Thrasher Magazine

Swerving through DIYs and street waves with unstoppable flow, Shin and the gang go off for OJ.

Chris Mulhern has a knack for capturing the textures and tones of urban skating. Ishod, Jamal Smith, Quel Haddox, Mark Del Negro and more jump in to elevate this esteemed series.

The soundtrack, skating and filming in a Polar video all work in concert to capture the spirit of the streets. This new one is no exception.

Shin and his crew head up to Hokkaido to ride the region's beautiful pits and ponds for OJ.

Everyone’s favorite annual award ceremony is back to celebrate the year’s best breakthroughs and bunts. If you can’t make SOTY, might as well hope for a T-Eddy. See the list and guess who’ll get pissed.

Shin Sanbongi gets into growing up skating in Chigasaki, meeting Pontus before speaking English and how he approaches skating a new city. Get to know one of Japan's brightest stars in this extended interview from our Feb 2020 issue. 

There's a magnetism about Shin's style, reinforcing the notion that some people were just born to skate. Equal parts effort and power make a sublime combo and a well-deserved promotion to adidas' official ranks. 

The opening sequence of this edit indicates that it's not an ordinary feature. There’s a bunch of creative filming, unique angles and, of course, face-melting amazing skating on China’s buttery spots.

Japan and OZ collide in Shanghai to chug Breezers and chomp on spots—an international trifecta of stoke! Ain’t no fun if the TMs can’t get none.