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SOTY POP

I'm tripping. I don't skate, and I never really paid attention to skating, except the other day when I heard the name Geoff Rowley. Now, from what I've read everybody in skating has heard of Geoff Rowley. Why did this catch my eye? I remember sitting in English class back at Calderstones, CCS, and Geoff comes in. I think he was about four-feet tall at this point, blood dripping from his elbows with a gash down his arm; apparently, he had gone home for lunch and fallen down the hill near his house (on his skateboard, of course). Sounds like he hasn't changed much at all. Hey Geoff: If you ever read this, I don't know if you'll remember me, Tonii Humphrey. I moved to the States at the very end of our fourth year in school Well, anyway, congrats go to you man; proud of ya, you crazy scouser.

Tonii Humphrey

Via the UK

BOX CUTTER

You guys have totally sold out. I know skating has nothing to do with clothes, but I used to think you were a pillar to the skate world. Running Nike ads is too far! What's next? Ads for cologne and Abercrombie & Fitch, or whoever else gives you sluts a couple bucks? I almost blew chunks all over the February 2003 issue. You guys are slipping. I know, "Fuck my opinion," right? 'Cause you'll sell your piss-poor mag to all the uprising posers who change 10 times before going out to skate and shower regularly. Sorry to say it, but one more fucked up issue and my script is canned.

Allegheny County Jail Pittsburgh, PA

Ryan Snair

Fuck you, you're in jail. -- T-ed

MAD COW

Thrasher is the greatest magazine. Anyways, I just finished reading some entries to Mail Drop and decided to write myself. I'm so tired of the back and forth between the Jesus freaks, the Atheists, and the so-called hardcore anti-sellouts. So here it goes: 1. The Jesus freaks: A couple hundred years ago people were trippin' on all the women and retards, blaming evil spirits and believing in witches and monsters. They thought this was the absolute truth. In a few hundred years people will look back on you and your ideas and laugh. Humans have no idea how shit works, so stop talking altogether. 2. the Atheists: I personally like the Atheists. They realize they have no clue and admit' it. It's funny when kids write about how the Pissdrunx are going to Hell while they are going to Heaven. 3. the anti-sellouts: this is my favorite--then don't buy a soda or write on paper or don't drink milk. The bed you enjoy was created by a corporation shitting on the environment. I'm done ranting and raving.

William Vittore

Mariposa, CA

I'm sitting in class bored and decide to write. I look up and I see five kids who don't even skate and they're wearing hoodies, shoes, and shirts that support skating. This one person didn't even know what Independent meant, and she was wearing an Indy hoody. What would the original skaters have thought? It has gone past mainstream. Soon we're going to lose skating to the preps and posers. It is because of malls. My mall has a Zumiez and a Pac Sun. Pac Sun is next to American Eagle, and Zumiez is right across from the Aeropostale. Hey, skating does not belong to only little girls and it certainly does not belong in a mall.

PREP SCHOOL

David Manchen

Joliet, IL

Skaters love malls. T-ed

I went to a skate shop in Maine and it sucked. The guy selling the boards was all good, but the yuppie parents made me mad. I mean, let the kids enjoy themselves. The parents were like, "Hurry up, I have to get to Polo before it closes." Don't put them down, because they will be paying for your retirement home.

MY MOM

Ryan McArdie

Worester, MA

Two Palo references in one mag. Perfect. T-ed

NOT CANADA

I'm an angry, pissed off skateboarder from shitty Vancouver, Washington. I want to know what the flick these skate stoppers are. Seriously, come on. Skateboarding brings millions of dollars into this country. And for what? To make these little pieces of shit that stop hundreds of professionals from doing their job.

The fucking demons of those authorities took away Michael Betts' only wings, thus stripping him of his one true love in his life, skateboarding. My one worrying question comes down to this thing alone: Will Michael Betts ever have the ability to fly again?

This shit is fucking ridiculous. Where do they get off stopping me and all my friends from doing something we love to death, that is our choice to do? It's my flicking freedom. Making these skate stoppers and giving out tickets is never going to solve anything but make us already-pissed-off kids even more vulnerable to go out and have fun skateboarding. This shit should be banned. Someone should really look into this stuff because this is bullshit. Why don't they put studs in the football fields everywhere to stop the jocks from ruining the land? We need to take a stand for who we are right now. This is a hate crime.

Derek Halone

Vancouver, WA

"Banned? Ban me? I'll ban them." Yeah Palmer. Ted

I bought last month's issue and was reading through it when I came upon the letter sent in by 28-year-old skater Michael Betts. That letter really touched me, letting me know how hard it must have been for him to loose his true love, skateboarding. It makes me so fucking mad that he got locked up by some dumbass rollerblading pocket gays! As a 13-year-old, I still have some way to go in life, but I feel his pain. I had my love taken away from me (until I bought a new one, which took me five months to save up for) when I almost got locked up in Juvi Hall. This war between the skaters, skater-haters, cops and rollerbladers (especially) has got to stop somewhere. It's almost like discrimination, or as you could call it, racism. The skaters, as we are, come from an entirely different culture. Cops despise us because we're different from society; we're the outcasts. They treat us unequally because we ride on four wheels and a piece of wood with screws in it, rather than walking on just two legs. Rollerblading is a completely different story that I don't even want to get into right now. The whole thing is though, us chosen ones are special and chosen for a good reason. That reason is to defy any and all laws of urban gravity. Defying that very law gives us our wings, along with the ability to fly.

HARD TIME

Ethan Hensley

From: I don't know where

Skateboards with wings? T-ed