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2 unusual facts about Thrasher


John Cardiel

AntiHero is a board company that was founded by professional skateboarder, Julien Stranger, in 1995, following a proposition from Jim Thiebaud (co-founder and owner of Deluxe Distribution), who is reported—by Jake Phelps, editor-in-chief of Thrasher magazine—to have offered Stranger the opportunity during a period of time when both Stranger and Phelps perceived skateboarding as "stale".

Patrick Muzingo

Looking back Muzingo experienced the 1st wave of Pool skating, was one of the original Eagle Rock ramp (featured in Thrasher, Trans World skate mag and others) crew, witnessed many genres of music in its infancy including the 1st wave of Punk rock and the late 80's signing spree of rock bands in Los Angeles.


1.8.7

An extensive interview with Jordana was also featured in "The New Transsexuals" a book by rock journalist and illustrator George Petros (Thrasher, Seconds, Propaganda, EXIT magazines) published in 2012.

Brown Thrasher

The Brown Thrasher also was the inspiration for the name of Atlanta's former National Hockey League team, the Atlanta Thrashers.

D*Face

He credits this to Henry Chalfant's coverage of subway graffiti in New York City in Spraycan Art and Subway Art, later as a teenager skateboarding and in particular Thrasher magazine's coverage of skateboard deck graphics led his interest in stickers and the DIY mentality associated with skate and punk fanzines.

Falaba

Leon Thrasher, an American citizen, died on the Falaba, and his body was found after the Lusitania sank (Thrasher incident).

John Thrasher

In 1878 his wanderlust struck again and he moved to Central, South Carolina, where he built a restaurant on the train line that went from Atlanta to Washington, D.C. Sometime in the late 1880s or early 1890s, Thrasher and his wife followed his sons to Dade City, Florida, where he grew oranges.

Malheur National Wildlife Refuge

Deer, antelopes, ducks, pheasants, thrashers and quails can be found in the upland areas amongst the sagebrush, greasewood and wild rye.

Night Thrasher

Donyell Taylor the second Night Thrasher, as published by Marvel Comics

Sunny Besen Thrasher

Sunny Besen Thrasher (born December 13, 1976 in Toronto, Ontario) is a former Canadian child actor who starred as Paul Edison in Nelvana's live-action series, The Edison Twins, and supplied voices in the first two Care Bears movies.


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