Thrasher back issues from April 2004:
Gravity games.(Mail Drop)(Letter to the Editor)
Apr 01, 2004; Anderson, Markie ... I was stoked to hear that Burnquist finally made the complete loop. This made him the first person known to man to have done the full deed. This was in a natural fullpipe in his backyard; not a Hot Wheels loop-de-loop. Last night I was e-mailed a link to ...
Equal rights.(Mail Drop)(Letter to the Editor)
Apr 01, 2004; Sampson, Alex ... I'd like to thank your mag for helping me to see skateboarding for what it really is. I would also like to give all of you sexist male skaters in Georgia a big head's up. I am a 14-year-old female skater and it kind of seems to me that whenever a gift may happen to walk into ...
Eager beaver.(Mail Drop)(Letter to the Editor)
Apr 01, 2004; Collins, Tanya ... This letter is for you guys there at the mag who also skate: I want to thank you for the KOTR story. What an awesome idea. I was so stoked reading it--all the locals you stoked out, all the people who got to meet and witness their heroes, all the amazing skating that went down. Jesus, if ...
Get your favorite pro to notice you at a demo.(Thrasher magazine's step-by-step guide: how to ...)
Apr 01, 2004; Sieben, Michael ... YOU KNOW HIS FACE, BUT DOES HE KNOW YOURS? Chances are, probably not. So how do you get your favorite professional skateboarder to notice you at demo? Having his t-shirt or his board is hardly doing to do the trick. If you really want that special guy to remember who you are at the end of ...
Zine thing.
Apr 01, 2004 ... ELK, #5 Jocko's done it again. Instead of trying to list what is inside this issue of Elk, which doesn't really give you any idea of what's going on here, let me just tell you that it makes sense in some way, but I am not exactly sure if the sense it makes for you will be the ...
Of everybody at the hot spot: when a spot in SoCal's a go, it goes off. Haven't you been to the new hubba in Escondido yet? See you next Sunday!(Anatomy)
Apr 01, 2004 ... Big Jimmy--keepin' the weight off "Hurry up! I wanna skate" "Pssttt--I think those are the Mystery guys" Flat spot crew Bobier Rattle n' hum Not Lance Jr Sauntered over from Special Olympics event ...
2003 T-eddy awards.
Apr 01, 2004 ... Congratulations and salutations to the notable nobilities Of 2003. Even the losers are winners here at the mag ... Queer Eye for the Skate Guy Pete Thompson Bitter Harvest Bootleg Tiny Type Fresh to Hesh Vic Fonosch ...
Etnies Skatepark Lake Forest, Ca.(Prime Cuts)
Apr 01, 2004; Hammeke, Joe ... BACK IN THE '80s freestyle skateboarding was a lot bigger than it is now. Not that it was all that big or that it even exists now, but it was a part of the contest circuit and there were over a dozen or so professional freestyle skaters. Their styles ranged from the boarder-line street ...
Of where do you remember me from?
Apr 01, 2004 ... CALL IT WHAT YOU WANT: Artistic appropriation, boosting, biting, whatever. But if you trace from the mag and send it here we'll call them as we see 'em. Some squeek by us. Most don't. Give us your best shot. Curtis Hsiang passed on but he ain't gone. He still lives within those ...
Torture Rico.
Apr 01, 2004; O'Dell, Patrick ... gangster situations BOSS CALLED ME AND SAID, "You're needed in Puerto Rico; gangster situations." The status of the situation was very gangster indeed. "What I do," was my response, and I hung up the phone. Grecs came out to New York to bro down early. Jimmy is surely the best ...
Mark Appleyard: thrasher magazine skater of the year 2003.(Mark Appleyard: the SOJY interciew)
Apr 01, 2004; Phelps, Jake ... THROUGHOUT ALL THE YEARS I've been involved, each individual chosen to be skater of the Year has been a master; that's just how it is. For each one it takes a certain amount of natural ability, but it also takes devotion, time, and commitment. Mark Appleyard skates naturally, and has the ...
Tony Trujillo.(Passing The Torch)
Apr 01, 2004; Byrnes, Lindsey ... ALRIGHT TONY, it's time to pass the title on. How did the year treat you? Well, it was fucking bad-ass; probably the most memorable year of my life--between Vegas and Tampa, Marseilles, and most recently our Australia trip. It's been a bitchin' year for me. How many ...
The unknowns.(State Of The Skate The Year In Review)
Apr 01, 2004 ... BACK IP EL TORO? Switch back lip Hollywood? It seems like many of 2003's most shocking moves were pulled by kids straight out of Photograffiti. Who ...
Downsize this.(State Of The Skate)
Apr 01, 2004 ... TWO THOUSAND THREE saw the bubble finally and officially burst in the skateboard economy. Neighborhood skateshops closed, companies and magazines went bust, and more than a few pros are dusting off their resumes ...
The heavies.(State Of The Skate)
Apr 01, 2004 ... WITH A MILLION PROS, 2003 saw the lines drawn between the regular run-of-the-mill rippers and that elite group of dudes setting the standards and raising the bar. Legends like Rowley, Way, Cardiel ...
Epis' crete.(State Of The Skate)
Apr 01, 2004 ... AMIDST THE CERTIFIED PIECES OF SUCK, a short list of outstanding concrete parks began to grow in 2003. Orcas Island, Klamath Falls, Halley, Chino, Astoria--all well worth a cross-country trip for the serious bowl buster. Fear not, street dogs; if Dyrdek's dreams become reality, soon you'll ...
Danny way.(State Of The Skate)
Apr 01, 2004 ... NOTICE TO SNOWBOARDERS: Your ...
Global rippage.(State Of The Skate)
Apr 01, 2004 ... WITH UBIQUITOUS CAMERA COVERAGE the next big trick, the next big spot, or the next big name could come from literally anywhere. The blocks in Barcelona are as familiar to skate fans as Beverly Hills High, ...
Super ams.(State Of The Skate)
Apr 01, 2004 ... THE STARS of this year's King of The Road were two kids who'd barely opened their first box before they got thrown in ...
Rookies.(State Of The Skate)
Apr 01, 2004 ... LESS AMS, MORE PROS! The rookies continued to turn up the heat in 2003 with Ramondetta, Darrell, Spanky, Dirty Billy, Kane, Rakestraw and many others adding ...
Ryan Sheckler: Moms love him, punks hate him, and--with the pads, monkey movies and benihanas safely in the past--most everyone else is waking up to the fact that Ryan Sheckler may just be the next big thing.(The Prodigy)
Apr 01, 2004; Burnett, Michael ... Do you remember the moment when you decided to give up the helmet and pads? I remember being at a contest when I was eight or nine and some guy was giving me a lot of props for how I was skating, but that someday I should try and lose the helmet and the pads. I went home and ...
When tents attack! Anti-hero Australia.
Apr 01, 2004; Stranger, Julien ... PIZZEY BOWL We were at Pizzey in the rain. Pete was trying to get us going on a rain dance to get it to stop, but no one was into it. So Pete did a little jig on his own. He sort of stomped around and shook his arms, mumbled a little bit--it looked legit. 45 minutes later we ...
Party of helicopters.
Apr 01, 2004; Locks, Jesse ... JAMIE STILLMAN, A CHILD OF METAL who can't shake the love for prog rock, is one-fourth (occasionally one-third) of the Kent, Ohio group the Party of Helicopters. The POH are less cock, more rock than the metal bands of yesterday or those parodying the genre today. "What I hear ...
The Shins.
Apr 01, 2004; Byrnes, Lindsey ... A COUPLE YEARS AGO the word was out about this certain "must see" band coming through town. The band was, essentially, The Shins. They had an upcoming show in LA, so Elissa Steamer and crew (myself included) went to the Troubadour to check them out; however, once Elissa started buying ...
Karen Black.
Apr 01, 2004; Filipone, Joanne ... THE VOLUPTUOUS HORROR OF KAREN BLACK, aka Kembra Pfahler, is now reigning once again ... just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water. The horror rock band was formed over 10 years ago by Kembra and former partner in chine Samoa (who's now pursuing Bluegrass endeavors), but ...
Stab city slit wrists.
Apr 01, 2004; Vanek, Ian ... STAB CITY SLIT WRISTS are one of those rare bands that just go for it. Hailing from a small mountain town eight hours east of LA called Flagstaff, AZ, Stab City play a straight-ahead, heavy punk style, complimented by two young Darby Crashers (one male, one female). But wait, the cast ...
Mclusky.
Apr 01, 2004; Erickson, Rob ... MCLUSKY ... For shitlings who need a reference, the closest stab would be The Pixies on adrenaline. Literal comparisons are embarrassing; it screws everything into a pigeonhole that most have to then crawl out of. These guys are playing the days of their lives to ease the stress on their ...
Elephant man.
Apr 01, 2004; X, Aki ... CHILLIN' BACKSTAGE at the UCLA Reggae Festival, waiting for the Elephant Man to come through and do his thing. I was dolo and nightfall was creeping. Suddenly two Expeditions pull up and a posse of yardies dressed in colorful soccer jerseys, platinum ice and doo-rags jump out. Leading them ...
Crooked finger.
Apr 01, 2004; Conant, Jeremy ... MOST SKATERS OUT THERE should know who the Archers of Loaf are. If not, that's okay. They aren't together anymore. Eric Bachmann has moved on, and Crooked Fingers has become his musical outlet. His songs are about life and the way people live, wrapping stark imagery with rhyme and rhythm ....
Notes: from the underground.
Apr 01, 2004; Lundry, Wez ... PERHAPS ONLY THE MOST anally-retentive obsessive-compulsive would have been previously able to attain the feat you can now roach in one quick trip to the record shop--all of the 5,6,7,8's singles from 1989 to 1996 They've been collected onto a double LP released by Tomb Bomb, entitled Bomb ...
Rickter scale of doom.(Pure Doom Edition)
Apr 01, 2004 ... Well of Souls (s/t CD / Brainticket Records)--Long-anticipated debut from this Texas doom phenomenon. This album (produced by John Perez-Solitude Aeturnus) is spleen-rupturing, yet evolves from their classic doom roots with progressively powerful metal elements. JC's clean vocals with ...
Photograffiti.
Apr 01, 2004 ... Looks big but it looks even bigger to Justin Splain in York, NE. Photo: Eckert [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Jon Brownlee gels loose logs on a sweet kickflip catch n Boulder CO Photo: Criggey [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Synchronized sketchiness, Charlie ...
Thrasher comix.
Apr 01, 2004 ... EVENTUALLY YOU'RE GOING to be old and gray and fully crustified. So, when you're sitting around, crapping your adult diapers, watching your grandkids steal money from your wallet, dust off an old mag and check out the glory days. Ouch! Lee Grover of Newfield, NY zings the Left ...
Decked out.(Trash)
Apr 01, 2004 ... LAST MONTH'S COVER BOY MATT "MUTT" MUMFORD HAS announced his new project, Legacy skateboards, which will be offered through the Dwindle camp. Though a team has not yet been announced, you know they'll have to be burly to keep up with the Mutt. In other new company news, ...
Cereal box.(Trash)
Apr 01, 2004 ... After over 10 years of poop-fueled satire, LFP's Big Brother ...
Sales figured.(Trash)
Apr 01, 2004 ... Word is Bucky Lasek is now slinging Campbell's Soup as a frontman. This feat will compete with Lasek's catching Koston's first pitch at a Dodger Game as being his career lowlight. Remember when we told you that Kareem was on Zoo York? We ...
More sole.(Trash)
Apr 01, 2004 ... The San Diego Convention Mausoleum was the location where the last Action Sports Retailer trade show unraveled. Connected skate people reported healthy interest in their programs. Amidst the dire negativity of the truly clueless fighting their own imminent extinction in a down market, this ...
Brady bunch.(Trash)
Apr 01, 2004 ... When the Giants went to the Series, Rob Welsh sported SF gear. When the ...
Bones bros.(Trash)
Apr 01, 2004 ... While Stacy Peralta's newest film Riding Giants opened at the Sundance Film Festival, across the Utah town Never Been Done: The John Comer Story was accepted at X-Dance. Corner's tale was directed by Matt Powers and featured footage by Gary Shields, Wing Ko and Mike Furukawa. Never Been ...
Dis chord.(Trash)
Apr 01, 2004 ... Steve Olson's been building a custom recording studio in Venice Beach, CA. Drop-ins have included such varied person as as Robert Graham, Angelica Huston and even one Jennifer Nicholson. Reportedly, Olson became so frustrated with the sound that certain established engineers were ...
Hall of meat.(Trash)
Apr 01, 2004 ... Fakie, fakie, fakie ... zing! to back of the head. Dan ...
Mind field.(Trash)
Apr 01, 2004 ... "Guess we pooped on one soft-good company too many."--Dave Carnie "And, you know, who keeps it more real than Atiba?"--The Skateboard Mag's Mike Mihaly, in his sales pitch to potential advertisers "I have visited this rapidly-developing country a number of times to ...
Skateboarding's beat.
Apr 01, 2004 ... The one-time power flipper and San Diego schralper ...
On board.
Apr 01, 2004 ... FIRING LINE: PETER SMOLIK Age: Twenty-six AKA: Alkasmolik, ODS, Rudy the Rudetician Home: San Diego, CA Years skating: Twenty-six Sponsors: Sk8mafla, Independent, Spitfire, Pacific Drive, S-One First board: Mark Rogowski ...
Somethin' else.
Apr 01, 2004 ... 1/3 PIPES AND HALFPOOLS ONE MAN'S JUNK is another skater's session. Ripping out polls and leaving them in ...
