Miranda Priestly from the Devil Wears Prada lives! Maybe not exactly, but many aspects of her character are embodied by Jake Phelps, Editor at Thrasher Magazine.
Based in the heart of the rawest skateboarding city, San Francisco, Thrasher is the most well known skateboarding mag in history. Over the years, the magazine has earned a rep for refusing to compromise its content to appease corporate sponsors. Phelps’s tenure at this institution has put him in a powerful position in skateboarding. Aside from being the Dark Lord at Thrasher, he is a Big Trick Contest Promoter, and a respected authority/historian/archivist for the sport.
His dedication to skating is unrivaled, but he has ruffled a lot of feathers with his blunt style. He tells it like he sees it and is a habitual line stepper, but he is very often correct…and always entertaining. Just don’t get on his bad side. Before youtube pulled it there was a video of Phelps tearing into pro skateboarder Frank Hirata. It may sound harsh, but being omitted from the pages of Thrasher is way harsher.
He has also done a lot for the sport by putting on Big Trick Contests like Bust or Bail. Solid performances by Andrew Reynolds, Ryan Sheckler, and some guy named…Moose?
Here he is with Quicksilver’s Reese Forbes hyping the next contest at the soon to be torn down Wallenberg Gap in SF. “Back to the Berg” is going down on May 30th at Wallenberg High School.
Finally, he has an Epicly Later’d, which is mostly Jake doing what he does best. Talking incessantly about the sport he loves.
“Back to the Berg” is going down on May 30th at Wallenberg High School. Check the Thrasher site for Contest info and more Jake Videos.
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