Thrasher back issues from November 2003:
Ride this.(Mail Drop)
Nov 01, 2003; Griffins, Sam ... I know this isn't a music magazine, but I know a lot of people that read Thrasher like punk. My real reason for writing is to say how pissed off I am, not at skateboarding, but at the state of punk rock. Let's face it, its on life support. One wrong move and it's dead. I mean, look at the ...
Hot not.(Mail Drop)
Nov 01, 2003; Rushing, Sean ... What was Avril Lavigne thinking when she made that song "Sk8r Boi?" I'm disgusted. Does anybody out there remember when skating used to make you a rebel? Now its "cool" to skate. Cell phones, Nike and soft drinks are all trying to get a piece of the action. Plus, I'm ...
New Jack hustler.(Mail Drop)
Nov 01, 2003; Rodriguez, Fernando ... I'm 14 and I got jumped by a group of posse. I was skating with a friend of mine towards the Board Asylum in Petaluma. We were by a Clover's building and a car stopped in front of us. We tried to go across the street when five 18-or-older guys came up to us. We grabbed our boards and tried ...
Freeze up.(Mail Drop)
Nov 01, 2003; Montes, Andrew ... A few days ago at the skatepark some dude in a purple Vans shirt told me that I "skate like 1989." I'm not sure if that's good or bad, because I've only watched up to 1986 on VH-1's I Love the '80s series. Man, Ferris ...
Hard find.(Mail Drop)
Nov 01, 2003; Harker, David ... My first intention was to divulge unto you the tales of a Dullard. Unfortunately, I did not receive my promotion from Oaf to Dullard; therefore, you will have to settle for disclosure concerning tales of an Oaf. On account of the evidence presented in my two letters prior to this one many ...
Good Ol'Fred.(Mail Drop)
Nov 01, 2003; Salvan, Fred ... I don't mind Nike ads or other corporate-brand ads, while most of your editing tends to glorify all of the "non-corporate" specs of our activity. I do not mind you publishing reader's letters, pouring shit on to Tony Hawk's face while regularly printing ads showcasing, in corporate ...
More corps.(Mail Drop)
Nov 01, 2003; Sgrignuoli, Francis ... I'm writing on behalf of the soldiers in my company (B-CO 54th engineer battalion), currently forward deployed somewhere in Iraq. Somehow we (engineers) always get shafted on luxuries that other soldiers often take advantage of. Luxuries like water not containing gastro-intestinal bacteria ...
Zine thing.
Nov 01, 2003 ... PICK YOUR POISON, #1-3; YOU IDIOT!, #1-2 Can you believe it? Someone actually put a good amount of thought and time into doing two kick-ass 'zines, Pick Your Poison and You Idiot! outta Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Pick Your Poison issues are mainly autobiographical stories that ...
Back to the city?(Anatomy)
Nov 01, 2003 ... REMEMBER THAT SHIT? Man, Wallenberg was PACKED after that one contest! See, the Big Four is like some kinda 'boardin' Holy Grail ....
The greatest skate lies ever told.
Nov 01, 2003; Lundry, Wez ... PRESIDENTS ARE LIARS. They tell tall tales about their trysts with tawdry trollops in the White House, and even worse, they tell lies that get us into wars. Everybody has lied at something worse. But lies are told for a million other reasons as well. From insecurity come the lies that are ...
Three shots Zoo York tour.
Nov 01, 2003; O'Dell, Patrick ... BYGONES I WAS EXCITED TO BE INVITED ON A ZOO YORK TOUR. Even though it was meant to be a bogus demo tour with lots of driving and only a few days off, I was excited because I had never traveled with them and wanted to prove my competence. I think they doubted my professionalism ....
Up high ... girl gone wild.
Nov 01, 2003; Smyth, Sam ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: Rick McCrossbone, Sacto cage match [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: Brian shields us from his hot dog breath. That guy's always looking out for his fellow man [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: The chics ...
Nothing is Free.
Nov 01, 2003; Julie ... No demons & no free rides, well except the old team van with half a million miles on it a stripped transmission & a wicked exhaust leek (see photo of Pete). That was free I guess. But that was the idea we left town with. To skate where we wanted when we wanted & camp out across the land ....
Award tour: world team in Colorado.
Nov 01, 2003; Pommier, Scott ... WHEN YOU WRITE you're supposed to keep your intended audience in mind. That could very well be the first rule of journalism, I don't know. I wasn't a journalism major in college. I went to art school, and only for one year at that. I learned about the history of chair design. At one point ...
Double fisted.
Nov 01, 2003; Burnett, Michael ... NICK SCURICH was already gainfully employed as a video dude when he approached me for tips on improving his skate photos. "I'm having some problems," he said. It's not that they sucked ...well, actually they did. But unlike many novices, Nick was willing to deal with the sucking ....
Broke off: birdhaus.
Nov 01, 2003; Woods, Shelby ... WHAT'S THE FIRST THING THAT COMES TO MIND when the words "Birdhouse" and "road trip" are said? I pictured rollin' with Tony Hawk and a huge entourage in a pimped-out tour bus, with portable vert ramps being towed from town to town and hundreds of kids and rednecks hollering "900!" and ...
All hail the new world order.
Nov 01, 2003; Smith, Ryan ... SECRET SOCIETIES, ANCIENT SECTS, AND CRYPTIC CULTS. They're out there, behind the scenes, pulling the strings of world events, orchestrating military coups and putting spooky symbols on our money. Some say these shadow groups have dictated the course and outcome of almost every war, ...
Cacti widders: "back in the day, corporate America would never have even gone near skaters or punk.".
Nov 01, 2003; Tsocheff, Karma ... TOM KNOX? WHAT IS MODERN MAN? Good punk rock records? Get it all here. Knox, you know the dude: Shaved head, pegged army fatigues, ShooGoo'ed Vans--you know the dude---whose legend has it ground a new pair of Indys to the axle in one day. Cacti Widders ...music? Or a tarantula-infested ...
An Albatross: "you gotta be a lot smarter in building it up than you do breaking it down.".
Nov 01, 2003; Erickson, Rob ... BOREDOM IS A DANGEROUS THING and intelligence just adds gas to the fire. Take a bunch of wise asses from a Northeastern coal town with tons of character make them even more bored with what's going on around them, and a crude recipe of two parts will synthesize into something much more ...
Mikey dread.
Nov 01, 2003; X, Aki ... WE ARRIVED AT THE W HOTEL in Beverly Hills to chill once again with the legendary roots reggae pioneer and revolutionary Mikey Dread. He tells me "This ain't about no pussy or money, it's about the good chronic," and do I have any? I roll a phat L, while Shel gets flicks of Uncle Mikey ....
The skulls.
Nov 01, 2003; ReTodd ... THIS ISN'T SUPPOSED TO WORK. The facts are that most punk reformations blow goats. Usually the only astonishing thing is how quickly nostalgia gets turned into wheelbarrows of cash. But LA's Skulls are a noticeable exception. True: In 1977, the band Billy Bones was in played and had a ...
The Spits.
Nov 01, 2003; Lundry, Wez ... THE SPITS are the partially retarded stepchildren of a back alley encounter involving the Ramones and Devo. They rock, and they are funny as shit. They seriously want to kick out the rock and avoid the crybaby whining, but they also want to have a good time. They go through costume phases ...
Bored stiff.
Nov 01, 2003; Harvin, Mark ... WITHOUT A GROUP RELEASE IN A WHILE, some of you new jacks may still need to learn about the Stiff. You couldn't always produce, record, and burn your own album on your iMac in a couple days. And that used to he OK, because not everyone wanted to make their own album. I know, I know, hard ...
The forgotten.
Nov 01, 2003; McHale, Loch ... THE FORGOTTEN IS THE FIRST BAND I saw when I moved to San Francisco, at Stinky's Peep Show. All I can say is fuckin' amazing. A few years later I met them through a mutual friend and found out they were the nicest guys as well. I caught up with Gordy in Palo Alto to check in on the latest ....
Photograffiti.
Nov 01, 2003 ... Guess what? We're getting pickier. So make 'em ...
Thrasher comix.
Nov 01, 2003 ... Send all of your comics and comic-related images to: Thrasher Comix PO Box 884570 SF, CA 94188-4570 RAMA RANSON, Orr Menard, Chris ...
Thrasher hella pages (shops that are down with thrasher).
Nov 01, 2003 ... ALABAMA Birmingham Faith Cullman Highland Adventure Outfitters Jason Green Skateboards Gulf Shores Blonde John's Surf & Skate Hoover Ride Skateboards Montgomery ...
Spirit skate shop: spokane, WA.(Shop of the Month)
Nov 01, 2003 ... Spirit Skate Shop brings Spokane, Washington the best in skateboards, shoes and apparel. The shop holds an arcade space, snack room and private mini-ramp, and owner Steve Sanchez has dedicated himself to bettering the skateboard scene, bringing at least three pro demos each ...
Hot Foot.(Trash)
Nov 01, 2003 ... ALAN PETERSEN HAS SIGNED ON WITH 88 FOOTWEAR, WHO ARE bolstering their forces since Corey Duffel and cohorts were singed when the ...
Barge park.(Trash)
Nov 01, 2003 ... Many skate industrialists have downsized as of late in the effort to keep lean and mean. But can any match the always politically cognizant Fausto Vitello in his latest switch towards global consciousness? Apparently gone forever are his days of monumental Detroit hysteric horsepower, ...
Mo' D-T.(Trash)
Nov 01, 2003 ... The highly hyped Downtown in Dogtown festival misfired under mysterious circumstances. The original venue of the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium was cancelled, but a semi-secret "party type" event was held a couple of blocks away in a hotel. But where was the concert-art show awards-show ...
Old muck.(Trash)
Nov 01, 2003 ... Has the fugacious writer Kevin Wilkins finally found his place in this universe? Wilkins' current project is Skateperody, which is a game show premiering at the Action Sports Retailer trade show. How over is it when the jocks, models and all of the industrial tycoons answer skate questions ...
Three dog night.(Trash)
Nov 01, 2003 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] What a band it would be: Gonz on ...
Four big boobs.(Trash)
Nov 01, 2003 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] High Speed's inked-up ad slugs go La-La ....
Hall of meat.(Trash)
Nov 01, 2003 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: Hey, it's not Sean ...
Hot shots.(Trash)
Nov 01, 2003 ... Some of the brats over at Birdhouse decided they'd had enough of whatever it is they're always complaining about and done split. Matt Allen is on Foundation and Joey Poiriez (after tailsliding Hollywood 16) is rumored on at Baker. Brian Anderson and Brad Staba have split with ...
Playboy $hort.(Trash)
Nov 01, 2003 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Mike Carroll ...
Poser of the month.(Trash)
Nov 01, 2003 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Poser: Nanuka of the North ...
Verbal void.(Trash)
Nov 01, 2003 ... "I wanted to settle the issue of who had the baddest car on the planet once and for all." --Fausto Vitello "The Downtown in Dogtown-CANCELLED." --SM Civic Auditorium Marquee "I just never thought it would happen, so how ...
Firing line: Forrest Kirby.(On Board)
Nov 01, 2003 ... Age: Twenty-something Shoe Size: 10 Home: Miami Beach, Florida Sponsors: Zoo York, Zoo clothes, Gold wheels, Shorty's hardware, Venture trucks, Goodtimes skateshop First Board: I had a Steve Cab as my first board. I had it for a year! I had it ...
Five ...(On Board)
Nov 01, 2003; Chode, Charlie ... Great "Ends-in-Y" 1. Danny Way 2. Pat Duffy 3. Tom Penny ...
Awful truth.(On Board)
Nov 01, 2003 ... JURY ACQUITS ACTOR HOWELL A jury acquitted actor C Thomas Howell on five misdemeanor counts Tuesday, saying no crime had been committed during his December confrontation with a skateboarder in Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley. The charges included hit-and-run, making a terrorist threat, ...
Poet's corner.(On Board)
Nov 01, 2003; Mororison, Jason ... I can't take, these fucking skate racists. Time to put them in their place, let them know we'll never break. They cannot mold of shape us, their threats won't ever shake us. Death before dishonor, alive they'll never take us. The fuckers are only jealous, of the power we posses. Freedom in ...
What's my line?(Somethin' Else)
Nov 01, 2003 ... RIDING SKATEPARKS takes peripheral vision. Your hardflip versus my switch bigspin could ...
