Thrasher Magazine

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

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

 CHARLES ELLIK  /  Huntington Beach, CA  /  September 1987

TAYLOR MELL  /  Phoenix, AZ  /  May 1997

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

P. ARMSTRONG  /  February 1990

BRENT MUIR  /  August 1993 

1.  J. TRAVOLTA RITTER  /  September 1988

 KENNETH CANTU  /  Childress, TX  /  October 2003
 

 BILL BAKER  /  Lynden, WA  /  June 1987

BRIAN REED  /  Santa Cruz, CA  /  December 1998

 May 1989

ORR MENARD  /  Cambria, CA  /  December 1998

SQWEGI  /  Flint, MI  /  December 1987

AILIN  /  Redding, CA  /  June 1991

KASE  /  Portugal  /  Book exclusive

K. DAVE LUTZ  /  Oxnard, CA  /  November 1995

SEAN THORTON  /  Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada  /  May 1993

ALEX PORIAU  /  Crainhem, Belgium  /  August 1997   +   CAMERON EARLE  /  Norco, CA  /  November 2008

DAMIAN ZUCH  /  Ontario, Canada  /  December 1992
  
NICK FOZZY  /  St. Louis, MO  /  January 2003 

ELLIS LANGLITZ  /  Westtown, NY  /  June 1991

TONY EASLEY  /  Redwood City, CA  /  August 1993

CHAD KELCO  /  November 1994

DAVE GANH  /  Kansas City, MO  /  April 2005

KRISTOFER HENRY  /  State College, PA  /  November 1997

NICK 13  /  Upland, CA  /  June 2008

G.Q. HARRISON  /  Farmington, NM  /  January 2003

JARED HARRIS  /  Carlisle, IN  /  January 2008

CHRIS GARDNER  /  Irvine, CA  /  February 1998 

CASEY LAUZIER  /  Shirley, MA  /  October 2009

A.L. FILA  /  Long Island, NY  /  April 2000

STEVE BOSSLER  /  Sheboygan, WI  /  August 2001

KIRK COCKERILL  /  Punta Gorda, FL  /  September 2006

CASEY STEWART  /  Anderson, SC  /  January 2007

ORR MENARD  /  Cambria, CA  /  August 2002

AUKS  /  Bakersfield, CA  /  April 2009

JOHN DIMITRALIAS  /  Lockport, IL  /  April 2003

WES DURHAM  /  Waseca, MN  /  May 2007

DREAMCATCHER  /  Columbia, MO  /  January 2003

QUINCY QUIGG  /  Seattle, WA  /  September 2004

TOTINO  /  Vacaville, CA  /  August 2007

ANDY SAYLES  /  Oconomowoc, WI  /  September 2001

NOAH VANSCIVER  /  Lakewood, CO  /  August 2002

CHRIS THATCHER  /  Minneapolis, MN  /  September 2003

DIEGO CORRAL  /  Washougal, WA  /  August 2002

JOEY WILSON  /  Canon City, CO  /  March 2004

MATT FRENCH  /  Lynden, WA  /  March 2003

MARCEL  /  São Paulo, Brazil  /  September 2000

A. PADILLA  /  Joliet, IL  /  February 2004

JASON GRAHAM  /  Fresno, CA  /  June 2005

RAY ALLEN HERNANDEZ  /  Florence, AZ  /  February 2001   +   NESTOR JUAREZ  /  Boise, ID  /  April 2018

CHRIS ESZ  /  Fairfield, OH  /  June 2004

JAY GRAHAM  /  Troutdale, OR  /  June 2000

STEVE YEARSLEY  /  Tucson, AZ  /  October, 2005

J. TRAVERSE  /  Newton, NJ  /  July 2002

STEAKHOUSE D.  /  Bonneville, WA  /  June 2000

BRIAN STINSON  /  Tehachapi, CA  /  May 2008

CONWAY DUBINSKI  /  Austin, TX  /  March 2000

TARA LAYER  /  Marlin, TX  /  March 2018

MAX DUNN  /  Altamont, NY  /  July 2002

KRIS KIRCHNER  /  Represa, CA  /  February 2006

DAVID VIEYRA  /  Limon, CO  /  July 2004

KIRK COCKERILL  /  Sneads, FL  /  October 2008

D-ROCK  /  Vancouver, Canada  /  May 2002

TARA LAYER  /  Marlin, TX  /  August 2019

RICHARD  /  Los Angeles, CA  /  December 2012

JARMARCUS PATTERSON  /  Tabor City, NC  /  September 2018


RYAN MCALISTER  /  Crescent City, CA  / May 2017

TRAVIS RICHARDSON  /  Rawlins, WY  /  March 2014

RYAN SWANSON  /  Tutwiler, MS  /  May 2013

GUTTERBOY  /  Virginia Beach, VA  /  March 2019

KIEA / January 2013

CASSIDY VISER  /  Gatesville, TX  /  November 2012

ARTURO APODACA  /  Avenal, CA  /  October 2019

JEFF SALINAS  /  Paradise Valley, AZ  /  May 2010

RAY ORABUENA  /  Hollister, CA  /  July 2013

ISABEL BROWN  /  San Francisco, CA  /  December 2016

DAVID VALENZUELA  /  El Cajon, CA  /  July 2003

BURT WILKINSON  /  San Diego, CA  /  October 2019
DAPHNE NAVA  /  New Braunfels, TX  /  December 2019

MICHAEL KNAUBER  /  New Port Richey, FL  /  July 2014   +    MAUI / Deer Lodge, MT / January 2019

MIKE MAYHEM  /  Ontario, OR  /  January 2016

LEYLA MENA  /  Harlingen, TX  /  April 2013

CHRIS MANALANSAN  /  Ft. Leavenworth, KS  /  January 2019

MICHAEL KNAUBER  /  Homosassa, FL  /  September 2017

MIKE ENGLEBRIGHT  /  Imperial, CA  /  December 2008


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...