Thrasher Magazine
date: label: date made
content: 1999
name: label: depicted
content: Brauch, Tim
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This is an August 1999 issue of Thrasher magazine featuring a memorial tribute to skateboarder Tim Brauch who died suddenly from a childhood heart condition. Thrasher was first published in 1981, founded by Eric Swenson, and Fausto Vitello and catapulted skateboarding into the public eye. Often known for its portrayal of skateboarders as rebellious and aggressive with a ‘skate or die’ attitude it was popular with younger males who happened to be the mainstay of skating during the 1980s. Thrasher also featured music-related articles geared toward punk and hard rock bands which also epitomized the skate lifestyle of the times. Swenson and Vitello had also co-founded Independent Trucks which advertised heavily in Thrasher which helped make Independent Trucks one of the biggest names in the skate industry.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: skateboarding
label: level of sport
content: Professional
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Skateboarding
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content: Sports & Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2011.3085.277
label: nonaccession number
content: 2011.3085
label: catalog number
content: 2011.3085.277
objectType: label: Object Name
content: magazine, skateboarding
label: Object Name
content: skateboarding magazine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 in x 8 1/4 in; 27.94 cm x 20.955 cm