Taylor Nawrocki.

The quest for spirit.

Taylor has ridden for Politic and is currently on Picture Show. He had part in Colin Read's 2016 video Spirit Quest.

The photo is by Allen Ying.

Thrasher - September 2016 Volume 37 Number 9

Mario Rubalcaba #2.

The Feeding of the Birds.

The moods of Mario. ATM got a little more arty than usual and channeled a Stereo type of atmosphere for this one.

The photos are by Marc Hostetter.

Thrasher - April 1994 Volume 14 Number 4

Zane Timpson #2.

"No ma'am, just a vagrant."

The dearly departed Zane Timpson takes the plunge on a big drop back when he was on Vagrant. Zane would turn pro for Heroin Skateboards in 2021. I always think it is cool to flip through the mags to discover somebody who would turn pro later on that maybe you didn't notice the first time around.

The photo is by Dave Gutierrez.

Thrasher - October 2017 Volume 38 Number 10

Julien Stranger #28.

Stranger takes flight over a small bench at the China Banks. T-Funk would go yard and blast a frontside ollie over a longer bench 27 years later.

This photo always pops up and gets cropped to omit the ad, which maybe isn't the worst thing ever, but it is a solid piece of graphic design. Long time readers will know that one of my pet peeves is when ads or photos get cropped. I do it as well from time to time, but at least make note of the editing.

A recent collaboration between Supreme and Anti-Hero has brought a little joy to people by seeing legends like Julien, John Cardiel, Brian Anderson, and Mark Gonzales skate around NYC with Tyshawn Jones and Kader Sylla. Here's an old ad from the early days of Supreme:

It's a week of filler. I just wasn't ready to post the week of Grind King Trucks I scanned in on Saturday night. I also landed a switch frontside flip yesterday. I started messing around with switch flips on flat and the one I landed happened to go 180. It was the silliest thing I've done on a skateboard in a while. It was caught clean and turned smoothly, but completely unexpected. I guess all those switch 180s I do helped out or something.

Julien: Thrasher - April 1994 Volume 14 Number 4

Supreme: Thrasher - September 1994 Volume 14 Number 9

Dane Barker.

Hardcore alley ollie.

Dane is from Tacoma, Washington, lived in LA, and relocated to Richmond, Virginia. He briefly rode for Pass~Port and Doom Sayers before getting sucked into the Quasi void. Dane is into hardcore music and plays guitar in a couple of bands.

These Sam Cunningham reissues from Blockhead are radical.

The photo might be by Ty Beall.

Thrasher - August 2019 Volume 40 Number 8

Silas Baxter-Neal #2.

Lord Huron.

I kind of slept on Silas over the years, but now I'm a fan. I think what did it for me was the Jessup commercial where he does a noseblunt slide and a nollie kickflip for a line. It was just seeing something simple like that repeatedly that made me change my opinion. Silas was ahead of the curve with transfer tricks from one handrail to another.

The photograph is Mac Shafer.

Thrasher - April 2018 Volume 39 Number 4

Frankie Spears.

Going to see the Knicks at Madison Square Garden.

Frankie is from the New York City area and is the resident handrail chomper in the Big Apple. He turned pro for Alien Workshop a couple of years ago and also rides for Adidas.

I dig that disturbing Mike Hill sculpture in the ad. It's a nice throwback to the olden days of the Workshop.

Thrasher - August 2018 Volume 39 Number 8