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Thrasher Announces 2022 SOTY Contenders
Finally! Here are the contenders for Thrasher’s 2022 Skater of the Year.
The Skater of the Year Award, also known as SOTY is one of the most prestigious awards a skater could receive.
Thrasher Magazine started giving out SOTY in 1990. Tony Hawk was the first ever to receive the title. Only two skaters won SOTY twice – Danny Way (1991 and 2004) and Chris Cole (2005 and 2009). Mark Suciu was last year’s SOTY.
Who do you think should be the 2022 SOTY?
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Tony Hawk and Rodney Mullen Team Up for ‘Darkslides & Secret Tapes’
Skateboarding legends will be on the stage together to discuss their lives and careers and how they inspired each other to innovate for “Darkslides & Secret Tapes” shows.
The shows are scheduled for April 4th at Beacon Theater, NYC, NY and April 7th at ACL Live at the Moody Theater, Austin, TX.
You can buy tickets for the NYC show here, and the Austin show here.
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Hayley Wilson is Slam’s Skater of the Year
Slam Magazine named Hayley Wilson as the 2024 Skater of the Year. The Australian-based skateboard magazine started the annual awards in 2004, with Cale Nuske bagging the first-ever Slam SOTY.
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Transworld Skateboarding Vault Features Leo Romero
Jason Hernandez breaks down Leo Romero’s old clips in this episode of TWS Vault. In the clips, Leo performs a trick on a red rail at UCI’s SoCal campus that may be familiar to you as his final trick in “First Love.” He then moves on to another iconic Orange County schoolyard.