Pad Rot #1

Zine: Pad Rot

Zine: Pad Rot #1 – Abnormal Behavior Issue
From the collection of Kilwag

Date: May 198?
From: Barrington Illinois
Format: Letter sized, folded in half, stapled. White paper.
Type: Hand written text, some photos.
Pages: 12

By: ???
Art:
Photos: J.G.B.

Featuring: B. Webbe, Geis D, Rob Campell, Tony B, Tory Boettcher

Spots: Elgin pipes

Highlights: A review of Indy stage IV (or Thundies) and a center spread advert for old stage II’s. Apparently Pad Rot was a spinoff from the zine Endless Grind over “editorial differences.” Who knew that zines were that intense? Elgin (most likely) full pipe update, burried becasue of two deaths! Half page Hate Page, obviously an idea borrowed from Skate and Annoy at the time, as we always had a Hate Page, and even had guest Hate Pages. Backside air trick tips that end with “The only reason why you shouldn’t be able to do this trick with some practice is if your [sic] lame or if you got no BALLS.” Tory Boettcher profiled as the best skater in Illinois. Life Sentence advert,

Local Slang: none

Extra: There is a page profile on “the best skater in Illinois” Tory Boettcher. It says he learned frontside inverts, egg plants and gay twists in one day. Another quote says he is better than Mark Lake. I’m not sure if that was supposed ot be a joke or not, since Tory was on the Walker team at the time. Seriously though, Tory was legendary in Illinois for being… the best skater in Illinois actually. Whenever you met someone new who was a serious skater in Illinois, eventually someone would say something to the effect of “Have you seen Tory Boettcher? That guy rips!” We all thought he was going to be the guy from Illinois that “made it,” especially when word got out that he was moving out to California. I don’t know what happened to his skating career. I never really saw any photo coverage in the mags that we thought was so imminent. But in a sense, Tory actually did “make it” because he’s now a VP of something or other over at Blitz Distribution.

Let’s see, what else is worth mentioning? How about an advert for the Chicago punk stalwarts Life Sentence. I’m also going to mention the Frontline Street Gear advert just for the search engines, in case anyone is trolling the web for info on this scene. I don’t recall ever seeing any Frontline Street Gear. Lastly, there’s a photo spread titled “Advanced Crashing,” which sounds like a good name for a zine actually.