Thrasher back issues from January 2004:
Let 'em roll ...
Jan 01, 2004 ... EVER SINCE Back to the Future got me out and rolling, going on road trips has been my favorite part of being a skater. And ever since I started this job I've been desperately trying to recreate the fun that I have when I go on skate trips with my friends--the thrill of new spots, the ...
Seattle slew.(Mail Drop)(Letter to the Editor)
Jan 01, 2004; McKenna, Sean ... As a loyal Thrasher reader and a skateboarder of 18 years I have a question, Wez Lundry: Could you recommend me a good product to help remove a certain Independent Trucks Co sticker from my truck? Maybe you could come to FDR to help me with my project. I ...
Crust palace.(Mail Drop)(Letter to the Editor)
Jan 01, 2004; P, Mike ... I've been meaning to write this letter for awhile now. I was looking through some old mags the other day, along with some recent ones and I noticed something consistent with all of the letters that you publish in Mail Drop. They are all from kids just bitching about how pro skaters and the ...
Cash cow.(Mail Drop)(Letter to the Editor)
Jan 01, 2004 ... If your mag keeps on putting out this "sell out" trash I'll cancel my subscription. Also, you had no right to talk shit about BMXers, Those guys nave been skater bros since the dark ages. Please retract that story about "BMX Jihad." By the way, I've never rode ...
No love.(Mail Drop)(Letter to the Editor)
Jan 01, 2004; Feguer, Jennifer ... I know this has nothing to do with skateboarding, but I got some stuff to tell you. Me and my sister and my brother and a bunch of our friends were chilling one night, and we decided to duct-tape our friend to a stop sign. Well, we got him all taped up and then every time a car would go by ...
See above.(Mail Drop)(Letter to the Editor)
Jan 01, 2004; Wadley, Seth ... To all you sober punks reading this, I am here to discuss the punk attitude. It's not spitting in people's faces and telling them to screw off. No, it's living life day by day and expressing yourself, dying by the sword of an economic dictator running the "cool" and "lame" factors. I am ...
Baked Alaska.(Mail Drop)(Letter to the Editor)
Jan 01, 2004; McCroskey, Brian ... I have been skating since the eighth grade. When I started out I was a Muska wannabe, but so were a lot of skaters. I'm 16, without a license, and I live in Kansas. If you have read letters by other people from Kansas and they say it sucks here, they didn't think that through. I like it. I ...
East side story.(Mail Drop)(Letter to the Editor)
Jan 01, 2004; Eggers, Eric ... Back in the day (1985), skating was my life. There wasn't a minute that went by where I did not have my board in hand. I progressed to the point that I had my own board out on Dead Industries, the company owned by the East Coast's Vinny Raffa. I got to go over to London and Paris. I also ...
Of "stop the car".(Anatomy)
Jan 01, 2004 ... THE MILES PASS BY and then all of a sudden someone yells, "Did you see that ditch?" The van pulls over and the session goes down. "360 flip to fakie? Hardflip to fakie? Umm ... what should I do?" "I only skate big shit. Got a cig?" "I made that up in ...
King of the Road 2003.
Jan 01, 2004 ... HOW IT ALL WORKS ... 4 TEAMS, [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] EACH WITH 5 HAND-PICKED SKATERS, [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 1 PHOTOGRAPHER, 1 FILHER, AND 1 TEAH HANAGER. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ALL WITH 2 WEEKS TO HAKE IT TO ...
Team eS.(King Of The Road/Fourth place)
Jan 01, 2004; Ogden, Luke ... IN THE BEGINNING, Thrasher had the idea to pit four or five teams against each other in a race across the country to skate as much stuff as possible. Once all the teams were decided, I had to pick one of them to shoot along the way. To my relief, someone on eS requested that I ...
Running on empty team Volcom.(King Of The Road/Third Place)
Jan 01, 2004; Pommier, Scott ... BEGINNING OF THE ENTROPY JUST BEFORE LEAVING FOR THIS TRIP a friend gave me a book on CD; Stephen Hawking's The Theory of Everything. The book summarizes much of Hawking's life-long work in the field of theoretical physics, and chronicles the various models for the universe from ...
Tumyeto army.(King Of The Road/Second Place)
Jan 01, 2004; Burnett, Michael ... MIAMI WE FLEW INTO MIAMI IN HIGH SPIRITS. Our rental van was big and red (a good sign), but without a tape deck (bad omen?). Everyone was badgering me about details of the contest as we loaded up to drive to South Beach. "It will all become clear very soon," I said ...
Team DLX.(King Of The Road/First Place)
Jan 01, 2004; Phares, Jasin ... IT WAS SOME TIME in early March when I received the call from Burnett regarding what's now known as the King of the Road contest. He gave me the basic plan for the race--no details yet, and all I could think of was the movie Cannonball Run with Burt Reynolds. I mean, this could be a ...
King of the road 2003: team DLX.(King Of The Road/By The Numbers)
Jan 01, 2004 ... FINAL POINT STANDINGS 1st: Deluxe--2830 2nd: Tumyeto--2790 3rd: Vulture--2710 4th: eS--1440 MVP: MOST TRICKS Tumyeto: Johnny Layton (20) Volcom: (tie) Caswell Berry, Javier Sarmiento (19) Deluxe: ...
Protograffiti.
Jan 01, 2004; Harvin, Mark ... hieroglyphics GET YOUR WALLETS READY; the new Hiero album is here. When most get dropped from their labels they're done with the music biz, but these Bay Area superstars have built an empire envied by the underground. Launching their own label, and now another for other artists ...
Gold chains.
Jan 01, 2004; Soares, Jared ... TOPHER LAFATE IS THE MASTERMIND behind the genre-bending project dubbed Gold Chains--a musical collage that pieces together elements of punk rock, breezy techno, and gritty hip-hop beats with a bit of Bay Area flavor. To sum it up in two words his new album, Young Miss America, is party ...
Gone fishin'.(Trash)
Jan 01, 2004 ... IN WHAT MUST BE HIS 10TH OR 11TH TEAM JUMP, STREET-STYLE innovator Kris Markovich has left what was assumed to be his own company (Hollywood) to ride for the re-forming Blind (formerly the Gonz's company). Weiss-Side Management also managed to lure vertical powerhouse Jake Brown over to ...
Hot Damn.(Trash)
Jan 01, 2004 ... At the recent Damn-Am contest in the OC, Mystery's Ryan Bobier snagged first, while Ryan Clements snagged some joker in a headlock. Complete report next issue. In spooky news, Fresno's Ryan Johnson has signed up with Scarecrow in its latest Jim Gray inception. On the other side ...
Old guys get paid.(Trash)
Jan 01, 2004 ... Thought you were getting a park like Klamath only to have Skatewave show up with a bunch o: over-priced cookie-cutter obstacles? Blame the Skatewave pro team--Chet Childress, Jason Adams, Andy Mac, Cab and Scott Johnston Thanks bros--a paycheck's a paycheck, right? The San Pedro ...
Johns's rich.(Trash)
Jan 01, 2004 ... It was a dark day over at Black Label with Hassan, Agah, Hensley, and Speyer all having their models retired. Though we may see future limited editions ala Grosso, the ranks have been thinned. After a minor freak out, Label pro Ben Gilley split San Diego for his beloved Birmingham AL, ...
Trash it.(Trash)
Jan 01, 2004 ... How many times can you reshuffle skate-surf histrionics into movie fodder? Is Stacy Peralta again going to the well-used well? Peralta is already on record with innumerable Brigade videos, the Z Vans and Dogboys saga, the Lords of Dogtown, the Sean Penn Search for Captain Zero, a big wave ...
Hall of meat.(Trash)
Jan 01, 2004 ... Rad spot, purty colors, big pain. McCrank gets served with cemental gnarlitude [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Jason Thomas said this was a "ramp slam." Vert or mini ...
Second wind.(Trash)
Jan 01, 2004 ... Fat Mark Kaake, Jim Muir and Teague Muir have ventured so far down the lowrider bicycle path that they are reportedly considering doing business together. Will FM--who is an artist known to be part of the 77 Records/Sublime crew--somehow merge with Red Dog of Dogtown and Mike Muir of ...
Concrete crew.(Trash)
Jan 01, 2004 ... The cathartic disintegration and overt subterfuge of the Hubba Cabal keeps expanding. Is a move being made while certain prominent types are being distracted by Bogus Bruce, the minister of disinformation? How else can you explain the flowery yet impregnable language surrounding the ...
Did somebody say ...(Trash)
Jan 01, 2004 ... "Put your face in the game and go from punk to pro."--Tony Hawk's Underground "I'm going to drink away my fortune and start over, drinking from the beginning again."--Dustin Dollin ...
S.O.T.Y. video premiere: KCDC Skateshop, Brooklyn, NY, OCT.17, 2003.(Trash)
Jan 01, 2004 ... RIDDLE: What do you get when you put together a skate shop with a mini-ramp, tons of skaters, hot chicks, 30 cases of free Pabst, and Thrasher s latest skateboard video ? Answer: A great f#$king party. FOR THOSE OF YOU who haven't been paying attention. ...
On board.
Jan 01, 2004 ... Five New Smooth Styles 1. Ryan Gallant 2. Stefan Janoski 3. Pete Eldridge 4. Danny Renaud 5. Darrell Stanton --Matt Broughton, Raleigh, NC Best Videos 1. Sorry, Flip 2 ....
Function never fashion.(Somethin' Else)
Jan 01, 2004 ... SKATING TAKES BALLS and Gareth Stehr don't need cargo pants, stash pocket shoes or knit tams to get his skate-on. While ...
