Thrasher Magazine

The episodes have been shot, edited, and the madness begins this week with the Foundation duo. Which team do you think is gonna take home the cash?

A board company two decades deep knows how to pick good riders. Pros you know like Sierra and Duffel go to work while new jacks like Nick Merlino show the future of skating. You gotta see his ender.

Double Rock is the remote, out-of-the-way patch of land near the bay in San Francisco. Stick around after dark and you might get jacked. Sometimes it just isn't your decision to make. Can you do the time?

Burnout covered the Vans Downtown Showdown last weekend, where Team Pretzel Grip took the grand prize.

You saw it in the mag, now check the video. Matt Bennett gives you a tour of Long Beach's Cherry Park along with Austin Stephens, Johnny Layton, Grant Hatfield, Nick Merlino and the Lutheran brothers. Bro-style!

This thing is one-half promo and one-half Nick Merlino full part, if that makes any sense. Either way, it's all gnar…and it even has has some T-Bone footage.

Here's video from the 2010 Crossroads best trick contest. After the dust cleared it was clearly Cole vs. Nyjah vs. Merlino, with Nyjah taking home the top honor.

Burnout brings you some photos of the contest and a kooks with cups section from the Crossroads.

To welcome the new year we gathered up all of the contents page sequences from 2009.