IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This August 1999 issue of Slap ...

Jake Phelps, who helmed Thrasher skateboard magazine for 26 years during a time of unparalleled growth in the industry, died Thursday. He was 56. "Phelps was 100 percent skateboarder, but that label ...

In its January 1990 issue, Thrasher magazine kicked off the decade with a special section called “Stained Skin.” In this package of reported articles and personal essays, the magazine explored the ...

Explore the last decade of skateboarding and its push for inclusivity and diversity with this excerpt from “Four Wheels and a Board: The Smithsonian History of Skateboarding.” Betsy Gordon and Jane ...

Skateboards are not complicated design objects. They consist of little more than a simple deck, usually made of wood, which forms the riding surface. The board is completed by a pair of trucks ...

As springtime weather approaches, let’s turn back the clock 60 years to a recreational sports explosion that hit our region. The Sports Time Machine couldn’t help but notice a full-page photo spread ...