Thrasher Magazine

Vans’ infamous waffle squad once again storms the Big Apple for some good deeds, a block party and the first-ever skateboard rave. Also: yoga at the Banks?

Q: Is this the place? A: Doy

Oh yeah, we made it

These guys!

There were several tents for pop-up action. Homerun, for instance

Wasn’t familiar with Potato Vans …

I see, carry on

If P&Y isn’t already your favorite Canadian lifestyle brand, you’re fuckin’ up

Inside: a skate clinic for beginners and the beginner at heart

‘Ya just gotta lean back sometimes ….’

If you can taildrop on flat you can taildrop into a bowl

Meanwhile Beatrice shows how the pros do it

Solid turn out, right?!

El dump-O

Scrambling under cover

Credential crush

Bea and Chucky: safe, dry AND on the list

Blew over quick. Get some pants, man!

A dog named Thrasher

And my dogs from Vans. Thanks, y’all

Bring your pocket weasel … if you got one

No better party than a French fry party

DJ Kadow made it

Wait, he’s got deeper cuts than Priest …

Exhibit A!

We slowly turned his DJ tent into a VIP zone and drank all his beer

Those of us who weren’t hooping, that is!

Wallride contest! Chucky ALMOST got the pipe

So close!

Even he can’t believe he didn’t get it

Jiro with the heelflip wallride

Antonio was surfing the joint all night

Best trick: Hubba Division

The locs had it dialed

One-eighty nosegrinds, no problem 

A pause for sweat puddle, nothing management couldn’t handle

Good ol’ pop-shove tailgrab fingerflip, straight out of the Dave Coyne playbook, a person this kid has never heard of

Worth AT LEAST a 20!

Back outside, party heating up, babe style

Fellas, too

Fuckin’ JACK SABBACK!

Don’t get any ideas, creeps, that’s Eli’s sister!

J-Hon and Marco, masterlensmen and members of the anti-sneaker league

Beantown blasters with NY associates Schleyer and Mike Heik!

Fuck it! Let the baby hold ‘em!

The very classy Josh Wilsons, so nice to see you!

Not sure why the color on this one is so weird, but it’s good foreshadowing for the events that followed

Squeezing through the secret passageway into the park. Sorry, y’all

Wallride contest #2 ––but in the dark with smoke machines!!!!

Dakota Hunt ––dominating!

Not sure how they could see, much less oop a frontside smasher

Curren got up there. Kickflipped too!

Antonio started getting loose with it, gliding all over that wall

You could bust the hip, too. Either way, you’re sailing into the crowd

Switch blindside to fake? He was on one!

And then the biggest crowd reaction of the night ––two life-sized cartoon characters dancing with the giant shoe

All the moves you see middle schoolers doing

People were losing their minds. It felt like we were in the Philippines or something

‘What am I? Chopped liver?’

And then … from out of the darkness

Detroit’s HiTech!

Straight into the crowd

Insane energy

Super fun and the kids were feeling it

Oh yeah, he’ll keep dancing on the floor

Doesn’t mean he don’t need a hand up!

Blistering performance!

Left the crowd gasping for air and shit

Which left only one thing … the aforementioned first-ever skate rave

A stretch for me, but not for the cool people

Grab a glow stick and get there

Ceremony, the DJ

Eventually had to get some air with the these guys. Raving is hard work!

Wrapping it up! That’s only half of the signed waivers

Deliverables?!! Ach!!!

And that was that. Heck of a night

Uhm, Shealy? You ready?

Bright and early next morning ––super give-back with the Super Skate Posse at the super Brooklyn Banks!

Free stuff for cool kids … from the Vans stars!

What do you mean you don’t want the Denial of Existence??

Ah, I see. Way better choice

Steve Douglas details the finer points of a spanner

Look at these future badasses!

‘Can I get the Chimas?’

Another Denial denier? Dang it!

Nothing left to do but learn how to ride these crazy things

First step is the biggest

Grab a friend, if you got one

Zion sez “bend your knees!”

While Rowan works the intermediate acid-drop area

Yep, I like the one with the blond baby on it, too

Big timers Steve Rodriguez and Justin Villano

And Grant and Raisa, my friends from the media

So much love

Couldn’t fit it in a single group shot!

Is there anything these shoes CAN’T do?

Oh shit, rail sesh brewing

Wait, there’s something weird going on in the runway?

Just a little organized skate yoga, no big deal

Shiloh’s widdit

A little namaste goes a long way

Expand your mind, Una!

Thanks, everybody!