Thrasher Magazine

With all the controversy in the world right now, and all the brutality and injustice towards the black community, we skaters demonstrated one of the many peaceful solutions to protecting the black body and expressing how valuable the black body is! We roll together because we need people to unite. We set an example for others who might not see this community the way we see it and the way it’s supposed to be—the righteous fun-loving expression that keeps us together but also individually stimulated. "Fuck the police" is an understatement, we also need to stay connected, together around the world, spreading this message and love to everyone. We’ll teach, remind and show by example that we’re not going for that police brutality shit for anyone—most importantly our black brothers and sisters! The black body is equal and golden! —Kevin White

Photos and captions by Alex Papke

It was a given that the skaters of Long Beach would come out from quarantine for this one

A man of good nose manuals and even better signs, Bobby Bils, everyone

Thrasher Dan and Ethan Loy came out to support 

Best believe Boo J was gonna come out to support in his town

John Dilo doesn’t fuck with racism

And neither does Thomas Dritsas

Hell, even ABC showed up 

Goes without saying

Listen to Kevin White

John Gardner, all for equality

And the two-mile skate down Ocean Blvd begins

K White and Jack Curtin, all smiles 

Safe to say we took over the street

The message was clear 

And finally, everyone's favorite hill

Beach bikers weren’t even mad this time around

Boards, bikes or skates, everyone on wheels came out to support the movement

Pretty clear that skaters across the board are all sick and tired of police brutality

No better feeling than a successful non-violent protest

Get back up there for one more time down

Long Beach shows strength in numbers 

Despite having a broken ankle, Dylan Christopher made it out with his other half Cierra Xavier to say Breonna Taylor's name. Keep pushing however you can to bring justice for Breonna and so many others

All lives don’t matter until black lives matter, easy as that

Heavy Minnesota vibes from DLX boys Tim Fulton and Davis Torgerson. And of course, their new dude Mason Silva's creeping in the back

Not to mention, live music was waiting at the top of the hill by the time we made it up

All in all, it was an amazing turnout for a great cause. Racism has no place in the world, and that goes for skateboarding as well. Change doesn’t come overnight, so thank you to everyone that showed up and made your voices heard. We gotta fight these corrupt institutions together.