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The Importance Behind Thrasher #544

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  In 2023, the biggest, baddest, and most influential stair set in all of skateboarding, El Toro, was tre flipped by Chris Joslin, arguably. He “landed” the trick after a long, hard battle, but unfortunately, one of his trucks broke, making it unable to ride away from the trick. This sparked a massive argument for two years over whether the trick counted or not. This argument is now irrelevant due to Thrasher Magazine's latest publication.  On the cover of Thrasher Magazine #544, it shows Chris Joslin attempting to tre flip El Toro one more time to silence the skateboarding community. The cover pictures him catching the tre flip and about to land the trick on this massive 25 stair set, with the Thrasher logo at the top of the page.  Shredzshop.com  released a small article on this cover promoting nothing but appraisal. This is the same case heard from every other article. The only issue that the community is promoting is that the footage of this trick hasn't been rel...

About Ryder

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My name is Ryder Santos, Im from Portland Oregon and I am a digital arts and communications major. I hope to turn that major into a full time career with photography and maybe some journalism. I decided to Dual enroll into LBCC because it saves me a lot of money at OSU. I also chose LBCC because I perform better in smaller class sizes and not  big lecture halls.  During this class I hope to learn about how to use my photography in a more media sense. weather that is photojournalism, or how to promote my work through media. I am also instructed in journalism and this class is the perfect place for me to understand if this is what I want to do.  Outside of school I am super passionate about my photography. It is my goal in life to turn that into my full time job. My whole entire life I have never found a hobby or interest that I was set on pursuing, as a kid I always wanted to be a pro skater or pro snowboarder but after many many painful injuries I decided maybe I sho...