Thrasher back issues from December 2003:
Chocolate factory.(Mail Drop)
Dec 01, 2003; Castillo, Sean ... Hey Jake, though you probably do not remember me, I sure as hell remember you. I know that you get letters like this everyday, so please bare with my generic dribble. I met you last Saturday at the world premiere of Th1rt3en. We took a picture together, and another of you, me and Salman ....
Pre-fabulous.(Mail Drop)
Dec 01, 2003; Miller, Tom ... Every American has a right to earn a living in a manner he or she sees fit within the boundaries of law. Skaters whose companies deem appropriate to serve as spokespersons for certain products are certainly free to endorse any such product, however ridiculous. The question of endorsement ...
Pool dust.(Mail Drop)
Dec 01, 2003 ... I am on a slow, but hopefully successful, mission to bring back the old school skate-punk scene hem in Arizona--Tempe, Phoenix, Chandler and so on area. I live in Mesa, and if you've been to the Mesa park you know it's nothing to brag about, but I live down the street from it so I do the ...
Zine thing.
Dec 01, 2003 ... PERNA, #12 What magazine is bold enough to ask the question: "Kuka vittu lahtee festareille oikeasti katsomaan bandeja?" Or has the balls to Ask skater Tommi Hakanen "No uskaltaisitko?" It could only be Perna, Finland's only skate mag. And the language could only be Finnish, ...
Anatomy of an epiphany.
Dec 01, 2003 ... SO YOU AND SOME FRIENDS GET TOGETHER, horf some crank and come up with a "new sport," Call it "Mountain Blading" or "Dirt Napping" and you're the first pro. When asked to ...
Waiting for Hosoi.
Dec 01, 2003; Burnett, Michael ... HOW SAD IS IT that in this time of renewed interest in big air, backyard bowls, concrete parks and elaborate costumes, the veritable king of all these things is stuck holding court in an eight-by-eight cell. Christian Hosoi could out-blast Omar, out-style Tony T, out-gnar Hewitt and ...
Choppy's big event: so Choppy pulled it off. Some people had faith, and others were skeptical of what his motives were for putting on a contest at Aumsville skatepark in Oregon.
Dec 01, 2003; Hammeke, Joe ... WHEN THE WORD WENT OUT about the planned comp, reactions ranged from "Cool, I'll be there," to "Do you know why they call him Choppy?" But he did it. With cash kicked down from Red Bull, Savier and Analog, Choppy had a cool G for first place, while nearly everyone entered walked away with ...
The greatest night of my life.
Dec 01, 2003; Castillo, Sean ... IT'S 7:24PM AND I'M STANDING OUTSIDE of Slim's. It's about 60 degrees outside, I'm freezing my ass off. A bum comes up to me with a sign reading: "2 Jokes for $1." My cheap ass doesn't feel like spending a dollar on a joke, so the guy in front of me and I both pitch in a quarter to hear ...
Scratched fish-eye: my slow burn in Europe with Enjoi.
Dec 01, 2003; O'Dell, Patrick ... BEFORE BEING ASKED TO GO ON THE ROAD WITH ENJOI I was hiding out in New York, and as I often do these days, halfway hoping and halfway dreading that someone would invite me on a tour. Matt Eversole called and asked if I'd like to accompany them to Portugal and Spain--great news! In all my ...
Bastien Salabanzi: the Thrasher interview.
Dec 01, 2003; Burnett, Michael ... THERE'S A LOT TO BE SAID about this young talent extraordinaire, but I'll keep it short. The first time I saw Bastien skate he was 14 and tiny. He was doing insane tricks pretty much every try and it was clear that he was miles ahead of his league (and pretty much everybody else, for that ...
Spring Break forever!
Dec 01, 2003; Burnett, Michael ... SPRING BREAK IS KILLER. It's a time to party; get totally wild and party. I love Spring Break, man. Which is why I was so excited when Lee Dawg hit me on the hip to let me know I was getting invited on the Zero Spring Break US Tour. "But Lee, it's July," I texted him. ...
Steve Nesser: "represent skateboarding in a good way".(Heads)
Dec 01, 2003; Tsocheff, Karma ... You're moving from Minneapolis out to Oakland, right? How's that going to affect the whole Iota thing? Aren't you running some of that shit? Not really. I just try and figure out what's going down with skateboarding for Iota; keep the skaters in the mix. Other than that, Joe ...
Ernie Torres: "I always see myself killing it".(Heads)
Dec 01, 2003; Ramondetta, Peter ... Alright, big Ern ... what's all that sugar for? That's my morning coffee. Where are you from, big Ern? I'm originally from Mexico, but I lived my whole life in Oklahoma; Muskogee and Tulsa. What do you think of Tulsa? Awesome ...
Chad Bartie: "I have a flat, long foot like a flipper".(Summer)
Dec 01, 2003; Burnett, Michael ... So Chad, y'all healed up after this massive injury? Yes. What happened to you? Just folded my ankle very badly. I think I separated my ankle. So it was just dangling off your foot? I folded my leg outwards, then something popped and I ...
Trick names are jacked! The half-Cab fallacy.
Dec 01, 2003 ... SO, WE GET THIS LETTER FROM SOME WISE-ASS who tells us how we're doing it all wrong. Deathmetal Dave claims trick names are incorrect and then gives a doctoral dissertation on his thesis. Normally, that would be considered blasphemy punishable by death but in this case we admired his ...
Terror.
Dec 01, 2003; Childers, Oakland L. ... ANY HARDCORE BAND WORTH ITS SALT has a tough row to hoe. With the genre now over 20 Fears old, there's not a lot that hasn't been said, and not too many ways left to say it. Basically, a band has two choices--get a gimmick or find a way to make a sometimes-stale musical genus fresh again ....
Mt Egypt.
Dec 01, 2003; Fitzpatrick, Leo ... IT IS REALLY DIFFICULT to sum up Travis Graves in a few words. Or even, for that matter, in an interview--a good guy full of random thoughts is one way to put it. His new record Battening The Hatches just came out, so you should go buy it. I'm sure if you can sit through this interview ...
Prince Paul.
Dec 01, 2003; X, Aki ... COLD CHILLIN' POOLSIDE at the Grafton Hotel on Sunset with my man Prince Paul, it's a beautiful hot, sunny evening in Ho-llywood, and it's on baby. Yep, the same legendary Prince Paul that produced Stetsasonic, De La Soul and the almighty Gravediggaz back in the day. Paul has a hanging new ...
Superjoint ritual.
Dec 01, 2003; Petros, George ... THEY'RE PISSED, BUT THEY'RE COOL. They let fly modern metal, but their hearts lie in country and southern rock. They're peaceful, but they kick ass. Sometimes the contradictions get outta hand; sometimes a familial vibe smoothes it all out. They're Superjoint Ritual, a supremely cool ...
These arms are snakes.
Dec 01, 2003; Orzek, Kurt ... THEY'RE QUITE POSSIBLY the best new punk band 2003 has produced thus far. The Blood Brothers just took them on the road for a full month, well before even a drop of their music reached stores. And their name will knock your grandma off her rocker and into the kitchen sink. ...
Streets: "this band has always been.".
Dec 01, 2003; Hammeke, Joe ... STRAIGHT OUT OF Vancouver, BC, STREETS are hitting the road for a two-month North American tour. With a we're-down-for-whatever attitude, a trusty van, skateboards, and some loose connections along the way, they should make it home alive. What follows is an interview with all of them about ...
The starvations.
Dec 01, 2003 ... I GET THE FEELING, OVER AND OVER AGAIN, somewhere in the middle of The Starvations' set when the band members, in turn, look mesmerized, energized, and saved, that this is a band that can't live without making music. It makes them, regardless if anybody else ever heard them. In perhaps one ...
Photograffit.
Dec 01, 2003 ... Heddings is in deep doo-doo. Nate Ling keeps hope alive with a Neil-inspired air in Midland, Michigan [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Nothing too special. Just Wyatt Keusch crushing through a frontside grind in SF, CA [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Travis Iden ...
Pepe Martinez: 3/11/73-9/26/03.
Dec 01, 2003; Hall, Chris ... PEPE MARTINEZ. MY MAN. P DOUBLE--the king of style, my brother. The best friend anyone could ask for passed away last Friday. He was one of the greatest skateboarders ever to live. He skated with such grace and style, and it was a pleasure to watch him get down on a skateboard. Pepe was so ...
Thank you to everyone for your support during our time of need: greetings from London.(New Deal Skates UK Ltd)
Dec 01, 2003 ... New Deal UK and Warrior Blaze Ahead Britain's top skate distributors are unfazed by the fire which destroyed (see images below) their flagship warehouse HQ in London on the night of Thursday August 7th. The huge blaze was one of the biggest in London this year, according to the ...
Thrasher[R] comix.
Dec 01, 2003 ... Send all of your comics and comic-related images to: Thrasher Comix PO Box 884570 SF, CA 94188-4570 For Zeus' sake, how about sending your best stuff so as not to make this spread a complete crud-fest. Sending your garbage drawings is like walking up to the think tank and ...
Letter bombs.
Dec 01, 2003 ... THINGS WERE LOOKING BLEAK. Another month of the same old same--Skulls? Check. Flames? Check. Then we got this epic monstrosity from Jason Graham to your immediate right. We're stoked and back in business ... The perspective on this board focus is off but A for effort. Josh ...
Trash.
Dec 01, 2003 ... EAST WEST GOOD NEWS FOR KAREEM CAMPBELL AND JAVIER NUNEZ--they're the newest riders on Zoo York. Caine Gayle also bounced back from the fall of City Stars, scoring a sweet spot on Monkey Stix. Meanwhile, Moses Itkonen went back to his roots--way back--earning a pro model on ...
On board.
Dec 01, 2003 ... Send to On Board at: PO Box 884570 SF, CA 94188-4570 or email us your Fives, jokes and lip-flapping flappedry at www.thrashermagazine.com Firing Line: Heath Kirchart Date of Birth: 09.05.77 Hometown: Santa Ana, California First Board: Roller ...
Somethin' else.
Dec 01, 2003 ... DOUBLE VISION EVERYBODY HATES A SHOW-OFF so when somebody is ripping you into the ground ask ...
