Thrasher back issues from December 2002:
Mail drop.
Dec 01, 2002 ... Confound every security clown when skating downtown at: Mall Drop c/o THRASHER PO Box 884570 San Francisco, CA 94188-4570 PHILLY FREEDOM I just wanted to say goodbye to the best place on Earth. We will all miss LOVE park and it's a shame that it has to end this way. ...
Despite everything: a Cometbus omnibus. (Zine Thing).
Dec 01, 2002 ... I raved about Aaron Cometbus' 'zine tor a long time, just as I have been reading it for the last 13 of its 20-or-so year existence. This is a book--in Cometbus terms a huge book--of collected stories from Cometbus over the years. It doesn't seem to follow a particular order, but that's ...
Tampa Bay grind, summer issue. (Zine Thing).
Dec 01, 2002 ... This is a cool 'zine that's got some Florida coverage, a road tip, interviews, etc. It's got a good color cover and some decent photos inside, but beware the spelling errors and kids -- when doing a 'zine, remember to check your facts. For the Tampa pro contest it says the top three vert ...
Almost Famous, #1. (Zine Thing).
Dec 01, 2002 ... As the world of desktop publishing blurs the fine line between magazine and 'zine, stuff like this one appears. It's only the first issue, but. Almost Famous is frill-color, on glossy paper, and full of full-page ads from big companies. The world is a crazy place. ...
The Answer Is Never: A Skateboarder's History of the World. (Zine Thing).
Dec 01, 2002; Lundry, Wez ... The Answer Is Never: A Skateboarder's History of the World. Jocko Weyland. New York.' Grove/Atlantic, 2002. Skateboarding, for skateboarders, is an intensely personal pursuit. Every single skater on the planet, from the highest paid pros to the guy who started skated ...
The streets have knobs, cracks, and security. The skateparks have fences, rules, moms, and--well, these guys. It's like trading in one headache for another. Class is in session.
Dec 01, 2002 ... MAD DOG The funny thing is, this guy rips. He's good. He lands some sick stuff. So how is it that he actually bums out everyone around him? The Mad Dog is the guy that devolves into an aggressive, territorial canine as soon as he hits the park His breathing becomes panting. His ...
Helmets, pigs on the lurk, and I hate the dirt that gets on my grip tape! Ahhhh! (Prime cuts).
Dec 01, 2002; Stephens, Luke ... AS CLOSE TO SF as a $5 dollar return-bridge toll will get you, Novato skatepark is newly-located on some of the most expensive property in America. Main County, home to rich ex-hippies, rock stars and Charles Manson, kicked down a park that's about a 5 on the Richter Scale. ...
There is essentially no tranny. A true street park. (Prime Cuts).
Dec 01, 2002; Scurich, Nick ... THIS IS A PARK that incorporates traditional street skate spots with modern skateparks. It has a wide variety of rails, hubba ledges, ledges, flat bars and stairs Good: Seamless ground, different-sized obstacles. If you're into skating street, there is essentially no tranny. A ...
Pole jokeys: dirty billy snags to Large at world's first handrail showdown.
Dec 01, 2002; Burnett, Michael ... WHEN NATAS AND GONZ WERE SMASHING INTO the three-stair banister back in '87, they had no idea such rudimentary rock 'n' roll sliding would birth a discipline that would quickly eclipse the then-popular launch ramping of the day. Nor did they have any inkling that rail skating would ...
Largest gap contest: September 6th, San Diego, CA.
Dec 01, 2002; Richardson, Stan ... ADVERTISED IN OUR MAG and as co-sponsor of said event, we got the list of 25 challengers blastin' at 4:30pm. The first test was 16-feet between a flat bank to a case-platform bank. Standouts were Huf, Reese, and The Butcher. Harold Hunter showed up and gave the crowd the "flying ...
Southie. (Canvas).
Dec 01, 2002; Vitello, Tony ... THAT GUY IS SUCH AN ASSHOLE. Wedgies were so 1986. What the hell is a Southie? Yeah, go ahead, keep talkin' shit, but let's see who's crying when Cohn Fiske eats all your Cocoa Puffs or Dave Vey pops a pogo onto your pinkie toe. You've got problems; Southie has solutions. There's nothing ...
Andrew Reynolds: the Thrasher interview.
Dec 01, 2002 ... MOST PEOPLE WOULD SAY "BOW-LEGGED!" WHEN ANDREW WAS BORN he was quite large--9 lbs 4 oz--and at the time I was very thin. Basically he just ran out of room in my stomach and got all crunched up in there. So when we went for his first well-baby check-up the doctor caught the ...
Endless scummer.
Dec 01, 2002 ... SKATEBOARDING IS ABOUT THE ROAD. Not demos or tours, but hitting the highway with a few of your friends and making things happen. That's what we did. What started out as a few people for a few days ended up growing to a dozen or so of us in multiple vehicles following each other to the ...
Pat Rakestraw: "the Street Rake". (Heads_Rakestraw).
Dec 01, 2002; Burnett, Michael ... Ok Pat, let's get some stats. I'm 21, from North Carolina--Chapel Hill. I live in San Diego now. You got sponsors? Black Label, Reef shoes, Revolution wheels, Endless Grind and that's about it. Have you ever had any nicknames? ...
Jason Adams: "punk rock, skate hard". (Heads_Adams).
Dec 01, 2002; Burnett, Michael ... Who is truly the mast beautiful of the BMC? Well, there are different levels of beauty. First name that pops into my head? JJ Rogers. And what is it about him that's so beautiful? He possesses all the traits: looks, attitude, history. He's got it all. ...
Ryan Gallant: "go outside and skate". (Heads_Gallant).
Dec 01, 2002 ... The "G" tattoo on the finger means: A. You're in a gang, B. "Gallant," or C. Sponsor tattoo? See, I don't even know how to answer that. D. All over your balls. Folks, you heard it here. Gallant and Gold wheels do gangster shit. What's the deal with the CCS boxer shorts? ...
Bosoxed.
Dec 01, 2002; Vitello, Tony ... A SIDE FROM THE RAW ACT OF STREET SKATING, my most cherished aspect of shredding is the funky characters drawn to and produced by the activity. Notice how I refrain from deeming it a sport. There are some fuckin' weirdos out there and the way I see it, the more the better. At this current ...
Omar's Bowls of death.
Dec 01, 2002 ... Omar Hassan is the best Bowl Buster on Earth! So weird that they named bowls after him in ...
[pi].
Dec 01, 2002; Diffel, Corey ... Diameter - length of straight line through the center of a circle Circumference - the external boundary of a circle or object Circumference/diameter = [pi] Pi is the Holy Grail of mathematics. Take an exact circle, any size. Divide the diameter by the ...
Eyes Adrift.
Dec 01, 2002; Petros, George ... SOMETIMES LEGACIES LOOM TOO largely dooming pedigreed rock stars to looping repetition and eventual self-parody. History overshadows those stars' attempts to be themselves after stints in critically-acclaimed bands, especially if their bands sold billions of records. It takes a special ...
Time In Malta.
Dec 01, 2002; Epstein, Joseph ... THE GUYS IN TIME IN MALTA ARE BORED. AT LEAST they should be. Sitting around Tucson, Arizona, the evening's show had been cancelled when the promoter suggested that there was a structural problem at the club they planned to play at. "The promoter called and says that one of the walls had ...
Girls against boys.
Dec 01, 2002; Wijesooriya, Ruvan ... OVER THE LAST 12 YEARS, GIRLS AGAINST BOYS HAS developed their own unique sound borne of '80s DC hardcore post-punk experimentalism and raw power-pop. They stay true to themselves. Any fan will tell you the only way to compare and contrast Girls Against Boys is to do so with an earlier ...
Hot Snakes.
Dec 01, 2002; Childers, Oakland L. ... "WHEN WE PLAY A SHOW," SAYS HOT SNAKES GUITARIST Rick Froberg, "we're the oldest fucking people in the room." But with age comes wisdom, and an innate ability to sniff out bullshit. With rock music in its current state, Froberg's nose must be clogged frill of the stuff. ...
Notes from the underground.
Dec 01, 2002; Lundry, Wez ... SCUMPUNKERS ANTISEEN HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR a decade and a half, and to prove they're that old they just re-released their first two EPs, "Drastic" and "Royalty," on one CD put out by TKO. These heavyweights are bloody and scary, and still going strong, and this shit rocks ... Nevermind the ...
The lust killers.
Dec 01, 2002; Calavera, Langhorne ... Right down the Street from the mag is a very Los Angeles-looking rock club called The Pound. Back in the day. The Pound was some sort of good eats place which featured an amateur stripper or lingerie show or somethin' at lunch time. Seems that lots of folks from the general area would head ...
Letter bumbs.
Dec 01, 2002 ... It seems that flames and skulls are the meat and potatoes of skater art. Do skulls remind us of our own mortality? Is skating rooted in the occult? Who cares? Just keep all those sketches of craniums and conflagrations coming to you-know-where. Thashter? Bad move. That comic ...
Trash.
Dec 01, 2002 ... HOUSE ARREST IN A MOVE CALLED DESTINY BY FRIENDS AND FOES ALIKE, flawless Paul Rodriguez is pro for Girl skateboards with boards to arrive in stores posthaste. Fear not Kareem disciples, as the City Stars are holding strong, with rumors of a new Mike Taylor-led company out of ...
On board.
Dec 01, 2002 ... FIVE RIP Spots 1. Tijuana 2. EMB 3. Cologne 4. LOVE 5. Hubba Enrique Chacon, Chula Vista, CA No Shows 1. Markovich--ASR 2002 2. Choppy Omega--Quito full pipe 3 ....
