Recently added articles from Thrasher:
Dawn patrol.(MAIL DROP)(Letter to the editor)
Nov 01, 2009; Blakely, Brian ... The skateboarding world just trickles along every single day. Riders leaving companies they've been on for years, companies burning out all over, and new, shitty companies coming out and taking over the skateworld. To the riders it might just be "Whatever, it's a bigger, better check in ...
Bucket brigade.(MAIL DROP)(Letter to the editor)
Nov 01, 2009; Jeglum, Daniel ... What I'm about to tell you is correct. All people are required to use a helmet while skating, correct? I should know. I'm really lucky to be standing over the ground rather than being under it--what I mean is that I'm lucky to be alive. I was skating with a friend 21 years ago. He wanted ...
5 great things about being 5-foot-5.
Nov 01, 2009; Tancowny, Jamie ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] BOOBS IN YOUR FACE Most girls are a head's-height taller than me, so instead of looking them in the eyes I'm looking at their double set. SKATE SPOTS For most guys, a head-high drop is 10 ...
Batting cages: Buena Park, California: Darrell with a black heel.(ON BOARD)
Nov 01, 2009; Karpinski, Ben ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THIS SPOT HAS BEEN in my neighborhood for as long as I can remember. I grew up--like countless other suburban kids--playing little league. Being a ...
Skateboarding is not a sport.(AWFUL TRUTH)
Nov 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] CINCINNATI -- Police say the owner of an Ohio sports bar took an 11-year-old girl's skateboard at gunpoint and has been charged with armed robbery. Police say 50-year-old Jack Connerton was angry over children cutting through his parking lot on ...
Fred Gall.(CLASSIC COVERS)
Nov 01, 2009; Phelps, Jake ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] FEBRUARY 1995 I was staying at Huf's house at the time with Ben Liversedge and the Meatball, Chris Keefe. Peter Bici was at the house too. I'd been saying, "Man, I wanna go skate Hubba," but they were like, "Whatever. That place is played." I ...
Nuge.(INK BLOT)
Nov 01, 2009; Nguyen, Don ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THE TAT IS A BOWL of Pho and a pool cue stick, two things that I really like. Just happens that together they say "fuck you." A good homie named Alex Ramirez did it at my house in my kitchen a year ago or so. He's a tattoo artist from Arizona; he was ...
Obstructed views: Toad and Salmons chili bowl cook-off San Francisco, CA / Aug 29, 2009.
Nov 01, 2009; Creagan, Adam ... "MARK YOUR CALENDARS" is one of those cornbeef expressions no one actually says out loud. However, Toad and Salmon's travelling food/skate ceremony has snowballed these past few years into one of those events where you gooned it if you're out of town when they roll through. The San ...
Shawn Howard.(CANVAS)
Nov 01, 2009; Livmo ... WHAT WE HAVE HERE is one of those eclectic "thinker" types. A true gentleman of leisure for sure--painting and writing for its own sake. He's even been known to enjoy a fine scotch and cigar from time to time. Of course, he used to be a little rougher around the edges. He was raised in ...
Awkward handshakes: antihero heatstroke tour.
Nov 01, 2009; Nagahara, Ken ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THE TRIP STARTED with our friend Jonah getting a minivan for free from his uncle as a Christmas gift in Austin, TX. When my housemate Tony brought this trip up, my heart was already floating east. John from Deluxe had already planned on using his vacation ...
Lee Bender.(SKATER'S EYE)
Nov 01, 2009; Hammeke, Joe ... SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA is the skate Mecca for some people. But Lee Bender's Mecca is everywhere, all the time--California, Indiana, Montana, Alabama, Oregon in the summer, Arizona in the winter--it doesn't really matter as long as there's something to skate. Want to hear from a guy who's put ...
The inordinate repentance of Geoff Rowley.(Interview)
Nov 01, 2009; Burnett, Michael ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] How does it feel to be on a video deadline after this many times around? It actually feels pretty good that we've gotten this far. We've been lucky to make three videos. It's the third in the Sorry trilogy. It's really a testament to the riders ...
The sincerest apologies of Bob Burnquist.(Interview)
Nov 01, 2009; Phelps, Jake ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Why does everybody say that you use magnets? I love that, man. It's called relative wind. Which means that even if there's no wind outside, at whatever speed you're flying though the air, there's a relative wind pushing against you. Especially ...
The wildest confession of David Gonzalez.
Nov 01, 2009; Burnett, Michael ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Are you feeling the pressure on this video? Fuck yeah, I am. A lot of pressure. This is your first video part? Yes. Tell me what happened. Didn't you have a video part done two or three years ago, but you kept ...
The genuine remorse of Mark Appleyard.(Interview)
Nov 01, 2009; Burnett, Michael ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] That's been on your mind lately? I'm always thinking of ways to live leisurely. Ways to, you know, get rich. Yeah, 'cause lately every time we're hanging out you're always talking about schemes so you'll never have to work again. ...
Lemmy.(Interview)
Nov 01, 2009; Bowley, Geoff ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Probably won't be the best interview you've ever had. Probably not the worst. Start with a little drink? Cheers. Cheers. This is Geoff Rowley of Flip skateboards, and I'd like to welcome you to the Lemmy ...
Perry Farrell.(ZOUNDS)(Interview)
Nov 01, 2009; Whiteley, Dan ... DESPITE DAVE NAVARRO'S GOATEE SUCKING and a complete denial of the Emerica shoe incident (Google it), Jane's Addiction remains an epic rock band and believe it or not, Perry Farrell is one hell of a down-to-earth dude. I weaseled my way into a press pass for this year's Lollapalooza, ...
Box Elders.(ZOUNDS)(Interview)
Nov 01, 2009; Hammeke, Joe ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] WHEN YOU COME FROM a small town, you've got to make do with who've you got when forming a band. The McIntyre brothers lucked out in that both of them dig the same music and work well together. On top of that, both are talented musicians who are down to hit ...
Howlin Rain.(ZOUNDS)(Interview)
Nov 01, 2009; McDonald, Scotty ... HOWLIN RAIN is 1979. Not in a sad, contrived, state fair revival sort of way, but in a "they-don't-make-'um-like-they-uses't" super-sonic rock and roll kind of way. You can't really go wrong with a blue Fender Jaguar and a Hammond B-3 organ and a "blind animal energy to endow the music ...
Measure [SA].(Interview)
Nov 01, 2009; Taylor, Todd ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] WELCOME TO THE GREAT RECKONING. Hello shit economy. For years and years, two slowly diverging worlds have been created in punk rock. The first you can observe easily enough. It's on TV, in big stadiums, on the radio. It's all about the sell with a loud ...
