Shred the Competition with the New Polaroid x Thrasher Edition Camera/Film
Sep 29, 2025
David Prochnow
Our resident “how-to” project editor, David Prochnow, lives on the Gulf Coast of the United States in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. He brings his expertise at making our photography projects accessible to everyone, from a lengthy stint acting as the Contributing How-To Editor with Popular Science magazine. While you don’t have to actually build each of his projects, reading about these adventures will contribute to your continued overall appreciation of do-it-yourself photography. A collection of David’s best Popular Science projects can be found in the book, “The Big Book of Hacks,” Edited by Doug Cantor.
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Are you a mega-groom who spends the weekends tirelessly turning turnstile tricks on your skateboard? Then Polaroid now has a camera for that! Meet the newly released Polaroid x Thrasher Now Instant Generation 3 – Thrasher Edition camera.
This collaboration between Polaroid and Thrasher Magazine packages all of the wonderful Polaroid goodness that the Generation 3 already possesses into a totally unique “hydro-dipped” exterior finish. This hydro-dipped treatment ensures that each camera is unique in its applied color finish. Giving each camera a unique look will come in handy when you’re at the skatepark with several Polaroid-packin’ heavy hitters hanging some huge hill banks on the shores of the concrete river.
For those of you who’ve been asleep at the wheel, the Polaroid Now Instant Generation 3 camera features an optimized image sharpener, a dual-lens autofocus system, an onboard flash, the ability to employ a double exposure mode, and a variable aperture. Couple this camera with a special filter set that includes a lens cap and you’ll be able to paint your skating world with a rainbow of colorful expressions.
It Didn’t Happen, If You Didn’t Film It
Joining the Polaroid Now Instant Generation 3 – Thrasher Edition camera is an equally special i-type film. The Polaroid Color i-type Film – Thrasher Edition film pack contains 8 exposures featuring unique Thrasher-themed frames. Priced at $21.99, each pack of film contains 8 unique frames from a design concept of 11 different frames. Therefore, you won’t know which frame you’ll be getting until you press the shutter release and watch the developing rad-fad frame emerging from the Polaroid camera. Thanks Polaroid for developing a mystery.
Released in September 2025, the Polaroid Now Instant Generation 3 – Thrasher Edition camera is priced at $149.99. Full stop on that ledge dude, by becoming a Polaroid Member the price for the camera is reduced to $135. Add some film packs and you’ll be skating along the road to nowhere where the Polaroid Now Instant Generation 3 – Thrasher Edition camera will leave you slammin’ and jammin’ while each film mystery is developing. Get goin’ all you skate rats.
Enjoy.
David Prochnow
Our resident “how-to” project editor, David Prochnow, lives on the Gulf Coast of the United States in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. He brings his expertise at making our photography projects accessible to everyone, from a lengthy stint acting as the Contributing How-To Editor with Popular Science magazine. While you don’t have to actually build each of his projects, reading about these adventures will contribute to your continued overall appreciation of do-it-yourself photography. A collection of David’s best Popular Science projects can be found in the book, “The Big Book of Hacks,” Edited by Doug Cantor.
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