater who--like himself--can do some tricks, get some photos, but for whatever reason isn't "hot crew." You can scratch your head 'til doomsday trying to find logic behind the hot crew/lukewarm complex. In the case of Dale, although his ...
Ethan Fowler: "It was purely for the kick". (Heads_Fowler).(skateboarder)(Interview)
May 01, 2002; Burnett, Michael ... I remember an interview where you said when you were a kid you would take speed and then film for sponsor-me videos. It wasn't for the videos. It was just purely for the kick. So you were like 14? Yeah, 13 or 14. What was it like? It ...
Chet Childress: Can't grab stalefish. (Heads_Childress).(skateboarder)(Brief Article)(Interview)
May 01, 2002; Hitz, Sam ... Do you consider yourself a handicapped skateboarder? I have a crooked-ass arm but I can walk straight and skate straight. I just can't grab stalefish. Who influenced your skating back in North Kakalakee, North Carolina? The Cold Crew all tore up. All the ...
Clint Peterson: "Be aware of your odor". (Heads_Peterson).(skateboarder)(Brief Article)(Interview)
May 01, 2002 ... Birdo How long do you expect to be a professional skateboarder? I'll juice it as long as I can. So, you're one of the milking types? I'd like to bow out gracefully someday, but come on, does anybody really do that? Do you plan on ...
Neil Heddings: "I like to get drunk and get naked". (Heads_Headdings).(skateboarder)(Brief Article)(Interview)
May 01, 2002; Burnett, Michael ... What were you like as a little kid? I was pretty normal, dude; really into sports and shit. What kinds of sports? I played soccer for nine years. I wrestled, played football until I realized I was too small. I did all the sports my pops introduced me to, ...
Indonesia.(skateboarding in Indonesia)(Brief Article)
May 01, 2002; Lundry, Wez ... THE MORE TIME I SPEND OVER THERE, THE MORE I find Indonesia has to offer skate-wise. Every time I go I am amazed by the hospitality (despite the State Department warnings) and new parks that are popping up everywhere. In Jakarta, Indonesia's sprawling capitol city of over 10 ...
Buster Douglass.(boxer)(Brief Article)
May 01, 2002 ... Mike Tyson was--at age 19--the youngest undisputed World Heavyweight Champion of all time. His name had become synonymous with the word fear, and when an unknown regular Joe by the name of Buster Douglass got the call for the title fight (he was at 42-to-1 odds in ...
Southwest invasion.(skateboarding in Arizona)(Brief Article)
May 01, 2002; Beardo, El ... IT ALL STARTED INNOCENTLY ENOUGH-A LITTLE jaunt down to San Diego for a bit of the old surf and skate, then hightail it across the desert to AZ for a bit of family holiday action with a little more skate and create thrown in. Right away, however, the situation turned unsavory in a French ...
Audiocrush.(music group)(Brief Article)
May 01, 2002; Rankin, Russ ... SO THERE'S THIS LITTLE LAST-OF-the-NorCal-surf-towns called Santa Cruz which finds itself severed from the daily grind by Mountains to the North and East and our beloved Pacific to the West and South (however that works). And not unlike an Amazonian sinkhole, small areas like SC cut off ...
Dag Nasty.(music group)(Brief Article)
May 01, 2002; Epstein, Joseph ... "IT WAS NEVER 'FIRE UP THE JET, get the reunion tour out,"' asserts Brian Baker, talking about his super high profile reunion effort by a certain legendary Washington DC punk/hardcore band. No, not that legendary DC hardcore band. After more than 10 years since its last effort together, ...
Har Mar superstar.(rhythm and blues musician)(Brief Article)(Interview)
May 01, 2002; Velasco, Alan ... Superstar," is one of the hottest new R&B sensations since Stevie Wonder or Michael Jackson. You may have heard stories about this funky one traversing the lands, a masterful dancer who has all the gnarly good looks of a young Ron Jeremy and the stage prowess of an Andy Kaufman. When asked ...
Converge.(singer Jacob Bannon)(Brief Article)(Interview)
May 01, 2002; Childers, Oakland L. ... "A total mess, or a brilliant artistic beneficence ..." WHAT IS ART? CAN IT BE A BLANK, white canvas? Or does it have to be a life-like representation of some person or thing? Does it have to be pleasant? Or can it be shocking, absurd, or even disturbing? Lots of people would say ...
Notes from the underground.(new music releases)(Brief Article)
May 01, 2002; Clemens, Stanislaus ... FAR AND AWAY THE NOISE THAT IS MAKING ME the happiest this month has got to be the new LP by The Clone Defects. It's entitled Blood on Jupiter and it's on the Tom Perkins Entertainment label straight outta Michigan. And these guys have gotta be on some dust, man. They are definitely ...
Behind the comix.(Brief Article)
May 01, 2002 ... If you noticed the crap pity-drawn floating screaming, dismembered hand in Pat Adriance's comic on the preceding page, then congratulations, you're an attentive reader (or a washed-up '80s vert dog). The hand is, of course, the old Santa Cruz Speed Wheels logo. Pat included the logo as an ...
Trash.
May 01, 2002 ... BOARD WARS IN A SHOCKING MOVE, TERRY KENNEDY TURNED HIS BACK on the Baker family for a spot on team Element. The intricacies of the move are unknown, but one can't wonder if the root of the matter wasn't financial. Seek is the new company from the sovereign sect of the Alien ...
Robber proves his love for S.F. banks. (Awful Truth).(Brief Article)
May 01, 2002; Brown, Alex ... A man tagged with robbing 14 San Francisco banks since mid-December struck twice Thursday, while a third financial institution also tall victim to a sizeable, but unrelated, heist. And in an unusual twist, the latter institution--Cal Fed at 99 Post St.--had bean staked out by ...
Firing line: Ryan Sheckler. (On Board).(Brief Article)
May 01, 2002 ... DOB: 12.30.89 Shoe size: 5 First ax: Acme Woodpecker First trick: Curb ollie Last trick: Hardflip Who's rad: Paul Machnau Best contest: Australia Triple Crown Rail feat: Feeble 13 Food: KFC ...
Five. (On Board).(Brief Article)
May 01, 2002; Soloman, Crystal ... Five Hair Do's 1. Donger 2. 'Nandez 3. Appleyard 4. Penny 5. Calloway ...
Funbox. (On Board).
May 01, 2002 ... Q: How do you get a blonde to laugh in church? A: Tell her a joke on Friday. --Doug Martin, Sacramento, CA ...
Poet's corner. (On Board).(Poem)
May 01, 2002; Snyder, Jake ... Skatin' (Old School) I treat skating like living, busting mad tricks, looking cool in front of the chicks. Ollie down stairs, bust 180 kickflips, Boneless, pop shove-it, power slide this? Chillin' on a corner ...
Somethin' else.(Brief Article)
May 01, 2002 ... Three Wheel Louie NAMING TRICKS NOWADAYS IS KINDA LAME: Hardflip crooks, switch feeble ... In the old days, people made up cool names like Gay Twist, Wooly Mammoth, Sex Change, and Fall Guy ....
