Thrasher Magazine

Nerds and notable figures from skate-video history convened in Queens for opening night of Recording the Ride—a ‘90s video retrospective at the Museum of the Moving Image. Co-curated by Jacob Rosenberg and Michaela Ternasky-Holland, the exhibition catalogs the rise of streetstyle vids from The Bones Brigade Video Show to Photosynthesis. The Secret Tape's Brendan Spohn loaned his treasured tapes to add to the occasion. Plus, we got to watch a one-night-only special screening of Virtual Reality accompanied by a panel with Mike Ternasky's family and friends. Catch all the big hitters that came out to see the show. —Ted Schmitz

Took the scenic route walkin' up with Matt Schleyer and Tristen Rowean. DM them for the pin

Must be the place. Wonder who's all here...

Helluva first sighting. New York's own Gino and Noelle

This ain't the only Video Freak in the museum tonight. So let's see some of 'em

Attendance was mandatory for all podcasters, writers and podcaster/writers. Just ask Adam, Lucas and Jason

Cutty spots and skateboard history, that's what Puleo does

Between building parks and gettin' kids on board, Steve Rodriguez stopped by

Midwestern editors and filmers? We got 'em! Zach Moore and Pete Spooner are two of the best

You can thank this guy for the insane collection we're about to see. Hit up The Secret Tape to get your own artifacts

My guys made it in! Tristen, Matt and Cole G

Andrew knew about this shit early. Of course he came through

Before I can fan out on everyone here, let's just go into the theater

You're not gonna post obscure facts about the video are you, Andrew?

VIPs fillin' the front row early

And some VIPs were still on the way

There he is! Tonight's main man Jacob Rosenberg with Josh Friedberg of *reads shirt* 411VM!

Thank you for your service, dog

Hell yeah, Jacob knows industry insiders and visionary directors like Seb and Colin

The museum would like to thank New Balance Numeric for supporting this event, and for a new Jamie Foy part sometime this year

Now, it's showtime!

Still hits

Sold-out crowd

Revolutionary editing, even by today's standards!

"I fuckin' asked Danny Way, what's up with the 540? He told me, and I'll tell you the key to it, is to alley-oop it" —John Cardiel

Here's a picture of a mind being blown in real-time

Damn, they got the license for The Beatles?! Wonder if Jake would let us in on the secret

After the screening, it was panel time. But as if Rick Howard, Jacob Rosenberg and MT's daughter Michaela Ternasky-Holland weren't heavy enough already...

...we also got Hensley!

There were exciting stories

And tear-jerking ones too

Wouldn't be here without him

Sorry to interrupt, fellas. Y'all look familiar

Out in the hall, multiple generations of Video Freaks gathered

East Coast men of the lens RB Umali and Bill Strobeck bring up the next gen

Massachusetts' finest! Brian Reid and Jahmal Williams 

No food, drink or new mags allowed in the gallery. I kid! Congrats on Plank issue one, Max and Ian

Elkin and Hunt. Sounds like dudes you might meet at Bass Pro Shop, but they're actually usually by the screens

Jahmal's in the videos; Andrew overthinks them

Local ripper Faheem Allah came with good company

If you think you can show up with purple hair, match your date's top and NOT make the blog, you are sadly mistaken

Alright, let's check this show

First, a stop at the exhibition title wall with the curators and company

Now, we do the required reading

One time I asked Giorgio if Astoria was in New York City. He just looked at me like this

Thought we could talk vids and not have somethin' from TBBVS?

Many of the most pivotal vids were playing on loop

You can probably find a 4K video of the event somewhere, but please, just keep scrolling through the photos. I'll make more jokes than this guy

For the same price as a latté in Manhattan! See, an inflation joke?! 

They really went above and beyond here

Forever

Yep, in the original orange

Arizona's baddest, Brad and Tyler moved to New York for nights like tonight

Lensmen and talent alike were hyped

Shut up about VX vs HPX. We're going back to Hi-8!

The holy of holies

This is the kinda stuff where you say, "That should be in a museum." Here we are, 2024

Hope you don't mind us gawking at all your cool shit 

Recording Recording the Ride. Hella meta

I missed a shot of Stewart with the Static alum, but this'll do!

Lots to think about

Xerox for pin

That orange Photo tape was an absolute banger

A literal piece of my heart

I could've cataloged everything on this card for you

But I know seeing this Misfits shirt will get Iron Maiden stuck in your head, and I think that's funny

Who knows what any of this shit does

I was more of a Beer Trilogy guy!

Heavier than gold

Can't help but think someone was orchestrating a heist. Call it Ocean Howell's 11 or something

When YouTube crashes, you know the plug

Same as it ever was

Mostly streetstyle

The essential Crail collection

Focus

Can't say the rates have changed that much. Another inflation joke, but sad!

Bobby holds court with Rick

The mag pays respect

Sorry, last photo, Bill!

Cole Gino-dano 

What, you never seen SK8HERS?!  It's actually pretty significant. Track down a copy to up your ally game

How many Canadians in this pic? Jeremy knows!

Better not see this one on eBay

One more with the co-curators in front of the load-bearing Plan B wall. I'll hold for applause 

It's about time to break out, so let's leave with a proud-parent moment. Michaela and her mom Mary Holland with MT close by

Seriously, it's an exceptional show. There's something cool in every case and all of it speaks to the heart of a skater. You gotta get down there

If Jahmal says it's time to leave, it's time to fuckin' leave

Thought this was a weed thing on the way out. Maybe it was

Like all great nights, it was over too soon. Always hate saying goodbye to Astoria, New York's best neighborhood. We'll be back though, and hope to see you there. Book your visit to see the show before it's gone