Thrasher Magazine

EVERY MONTH in the magazine, we combine world-wide spot hunts, the gnarliest pro skaters, and the best photography possible. And yet, when we ask skate rats what their favorite part of the mag is, we often hear “Photograffiti”—the reader-submitted spread in the back of the mag which features amateur photos and random dudes. No argument here, those pages rule.
  

We've got love for the web, but the next time you take a sick photo, just remember that mixing your blood and our ink on the pages of Thrasher will always pack more punch than glowing pixels on a screen. Here are some favorite Photo-G images from recent years along with the original captions that ran in the mag.

Cincinnati’s Zach Kincaid will always be a celebrity after this show business back Smith.  Photo: Martin

There’s raw street skating and then there’s Russell Freeman 360 flipping into tar-paper gnar. Newark, NJ.  Photo: Sirvan

Like a fallen angel in a shaft of light, Australia’s Jesse Noonan plummets to Earth.  Photo: Green


Dylan Markovic avoids the wet and dirty (as well as the dreaded muff-diving Bowl Troll) in Monroeville, PA.  Photo: Stumpf


Hunter Gilbert makes the most out of an unsteady kicker. Edgewater, Florida.  Photo: Brant


A back tail is a thing of beauty and Mother Nature agrees as Mike Santillian slides one in Kansas City, KS.  Photo: Puckett


Carlos Young, an underground favorite. This shows why. Picture-prefect kickflip in Sacramento, CA.  Photo: Poinski


Chad Seidel clangs a pole jam while Breanna runs to the hills.  Photo: Carlisle


A devil mask and a backyard bark won’t always guarantee Photo-G gold. Ah, who are we kidding? It probably will. Croslund.  Photo: Cook


Photograffiti is high art; never forget. 360 flip, Rick Naumertat. Dresden, Germany.  Photo: Beier

Drowning on dry land. Ryan Heron.  Photo: Katz


The snake sessions at Burnside can get pretty hectic, so this kid figured his only chance to ride was with the the help of a local.  Photo: Mercedes


Don’t bother telling Virginia’s Evan Smith that he’s “inspirational.” He’s got a beanplant to worry about.


Plenty of axle-bash opportunities on this crust-fest. Casey Huizenga, Grand Rapids, MI.  Photo: Jablonski


Say a prayer as Massimo Monciatti blasts off a saintly structure in Lima, Peru.  Photo: Quiroz


Brittney Conrad, backside D amid hella yellow in Riverside, CA.  Photo: Luna


You couldn’t make this photo look good but New Mexico’s Dillan Rodriquez can.  Photo: Maddox


Some friends, fresh air, and free time led to Nick Meurlott getting a Blue Crush in Fairbanks, AK.  Photo: Firmin



“Sk8r tryin pop-shuv NBD. WTF?! ” Jan Jacobson, Minneapolis, MN. Photo: Foster


Justyce Tabor is Homecoming Queen and she reigns over this Seaside, OR, park.  Photo: Shafkowitz


Scott Bratton takes the rock to the hole or some other jock phrase like that.  Photo: Bailey


Like a priceless submerged treasure, this SF pond is a rarely-skated jewel. Tyler Quigley sails a transfer before the dream drowns again.  Photo: Knapp-Prasek

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