I think Thrasher has pretty much stayed the same since I first started reading it ~20 years ago and even looking back to issues from the 80's or 90's. And Burnett was the editor-at-large for what, 15-20 years before Phelps passing and Thrasher has always been a group effort since the beginning.
Of course the skateboarding culture has changed during that time (especially in the last few years) so things like misogyny isn't as apparent as it used to be and skateboarding has become a little bit more inclusive toward women and LGBTQ+ people etc. and Thrasher reflects that. But as a whole, there still the letters, contents page, interviews, tour-articles, music section, Independent ad on the second to last page and so on. Maybe there are different subjects, but it's not like skateboarding is a monoculture where you just need to talk about your sponsors or what trick was done down what spot.
And definitely Thrasher hasn't gotten "softer" or whatever for publishing articles like Over it or the Glue-interview. Like the latter probably hurt a part of their core demographic (straight white males), so that's cool in my opinion.
Fun fact: those Hubba Wheels ads were shot at High Speed Productions/Thrasher office.
Topic: Changes in Thrasher since Burnett took over (Read 8666 times)