On board

Thrasher Magazine, Sept, 2004

FIRING LINE: TOSH TOWNEND

DOB: 3.12,85

From: Huntington Beach, CA

Height: 6'2"

Shirt size: XXL

Drink: Newcastle

Rail or pool: Pool

Who's busting: Zered

Who's busted: Scurich

Band/group: Peter Briggs

Fresh or hesh: In between

Bros or hoes: Bros before hoes

Long hair or short: Long

Advice: Stay up

Spot: My backyard mini-ramp

Last trick: Carved a bank

Last words: Be positive or go home

CONTESTS

VANS TRIPLE CROWN #2 Cleveland, OH; June 3-6, 2004 Nautica Entertainment Complex

STREET

1. Rodil Junior

2. Kyle Berard

3. Ryan Sheckler

4. Carlos de Andrade

5. Dayne Brummet

6. Chris Haslam

VERT

1. Bucky Lasek

2. Andy Macdonald

3. Anthony Furlong

4. Lincoln Ueda

5. Jake Brown

6. Chris Gentry

FIVES ...

Bummers

1. Empty sessions

2. Rain

3. Wind

4. Skatestoppers

5. The boot

Back Smiths

1. Shimizu

2. Markovich

3. Strubing

4. Big BA

5. Stranger

Carcass Toss

1. Wallenberg

2. El Toro

3. Carlsbad

4. Leap of Faith

5. SD Triple

Classic Kicks

1. Koston 1

2. Sal 23

3. Dunk Low

4. Half-Cab

5. Shelltoes

--Brandon Getty, Stockton, CA

AWFUL TRUTH

PORT HURON: FIRETRUCKS, YES; GRINDING, NO

The Times Herald--City officials made it illegal to grind skateboards, damaging concrete fixtures throughout the city. Grinding, in which a skateboard is moved along the edge of a surface, now is illegal under an ordinance passed by the City Council. Officials had proposed banning skateboarding in Pine Grove Park, but that idea sparked opposition from the public and some on the council. Katie Byrne, who helped with the effort to build a skatepark at Optimist Park, couldn't believe anyone would ban skating in the park. Violating the grinding ban is a misdemeanor and punishable by up to 90 days in jail and/or a fine of up to $500.

POET'S CORNER

   Fifty thousand miles down a cold
   and empty road of stone
   been on the highway quite a while
   seems like I'll never make it home.
   This road trip started right about 1985.
   I've died a hundred times,
   but somehow I'm still alive.
   the stories stackin' up so high
   I think I'm gonna have to write a book
   about trials and tribulations
   I'll have to take another look.
   About satan looking me in the eyes
   and then he ran the other way,
   about all the missionaries
   who think their religion is here to stay
   about the connections with the people
   who have carried me on this quest
   the believers, the deceivers from
   the north, south, east and west.
   This road has worn me out so much
   but it keeps my senses sharp
   everyday is pure survival
   blood beats through my heart
   50 thousand miles down a cold
   and empty road of stone,
   I ride through every curve and turn.
   This earth I am forever cursed to roam.

--Mark Hubbard, Seattle, WA