Thrasher Mail Drop: 38 Years of Envelope Art
11/22/2019

SOMETIMES TREASURE is hidden in plain sight. Thrasher’s four-decade accumulation of envelope art has been spread out so evenly for so long that the magnitude of this project was not apparent right away. Of course, everyone involved knew there were nuggets of hand-crafted gold scattered through Mail Drop over the years. However, only when this book was being compiled did the staggering bounty of artistic talent, genius and madness become undeniable. There was A LOT of art to choose from. So, we approached it like any snobby curator would do—select the best, edit out the rest. And then, as we gazed at the hundreds of misfit drawings left behind, we said, "Nah, fuck that. Let's put them ALL in." Each envelope sent to the mag is a gift and the weird ones are sometimes the best ones.
This project was a labor of love. Decades of chaotic archiving, missing envelopes, and corrupt digital files meant these jewels were difficult to gather and polish. We painstakingly hunted down lost art and enhanced images made from primitive scan technology. From the bottom of our hearts, we want to give a huge thank you to everyone who has ever sent art to the mag. This book is a way to deliver the stoke right back to you. —Adam Creagan
To order the Mail Drop coffee-table book, click here.












For privacy, all envelope return addresses have had minor digital alterations.



STEVE DELTOD / Canada / September 1988

JUSTIN / Provo, UT / November 1994

DURHAM / Long Beach, CA / February 1989
JAMES D / Fort Collins, CO / August 1994

CHARLES ELLIK / Huntington Beach, CA / June 1988

CHERRY BOMBS / Whistler, BC, Canada / February 1995



- J. TRAVOLTA RITTER / September 1988


BILL BAKER / Lynden, WA / June 1987


May 1989












































































If this massive feature above seems like we're spoiling the contents of the book, keep in mind what you see is not even 10% of the total number of envelopes included.
The book also has guest envelopes from such skaters and artists as:
- Lance Mountain
- Mark Gonzales
- Ed Templeton
- Chad Muska
- Neil Blender
- Eric Dressen
- Andy Howell
- Stefan Janoski
- Spanky
- Neckface
- Nora Vasconcellos
- Sean Cliver
- Marc McKee
- Brian Anderson
- Mark Appleyard
- Kris Markovich
- Barry McGee
- Jeremy Fish
- Sam Hitz
- Jimbo Philips
- Mofo
- Don Pendleton
- Jeremy Wray
- Russ Pope
- Todd Bratrud
- Michael Sieben
- LSD Worldpeace
- Robin Eisenberg
- Gilbert Crockett
- Daniel Lutheran
- Dennis McNett
- Parra
- Todd Francis
- Dolan Stearns
- Chris Johanson
- Skinner
- Jason Adams
- Sam Flores
- Emmanuel Guzman
- Benny Gold
- Andrew Schoultz
- James "Barf" Callahan
- Fos
- Frank Gerwer
- Grime
- Chris Fairbanks
- Ben Horton
- Peter Hewitt
- And many, many more...
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