Thrasher Magazine

Some bonafide icons and a bunch of vert-hungry rippers found the desert to be a fitting place to bring the heat. Navs, Salba, Suski, Puleo, Russell and a bunch more tore the coping off the bowl or cheered as the others did. Once again, the Muscle crushed it.

Phelper took an all-time crew of heavy hitters to Chile in January 2019 for what turned out to be his final HELLRIDE. As he fired up the session, legends like Koston, GT, and Ishod took things to the next level. It’s been a year since his physical form moved on, but the Old Man is STILL WATCHIN.

Bombing hills, grilling and sessioning some parks with the homies, just a typical day for the 2019 SOTY. The archival clips of baby Milton and his dad, along with photos of Phelps and P-Stone, are a glorious walk down memory lane. Skateboarding is our family. Always has been.

Gravette, Kimbel, Lockwood and a score of fresh faces from PDX make this indie full-length a fun watch. This one will make the whole gang wanna get out and get weird. 

Jaakko Ojanen, Evan Smith and Alexis Ramirez hit up Plus in Orlando for a fun mini ramp session with the locals. Somehow, the over-under doubles routine gets handled on the four footer.

The Japanese prodigy pads up and tears through some hard lines around the park with Gregson in tow. In exactly one minute you’ll see why the Wizard added a witch.  

Being confined means the Masher is even closer behind. Barros, Collins, Sandoval, Wooten and a host of other maniacs take on Montreal’s iconic O. Half of these moves seem impossible, but with the power of the Phelper tag, anything can be done. 

Panebianco once again packs that classic East Coast energy into this tightly edited clip from Italy. Joey O'Brien, Jahmir Brown, Dylan Sourbeer and a few more from the Sabotage scene log some high-tech lines and flat-gap flips. Sending LOVE to everyone in Italy.

Selling 85 million albums worldwide is quite an accomplishment. But Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament has another epic legacy. He has been pivotal in getting skateparks built in underserved rural areas including many Native American reservations. Here he talks about his roots in music and skating.