Thrasher Magazine

The history held at this Los Angeles mecca is almost too deep to quantify. Follow along as Ted traces a 40 year thread, from Ray Barbee in ’88 to Casper Brooker’s recent Baker part.

Miles from the downtown bustle lies the crown jewel of Queens: Flushing Meadows. Ted Barrow walks the grounds and gives us the rundown, from the 1939 World's Fair to Frankie Spears' insane backside noseblunts.

A new exhibition at San Francisco Public Library brings the history of skateboarding in The City to life with co-curator Ted Barrow. Check the show and join the tour with the professor himself.

One award at the end of the year is never enough. For 2024 we got an extra-packed edition of T-Eddys goin' out for stolen valor, grandpa goals, beard of the year and so much more. Is your skin thick enough to make it through the lists? Find out. As seen in our March '25 issue.

Once upon a time these ledges on the edge of USC’s campus were among the most famous, heavily sessioned blocks in the world. Though skate-stopped, their story lives on in a new form. Let Ted explain...

Downtown LA’s preeminent towers have presided over countless iconic sessions. Ted gives the scoop on the gilded grounds of ARCO from Video Days to 2024.

Foy's sequel in The City was as packed as his parts. Private tours, park sessions and a sold-out party crowd, scroll through as we put it on the permanent record with Polaroid. 

For most, the LA Mall is an uninviting Downtown fortress, but skaters have been flocking there since the '80s. Walk the grounds with Ted Barrow as he traces the bricks' history from early Guy to modern Greco.

The most ideal benches in the world? Ted Barrow makes a strong case they're at LA's Department of Water and Power. Get the scoop, backed by iconic clips of MJ, Carroll, Spanky, Shane and more.