Thrasher Magazine

Everyone’s favorite annual award ceremony is back to celebrate the year’s best breakthroughs and bunts. If you can’t make SOTY, might as well hope for a T-Eddy. See the list and guess who’ll get pissed.

With a full part in the books, Versace Plug keeps the momentum by hitting the streets with his homies for their brand Flytecc. Filled with familiar spots from Hyun’s hit list, the gang goes off on Germany’s smooth sets and granite ledges. You’ll wanna see what he throws out of a back tail.

The Arson Department sets the scene for the hot new drop from Spitfire. Cop some and keep the fire lit.

Santa Cruz is letting you put your own colorized spin on some iconic graphics with a set of black-and-white reissues. Throw some neon colors on a Roskopp or tag your name on a Salba. Don’t be afraid to color outside the lines. 

The Bay Area scene lets loose on Treasure Island’s new concrete walls to ring in another year of the survival and growth for the DIY oasis. TNT, a bunch of young transition terrors, some bands and a pit turn the event into a full blown bash. Here’s to an even bigger fourth.

The graceful style might trick you into believing a five block huck is easy, but rest assured, Morocco’s Nassim Lachhab is a master in his field. Besides the high-flying hammers, the man has ledges on lock too. Take a hit of this part before your next session.

Aided by John Gardner, Lukas Miller and many more misfit geniuses, The LARB continues its crusade to kill skateboarding. In their the attempt, they stuffed the new edit with absurd amounts of awful setups, beer can pranks, trash pickin’ crust punks, black metal sets and shopping carts—lots of shopping carts. Will skateboarding survive the assault?

As part of its Keep It Rolling campaign, Deluxe highlights Joey Pepper, interviewing him about using recycled skateboards in his woodworking practice. The East Coast legend shows off some sweet product and shouts out his fellow Portland artisans. How many boards go into one radical rainbow stool? Find out.

Amongst the crust of America’s Rust Belt, a rag-tag crew of skaters get the gumption to salvage the skateable scraps from truly decrepit spots. Jerry Mraz, Matt Andersen and Jake Baldini’s equally terrifying and inspiring new project will leave the sweet sound of clanking cellar doors ringing in your ears.