Thrasher Magazine

EVERY MONTH in the magazine, Thrasher combines world-wide spot hunts, the gnarliest pro skaters, and the best photography possible. And yet, when we ask skate rats what their favorite part of the mag is, we often hear “Photograffiti”—the reader-submitted spread in the back of the mag which features amateur photos and random dudes. No argument here, those pages rule.

We've got love for the web, but the next time you take a sick photo, just remember that mixing your blood and our ink on the pages of Thrasher will always pack more punch than glowing pixels on a screen. Here are some favorite Photo-G images from recent years along with the original captions that ran in the mag.

For info on how to submit photos to Thrasher, click here.

He shares blood with Jaws, but this gap-nosebonk shows Andrew Homoki stands (and drops) on his own. Arizona.  Photo: Hellyer


Fast food points the way for this down and out snap. Daymien Hertenstein, Hesperia, CA.  Photo: Dietterle


Her goldilocks create air-drag for Brittney Conrad. Chino, CA.  Photo: Barr


In the infinite cosmos, this epic Ian Davidson photo is just a shimmer of captured light. Pizzey Park, Australia.  Photo: Adair


Who saved who? Derek Russell scoops an air with canine assist from Tuckknee. Arcata, CA.  Photo: Anderson


Ed Kennedy bashes a Front D on Hutt Castle. In your face, Skeletor!  Photo: Lewis


Time waits for no one. You gotta keep rolling until they put you in the ground. Jack Perry, Vancouver, BC.  Photo: Morrison


No cold-weather complaints from Maine’s Chris Peterson. Just bundle up and sail a stale.  Photo: Cunningham


The style is nice and the switch snap is wicked. Justin Adeniran, Philadelphia.  Photo: DeBottis


Bird is the word as Cody Norman perches onto Potrero’s China Wall. SF, CA


Here’s a one-man bench clearing brawl. Felipe Miranda, Santiago, Chile.  Photo: Flores


Eight is enough for Dylan Markovic. Pittsburgh, PA.  Photo: Stumpf


Your flip-to-fakie game has to be strong at this unique spot in Japan. Masahiro Yoshida.  Photo: Sato-B


As its dying wish, The Giving Tree hooks up Evan Knapp with a sick snap in Baltimore, MD.  Photo: Law


Mikey Weeks sneaks in a soggy backside flip before Mother Nature reclaims the world. Outer Banks, NC.


Igor Betlejewski bends gravity and holds tight in a vortex of color barf. Bordeaux, France.  Photo: Duch


Mark Davenport’s fat stinkbug gives Tyler Russell room to party on a front rock. Toledo, OH.  Photo: Albert


Joseph Singh and nine of his closest friends eyed this ditch dive to grass ride in Temecula, CA.  Photo: Krater


Ahoy! John Benton sails the seas of stoke with an unorthodox front board yank.  Photo: Ichimura


Barbarians are at the gate as Lucky St Angelo barges a gap in Rhode Island.  Photo: Catholdi


Every kingdom needs a queen and Marsha Howard reigns supreme over this park in Emeryville, CA.  Photo: Shattuck


The feet are funky but we’re gonna have faith that this holy floater is a make. Gus Hart, Asturias, Spain.  Photo: Mueller


Mike Sidani puts on a shallow-end show for some front row photo incentive. Oahu, HI.  Photo: King


A boiling cauldron of stoke: Jacopo Carozzi backside ollies Aref Koushesh's invert in Milan, Italy.  Photo: Berarducci

What do you think Daniel Stelly is listening to? Firehose?  Photo: Follis


A dark projection looms large on Paul Salles' nollie back heel in Pau, France.  Photo: Lalaude


Andrew Torralvo breaks off the chains of a frontside flip in SF, CA.  Photo: Vitello


Norbert Elliot barges a chain-link levitation in Oakland, CA.  Photo: Zhang


Caution! Micaela Profit may blast off right in your face. Seattle, WA.  Photo: Ibarra


This snap is so surreal we had to inspect the file for Photoshop tomfoolery. Steve Rohl is legit. Palm Springs, CA.  Photo: Glass


Nice shot! Beautiful backtail balance by Bryan Jacobs. Symnra, GA.  Photo: Pendry


Caroline Ryals raises a toast to the layback life. Albuquerque, NM.  Photo: Maddox


Photo-G will never die as long as we keep getting pics like this. KJ Dillard, pole-jam blast off in Kansas City, MO.  Photo: Miller


Chachi almost ignites this gas station with a scorching bar slappy.  Photo: Haley


Joel Dupree resurrects a sacred flight in this cathedral of stoke. St Louis, MO.  Photo: Pfaff


In this ode to Ishod’s cover, Josh Rankins does not comply with a barrier bounce. SF, CA.  Photo: Stelly


Kazuto Kurihara with a hella tight Rising Sun ollie in Japan. Photo: Moosia


His trucks are barking but you can’t fence in this gnar-dog. Miles Thomas, North Bay, CA.  Photo: Shattuck


Terrence Williams is King for a Day as he boosts a royal snap over this golden throne. Knoxville, TN.  Photo: Loftis


Here’s a high-five love connection in NJ. Ryan Schmalz and Sindee Fernandez.  Photo: Jam Packed Studios


Pole jam fakie with all sorts of sacred geometry and Illuminati angles. Jeremy Brasel, Kansas City, KS.  Photo: Bogert


Ryan Connors has to swerve a hydrant kook at this asphalt point break.  Photo: Gerlach