Thrasher back issues from June 2009:
Pastor place.(MAIL DROP)(Letter to the editor)
Jun 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Starbuck's is the place to be in the winter if you can't skate. The one I go to in New York City is huge, and it's also right across the street from my skatepark, Astor Place, aka The Cube. Starbuck's has all different kinds of people hanging out. Yuppies ...
Team toxic.(MAIL DROP)
Jun 01, 2009; ... It's sweet that you've got the Birdman writing about inverts, underrated tricks from my heyday (late '80s). And it's cool that he's still interested in fluffing his former Bones Brigade teammates, who make up a good portion of the list. Conspicuously absent, however, is the best eggplant ...
Finger bang.(MAIL DROP)(Letter to the editor)
Jun 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] I always knew I was destined to go to a college in California after high school. I was going to make it as a skate photographer, grinding my way through life and the high expenses that come with the glamour of this West Coast lifestyle. Somehow I ended up ...
Envelope of the month.
Jun 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...
Upper decker.('ZINE THING)
Jun 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Named after an act of revenge, this one's pretty much all skate related and out of the Columbus, OH environs as best as I can tell (no address info). It's got interviews with some local heroes and an up-and-comer, a photo ...
Fluke, #7.('ZINE THING)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Fluke is a great 'zinc outta Tucson, but its connection is strongest to Little Rock, AR, where it first came out, and where it seems most of the contributors and subjects are from. There's some long interviews with people you most likely haven't heard of but who are really interesting to ...
The rise and the fall, #12.('ZINE THING)
Jun 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Getting this one in the mail is like getting a present or something; I always look forward to a new issue. This 'zinc can be held up as a prototype: It's got all the ingredients in the correct amounts and spiced with the right attitude. What kind of ...
Sorry world, #2.('ZINE THING)
Jun 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This one is outta Maine, and it's a great collection showcasing the happenings and whatnot in that neck of the woods. There's a bunch of skate flicks that show the DIY spirit of things, some band and party pics, an interview with a guy from Worship ...
Standard issue, #666.('ZINE THING)(Concert review)
Jun 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Another issue of this great trashy punk 'zine that's coming out of somewhere in Canada. There's tons of cool stuff in this one, including essays written about working in a chicken processing plant, observations from living in China for a year, "Notes from ...
Lovers, hot skate moms.('ZINE THING)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Where might these compellingly disturbing images originate? Dirty Jersey? Yep. These are two 'zines with artwork from a guy named Crab. One is a disturbing collection of "lovers" and the other is a disturbing collection of "skate mom" ...
Gnarnia, #1.('ZINE THING)
Jun 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This one is quick to get through; it's got zero writing and is a 16-page collection of flicks, plus a photo of the Locust and a dude with a shitwig. The photos are great, held back only by the photocopy quality, but ...
Five great: musical maniacs.(ON BOARD)
Jun 01, 2009; ... THERE IS MUSIC that soothes and music that entertains, but in Angel Ramirez's mind the best music is that which annoys. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 1 DANIEL JOHNSTON Daniel Johnston rules. He annoys a lot of people. His big break came when Kurt Cobain wore a ...
Richard Paez.(WHERE ARE THEY NOW?)
Jun 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] NOW: I'm skating 100-percent and working odd jobs. I've been living in Visalia since I was 10, so I know a lot of people who can put me to work. My friend runs a pebble tech flooring business and I've been working for him a lot lately to keep money in my ...
Man burns down skateboard ramps.(AWFUL TRUTH)
Jun 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] WFTV--Lewis Smith, 45, of Orange City, FL got so mad at the kids who were skateboarding on some ramps near his house that he burned them down. The sheriff's office says the man put the neighborhood near Orange City in danger and forced the county to divert ...
Mark Appleyard.(INK BLOT)
Jun 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] IT MEANS A LOT of things. It's a positive vibe put out there. It wasn't directly influenced by the Bob Marley song; although, I do like Bob Marley. It's about my love for life and for skating. I'm blessed with a good life and it's a ...
Tommy Sandoval.(ON BOARD: THAT'S MY SHIT)
Jun 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] MICHELADAS AT LA BELLA'S IN CHULA VISTA, CA It's a whole 365-degrees of fun. I find myself here a couple of times a week, whenever the homies are hanging around. I usually get this drink; it's called the michelada. It's basically a whole lot of ...
Fort Miley San Francisco, CA.(ON BOARD: EPIC SPOTS)
Jun 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] the Japanese attacked American naval ships in Pearl Harbor on Oahu, HI, setting the stage for skaters to find an epic spot some 40 years later. Built to house huge 16 meter cannons to protect the Golden Gate, these long-dormant dogs of war were an integral ...
Thrashin' on a budget.(SIEBEN)
Jun 01, 2009; ... IF YOU'RE A LITTLE KID, you might not be fully aware of how bad the current economic condition of the world is right now. But if you're old enough to be paying your own bills then chances are you're going to start feeling the bite in one way or another. But don't let it get you down; you ...
Big Dan.(CANVAS)
Jun 01, 2009; ... ONE OF MY FIRST MEMORIES of Big Dan was when he used to make me tease one of the kids at the back of the school bus. Dan would come up and bully me until I did it. We were super young--second or third grade. I've known him for a long time. Big Dan's my friend. He's an awesome artist. This ...
Quest for 'crete.(DIY FILES)
Jun 01, 2009; ... THE POWERS THAT BE in your town keep saying they're going to build skatepark, but it only goes as far as that: talk. You've attended meetings, seen the janky playground designs they want to bolt together, along with their list of rules they can't wait to enforce. Your lofty dreams of ...
Ben Hatchell.(LUNATIC FRINGE)
Jun 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] BEN HATCHELL GRINDS big bars, rips vert, and everything in between. A ...
The simple things.
Jun 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THIS WAS ORIGINALLY supposed to be a trip to Dubai. I actually had two trips to Dubai lined up in 2009. One of them is getting turned into a trip to Albuquerque, and the other evolved into this. As for the cause of these radical itinerary changes, I direct ...
Catching up with Jake Duncombe.(Interview)
Jun 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] IN SKATEBOARDING you're either in or you're out, and Jake's in. Put him on a skateboard and watch him go. He isn't worried about having his own website, and self-promoting marketing isn't his game. Maybe giving his team managers gray hairs and ulcers is ...
Paranoid connections: Nike in Spain.
Jun 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] MY MIND WAS SWIRLING. I kept finding paranoid connections between the marauding Vandal barbarians, eighteenth century pirates, world finance, and Billy Ray Cyrus. We happened to be in Mallorca to skate what we were told were marble wonderlands abandoned by ...
The Nuge.(Interview)
Jun 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] DON NGUYEN HAS NEVER LIVED the average life. But then again, what is the average life? While most would have stereotypical expectations of what a young Vietnamese immigrant boy should be like, Don adheres to none of ...
Photo feature.
Jun 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Jordan Vititow Frontside crooked grind [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Corey Duffel Frontside boardslide [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Jordan Hoffart 50-50 ollie out Robbie ...
Zero Boys.(ZOUNDS)
Jun 01, 2009; ... THE MIDWEST had a very unique punk scene in the '80s. The one band that stood out most from the others were the Zero Boys. Fast songs with a poppy feel to them, more singing than yelling. Their first EP, Vicious Circle, is a classic that belongs in any punk collection. They recorded a ...
Jason Lytle.(ZOUNDS)
Jun 01, 2009; ... 'WE ARE STAKEBOARDERS, but this is not skate rock." Such was the hand-scrawled inscription inside one of Grandaddy's first early-'90s demo tapes, flowed out to the rats by drummer Aaron Burtch, then working at City Skates in Modesto, CA. A band of skaters recording their own music, DIY and ...
Mi Ami.(ZOUNDS)
Jun 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] WHEN MI AMI'S SET starts the first thing you notice isn't the voice, though it is arresting and too high-pitched and aggressive to not be polarizing, a bit like trapped birds indoors arguing through an Echoplex. No, you immediately focus on the mammoth ...
POS.(ZOUNDS)
Jun 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] STEFON ALEXANDER can't tell you the difference between a hipster and a douche bag. "Everybody just wants to make some money for themselves and look cooler than everybody else," he sighs, failing to exclude himself. A stylistically transient rapper from ...
Dan Padilla.(ZOUNDS)
Jun 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] I COTTON TO MUSICIANS who just don't have it in their chemical makeup to climb the corporate ladder to the majors and who don't make songs for aging hipsters, injecting so much irony in their music's bloodstream that it poisons their hearts. I'm not ...
Notes from the underground.(ZOUNDS)
Jun 01, 2009; ... SLOVENLY HAS HIT THE MARK again with the new Wau y los Arrrghs!!! Viven LP. Straight-ahead punk outta the garage with a singer that sounds like a Spanish Froggy (from the Little Rascals)--well, at least a little. The ode to Link Wray gives this one away ... I thought I was heating the ...
The damned.(ZOUNDS)
Jun 01, 2009; ... How does it feel to be a founding father of punk music? [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Captain Sensible: It still feels right to replace the excesses of the stadium rock stars With a smaller club-based punk vibe. It's hard to believe, but it was almost obligatory in the '70s ...
Hella pages: shops that are down.
Jun 01, 2009 ... ALABAMA Birmingham Faith Skate & Supply Cullman Jason Green Skateboards Ft. Payne Alibi Hoover Ride Skateboards Scottsboro Alibi ARIZONA Conway ...
Little Jimmy's skateshop: Middletown, NY.(Shop of the Month)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Little Jimmy's offers high quality products at low cost. It's economically friendly not only on your wallet, but also on your car since it's so centrally located. Little Jimmy's kills it because it's owned by a skater who caters to skaters. You won't find that upgrade gimmick or orange ...
Photograffiti.
Jun 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The sunnys are cheese but the spot looks good. Eric Dutton, boardshde fakie Tucson. AZ Photo: Grimnes [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Austin Sanders lays tall down some Bozeman. MT real estate. Photo: Weber [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...
In a team switch.(TRASH)
Jun 01, 2009 ... IN A TEAM SWITCH sending shockwaves through the stokeosphere, Baker boy Leo Romero turned in his PD and left the fold (the only one to do so since Terry's brief departure!) to join the raw rippers of Ed Templeton's Toy Machine brand. While rumors circulate of possible bad blood between Leo ...
Youngsters.(TRASH)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Rad dads this month include Billy Marks, proud father of a baby boy, and tad-dad-to-be, Tommy Sandoval, expecting a gift sooner or later. When that happens, Fallen footwear will be the only shoe teams where every pro on the squad is also a father. Shoes with pacifier stash pockets? Could ...
Top shelf.(TRASH)
Jun 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A Keith Haring ...
Window still.(TRASH)
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Superweed.(TRASH)
Jun 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Angel ...
Down for life.(TRASH)
Jun 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Eric Dressen lays down ...
Last time.(TRASH)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Ray Jay was seen sporting a Hubba tee on the streets of SF. Is two-year-old Caleb Caballero endorsing his father's mini-mini Cab? Is this the Bones Brigade catering to the two-to-eight age range? The Active Ride Shop filed for reorganization protection under Chapter ...
Crust palace.(TRASH)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Is George Powell releasing his own signature model deck? RIP Christophe Betille, dead of a heart attack on the sidewalk in front of his home. He rolled hard in life and succumbed following a skate session in Nantes, France. Semi-expatriated American artists Ed and ...
Hit or miss.(TRASH)
Jun 01, 2009 ... "Sometimes you eat the pool. Sometimes the pool eats you."--Billy Runaway "Here is our most recent ad, we're sure that you can do better."--Real "I do think if we can get ...
Drop in.(TRASH)
Jun 01, 2009 ... <Pre> WHAT'S COMING DOWN THE PIPE THIS MONTH ... 1. Jereme Rogers" treble clef face tattoo 'Cause a bass clef would just be silly 2. Dyrdek and Carl's Jr team up to build skate spots We thought Hardee's was the one with banks out front ...
Ryan Gallant.(FIRING LINE)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Hometown: Waltham, MA Currently: Carlsbad, CA Sponsors: Plan B skateboards and wheels, Circa shoes, Venture Trucks, Swiss, True East Five Legends: Tommy Cheeseballs, Matt Hensley, Keenan Milton, Sean Sheffey, and Ric Flair Vices: ...
Fire away.(SOMETHIN' ELSE)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Josh Falk hopes to avoid becoming a human sacrifice to the volcano gods on ...
Photograhffiti.
Jun 22, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A young Petey Hewitt puts the Gorilla Grip on a goody at Del Mar. Photo: Mom [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Globe hopper CHRIS PFANNER ollies off some serious jet lag. Photo: Jimmy [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION ...
Sam Smyth.(SKATER'S EYE)
Jun 22, 2009; ... THE FACT THAT I've been listening to Souljah Boy and T-Pain for three days might reflect in this paragraph. There's nothing like the feeling of stabbing a human. Shit's fucking nuts. Try chucking a brick through a fucking window of somebody you've never met. All of what I just mentioned ...
Home Turf.
Jun 22, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] LET'S TAKE IT BACK 30 years to 1979, the glory days of concrete skateparks. The most notable battlegrounds were the monstrosities like Upland, Big O, and Del Mar to the west, and Cherry Hill and Kona to the east. Stuck in the middle was the runt of the ...
#13 photo issue.
Jun 22, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] FRANK ATWATER/backside grind/BURNETT JAMIE TANCOWNY 360 flip BURNETT [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] BACKDRAFT/RHINO [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] GILBERT ...