Thrasher Magazine

Having a distinctive style while shredding every kind of terrain is as rad as it gets. And Phil Shao is a great example. Here's Al Partanen introducing a classic part from the 1998 Think video.

Cover: Phil Shao – Smith Photo: Kanights Inside This Mag: Skating Burnside with Mark Gonzales, John Cardiel, Coco Santiago, Diggity Dawes, Skip Towne and more and interviews with Max Schaaf and Scott Johnson Also In This Issue: Rad ams Doug Shoemaker, Nikhil Thayer and James Qua and skating in Santa Rosa and BostonMusic Articles: Santana, No Use For A Name and Gaunt

Woodward gets hit hard by Wade Speyer, Phil Shao, Donny Barley, Chad Kramer, and Brian Howard.

Phil Shao, Matt Pailes, Greg Carroll, and Peter Bici head into Ohio to meet up with Patrick O'Dell, Chad Knight, and Donny Humes then skate Dodge park and Sunsports in the sweltering heat.

From the Crypt continues with more from our On the Road video, featuring Peter Bici, Matt Pailes, Wade Speyer, and the one and only Phil Shao. We miss you dude.

There's a whole lot of history in this building. When we start digging in the vaults, there's no telling what we'll find. We hope you enjoy episode one of our new From the Crypt video feature. Here's to the good ol' days.

1973-1998: He came, he saw, he ripped, he died... Miss you blood.

Ask and you shall receive. After repeated requests for parts from the Think Damage video, we've decided to bend the rules and release this Classic in its entirety. Shao, Speyer, Drehobl, the list goes on...

This was the first contest in Prague after they escaped communism in 1989. Add John Cardiel, Ed Templeton, Phil Shao, Wade Speyer, Tim Brauch, Jamie Thomas, and Skip Pronier, and you're going to have some sick-ass skating in a great fucking city.