Thrasher Magazine

Cody tears around Tigard, testing out his Creature and skate-aid collab deck. Get the board that goes to a good cause.

This class of local ledge maestros in the District have somethin’ special going on. The switch back Smith 180 at Pulaski will have you yearnin' to grind some granite. 

Mason Silva and Salomon Cardenas get cloned and cruise DTLA in this tripped-out lookbook for Huf. Multiply your style with these threads.

Adaptive Action Sports out of Colorado provides skate and snowboard programs for disabled youth and more. Daniel Gale and Element Advocate Amy Purdy started AAS in 2005 to show snowboarding and skateboarding are for everyone, regardless of ability.

A Skate provides free skate clinics for persons with Autism. Volunteers from across the country come together to foster a safe skate environment while teaching creative and therapeutic skills. Check their events page to see if you can get onboard in your area.

ENTER Skateboarding trains skate instructors with their own curriculum to make sure every kid in their program gets a quality lesson. If you’ve been thinking about giving lessons, check their page and get certified so you don’t break some kid’s arm helping ‘em drop in.

Looking for skate instructions by someone who’s bluntslid an 18-stair rail? Goskate has you covered, as Chris Dobstaff is just one of their thousands of instructors. Hit up their directory for skate lessons in your area.

Skate After School is a Phoenix-based non-profit providing after school programming for underserved youth. Co-founded by pro skater Ryan Lay, the organization does weekly programming with over 300 kids across the valley, organizes summer camp trips to Woodward and YMCA and currently distributes refurbished boards for free during the COVID-19 pandemic. They also give boards to kids in their program during the Holiday season in partnership with Cowtown for their Skate Angel program. Peep the heartwarming video below to hear what kind of impact SAS has on its kids.

What started as a few meetup events for women in the Seattle area has grown into one of the strongest skate non-profits pushing for inclusion in Washington, Oregon and the Bay Area. Under the leadership of the Skate Witches’ Kristin Ebeling, SLAG has orchestrated youth summer camps, women and trans skate nights and facilitates the annual Wheels of Fortune contest extravaganza. If you’re looking for some inspiration for opening up the skate scene and making positive change, start here.