Thrasher Mail Drop: 38 Years of Envelope Art
11/22/2019
SOMETIMES TREASURE is hidden in plain sight. Thrasher’s four-decade accumulation of envelope art has been spread out so evenly for so long that the magnitude of this project was not apparent right away. Of course, everyone involved knew there were nuggets of hand-crafted gold scattered through Mail Drop over the years. However, only when this book was being compiled did the staggering bounty of artistic talent, genius and madness become undeniable. There was A LOT of art to choose from. So, we approached it like any snobby curator would do—select the best, edit out the rest. And then, as we gazed at the hundreds of misfit drawings left behind, we said, "Nah, fuck that. Let's put them ALL in." Each envelope sent to the mag is a gift and the weird ones are sometimes the best ones.
This project was a labor of love. Decades of chaotic archiving, missing envelopes, and corrupt digital files meant these jewels were difficult to gather and polish. We painstakingly hunted down lost art and enhanced images made from primitive scan technology. From the bottom of our hearts, we want to give a huge thank you to everyone who has ever sent art to the mag. This book is a way to deliver the stoke right back to you. —Adam Creagan
To order the Mail Drop coffee-table book, click here.
For privacy, all envelope return addresses have had minor digital alterations.
CHARLES ELLIK / Huntington Beach, CA / September 1987
TAYLOR MELL / Phoenix, AZ / May 1997
STEVE DELTOD / Canada / September 1988
JUSTIN / Provo, UT / November 1994
DURHAM / Long Beach, CA / February 1989
JAMES D / Fort Collins, CO / August 1994
CHARLES ELLIK / Huntington Beach, CA / June 1988
CHERRY BOMBS / Whistler, BC, Canada / February 1995
P. ARMSTRONG / February 1990
BRENT MUIR / August 1993
- J. TRAVOLTA RITTER / September 1988
KENNETH CANTU / Childress, TX / October 2003
BILL BAKER / Lynden, WA / June 1987
BRIAN REED / Santa Cruz, CA / December 1998
May 1989
ORR MENARD / Cambria, CA / December 1998
SQWEGI / Flint, MI / December 1987
AILIN / Redding, CA / June 1991
KASE / Portugal / Book exclusive
K. DAVE LUTZ / Oxnard, CA / November 1995
SEAN THORTON / Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada / May 1993
ALEX PORIAU / Crainhem, Belgium / August 1997 + CAMERON EARLE / Norco, CA / November 2008
DAMIAN ZUCH / Ontario, Canada / December 1992
NICK FOZZY / St. Louis, MO / January 2003
ELLIS LANGLITZ / Westtown, NY / June 1991
TONY EASLEY / Redwood City, CA / August 1993
CHAD KELCO / November 1994
DAVE GANH / Kansas City, MO / April 2005
KRISTOFER HENRY / State College, PA / November 1997
NICK 13 / Upland, CA / June 2008
G.Q. HARRISON / Farmington, NM / January 2003
JARED HARRIS / Carlisle, IN / January 2008
CHRIS GARDNER / Irvine, CA / February 1998
CASEY LAUZIER / Shirley, MA / October 2009
A.L. FILA / Long Island, NY / April 2000
STEVE BOSSLER / Sheboygan, WI / August 2001
KIRK COCKERILL / Punta Gorda, FL / September 2006
CASEY STEWART / Anderson, SC / January 2007
ORR MENARD / Cambria, CA / August 2002
AUKS / Bakersfield, CA / April 2009
JOHN DIMITRALIAS / Lockport, IL / April 2003
WES DURHAM / Waseca, MN / May 2007
DREAMCATCHER / Columbia, MO / January 2003
QUINCY QUIGG / Seattle, WA / September 2004
TOTINO / Vacaville, CA / August 2007
ANDY SAYLES / Oconomowoc, WI / September 2001
NOAH VANSCIVER / Lakewood, CO / August 2002
CHRIS THATCHER / Minneapolis, MN / September 2003
DIEGO CORRAL / Washougal, WA / August 2002
JOEY WILSON / Canon City, CO / March 2004
MATT FRENCH / Lynden, WA / March 2003
MARCEL / São Paulo, Brazil / September 2000
A. PADILLA / Joliet, IL / February 2004
JASON GRAHAM / Fresno, CA / June 2005
RAY ALLEN HERNANDEZ / Florence, AZ / February 2001 + NESTOR JUAREZ / Boise, ID / April 2018
CHRIS ESZ / Fairfield, OH / June 2004
JAY GRAHAM / Troutdale, OR / June 2000
STEVE YEARSLEY / Tucson, AZ / October, 2005
J. TRAVERSE / Newton, NJ / July 2002
STEAKHOUSE D. / Bonneville, WA / June 2000
BRIAN STINSON / Tehachapi, CA / May 2008
CONWAY DUBINSKI / Austin, TX / March 2000
TARA LAYER / Marlin, TX / March 2018
MAX DUNN / Altamont, NY / July 2002
KRIS KIRCHNER / Represa, CA / February 2006
DAVID VIEYRA / Limon, CO / July 2004
KIRK COCKERILL / Sneads, FL / October 2008
D-ROCK / Vancouver, Canada / May 2002
TARA LAYER / Marlin, TX / August 2019
RICHARD / Los Angeles, CA / December 2012
JARMARCUS PATTERSON / Tabor City, NC / September 2018
RYAN MCALISTER / Crescent City, CA / May 2017
TRAVIS RICHARDSON / Rawlins, WY / March 2014
RYAN SWANSON / Tutwiler, MS / May 2013
GUTTERBOY / Virginia Beach, VA / March 2019
KIEA / January 2013
CASSIDY VISER / Gatesville, TX / November 2012
ARTURO APODACA / Avenal, CA / October 2019
JEFF SALINAS / Paradise Valley, AZ / May 2010
RAY ORABUENA / Hollister, CA / July 2013
ISABEL BROWN / San Francisco, CA / December 2016
DAVID VALENZUELA / El Cajon, CA / July 2003
BURT WILKINSON / San Diego, CA / October 2019
DAPHNE NAVA / New Braunfels, TX / December 2019
MICHAEL KNAUBER / New Port Richey, FL / July 2014 + MAUI / Deer Lodge, MT / January 2019
MIKE MAYHEM / Ontario, OR / January 2016
LEYLA MENA / Harlingen, TX / April 2013
CHRIS MANALANSAN / Ft. Leavenworth, KS / January 2019
MICHAEL KNAUBER / Homosassa, FL / September 2017
MIKE ENGLEBRIGHT / Imperial, CA / December 2008
If this massive feature above seems like we're spoiling the contents of the book, keep in mind what you see is not even 10% of the total number of envelopes included.
The book also has guest envelopes from such skaters and artists as:
- Lance Mountain
- Mark Gonzales
- Ed Templeton
- Chad Muska
- Neil Blender
- Eric Dressen
- Andy Howell
- Stefan Janoski
- Spanky
- Neckface
- Nora Vasconcellos
- Sean Cliver
- Marc McKee
- Brian Anderson
- Mark Appleyard
- Kris Markovich
- Barry McGee
- Jeremy Fish
- Sam Hitz
- Jimbo Philips
- Mofo
- Don Pendleton
- Jeremy Wray
- Russ Pope
- Todd Bratrud
- Michael Sieben
- LSD Worldpeace
- Robin Eisenberg
- Gilbert Crockett
- Daniel Lutheran
- Dennis McNett
- Parra
- Todd Francis
- Dolan Stearns
- Chris Johanson
- Skinner
- Jason Adams
- Sam Flores
- Emmanuel Guzman
- Benny Gold
- Andrew Schoultz
- James "Barf" Callahan
- Fos
- Frank Gerwer
- Grime
- Chris Fairbanks
- Ben Horton
- Peter Hewitt
- And many, many more...
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