Thrasher magazine is credited with helping vitalize skateboarding since its inception in 1981. The publishing company consists primarily of skateboarding and music-related articles, interviews, skatepark reviews, photography, etc. The magazine is also best known for Burnout, Double Rock, Firing Line, Hall of Meat, Skateline, and more. Hence, the most popular segment and most respected award in global skateboarding history they have is the "Skater of The Year."
The annual award tradition started in 1990, and the accolade is still Preeminent above all. The "Skater of the year" title is granted to one of the gnarliest skateboarders yearly with a voting system but ultimately being picked by the editor-in-chief of Thrasher Jake Phelps when he was still alive. This time since Phelper passed last year, it's possible that it will be picked by Michael Burnett together with the top executives of the publication, and especially the owner Tony Vitello. Chris Cole and Danny Way are the only ones who received the award twice, and there's a possibility that Milton Martinez will follow the two skateboarding legends this 2020 after he did the hill bomb the gnarliest hill in San Diego.
Who are you going to be picking? According to Thrasher, the finalist will be announced this Friday together with the public voting.
Thrasher Skate of The Year Recipients:
1990 - Tony Hawk
1991 - Danny Way
1992 - John Cardiel
1993 - Salman Agah
1994 - Mike Carroll
1995 - Chris Senn
1996 - Eric Koston
1997 - Bob Burnquist
1998 - Andrew Reynolds
1999 - Brian Anderson
2000 - Geoff Rowley[15]
2001 - Arto Saari
2002 - Tony Trujillo
2003 - Mark Appleyard
2004 - Danny Way
2005 - Chris Cole
2006 - Daewon Song
2007 - Marc Johnson
2008 - Silas Baxter-Neal
2009 - Chris Cole
2010 - Leo Romero
2011 - Grant Taylor
2012 - David Gonzalez
2013 - Ishod Wair
2014 - Wes Kremer
2015 - Anthony Van Engelen
2016 - Kyle Walker
2017 - Jamie Foy
2018 - Tyshawn Jones
2019 - Milton Martinez