Old dirty.

I am writing in response to a claim made by Wez Lundry in a 'zine review that there's no such thing as a frontside indy air. First, the fact that airs do not have frontside or backside designators is meaningless, because it is very common to drop the frontside or the backside when referring to the easier form of the trick (noseblunt rather than a frontside noseblunt slide or a big spin rather than backside big spin). This concept also applies to airs. When Tony Alva first aired in the Dog Bowl, nobody thought of it as a frontside indy because it had not been done yet, backside or otherwise. And while tricks like backside Madonnas or frontside body jars are theoretically possible, they are too uncommon to warrant the use of such a designation when referring to the common form of the trick. Therefore, while calling the trick a frontside indy air may possibly be redundant or over-explanatory, it is not a fallacious use of terminology.

Matt Elliott 

Clarkston, MI

Big words for little dicks, and there's still no such thing.--T-ed