What Is Th rasher?

wearing the wrong gear, not skating the way the editors Incidentally, while a lot of people are drawn Th rasher seems to take this stuff to a whole new level and operation and the long-term editor-in-chief of Th rasher. A one-time amateur skateboarder in the ’80s, “the Phelper” was among the most well-known people in skateboarding and the walking symbol of all things Th rasher until his untimely death from completely preventable substance abuse in 2019. While it is not my common practice to speak ill of the deceased, I think it is important to point out that the Phelper was an all-around windbag and imbecile with the brain power of a watch battery who could barely string together a sentence not peppered with profanities and obscene references. To see him on the street, one would have easily concluded that he was a crazy homeless person, and Th rasher’s celebration of his antics was curious to say the least.

Th e last thing to understand about Th rasher is that for many, many years, there was basically a rule that could be succinctly articulated as “Don’t wear Th rasher if you don’t skate,” a mindset encouraged by the magazine itself. ▲ Th e last issue of Transworld Skateboarding. Even though it was a Anyone who wore any clothes or gear with the magazine’s more stylish and better-produced publication, it could not compete with logo would be opening themselves up to unrelenting Th rasher’s digital marketing saavy. (Image via www. skateboarding.com) ridicule unless they could ride a skateboard with a quitting the wrong sponsor, doing the wrong tricks, and models wearing Th rasher just was not to be done. wanted, or just angering certain people in the industry. Th rasher Korea While I suppose it is well within their purview to exclude When I am out skateboarding or walking around whoever they want, it goes to show that Th rasher sees Gwangju and see some Th rasher beanie-wearing itself as the gatekeeper of what is real, fashionista who clearly knows nothing legitimate skateboarding and what is not. about riding a stickwheel, I really have to To this day, Th rasher positions itself as the scratch my head. For everything Th rasher ultimate authority in skateboarding and, is, something it is not is a corporate brand through its exclusive practices, imposes that is in line with the values that most its prescriptive vision onto skateboard Koreans adhere to, such as, you know, culture. getting a good education or respecting to skateboarding because of its apparent All that being said, the old rule of lack of rules and structure (such as coaches “don’t wear Th rasher if you don’t skate” and regularly scheduled practice times), it summarily died the moment www. is worth mentioning that skateboarding thrashermagazine.com went online. has standards and norms that for the most While still a quality magazine, Th rasher is part are tacitly adhered to. Th at is to say, Hoodie featuring the “burning” logo. defi nitely not the symbol of the hardcore you cannot just pick up a board, twirl it around your arm, demographic it once was. If you want to wear Th rasher, and then call it a trick. Th ere are certain techniques that I say go for it. As for Th rasher, which is no-doubt raking can and should be mastered, and to overlook these, to use in the big bucks from licensing agreements, they might the parlance, would be “wack.” In addition, while there is consider changing their slogan from “Skate and Destroy” no uniform (except for the Olympic skateboard teams, I to “You Gotta Sell Out to Eat Out.” suppose), there is certainly a dress code of sorts. So yes, there are standards and norms within skateboarding, but The Author acts as basically the fashion police of the entire industry. William Urbanski is the Gwangju News’ managing editor and its special Inextricably linked to the physical publication was skateboarding correspondent. Jake Phelps, the fi gurehead and ringleader of the entire Instagram: @will_il_gatto reasonable level of profi ciency. Elementary school girls group harmony.