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Skateboarding icon and editor-in-chief of Thrasher magazine, Jake Phelps, died Thursday at the age of 56. It’s unclear how Phelps died, but his Uncle posted on Facebook Thursday night that he ...
He was 56.“My illustrious nephew Jake, famed editor of Thrasher Magazine died suddenly and easy today – If you knew him you knew a character. He’s got more space on Google than anybody I know.
Fuck you, Jake Phelps. In 1989 Thrasher Magazine came to New York City to do an article on us local skaters. Bryce Kanights, Bill Thomas, and Charlie Samuels took pictures of our small NYC crew ...
But Thrasher isn’t a brand, exactly. It’s a magazine that, at best, loosely represents a brand of skating, and the role of a media outlet is to represent the voice and interests of its audience.
Thrasher Magazine announced that professional skateboarder David Gonzalez won their coveted 2012 Skater of the Year award on Tuesday. The 22-year-old, Medellin, Colombia, native and member of the ...
Fausto Vitello, the founding publisher of Thrasher magazine, a monthly must-read for skateboarding enthusiasts, has died. He was 59. Vitello died Saturday after suffering an apparent heart attack ...
Longtime Thrasher editor Jake Phelps has died, according to the magazine's social media. He was 56. "Jake Phelps was 100% skateboarder, but that label sells him way too short, because beyond his ...
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 ...
He was 56. “My illustrious nephew Jake, famed editor of Thrasher Magazine died suddenly and easy today – If you knew him you knew a character. He’s got more space on Google than anybody I know.