Thrasher back issues from May 2005:
Bird cage.(Mail Drop)
May 01, 2005; Heddings, Neil ... It's Neil Heddings here again. Just wanted to say thank you to Rachel Warren of Santa Barbara, CA, who wrote such a wonderful letter of support to the Thrasher editor, and has such great understanding of my and my family's current situation. I do not really have a whole lot to say to you, ...
Early '90s.(Mail Drop)
May 01, 2005; Swindell, Joshua ... This letter is in response to Rachel Warren's letter in the March issue. Are you suggesting, Ms Warren, that Thrasher magazine (and all other magazines for that matter) turn its back and ignore the situation with Neil Heddings? How about sugar coating the story until it falls into the ...
FVK.(Mail Drop)
May 01, 2005; Armand, Alexis ... Punks claim to be some of the most open minded people on the planet, and in fact they are--yet they are not. Punks are against pop music and conformity, which is cool. However, if a song is good and I like it and it happens to be a pop artist and is a pop song, should it matter? No, I ...
Hit list.(Mail Drop)
May 01, 2005; Scott, Ethan ... I am a 13-year-old skater from Windsor, California, and have been skating for about two and a half years. Recently I tore my ACL in my knee while skating at Healdsburg skatepark. I tore it in November, but was lucky and didn't have to have any pins or a rod. While I was hurt, I received a ...
My old skate videos reviewed.
May 01, 2005; Sieben, Michael ... SO MY PLAN WAS TO WRITE AN ARTICLE about old skateboard videos that I had in my collection. I thought I d grab a six pack, disconnect the DVD player, hook up the VCR, and kick back and watch a bunch of old videos back to back (many of which I lost the covers for years ago). It seemed like ...
Zine thing.
May 01, 2005 ... EIGHTY-EIGHT SHADES OF GREY #7, ON A BROKEN WING AND FRACTURED PRAYER Another issue of the dark and brooding Eighty-Eight shades of Grey ... and a companion 'zine that visually documents a trip through Southeast Asia (Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam). The former is the latest ...
Of where do you remember me from?
May 01, 2005 ... THEY CREEP IN ALL YEAR--drawings that are directly traced or loosely based on photos from the mag. For no good reason other than the thrill of the hunt, we make it our business to track them down. The easy ones we solve in an instant. The elusive ones send us into a mind-melting ...
2004 T-Eddy awards.
May 01, 2005 ... Congratulations and salutations to the notable nobilities of 2004. Even the losers are winners here at the mag ... Wee Run Tings Nyjah Huston Buy, Sell, Trade Quiksilver Baker Faker Hellrose Just Friends ...
Skater of the Year: Danny Way.(Skater Of The Year Special)
May 01, 2005; Burnett, Michael ... I DON'T THINK DANNY IS CRAZY. Ever since he was a little boy, he has been involved with dangerous activities like jumping motorcycles high ...where you have to make the landing clean or you will receive trauma. He is completely calculated. He knows what he needs to do to make ...
Passing the torch: Mark Appleyard.(Skater Of The Year Special)
May 01, 2005; Burnett, Michael ... So Mark, how was your time as reigning Skater of the Year? It was good. I think it was easier than the year before when I was working for the Skater of the Year. I was able to relax quite a bit this year without a lot of guilt. I've just been having a lot of fun traveling and ...
Never got it: Mark Gonzales.(Skater Of The Year Special)
May 01, 2005 ... FROM ABOUT 1985 TO 1991, Mark Gonzales had a heavy run inventing modern street skating. This amazing period (which saw the birth of big ollies, handrail skating and flip tricks) was punctuated by what some consider the best video part of all time--his four-minute-plus closer to the classic ...
Never got it: Pat Duffy.(Skater Of The Year Special)
May 01, 2005 ... YOU COULD PUT Pat Duffy's part from 1993's Virtual Reality in the next big video and, aside from the pants, you'd be hard-pressed to tell it was all done when Sheckler was still just daddy's little squirt. The only reason Pat never became Skater of the ...
Never got it: Chad Muska.(Skater Of The Year Special)
May 01, 2005 ... WHEN MUSKA FEVER hit the skate world, even the vert nerds were tying up their pant legs and stashing weed in their shoe tongues. But regardless of his fashion influence or ...
Never got it: Jamie Thomas.(Skater Of The Year Special)
May 01, 2005 ... THE HARDEST WORKING MAN in the biz, The Eagle's skills have paid off with many magical Thrasher moments over the years, but never with the little gold man in shorts. Shit, at least he's King of the ...
The heavies: Bastien Salabanzi.(Skater of the Year Special)
May 01, 2005; Burnett, Michael ... So, how was 2004 for you? 2004 was pretty good, actually. What were some of the highlights? We had a lot of traveling going on. What were some of the best trips? China and Australia. All those places were really good. Plus the Europe ...
The heavies: Zered Bassett.(Skater Of The Year Special)
May 01, 2005; Vitello, Tony ... How was 2004 for Dr Z? 2004 was good. The Red Sox won the World Series, Patriots won the Super Bowl, good skating. It was probably my best year so far. Best skate trips of 2004? All of them. Europe. Who ripped it the hardest last year? ...
The heavies: Darrell Stanton.(Skater of the Year Special)
May 01, 2005; Phelps, Jake ... So, how was 2004 for you? It was very good. It had a lot of tricks, a lot of skating. It was action packed. What were some of the highlights? Just going places, really traveling to different spots I've never been to. Every year I get to go to somewhere ...
The heavies: Paul Rodriguez.(Skater of the Year Special)
May 01, 2005; Sanders, Rick ... TODAY'S MEDIA-CENTERED SOCIETY is structured around famous people and exciting events. But this delicate framework could not sustain itself without the input of common people. You see, once the media declares an individual famous, the public ]ends its support through gossip. Talk. ...
The heavies: Chris Cole.(Skater of the Year Special)
May 01, 2005; Burnett, Michael ... So how was 2004, bro? It was great. I went on a sick Fallen tour. King of the Road, it was fun. Okay, enough small talk. Let's cut to the chase! Take us through your day at Wallenberg, blow by blow! Oh, jeez. I show up and I look at something that I ...
Punk voter and Fat Mike.
May 01, 2005; Teich, J.W. ... FOR A TINY MAJORITY of this country, November 2, 2004 was likely a bit of a relief. For this country's massive minority, however, Election Day was an incredibly frustrating experience. And for Fat Mike, leader of punk rock institutions NOFX and founder of Fat Wreck Chords, the day that the ...
Street Dogs.
May 01, 2005; Rhino ... FORMER DROPKICK MURPHY'S SINGER Mike McColgan's new band the Street Dogs are a four-piece living in Texas, LA and Massachusetts, touring with Flogging Molly and Social Distortion to spread their sounds across Europe and the United States. Thus far they've got a full-length album 8avin ...
Lamb of God.
May 01, 2005; Mehring, John ... "I WANT THIS PLACE TO LOOK like a fucking atom bomb went off!" Those were the first words I heard lead singer Randy Blythe yell as Lamb of God started their set. His calls were answered--met by bloodcurdling cheers and screams from the Hessians in the audience, which soon after were ...
Dios malos.
May 01, 2005; Locks, Jesse ... HAWTHORNE, CA LIES SOMEWHERE between the city and the sea, a culturally diverse suburban sprawl of gangsters, bohemian beach dwellers, working class families, and business people. In 1961, a group of brothers with the last name Wilson put the town on the map with their classic melodies ...
DJ Vlad.
May 01, 2005; Black, Shel ... RIGHT FROM THE GET GO, DJ mixtapes have been an essential part of hip-hop culture. All the hottest tracks break on mixtapes. All the hottest new artists break on mixtapes. All the dopest MC battles take place on mixtapes, and most of the big name DJs like DJ Clue, Kay Slay, Whoo Kid, Green ...
Shadows fall.
May 01, 2005; Reesman, Bryan ... IF ANY BAND ESPOUSES the workhorse ethic of modern metal bands, it's certainly Shadows Fall. After relentlessly touring for the past few years, this Massachusetts metal militia has gone from being local heroes to national stars and now a rising international presence. Their latest ...
Mistah F.A.B.
May 01, 2005; Vitello, Tony ... FOR MOST ARTISTS in the rap game, the balancing act between explicit entertainment and social responsibility is a non-issue. These individuals acknowledge their position of clout because they excessively gloat in their verse. They are the champions of pop culture, yet few choose to use ...
Billy Reese Peters.
May 01, 2005; Taylor, Todd ... FOR HIS 27TH BIRTHDAY, Aaron Lay, lead singer of Billy Reese Peters, found himself in Las Vegas--naked except for captain's hat and glasses--in a bathtub full of beers and ice. Someone took a picture. It made a nice flyer. Mike, the bassist, drives Balls Deep, his van half-painted teal and ...
Notes from the underground.
May 01, 2005 ... STARTIN' OFF WITH THE SMALL RECORDS, you gotta check the Sonic Love Affair double 7" "Something to Believe In" on Dollar Record Records. Fully fuzzed and turned up to 11, this shit is psyched out and just plain rocks, combining a '60s feel with one foot pokin' into '70s punk (they do 13th ...
Photograffiti.
May 01, 2005 ... Ollie to fakie All-Stars--Hawk, J. Paez, Burnquist and Santa Cruz's Chris Welty [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Umatilla, Oregon needs a skatepark in a big way. Exhibit A: Terry Johnsen's pointless plunge [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Brandon Costa rides the ...
Thrasher commix.
May 01, 2005 ... FARE THEE WELL. Comix is signing off for an indefinite period. We're tapped. Kaput. Nunca. Zilch. Nothing left. Actually, we've still got hundreds of comics laying around but they're of the pointless stick-figure variety. We'll continue to ignore those. It's been a long, crude, ...
Products.
May 01, 2005 ... T-SHIRTS $12.95 EACH (Colors may vary from those pictured and are subject to stock availability) OATH #110112 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] PATRIOT #110111 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] BOYFRIEND #110125 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...
Platinum nuts.(Trash)
May 01, 2005 ... WHAT FIVE PROS WILL QUIT THEIR CURRENT SPONSORS TO become part of a new super team possibly modeled on an old super team of yesteryear? Those 25 and older probably already know where this is headed, but for those who don't, rest assured, this shit is heavy and the names will truly shock ...
Under card.(Trash)
May 01, 2005 ... With the video push kicking into high gear, Baker gnar-am Brayden Szafranski was sent to Melbourne, Australia to get training under the hyperactive hand of Dustin Dollin. In other video news, Zero's New Blood rid is said to be on a sneak-attack release schedule with part-time ...
Conk rete.(Trash)
May 01, 2005 ... The Tempe, Arizona park opened recently with new and innovative obstacles not yet seen at any other SDG park (and certainly not at any of the Purkiss-Rose cookie cutters), is located less than five minutes from the also-fabulous Pecos park. Meanwhile, elbow pad tickets are given daily at ...
Pay up.(Trash)
May 01, 2005 ... In these hard days of affluence, what sort of present do you obtain for the recipient who has everything? A recent eBay auction listing offered up the opportunity to bid for a full day of hanging out with Steve Olson and David Hackett. It was unclear if the service being brokered was a ...
My dad.(Trash)
May 01, 2005 ... Ryan Sheckler did an edition of MTV Cribs in which he freely admitted to suffering from Mutt Mullen's acute urethane freezer fetish. The City's Chevrolet team van died in a tow away zone and disappeared into San Francisco's vehicle impound matrix. Justin Williams spent days ...
Skid marks.(Trash)
May 01, 2005 ... "How pathetic is this industry? I'm a card carrying member of the American Association of Retired Persons and these guys are still trying to rip me off."--Fausto Vitello "Like Rodney Mullen, ...
Fine diner.(Trash)
May 01, 2005 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] His Royal ...
Hall of meat.(Trash)
May 01, 2005 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Ow. Ow. Matt Durck ...
Nah, that's not me dude.(Trash)
May 01, 2005 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Ex-pro Phil E stopped riding the ...
Poser of the month.(Trash)
May 01, 2005 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Poser: Russell Wood ...
Blind video premiere: Galaxy Theater, Santa Ana, 02.24.05.(Trash)
May 01, 2005; Taco, Don ... IF YOU'RE OLD ENOUGH to remember the time Bill Weiss' bare nuts gingerly touched down on his griptape after he squatted out of one of his countless naked (and almost certainly drunk) 540s you're probably also old enough to remember when Blind's Video Days, a flick many consider to be among ...
Mephisto predicts.(On Board)
May 01, 2005 ... --THE GOVERNMENT of Pivotonia (a small country next to Albania) collapses; pivot cap production comes to a halt. World stands still --TO SAVE MONEY, Willy Santos kicks himself off shop flow --AFTER SEEING the monstrous Hailey, Idaho park, the US Army Corps of ...
Yellow O'Neal.(Poet's Corner)
May 01, 2005; Smyth, Sam ... <Pre> YELLOW O'NEAL We met when I was two, my big brother introduced us. You were fiberglass, red wheels and loose trucks. I rode you with one knee, down at ocean beach. Hit a crack, my face went splat, peaced out my two front teeth. So surprised, ...
Firing line: Karma Tsocheff.(On Board)
May 01, 2005 ... Shoe size: Nine and a half Wheels: 53 or 54 mm DOB: December 25, 1974 Years skated: Twenty Book: The Painted Bird by Jerzy Kosinski Food: Tuna Mac Strengths: Commitment and loyalty ...
Funbox.(On Board)
May 01, 2005; Breslin, Mike ... Q: What's one of the advantages of going out with a girl that is homeless? ...
Five ...(On Board)
May 01, 2005; Diaz, Jaime ... Greats 1. Pat Brennen (RIP) 2. Ronnie Bertino 3. Gino Perez 4. Armando Barajas 5. Mark Gonzales --Jaime Diaz, Los Angeles, CA ...
Impact unit.(Somethin' Else)
May 01, 2005 ... TIRED OF HEEL BRUISING himself silly. Emmanuel Guzman decided to chear the ...
