Mail drop.Explain the deal for every unreal, left-field, inward heel at: Mail Drop c/o THRASHER thrasher: see mimic thrush. thrasher Any of 17 species (family Mimidae) of New World songbirds that have a downcurved bill and are noted for noisily foraging on the ground in dense thickets and for loud, varied songs. PO Box 884570 San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , CA 94188-4570 THRILL JOCKEY Thrill Jockey is an American independent record label established in 1992 in New York City by former Atlantic Records A&R employee Bettina Richards. Richards started the label with $35,000 of personal and family capital, while working at a Hoboken, N.J. This is my second letter to you guys at Thrasher. My first letter didn't get printed or you just didn't get a chance to print it because I sent it in kind of late. If you didn't put it in your mag just 'cause you didn't like it, I know why. It's probably because you don't support my feelings on one love or it might have ruffled ruf·fle 1 n. 1. A strip of frilled or closely pleated fabric used for trimming or decoration. 2. A ruff on a bird. 3. a. A ruckus or fray. b. Annoyance; vexation. 4. some feathers. Then again, you guys would put anything in your magazine and wouldn't care--as long as there are people buying the mag and skatin' everyday you'll be a'ight. Well, I've come back again to preach the same sermon: Don't playa playa or pan or flat or dry lake Flat-bottomed depression that is periodically covered by water. Playas occur in interior desert basins and adjacent to coasts in arid and semiarid regions. hate bladers, congratulate. We are all in this for the same reason--we're trying to get our thrills and have some fun. Just because skateboarding is our calling doesn't mean we have to hate on theirs. That's pretty much all I'm asking and hope some of you comply. So remember, one love. Austin Arnold San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. , CA No love. T-ed COMPANY SECRETS I would love to see an article in Thrasher about how skateboards are made. How are the decks pressed? How do they get the truck mounting holes in the right spot? How are the trucks formed and painted? How is the mold made to make the wheels? Who comes up with the artwork? Why do they screen the wheels when it rubs off so fast? Does the pro pick the size of his board? I am not asking for any trade secrets to be revealed, but it would be cool to see how this stuff gets from raw material to the skate shop. Thanks. Mark Reid St George, Utah Money, usually. T-ed I just wanted to write a quick note to say hey to all the skaters out there and to say something to all the "underground" skate dogs. Why do you insist that skateboarding stay underground? Dude, y'all whining cry babies need to quit. What are you skating for? The image? 'Cause if you are, you're no better than these "sell-outs" that you keep whinin' about. We as skaters should be glad that skating has come from where it first started. Who cares if it's going mainstream? That's what is wrong with the world today. Everyone's so concerned with what everyone else is doing, they lose sight of what they're doing and why they are doing it themselves. You gotta give BIG UPS to all the folks that have been skating for as long as skating's been around, 'cause they're the ones that are keeping it real. Plus, it is getting better because there are lots more places to skate in most cities, and you don't get harassed half as bad as you used to when I started in the late '80s. Every time I read mail in any skate mag there's always some sobbing, whiny, baby letter about Nike-this, Tony Hawk-that, and how much you hate where skating's going. Hell, I wonder if you spend more time worrying about all that than you actually do skating! All I'm trying to say is quit crying and go skate. Let everyone else do what they want. Greg Klingemann Austin, Texas You know what? I've decided to make Thrasher my official Bible. I'm not a religious guy but come on, Thrasher is the book of the gods. Anyway, I just got done reading the "Shockers" article in the November issue like five minutes ago, and Patrick O'Dell's endless attempt to "get some" is the classic example of the "If at first I don't succeed try, try again." I just want to say that Patrick O'Dell is my hero, And I hope to meet you someday. My hat goes off to you Mr O'Dell. You are my role model. O'Dell for president (fuck everybody else). Jesse Coombs Coombs can refer to:
Delta, Utah Delta is a city in Millard County, Utah, United States. The population was 3,209 at the 2000 census. Geography Delta is located at (39.353145, -112.573656)GR1. Patrick O'Dell is Peter Parker Peter Parker may refer to:
What is it about the September issue? Last year it was the Insane 30-page Flip Euro blowout, Lake Shore Drive Lake Shore Drive (colloquially referred to as LSD or simply Lake Shore) is a mostly freeway-standard expressway running parallel with and next to Lake Michigan through Chicago, Illinois, USA. , all the killer Rowley ads, the "Mutation Conspiracy" article (could you reprint that piece every so often just to keep the threat of totalitarianism fresh in our minds?). The entire issue was golden. The September 2002 issue was a hit and you're at it again." The Kris Markovich interview, the Will Lemon III canvas, Danny Way's world record ad, "Gosh, That Must Be Great." Don't get me wrong, every issue is a tasty buffet. Recent highlights for me include June's Texas Pipe Mission "Go Epic or Go Home." Oh yeah, the entire July issue, August's Katch One canvas, October with "Revenge Against Boredom," "Subvert the Dominant Paradigm," and Templeton's ever-present stellar ads/art pimpin' Toy Machine Toy Machine, also known as Toy Machine Bloodsucking Skateboard Company, is a skateboarding company started by Ed Templeton in 1993. [1] The Toy Machine brand is housed under the Tum Yeto distribution company. . To Phelps, Ogden, Lundry and all the rest of you: Keep on saving those endangered species--free speech, independent thought, curiosity and blazing your own trail. To other readers: We are different? Because we skate? Because we like Thrasher's attitude and layout? Because we prefer Thrasher over Transworld Skateboarding TRANSWORLD SKATEboarding is a skateboarding magazine, website, and production company owned by Bonnier Corporation. Founded in 1983, TWS was a response to Thrasher Magazine and specifically to the December 1982 article ‘Skate and Destroy’ written by C.R. ? (Well, maybe...TWS TWS The Wildlife Society (founded in 1937) TWS The Wilderness Society TWS The Weekly Standard (political magazine) TWS Thermal Weapon Sight TWS Texas World Speedway TWS Tsunami Warning System is owned by scary media megasaurus AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. Time Warner). How do we know that Thrasher is not also an elaborate fiction designed to sell Designed to Sell is an HGTV American reality television show hosted by Clive Pearse. The show focuses on the fixing up and renovation of a home that is about to go on the market. It is one half hour long and is produced by Pietown Productions. The show began airing in 2004. image and product and to promote disinterest dis·in·ter·est n. 1. Freedom from selfish bias or self-interest; impartiality. 2. Lack of interest; indifference. tr.v. To divest of interest. Noun 1. in the world outside of skateboarding? We are different because we skate in the USA. We have access to incredible resources. With relative ease we can find beautiful boards of laminated wood laminated wood: see plywood. that are complete with trucks and wheels to ride. With relative ease we can find slabs of smooth reformed rock to skate. If we've got cash, we can travel to some truly amazing examples of reformed rock (pipes, pools, parks, etc). If we've got cash, we can access wood to build terrain to skate. If we don't got cas h, we can still find ways to scam a surprising amount of wood to adapt to our skating imagination. I hear from skaters who care more about what brands they sport than about the fun they get from riding the concrete wave. These name brands might or might not include brands of boards, trucks, wheels, shoes, clothing, soft drinks, fast food, TV shows and channels, video games See video game console. , whatever. What happens when you get drafted to fight in King George II's holy war for oil and blessed crusade to expand the US Empire? What then? You'll be just another American youth perfectly conditioned by consumerism to fight for the US military-industrial complex. But, I hope not. Finally, to Uria (issue 261, p. 110), I hope the shirts found good homes. Thanks for the knowledge and the stickers. James Somewhere in Kansas We're saving it all up for the back-to school "Home-Mode Brain Surgery Issue." T-ed Rest in peace LOVE park and let the crocodile tears flow. Let us gather together and weep regret and loss into our now warming beers. Let us reminisce rem·i·nisce intr.v. rem·i·nisced, rem·i·nisc·ing, rem·i·nisc·es To recollect and tell of past experiences or events. [Back-formation from reminiscence. about "back in the day" when we ripped in LOVE park. Let us watch footage of the dead lady LOVE through blurry eyes and cry on each other's shoulders in the dim light of our flickering TV screens. Dead. The lady LOVE park is dead and there is nothing that can be done. Her corpse is buried beneath a calm of green and trees. The beauty of movement and the exuberant energy of creativity that was her heartbeat is stilled forever. Her throat was cut with the knife of bureaucratic stupidity, but where was the hand of skateboarding trying to stay the stroke? Where were the skaters standing in protest, unmoving against the unreasonable injustice of it all? Where were those whose art and skill grew and careers were made down the wide walkways within the green embrace of the first lady of skateboarding? Where were the keepers of LOVE park? Where were Mr Kalis, Mr Williams, Mr Margera, Mr Getz and the rest? She was given the death penalty, jailed in barbed wire barbed wire, wire composed of two zinc-coated steel strands twisted together and having barbs spaced regularly along them. The need for barbed wire arose in the 19th cent. , and left awaiting her execution. What did you do to help her? Was one word whispered in the direction of city hail to gain a reprieve for LOVE? Was a single sentence uttered to assist the lady whose only crime was to invite you into her beauty and offer her benches, many stairs as ledges, and her your canvas to create upon day after week after month after year? Where were her saviors when her neck lay upon the block? Where were the legions filling the city council chambers? Where w ere the skaters surrounding their LOVE en masse refusing to allow the death sentence to be carried out? Where? Dab your tears of sorrow away with your sponsorship checks. Raise a glass to the fair lady you left twisting in the wind when she needed you most. Denise Gordon Sandy, Oregon How many skateboarders does it take to change a lightbulb? T-ed |
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