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Thrasher's Skater of the Year - SOTY
Thrasher Magazine's "Skaters of the Year" From 1990 to present...
"I'm into people that are really focused and driven to what it takes to showcase the world what fucking skateboarding is all about."
- Jake Phelps
Skater of the Year
2008
Silas Baxter-Neal
Skater of the Year
2007
Marc Johnson
Skater of the Year
2006
Daewon Song
Skater of the Year
2005
Chris Cole
Skater of the Year
2004
Danny Way
Skater of the Year
2003
Mark Appleyard
Skater of the Year
2002
Tony Trujillo
Skater of the Year
2001
Arto Saari
Skater of the Year
2000
Geoff Rowley
Skater of the Year
1999
Brian Anderson
Skater of the Year
1998
Andrew Reynolds
Skater of the Year
1997
Bob Burnquist
Skater of the Year
1996
Eric Koston
Skater of the Year
1995
Chris Senn
Skater of the Year
1994
Mike Carroll
Skater of the Year
1993
Salmon Agah
Skater of the Year
1992
John Cardiel
Skater of the Year
1991
Danny Way
Skater of the Year
1990
Tony Hawk
"The best thing about Skater of the Year is it could be YOU!"
- Jake Phelps
I admire that statement. I want to believe in that statement - "I could be Skater Of The Year". Can you imagine? Nah, me either. As I glance over the covers announcing Thrasher's SOTY, I find each winner to have only one thing in common with me... A love for skateboarding.
Once you get past that similarity, the whole concept goes to Hell. Drat, I can't be skater of the year. I'm too old, can't skate worth a damn and no one in the sk8 industry has ever heard of me let alone put me on the cover of their mag. I guess that sums up my resignation decision from the potential SOTY line-up.
Although, if Jake ever wants to widen the spectrum of candidates I'll gladly video tape myself face-planting on a sidewalk crack and see if my bailing prowess will over shadow the 50-stair rails all the ten-year-olds are ripping up these days. Who knows...
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