Thrasher Magazine

Industry experts agree, 2011 was the Best Year Ever. Thanks everybody.

Instead of the usual five, we animated the 10 sequences that graced our Contents pages in 2011.

With Cory Kennedy and Shane O'Neill on board, Nike SB had flatground tech handled. And as the road rage and odors add up, a gorgeous Vegas model lightens the mood.

The trick choices and use of spots in a line say as much about a skater as their individual style. The best skaters in the world are now setting aside their footage for Firing Line. Just wait until next year!

What better way to shake off a SOTY party hangover than with a little vert cruise across The Bay? Schaaf, Ffej, Navs, Hewitt, and the SOTY—Cheers!

A bizarre mix of animated fact and fiction involving Grant Taylor comes to life over at the Volcom site. This clip is a trip, man.

A picture might be worth a thousand words, but some things can only truly be captured on video. Unless, of course, you were lucky enough to be there in real life...

SOTY was everything you could imagine and more. Grant went hard, Trash Talk took it further, and Left Brain from Mellowhype handled the ender. What did the 5 fingers say to the face???

The KOTR recipe involves straight-up gnarly skating and full-on weirdness. Insanely brutal challenges and fun dork tricks collide as Nike SB has a blast in Albuquerque.