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Episode 41 - Michael Burnett


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Episode 41 with Michael Burnett, skateboarder, photographer, journalist, editor-in-chief of Thrasher Magazine. 


Together we discussed him growing up and picking up a skateboard in Texas, going to college in Boulder, Colorado to study journalism, making zines with his friends, getting his foot in the door at Thrasher in 1994, then becoming the editor-at-large and eventually the editor-in-chief, starting King of the Road in 2003, the process of choosing SOTY, the relative mainstreamization of the brand Thrasher, the future of the mag (both print and digital), mental health and life balance...  


  • Intro (00:13) 
  • Growing up (01:44) 
  • Crossing paths with Jeff Tremaine (08:20) 
  • Foot in the door at Thrasher (10:39) 
  • Editor-at-large (14:29) 
  • Phelps passes away in 2019 (18:14) 
  • Gnarliest trick ever witnessed (19:02)
  • KOTR (21:33) 
  • SOTY (25:53) 
  • « Mainstreamization » of the brand Thrasher (29:34) 
  • Future of print (33:59) 
  • Growth in the digital stuff (36:34) 
  • Future of social media (37:29) 
  • Talking about mental health in the mag (41:01) 
  • Trying to maintain a good life balance (46:56) 
  • Friends questions (49:22)
  • Conclusion (01:14:39)  

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