For more than a decade, athe 30-year-old has been making skateboard videos that feature local talent in locations that spread far beyond the confines of St. John's.

Jake Phelps, who helmed Thrasher skateboard magazine for 26 years during a time of unparalleled growth in the industry, died Thursday. He was 56. "Phelps was 100 percent skateboarder, but that ...

Watch enough videos, and you start to see the city in a more utilitarian light. You begin to see these really unattractive areas – almost always deserted – in a much more poignant way.

SAN FRANCISCO — Jake Phelps, who helmed Thrasher skateboard magazine for 26 years during a time of unparalleled growth in the industry, died Thursday. He was 56. "Phelps was 100 percent ...

Skateboarder Jake Phelps, longtime editor of the San Francisco-based skateboarding magazine Thrasher, has died at age 56. Tony Vitello, the magazine's publisher, confirmed Phelps' death in an ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Jake Phelps, who helmed Thrasher skateboard magazine for 26 years during a time of unparalleled growth in the industry, died Thursday. He was 56. "Phelps was 100 percent ...