Thrasher Magazine

Four days of "Brain Dead"? You better Send Help. Parkside, Escapist, Infinity and Uprise have you covered with Randy Ploesser, Ryan Sublette, Preston Harper and Alex Kehoe. Get there and help em drink the free beer.

The Midwest’s premiere skate competition goes down Aug. 25 at The Bay, in Lincoln, Nebraska, including $4,500 in prize money, featuring 36 of the regions top-tier skaters with guest judges Robbie Brockel and Justin Brock from Real skateboards. Plus, a game of SKATE, highest ollie and hippy jump contests. (All skill levels are welcome!). Get your tickets here.

It’s Familia’s anniversary fiesta and they’re giving away cash for tricks. Mark your calendar if you live in the Twin Cities area!

There's just something about those red curtains and that "Here it comes" countdown that makes people do the strangest things. See you there next year.

For the latest updates from the Skate Rock tour, check out our mobile blog that'll be updated periodically with shitty iPhone photos from the road with the crew.

First night of Skate Rock… Jake goes to the hospital… Bad Shit… Better believe. Athens tonight; it's on!

Bad Shit and The Goat embark on the East Coast Skate Rock tour next week. The vans are filling up and the venues are getting booked—check out the dates and how to win a sweet prize package from Nixon and Altamont.

Chris Cole will be signing autographs at a Borders bookstore in Carlsbad, CA tonight and giving away 300 limited-edition Skater of the Year t-shirts with purchase of the new mag. More Info

We're gonna be blowing out two days at SXSW with an authentic texas-style miniramp death match. Bands, beers, bros, blood, $2k in prize money, and it's all free to watch thanks to CONS.

Here's the complete wrap-up on Black Box's Crossroads retail show with photos and video—including the Best Trick contest.  

Ryan Sheckler won the Big Tricks contest at Bernal Heights rail. You've got to see this video...