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The Grim Ripper; Number 2; Miami, FL

The Grim Ripper ; Number 2; Miami, FL by Roger Bridges & Brent Wilson To view additional issues, click the link in the title above. ON THE COVER Robbie Weir layback at The Falls Ramp [link: Robbie Weir Interview; Coping Block Skateboarding Magazine ] Rob at the Grove demo (bottom left) 'Bones' cools off Jeff, while Dan looks on (bottom right) EDITOR'S NOTE / UPDATES by Roger Bridges CLIPS FROM NEWSPAPERS Miami Herald via the Los Angeles Times News Service : "Skateboarding Can Mean Money" coverage of a Westside (LA) all-girl skate club called "The Hags" mentions that the skateboard craze in the '70s spread from Venice & Malibu across the country, but nearly fizzled in '81 until Thrasher was born claims that Thrasher's message to skaters was "take your boards to the street" and abandon the skate parks with their rules and regulations Skate Clubs like the Hags and their male counterparts, the Jaks, practice "monging," defined as an attitude of wanting more, but never getting enough 13 year old April Hoffman is so straight-edge and surf-fashion oriented that she doesn't have Hag potential notes that Hoffman's grandmother, Jeanies founded the Pipeline Skatepark / Upland, with business a

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