Thrasher Magazine
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Thrasher was founded in 1981 by Fausto Vitello and Eric Swenson, primarily as a way to promote Independent Truck Company, their skateboard truck company. The magazine's first editor was Kevin Thatcher. Mofo became the second staff member, joining Thatcher in mid-1981.
In 1993, Jake Phelps was named editor of the magazine. With him, he brought the punk-skater ethic to the world through his photojournalism, changing the essence of Thrasher, and in turn changing the sub-culture of skateboarding forever. In 1999, the magazine sponsored a PlayStation game called Thrasher Presents Skate and Destroy. Vitello's son, Tony, took over as owner of the magazine after his father died of a heart attack in 2006, and Swenson died by suicide in 2011. On March 14, 2019, long-time editor Jake Phelps died.
Photographer Michael Burnett is the magazine's current editor-in-chief.
Videos
mike vallely, tony hawk, neil blender, jeff grosso, lance mountain , and more
Added: Thursday, January 1, 1970
Thrasher - Scorchin' Summer (1999)
diego bucchieri ("the butcher"), jeremiah babb, tim achille, luciano cristobal
Added: Thursday, January 1, 1970
Thrasher - Shotgun (2006)
angel ramirez, lizard king (mike plumb), adam dyet, dan drehobl, kyle berard , and more
Added: Thursday, January 1, 1970
Thrasher - Skate And Destroy (1996)
cairo foster, daewon song, forrest kirby, josh kalis, mark gonzales ("gonz") , and more
Added: Thursday, January 1, 1970
Thrasher - Sponsor Me! (1994)
max schaaf, mike carroll, scott johnston, chris senn, dan drehobl , and more
Added: Thursday, January 1, 1970
Added: Monday, February 17, 2014
dennis busenitz, ethan fowler, mark gonzales ("gonz"), pat duffy, dan drehobl , and more
Added: Friday, July 15, 2022
Thrasher - The Truth Hurts (1993)
mark gonzales ("gonz"), willy santos, mike frazier, salman agah, onio thompkins , and more
Added: Thursday, January 1, 1970
Thrasher - Thrash & Burn (2011)
frank gerwer, peter ramondetta, tony trujillo ("tnt"), grant taylor, peter hewitt , and more
Added: Thursday, January 1, 1970
Thrasher - Timebomb (2001)
chet childress, chris cole ("cobra"), matt pailes, tony trujillo ("tnt"), gershon mosley , and more
Added: Thursday, January 1, 1970
Thrasher - Vidiot (1998)
bam margera, cairo foster, ethan fowler, josh kalis, kenny reed , and more
Added: Thursday, January 1, 1970
mark gonzales ("gonz"), johnny layton, omar hassan, austin kanfoush, lee yankou , and more
Added: Thursday, May 28, 2020
ethan fowler, raymond molinar, emmanuel guzman, sammy baca, nick trapasso , and more
Added: Thursday, January 1, 1970
eric koston, justin brock, grant taylor, donovon piscopo, cory kennedy , and more
Added: Thursday, December 11, 2014
tony trujillo ("tnt"), grant taylor, sean malto, curren caples, ishod wair , and more
Added: Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Thrasher Vacation: Canada (2023)
brandon westgate, frank gerwer, rick mcCrank, zered bassett, evan smith , and more
Added: Tuesday, November 28, 2023
Thrasher Vacation: Germany (2022)
evan smith, wes kremer, pedro barros, blake carpenter, mason silva , and more
Added: Wednesday, September 28, 2022
sammy montano, kevin liedtke, Joey O'Brien, frankie spears, jordan powell
Added: Sunday, March 19, 2023
Added: Friday, May 17, 2013
Wheel Bite in the Rain (2022)
Added: Sunday, February 13, 2022
[untitled] 006 (2022)
ishod wair, Mark Suciu, filip almqvist, jamal smith, kevin liedtke , and more
Added: Tuesday, December 13, 2022