Thrasher Magazine

Action-sports retail corpse, Phelps, has a message for all you down for lifers out there. Let's rip ride in 2017!

The 2016 SOTY party was a major rager! Thanks to Monster and everybody that came out, watched the vids or read the mag in '16. Skateboarding is the best shit ever.

The top-three list for SOTY was all tuff no fluff: Figgy, K-Walks and Evan Smith. While he don’t mind not being the “guy,” he’s just stoked to be on planet Earth having the time of his life. Listen to Mr. Smith talk about the road and the mag on the airwaves. —Jake Phelps

Born in 1979, the Dish was the first skatepark in SF. The Trust for Public Land came at me about a year ago to redo the Dish; I recommended Grindline and they got the job. Fast forward to Dec. 3, 2016 the ribbon was cut and the park was open. Come and get it at the top of Hudson St. SF, CA.  —Jake Phelps

A Heavy crew touched down in Athens, consisting of Phelps, Pfanner, Daan, Partaix, Doobie, Davey, Guammaz and Paco. Ditches, pipes and street shrapnel got dismantled and plenty of Ouzo flowed. Greece rules. Cheers!

Jake shares a tale of truly epic proportions. Cheers, Bob!

Daan got an epic surprise at the Christiana Bowl before the AH crew took it to his hometown of Eindhoven for a three day rip-ride of skating and celebrating. A big ol' thanks to Christiana, 100% Skateshop, and the Van Der Lindens for the hospitality!

Rafters, Kana and Darkness rev it up bigtime. Why are we here? 'Cause we follow the Sun. I'd say we got that figured out. –Jake Phelps

The boys wanted some heat, well they brought it. Nice days, cold beer, hot nights. January in Argee is top-shelf. –Jake Phelps