Thrasher Magazine

The hell’s wrong with you, Foy?! Nobody was ever supposed to front crook shit like this. Ever!     Photo: Rhino

Foy has to find a way to make rails more difficult. Back lip over the foot-grabber     Photo: Karpinski

And when their isn't a deadly impediment, he just makes the tricks harder than they need to be. Nollie front blunt    Photo: Karpinski
Big Boy Foy, kickflip 50-50 on a hefty hand bar. Newton don’t know nuthin’     Photo: Burnett

There's only about 100 ways to get humbled on this back noseblunt, but Foy always finds a way out    Photo: Hammeke

Photo: Pong
The fiesta known as 2020 blew in some serious flavor to Deathwish. We were lucky enough to add Victoria Ruesga and Julian Davidson to our fam, two people who have some seriously refreshing style on the board. I’m sure y’all are familiar with Julian, but Victoria, maybe not so much. A Los Angeles loc who’s been fucking up our skateparks and streets for years, you’ll be seeing her on your screens a lot more in the near future. But if this is your first time hearing of the woman, here are some Victoria facts to get out of the way:


Being in Hollywood and acting can be poisonous. Victoria’s roll-on grind is the antidote     Photo: Steely

Julian and his hurricane are giving Miles Davis a run for his money. Juju is the new king of cool     Photo: Karpinski

After handling his Emerica part, Jon still managed to get down with us     Photo: Hayes

If skate tricks were record deals, Dickson’s wallie front crooks to fakie would probably go platinum     Photo: Karpinski

This Oklahoma double set has been waiting its whole life for Dickson to deliver a switch flip. Clean transaction     Photo: Karpinski

Photo: Hodge
I think people have slept on Jakes Hayes’ record ollie. Square one for skaters is to get air, go up, just leave the ground. And of all the humans on Earth who have touched a skateboard, he’s the one who has left the planet the furthest. How many SOTYs are there? How many people have ollied as high as Jake? And despite the simplicity of the ollie, he’s actually got a robust, rad trick selection.

Jake did this kickflip three times because he wasn’t happy with the catch. He still hates it. I don’t     Photo: Heikkila

Chi-town's best blessed us on a few missions    Photo: Karpinski

You don’t need to read the caption to know what Neen is doing—big heelflip for the clueless     Photo: Karpinski

Photo: Heikkila
As far back as my brain goes, I can remember kids skating on my parents’ street. Like water, animals and cars, I don’t remember life without skateboards. I’m lucky I’ve always known skating, but no one warned me what it would do to my life. Now, I’m only 27, but the people I’ve met and places I’ve been so far are comical. The reason I find it funny is because life owes me nothing and skating owes me even less. Yet here I am, with a cast on my leg, a stamped-up passport and homies all over the world. So where does that put me now? Right back at the start—me vs. my board forever. I guess I’m eternally in debt. Think of this video as a small payment from us to skateboarding. I got dealt a good hand that I can’t take for granted. That’s where this video came from—a group of friends who care more about creating than complaining.

Someone needed to do this ollie, so I did it. Cool story, Kirby    Photo: Heikkila

Everyone had a Hell of Fucked Up a Year, but I was lucky enough to tailslide through it    Photo: Rhino
 
New York is where it’s at—lipslide by the author      Photo: Heikkila

But Denver's rails are good too. Feeble transfer     Photo: Karpinski

Front board through the crust and rust of OKC     Photo: Karpinski

I think I do this trick too much. Oh well. Back three nosegrab     Photo: Rhino

It's all about timing. Tail drop with eleven seconds left on the clock—take that, deadline!