December 2020 Thrasher Magazine Cover Announced!

With skateboard magazines dying out left and right, cover shots are becoming more and more special and hard to earn. No more than four years ago, you used to be able to walk into a Skateshop or Barnes & Noble and gaze in awe at all the skateboard magazine covers available. Nowadays, its essentially only Thrasher and Zines, both produced by companies and indie photographers. With that being said, Elijah Berle has earned the cover for Thrasher Magazine’s December 2020 Issue. Shot by Michael Burnett, the cover shows Berle Frontside Grinding a crazy curved and kinked rail down a double set. This is Berle’s third Thrasher Magazine Cover, the second being August 2016’s cover, and the first one was January 2013.

December 2020 Cover; shot by Michael Burnett

August 2016 Cover; shot by Michael Burnett. Frontside Grind from the flat. Footage was featured in Vans’ No Other Way

January 2013 Cover shot by Ben Colon. This cover was part of a five collector covers for the month. The other four covers were Raven Tershy, Vincent Alvarez, Cory Kennedy, and Stevie Perez. Frontside Grab over the two big quarterpipe channel. Footage was featured in ‘Big Quarterpipe Day’ on Crailtap’s Youtube Channel.