February 2008
The Archives
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Titus, Profiles
HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLER HOPES TO PARACHUTE INTO THE FLAMES
You probably haven’t heard of Titus’s hometown unless you’re a golf fanatic and know about its Resort Golf Course’s 14th hole—the world’s only movable floating green—or unless you’ve made a fast break from Boise to Canada. Coeur d’Alene, Idaho has about 50,000 residents, 1,521 of which attend Titus’s high school.
Dynamics at […]
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Titus, Profiles
TITUS DODGES MARRIAGE AND KEEPS IT AWKWARD
ON SOCIAL SITUATIONS: “I just like making things awkward for people. I’ll just mess with people.”
ON HIS BODY: “Every once in a while I just, like, give a good flex in the mirror, but I don’t look that good because I’m all pale and pasty.”
ON SCHOOL: “The […]
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Brooks, Profiles
SKATE PARKS: MAKING 11 MILLION AMERICANS HAPPY ONE HALF-PIPE AT A TIME
Brooks’ hometown is known as the “Horse Capital of the World” and is heralded on wikipedia (without citation) as home to the largest peanut butter factory in the world. But neither of these things matter much to Brooks. His life revolves around the city’s public skate park, located right across the street from where […]
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Brooks, Profiles
WHAT RULES AT BROOKS’ FAVORITE SKATE PARK?
As long as cities create parks, they will create rules. The following are the rules posted at Brooks’ skate park:
Know your abilities and skate at your own risk.
Children, 17 and under, should have parental supervision.
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Brooks, Profiles
BROOKS QUESTIONS THE MOTIVES OF THE JACKASS CREW
ON BIG CITIES: “I don’t understand how LA is so big. I can walk across downtown [in his hometown] and be anywhere I want to be in less than an hour.”
ON HIS PARENTS’ DIVORCE: “I didn’t think it was possible. Like the world trade center, you didn’t think it was possible.”
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Nate, Profiles
THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE MOSH PIT. THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE MOSH PIT.
It’s not surprising that a 16 year old boy like Nate loves music. What is surprising is that most of his favorite bands were at the peak of their careers nearly a decade before he was born. These bands, including Minor Threat, Agnostic Threat, Million Dead Cops, the Dead Kennedys and Bad Brains, marked […]
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Nate, Profiles
RAISE YOUR MOSH PIT IQ
THE BASICS
• Originated in L.A. hardcore music scene during the early ‘80s
• Crowd surfing is illegal at most festivals and concerts in EuropePLAY OR GET OUT OF THE WAY
• Huntington Beach Strut- Swing your arms around and hit anything and everyone in your way. You’re on your way to becoming a Mike Marine […] -
Nate, Profiles
NATE HATES CELL PHONES AND POLITICS
How he describes himself on myspace: im nate i go by many many nick names that no one seems to use such as -dunde -tic -nate-a-late -fork <–(this one is questionable) -and so much more i enjoy music and reading horror novels. also video games and riding my bike long distances. drinking with my […]
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Lee, Profiles
HEY YOU, THAT’S MY HORSE!
So, you have a horse. It’s gorgeous. You ride it everyday. You’ve come to love it the way you love a best friend. One night you put her—we’ll give her the name Chantrelle for the sake of argument—in the stable, toss her a carrot, and then you’re off to bed. You wake up the […]
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Lee, Profiles
PEOPLE IN SCHOOL THOUGHT LEE WAS A BITCH
ON FREE TIME: “I hang out with my friends a lot. I have a lot of friends. I go out a lot. Go play pool. Get my mind off home.”
ON DIVERSITY: “I am very open minded and willing to learn about all kinds of things.”
ON ARGUMENTS: “If they tell me […]
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