Thrasher Magazine

Despite describing himself as the “C-List” staff photographer at the mag, O’Dell’s been in the field with the game’s most enigmatic figures. Who talked shit on Jerry Hsu? Who slept while Heath rowed the Sea of Cortez? Read on for the official accounts from the Epicly Later'd host. As seen in our January, ‘25 mag. 

It took over 15 years, but the Watts neighborhood in LA finally got a skatepark. Atiba went down to check the opening with Spanky, Cordano, Malto and a host of adaptive skaters. Get a preview of the plaza here.

GT, Rowan, Cody, Lady, Elijah, and TNT pack in with an all-time roster to explore the Central Valley's four-pit crown jewel in Tulare.  

For most, the LA Mall is an uninviting Downtown fortress, but skaters have been flocking there since the '80s. Walk the grounds with Ted Barrow as he traces the bricks' history from early Guy to modern Greco.

The most ideal benches in the world? Ted Barrow makes a strong case they're at LA's Department of Water and Power. Get the scoop, backed by iconic clips of MJ, Carroll, Spanky, Shane and more.

Orange Man, Bigzo, Milk Snake, Matt Tomasello and more continue Fancy Lad's crusade to transport skateboarding to the next realm. If the energy don’t impress you, the engineering will.

Underground pioneers Matt King and Danny Micik bring Chandler, Spanky, Joslin, Glick and more in league with regional talents from LA and Chicago for an indescribable full length.

Spanky slaps tall walls and stunts with his signature approach for Ace trucks. 

Braden Hoban is one of the few skaters putting it down as hard in the streets as he does in the arenas. Emerica must be proud. Hell, they gave him a shoe!