@bloftin2 I have a subscription to Thrasher. It has a different tone w/o Phelps, and that's a good thing, IMHO. Is it a pillar of civics and public saftey? No. But nothing that is youth-culture drivren ever was, or will be. My biggest beef with Thrasher is how they have dissuaded pads and helmets over the years. Skateboarding has literally gone the opposite direction of science/the world. In the ‘80s you saw a lot more helmets/pads (in skating) than you do now, and no one in the rest of the world had them, esp. helmets. Today, very few people in skateboarding have helmets, and the rest of the world has widely adopted them (bikes, skiing, hockey, etc.). Meanwhile, skating’s risk level has skyrocketed (esp. street skating). Everyone is free to make their own decisions about what they do, but problem is Thrasher moving the needle about wearing that stuff because it is simply “more gnarly” wihout it, as the risk factor is higher.