Recently added articles from Thrasher:
Widow maker.(MAIL DROP)(Letter to the editor)
Jul 01, 2009; ... While watching Mars Attacks, I'm inspired to write of the defining moment in my life: South San Francisco in 2000, when I showed up to this park in full pads like a hockey player, scared to shit of what was to come. I had just moved from Mammoth Mountain and hadn't skated in years. This ...
My war.(MAIL DROP)(Letter to the editor)
Jul 01, 2009; ... To the person who recently wrote about skaters and BMXers in the weekly SF newspaper: You could not have been more off point. The number one most important problem between skaters and bikers is not a simple two-wheel problem--it's a coping problem. Coping is the cream in the Twinkle, the ...
More sk8n.(MAIL DROP)(Letter to the editor)
Jul 01, 2009; ... I think skateboarding is great. It's what I've always done, and until recently, what I planned on sticking to for as long as I could. It has outlived all other interests I've had--such as sports, studying, getting a real job, and "normal" friends. I always thought, "Just stick with ...
Envelope of the month.
Jul 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...
Cobrah, #1.('ZINE THING)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Met Tadashi and Zarosh at the Rumble last year. Zarosh gave away my free t-shirt, so Tadashi gave me his. Tadashi was talking about doing his 'zine and it finally landed on my desk. Worth the wait: Zarosh explains his set, and there's an interview ...
I can't smell my dinner.('ZINE THING)
Jul 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Fucked up and photocopied, from front to back, just the way we like it. This mag's got travelling and skating up and down the West Coast and a trip through the South ...
Curbsnot, #1.('ZINE THING)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Driving miles to skate pipes, flying across the Channel to skate a bowl, and dealing with the grey dome of winter are just a few examples of the British skate lifestyle. Published by an unrepentant old skate codger, this mag is pretty damn great for a first issue, thick ...
Fuknoath, #4.('ZINE THING)
Jul 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This shit's kill. From the mysterious arm on the backside noseblunt cover photo to the bar tricks to the Debastating Debbie column, Fuknoath has got their bases covered. Mumford checks in with top three lists, there are tons of ...
Levil uniform, #11.('ZINE THING)
Jul 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This one is the sequel horror issue, and it's got some scary shit in there. It starts off with an interview with the '80s metal band Hirax, and it's also got interviews with Birdo from Consolidated, horror vixen Miko Macabre, Eliminator, and ...
Beerspit, #2.('ZINE THING)
Jul 01, 2009 ... This mag rises above the debauchery and other kinds of fun enshrined between its pages. A bunch of photos from New York City and other random shots, including some color pages, as well as a little prose and poetry, but don't get ...
Professional fingerboarder?('ZINE THING)
Jul 01, 2009; ... I was living the dream in 2000. I was a professional fingerboardar touring the world. Yes, a professional fingerboarder. I got a call from my friend saying some guy came into the skate shop looking for fingerboorders and told him he gave them my name and the guy was gonna call me. I ...
5 Great ways to get broke off: "I hate low rails with a passion".(FIVE GREATS)
Jul 01, 2009; ... 1 FOCUSED PINKY IN THE RAIN This is a recent injury. I was out with Rhino and some other cats skating San Diego. We put the lights on some rail. I thought I'd try to hit it up, looked like some fun. While I'm trying my trick it started to piss down. My first thoughts were, "This ...
Ink blot: Anthony van Engelen.(ON BOARD)
Jul 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] IT'S A COMBO of my best and worst tattoo. It's the worst because it looks like a shopping cart. So that's pretty great. Dylan did it on me one night when he was pretty drunk. I did one on him, too: I was sober and it ...
Where are they now? Pat Duffy.(ON BOARD)
Jul 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THEN That day was a back to school issue of Thrasher in 1992, I believe, so if it was back to school I must have shot the photo during the summertime with Bryce. I used to love going to those rails just because they were the best metal to ...
Skateboarder smashes cop car windshield.(AWFUL TRUTH)
Jul 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Timaru, New Zealand -- A lone police officer had her patrol car windscreen smashed by an angry 12-year-old boy wielding a skateboard at Caroline Bay on Saturday. The constable was at the skatepark on Caroline Bay responding to complaints from ...
Anatomy of "Move, Dude!".(ON BOARD)
Jul 01, 2009 ... YOU RIGGED THE SPOT, the light's perfect, the cameras are out, and then the whole thing ...
That's my shit: Lizard King.(ON BOARD)
Jul 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THE PAINTING I was just chilling at my house super wasted. This chick was there with Psycho Mike. She was just sitting there talking to me but I was hammered and fell asleep. When I woke up in the morning she was gone, but there was this ...
Photograhffiti.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Seriously don't send photos or money to: don't send photos or money 1111 17th St SF, CA. 9410. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Anything but stale. Shaafaroni reels one in in Marseille. Photo: Ahab ...
Stair Banks Miami, FL.(ON BOARD: EPIC SPOTS)
Jul 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] OKAY, SO THIS SPOT is actually known by local and visiting skaters alike as the Ghetto Banks, but that seems a harsh moniker to inflict on a treasure that has inspired so many pros and skatepark designers alike. The ...
Spot check: my backward ramp.(SIEBEN)
Jul 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] LOCATION: SOUTH AUSTIN, TEXAS, USA If I was only allowed to choose one word to describe the ramp that is in my backyard, the word that I would choose would be "shitty." It wasn't always shitty though. It actually used to be pretty bad ass. But ...