Thrasher back issues from June 2004:
Stay hard.(Mail Drop)(Letter to the Editor)
Jun 01, 2004; Heddings, Neil ... What's up, man? Same old shit for me over here--still in jail, waiting for trial, trying to raise money for a lawyer. Had one but I couldn't pay him enough so he quit. Twenty-three thousand dollars is what I had paid him already and he quit! Oh well. Going to hit trial in 2005 sometime, ...
Cops suck.(Mail Drop)(Letter to the Editor)
Jun 01, 2004; Concialdi, Joey ... A couple of days while me and my good skate buddy were at Chino skatepark (the one near the Big 4) and there were a bunch of new pad signs, saying, "Helmet, knee, and elbow pads required." Me and my friend did not know about this new enforcement. So, while he and I started to skate the ...
Potato skins.(Mail drop)(Letter to the Editor)
Jun 01, 2004; Opitzo, Jerome ... I am an 18-year-old vegan and I have got a hard time finding animal-friendly shoes that last for more than two months. I was wondering if you kind folks could help me locate some good, strong, and pretty ...
You wish.(Mail Drop)(Letter to the Editor)
Jun 01, 2004; Wallace, Ryan ... I am a skateboarder I love it. It is my life. It is all I do. Between work and school, skating is the only thing keeping me awake. I recently went and purchased an aluminum board. It broke, I'm pissed. It's supposed to be guaranteed not to break. Yet it was annihilated on a five stair ....
Ollie rocket.(Mail Drop)(Letter to the Editor)
Jun 01, 2004; Lamp, Brittany ... First things first--I love your magazine. I've been reading it since I was about eight years old. I only have one beef with it. Over the past six years It seems I have hardly read any articles on women in the skate industry. And that just ticks me off. You see hundreds of pictures of male ...
Third grade.(Mail Drop)(Letter to the Editor)
Jun 01, 2004; Roach ... I recently read your magazine for the very first time and I must say it sucks pretty bad. I had previously beard nothing but good things about your mag but when I read your comments on the new Casualties album I wanted to smack every single member of your staff with a giant piece of shit ....
Whine, women and song.(Mail Drop)(Letter to the Editor)
Jun 01, 2004; Ridgeway, Billy ... To my fellow readers of Thrasher mag, namely Markie Anderson of Vancouver. I read each issue's Mail Drop, often just to laugh at people that have nothing better to do than whine. The reason for this letter is to get all of the sensationalized mainstream-busted skaters straight. Bob ...
Old style.(Mail Drop)(Letter to the Editor)
Jun 01, 2004; Graham, Scott ... I just bought the February 2004 Thrasher and I was so stoked about the letter from Ventura that I just had to write. I am a 43-year-old skater who stopped skating some 10 years ago, to raise a family and rebuild an old house in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Anyway, you guessed it, I'm skating ...
15 things you couldn't give any less of a crap about: the ditch down the street from my new house.
Jun 01, 2004; Sieben, Michael ... 1. Some people call it Psycho Ditch since it's across the street from some sort of Texas State Center for the Mentally Insane facility, and some people call it 45th Street Ditch since it's on 45th street. I call it that ditch down the street from my new house that I hate. 2 ....
Anatomy of a private lesson.
Jun 01, 2004 ... NOW THAT MARTHA STEWART is awaiting sentencing, jail looks eminent. Too bad for us we still have Andy MacDonald out there. Let's hope his ImClone is fast-approaching. Andy's agent: "This gig should really help boost Mac's sex appeal." Stairway to hell ...
Zine thing.
Jun 01, 2004 ... OURS FOR THE TAKING, #2 Straight outta North Carolina, this one is part-nostalgia, part-get-up-and-go. There are older photos in there and tributes to the fallen but also some newer stuff--an article on road trips, an interview with Brian Brannon of JFA, and some record reviews ....
Koby Newell.(Canvas)
Jun 01, 2004; Flipy, Craig ... WHAT THE CRAP IS THAT?! A mummy? Skateboarding? A skateboarding mummy? Well, sometimes. Other times he is known as Koby, artistic creator of abominable works far too great to be interpreted solely in this dimension only. Inspired by grandma Nellie and her epic portrait "Hand Fed Goat, ...
Ghost pool observations.
Jun 01, 2004; Frietas, Nik ... IT'S STRANGE HOW someone can be remembered. In passing, he or she could be the person ringing up your toothpaste at Walgreens and then, just like that, a few sentences printed in a local newspaper regarding relatives left behind and a timespan led here on Earth. A start and a finish all ...
Darell Stanton: the thrasher interview.(Believe It)
Jun 01, 2004; Phares, Jasin ... SO I GOT THIS TAPE FROM SOUTH SHORE. When that happens you check the tape out, and sometimes, you see a spark in the kid. I can't quite put my finger on it, but you know when a kid's got something. But first I had to meet him. When I got to Make A Wish it was on. I watched him skate for ...
Deep en Mexico: two tales of Pescadero.
Jun 01, 2004; Hammeke, Joe ... TRAVELING TO UNCHARTED TERRAIN is a natural part of skateboarding--whether it's finding a backyard pool on your own, checking out that new office complex for street spots or going to a foreign land to see what you can find. But not everyone feels the need to search the stuff out. Some are ...
Florida's insane: all I have to say 'bout Florida is that it's one strange place. I can't even describe the awkwardness about it, but it is the East Coast tropical getaway. Git chu-sum, boy!(Concrete Swamp)
Jun 01, 2004; Knell, Brayden ... FIBER RIDER @ HILER'S This obstacle lies deep in the Florida swamp forest at a dude named Hiler's. This project has nothing to do with Tim Payne, and Tim even left me several messages stating this matter, even though he did build the Fiber Rider. You gotta know these dudes ...
Scott Kane: "a whatever-happens kind of guy".(Heads_Kane)
Jun 01, 2004; Boosh ... So what's the daily routine for you? What do you do everyday?. Just wake up, do whatever happens. I'm more of a whatever-happens kind of guy. Who do you like skating with? All my boys. I like going on tour, skating with all the teammates, but I'd always ...
Jesse Fritsch: "I cut the flop off and grew it into dreads.".(Heads_Fritsch)
Jun 01, 2004; Burnett, Michael ... Remember when you were vert skating's last hope? Yes. What happened to that? Four straight years at the YMCA. For you or the kids? Me and the kids. I started feeling weird about it. What do you mean? When I ...
The Rosetta stoke.
Jun 01, 2004 ... THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS WERE NO JOKE. They were a great civilization centuries ahead of their time in every conceivable facet. Their complex writing system, hieroglyphics, was considered virtually undecipherable for thousands of years. Their secrets were almost lost to the ages. Then, in ...
The Big Collapse: "it's called being young and stupid.".
Jun 01, 2004; Epstein, Joseph ... JOSH LOUKA IS NOT YOUR TYPICAL ATTENTION-STARVED, egomaniac lead-singer type--particularly in a city like Los Angeles, which has a glut of dirty-haired look-at-me-I-am-a-fucking-rock-star poodles. For a singer, he is actually pretty quiet, certainly shy, which is more than a little ...
Hella: guitar fretwork inspired by Nintendo game soundtracks.
Jun 01, 2004; Locks, Jesse ... WARNING: NOT FOR EVERYONE, BUT WILL CHANGE THE WAY YOU THINK ABOUT MUSIC. So read the sticker on the outside packaging of Hella's 2002 debut album Hold Your Horse Is (5RC). In the next two years, the Sacramento, CA-based instrumental two-piece would go on to forge an entirely new path in ...
Red Tape.
Jun 01, 2004; Reesman, Bryan ... SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA-BASED PUNK QUARTET Red Tape thrives on dichotomies. The ferocious foursome cranks its guitars full roar, yet manages to squeeze out some melody and shout-along choruses from the raucous mix. Their Radioactivist bristles with underground intensity, yet was produced by ...
Watch Them Die.
Jun 01, 2004; Tonus ... WHAT CAN YOU SAY about a band that is so intense that heat rises off the stage when they play and always a pit ensues. As raised fists and thrashing bodies are flailing, Watch Them Die give you energy in its rawest form. If your head ain't banging it's because you're either drunk and ...
Cypress Hill.
Jun 01, 2004; X, Aki ... DJ MUGGS WAS LIKE "Look, it's that muthafucka from Thrasher!." A quick minute back, I was over in the San Fernando Valley at DJ Muggs' studio for the listening party of Cypress Hill's new album 'Til Death Do Us Part. It was Rolling Stone and us, and I certainly was repping Thrasher ...
Kevin Epps: "straight outta hunter's point".
Jun 01, 2004; Vitello, Tony ... TYPICALLY, THIS SECTION OF THE MAG is reserved for musicians whose tunes sound out from the stereos of skateboarders across the globe. Fortunately, Thrasher doesn't refer to the rulebook. Meet Kevin Epps, an urban cinematographer from the southeast corner of San Franpsycho. In 2002 he ...
The Immortal Lee County Killers II.
Jun 01, 2004; Williams, B.D. ... THE IMMORTAL LEE COUNTY KILLERS II hail from Auburn, Alabama. They bring with I prefer to be a black belt. them a guitar and drums combo that if you listen to the media big boys seems like the newest of the new. It ain't. The sound of the ILCK2 is the blues from the south, filtered through ...
Draugar.(Rickter Scale Of Doom)
Jun 01, 2004 ... DRAUGAR From Which Hatred Grows tUMULt Records)--This is some of the most hateful and hideously bleak blackness I've heard in a while, brought ...
Various Artists.(Rickter Scale Of Doom)
Jun 01, 2004 ... VARIOUS ARTISTS Dreams of What Life Could Be (psycheDOOMelic)--What do you get when you put together the likes of Soulpreacher, Fistula, Grief, Thee Plague of Gentlemen, Ramesses, ...
Orange Goblin.(Rickter Scale Of Doom)
Jun 01, 2004 ... ORANGE GOBLIN Thieving from the House of God (Rice Above Records)--Here we have the latest by this UK outfit of thrash/doom ...
Probot.(Rickter Scale Of Doom)
Jun 01, 2004 ... PROBOT Prober (Southern Lord)--Foe Fighter's Dave Grohi's metal project! Long awaited and worth it. Features vocals by Lemmy, King ...
Wall of Sleep.(Rickter Scale Of Doom)
Jun 01, 2004 ... WALL OF SLEEP Slow but not Dead (psycheDOOMelic)--Wall of Sleep features ex Mood members from Hungary (the perfect doom bend in ...
Notes from the underground.
Jun 01, 2004; Lundry, Wez ... STARTIN' OFF with the small records, check the 7 inch Interrobang" by The Krunchies on Criminal IQ. Two dicks and one chick, full speed and jangly guitars, and an inherent spazzed-out and lo-fi approach. Dangerous when mixed with alcohol Do not operate heavy machinery ... Speaking of bands ...
Photograffiti.
Jun 01, 2004 ... Find your line. Taylor Winum found his. Wall/rail hop in Orono. MN. Photo: Garlinghouse [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The deeper the dish the smaller the crowds. Rick Morgan, free bird frontside air in Florida [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Convenient front ...
Thrasher comix vs. D. Way.(Comic)
Jun 01, 2004 ... IT TURNS OUT there's only three rules in the Intergalactic Cosmic Book of Life: don't be a worthless sedentary slug-bucket, don't get a face tattoo, and, of course, thou shalt send a submission of some sort to the mag. SK8 COACH Here to whip the pros into shape! ...
Skate ninja: fight tips: how to deal with haters ...
Jun 01, 2004 ... 1. IDENTIFY THE HATER DO A HARDFLIP! DEFINITE HATER 2. APPROACH THE HATER WITH SPEED. 3. OLLIE, AIM FOR THE CENTER. 4. LAND YOUR FRONT TRUCKS ON THE NECK AND YOUR BACK TRUCKS, BELOW THE RIBCAGE. 5. INSULT. ...
Knee-Kay.(Trash)
Jun 01, 2004 ... PORTLAND'S SAVIER FOOTWEAR BIT THE BAG, LEAVING THEIR new extra-weird team (Wilkins, Comer and Eldridge) in the lurch. No news on Rattray (and those fabulous Tartan insoles!), but a man with such cat-like reflexes is certain to land on his feet. Meanwhile, early Savier escapee Tim O'Connor ...
Lawyers rule.(Trash)
Jun 01, 2004 ... Salman Agah finally has his jungle juice and it packs a ...
Truck driver.(Trash)
Jun 01, 2004 ... In a very unique out-of-the-closet move, Liverpool's Geoff Rowley has now officially signed on with Independent trucks after years and years of alleged secret use. Grind on, you crazy diamond. After slashing damn near everything in the Inland Empire, Leo Romero has been slated ...
Hall of meat.(Trash)
Jun 01, 2004 ... Broken bones mean serious down time for Darren Polock of Colorado. ...
Old-timey.(Trash)
Jun 01, 2004 ... The Buffalo Boy has resurrected yet another aspect of his long-buried ancestral past in an apparent attempt to jump-start his retirement. Keith C can be located as of late deep in the recesses of Grand Pa Cochran's Visitacion Valley garage. What for, you ask? Well, Buffalo Keith has become ...
Poser of the month.(Trash)
Jun 01, 2004 ... Poser: Long Board Rick Crime: Johne Deere ...
Propaganda.(Trash)
Jun 01, 2004 ... In perhaps one of the greatest Brigade moments of all time, the Powell Corporation has apparently managed to somehow get its own product line inserted into the Mountain Dew U nation-wide promotional campaign. James Muir is now at Grind King, where it seems that he is getting ...
Pimpsons.(Trash)
Jun 01, 2004 ... James Kelch and Jovontae "Tae-Tae" Turner are among those inexplicably seen around the Hubba house. Are they also on the mission? Several years after meetings with Griff Snyder, Glen E Friedman and ...
Oral borealis.(Trash)
Jun 01, 2004 ... "Can I get a loan?"--Julius "Pay him to set his dogs." --Mark Appleyard "It's not that I don't have a place to live, it's ...
That's Life: foundation video premiere: La Paloma Theater, San Diego, CA.(Trash)
Jun 01, 2004 ... WHETHER YOU BLAME BOULALA, Green or a Flock of Seagulls. the modern rocker dandy look has caught on hard in substantial pockets of the skate community. And while dressing like a member of the traveling cast of "The Pirates of Penzance" will still guarantee an ass-beating in most of ...
Firing line: Aaron Suski.(On Board)
Jun 01, 2004 ... Age: Twenty eight Hometown: Hero First board: Enjoy Jeff Grosso, Indys, SS Radials wheels Current board: 5Boro Suski skull, Indys, Satori wheels Last trick: Switchstance kickflip back lip bigs, yo Contest philosophy: Land it ...
Five ...(Trash)
Jun 01, 2004 ... Greatest "Then" and "Now" 1. Mark Gonzales 2. Tommy Guerrero 3. Mike Vallely 4. Tony Trujillo 5. Geoff Rowley --Todd Rodrigues, Plymouth, MA Reserves 1. Natas Kaupas 2. Kris Markovich ...
Poet's Corner.(On Board)
Jun 01, 2004; Beyer, Chelsea ... <Pre> POET'S CORNER I am a spoiled girl who needs to skate I wonder if I'll ever be pro I hear Spawn let out a drunken cheer I see Templeton give me a thumbs up on that Smith I want to varial heel 12 stairs I pretend my half-Cabs are like Bastien's I touch ...
Awful truth: skateboards to get the chop.(On Board)
Jun 01, 2004; Lyleson, Jesse ... The Sun-Herald, Australia -- The skateboard has become the latest victim of the worldwide war oil terror. The European Commission yesterday branded the boards a weapon that could be used to hijack an aircraft, along with golf clubs, pool cues and fishing rods. All have been included on the ...
Somethin' else.
Jun 01, 2004 ... CRUNCH TIME WHEN IT'S TIME to get the vid done, people go frickin' apeshit. Gareth Stehr must not have ...
