This is from Tim Powers in the comment section.
As a life long skater I was wondering if you’d cover this.. it’s interesting Transworld skateboarding just got bought and the mag closes down last month... I’m curious as to what will happen with Thrasher.
Gematria Effect News Phelps was just at the skatepark of Tampa contest 2 weeks ago, healthy... I mean life smoker, and yes he did take a bad slam last year... but I found it super weird when I saw he was dead.
Gonz Wouldgo for sure. But Phelps was someone I think wouldn’t be bought and would stand in the way of any “sell out”,,, or corporate buy out... so it would make sense if he was taken out some how.