Longtime Thrasher Editor And Skateboarding Icon Jake Phelps Dies At 56
by Patrick Redford from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#4B5GR)
Jake Phelps, the patron saint of San Francisco skateboarding and veteran editor of Thrasher, is dead. He was 56 years old. The magazine announced his death in a post Thursday night, although it didn't specify the cause.