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Thrashed – Jake Phelps has run the bible for skaters for more than two decades

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Wow! I can't believe Thrasher (and Jake Phelps) made the front page of HN. I first met Jake Phelps at Tampa Pro in 2006 when I was in middle school. He was giving away free wheels and I thought he was just some random dude. Later I found out his position at Thrasher.

Thanks for upvoting this, fellow HNers. If you don't skateboard and you've thought about it, I recommend you try it out. Or if you "used to skate," get back on the board! I find software dev and skateboarding very similar. There's a certain resilience that comes from both endeavors, at least for me.

If you've got a little bit of time to burn, check out the Thrasher YouTube channel [0].

[0]: https://www.youtube.com/user/ThrasherMagazine/videos

I'm a big fan of the skateline videos, despite being unable to skate.

You aren't alone. Gary Rogers is pretty funny.

Along the same lines, Rodney Mullens' TED talk[0], where he discusses hackers and open source, is really fun to watch.

[0] https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uEm-wjPkegE

On it! I've been thinking of grabbing a board again. This article showing up on HN just lit the fire. Now, to decide, a blank deck or something arty...

Keep the fire lit!

Get something cool--It's worth the extra $20. I just bought a couple of Quasi boards and I like them a lot. I'm also fond of Habitat.

Quasi is rad. I've been riding Polar boards lately which are also cool.

Wow, just checked out their site and I am blown away. Thanks for sharing!

Resilience from software dev? Do tell.

Well said. I just started skating again now that all my kids started picking it up. We have quite a lot of fun skating together.

Really interesting. It seems like Jake is trying to preserve the version and attitude of skateboarding that he remembers from his youth. I often wonder how he views changes in The City, and the way things are going. A great read.

Great point. I have a few friends I grew up with who moved out to SF. Some skate and some work in the skate industry. I visited in July, and I was taken aback by the gentrification/rent issue in the city. I should have anticipated it because I knew what gentrification was (as in I read about it), and I knew SF's population was changing. Don't get me wrong--I'm not "taking a side here." I'm merely explaining that I was naive to the whole issue, but many conversations I had over that 10-day trip at least touched on it (especially at Zeitgeist--great bar, btw). Further, I stayed in The Mission and there was a ton of street art dedicated to the gentrification issue/"preserving" the city. I think it's a really tough problem that doesn't have an easy solution. People and places change over time. Some welcome the change, whereas others feel that the great city they came to is slipping away from greatness.

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