On board

Thrasher Magazine, Oct, 2004

FIRING LINE: JAKE RUPP

Age: Twenty-five

Height: Six-foot

Weight: One-hundred fifty-five

Wheel: Fifty-three

Date turned pro: January 2003

Shoe size: Eleven

Who's rad: We the skateboard community

Who's sad: The tyrants fucking up our world

First board: Alva, Bill Danforth

Fave pro: Danny Fuenzalida

Biggest gap: I don't go down

Highest ollie: Ollie to the most highest

Champion of the moment: Children

POET'S CORNER

   Our screams make you twitchy
   our activity scares your shoppers
   broken glass and a busted bench
   call the cops, third offense,
   lost board, not a lost cause.
   You hire a man to fix it up,
   metal knobs, gutted pavement
   another handrail molestation,
   Call the cops,
   $250 and confiscation,
   lost board, not a lost cause.
   You've got sentries posted,
   badges, handcuffs and all
   they see us now, not time to bail,
   here are the cops, a night in jail,
   a lost board, not a lost cause.

   --Jonah Trople, Sedro-Woolley, WA

   I grab my board and face the day
   hopeful it's not one of regret,
   My mind seems focused
   and my feet feel set.
   I crouch and crack
   an ollie off a bump
   oops, a little off balance
   I tumble and bust my rump.
   I hobble off with little to speak,
   next to find?
   I can only sit on one cheek.

   --Joe Thompson, McMinnville, TN

FUNBOX

Q: How many old-schoolers does it take to change a light bulb?

A: Ten. One to change it and nine to talk about how much better the old lightbulb was, back in the day.

--Cary Jackson, Austin, Texas

FIVES ...

Heelflippers

1. Weiger Van Wageningen

2. Kristian Svitak

3. Lindsey Robertson

4. Jackson Taylor

5. Marcus McBride

--Andy West, Boise, ID

Trends that are too trendy

1. Shaggy hair

2. The color pink

3. Wrist bands

4. Mesh trucker hats

5. Bam Margera

--John Kowalczyk

Switch heelflippers

1. Eric Koston

2. Danny Fuenzalida

3. Keenan Milton (RIP)

4. Ronnie Creager

5. Brian Wenning

--Andy West

Top five RIPs

1. Jeff Phillips

2. Joe Lopes

3. Chris Robison

4. Kit Erickson

5. Troy Clower

--Billy Rabon, North Carolina

Yet to come ...

1. Inward 360 heelflip

2. Double tre flip (720)

3. Heelflip bigflip

4. Nollie inward tre

5. 360 hardflip

--Jeff Ott, NYC

Top five RIPs, Pt II

1. Curtis Hsiang

2. Matt Neely

3. Phil Shao

4. Pepe Martinez

5. Mike Cardona

--Billy Rabon

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