Thrasher Magazine

It’s that time of the year – video surprises around every corner! Louie Lopez dropped a heck of a bombshell and Volcom and Thrasher offered a sneak peek of his latest masterwork at the Good Bar in Long Beach last night, (which magically aligned on his 23rd birthday.) Cheers, Big Lou!

What are they watching in there?

Oh yeah, of course.

Lil’ birthday dinner before the video. Cherie and Lannie, keeping it mellow

Nope. Not a bad pour at all, Cherie. A lot of people actually prefer half foam

Cheers Double L!

Yew!

Better add some chairs

A hug from Hassan; worth more than any gift money can buy

Foreshadowing …

And again

Another suspect pour, this time for SOTY ’00!

The blame game

Yet it’s always the SOTY who suffers

Proper couples photo out front. Nice!

Lining up

Time to kill that thing

Goldie and Jake, tight bros from way back

How dads get out their aggression

Beats the stuff they used to do!

Familiar faces … Salk!

BBF!

The Mason Silvas!

Not the Alex Papkes!

Flipsters, new and old!

Steve Stratton lays in the cuts while Justin Reynolds gets flash blasted!

When’s it starting?

Heck!

Bring a beret … if you got one

Ish!

The press, having a field day

Nah, it’s just Thrasher Dan™

Keep in mind, this is before the video even started …

Someone’s gonna sleep good tonight

Group photo from on top of the table!

Iwasthere.com/awesome!

Find Lance Mountain in this shot and win some gently-used Furys

Oiseau double!

Never go Full Papke

Too late!

The slow pan …

Man, amazing turnout. I love these kinds of photos

This was pretty much everybody, except whoever was hogging the bathroom all night

Masterlensmen L. Rhoades, R.Lee and Ant. They put in some major miles on this thing

Congrats, Scorceses!

Tin, bringing some much-needed sophistication to this thing

Should we start?

Rapt attention

Mesmerizing, really

The 4 Steps of Louie Lopez Ender Viewing. Step 1: Anticipation

Step 2: Denial

Step 3: Acceptance

And finally, Step 4: Jubilation and/or pants shitting!

The crowd roared with stoke!

You did it, LL!

Another great one

That’s when the cupcakes showed up

Took two trays to handle a birthday boy of this magnitude. Everyone sang

Goddamn it – leave it to Louie to look cool even while blowing out birthday candles!

Some guys just got it

Must be nice

Custom photo toppers - i.e. my Saturday afternoon

You don’t have to be an East Coast powerhouse to eat a pretty pink cupcake, but it certainly helps

Get there, Domo!

Clean plate clubbers

Russell had a Fire Marshall Bill vibe going on. Plus whatever’s going on with all those rings

Just needs a solid mentoring

Local heavies, minds blown

Sexy librarian types … everywhere

DJ Parts, parting the soundscape with blistering metal

Gavin holds back Larry from springing forth like the kraken

Oh, a Louie video brings out the babes. Bet on that

Duck and Ish, brothers in stoke

What’s Doug’s spliff ratio? What’s awesome plus awesome??

Lifers: Acosta and Caron. Nice to see y’all!

And then on the other end of the stature equation … the Twin Towers – Kevin White and Caleb Barnett. Wow!

Out front, rock and rollers, running the stoop!

Can’t escape the babes lookin’ that tough!

I take comfort in that. Rock and roll may be a little fucked up right now, but you can’t kill it. No way. Thanks fellas!

My new Greek bros. Aντιο σας, ya’ll

And then finally, Ryan Lee’s limo arrived. Fun night! Thanks to Mike and Blake at the Good Bar, Volcom, Lannie, Ant, Ewan and Ryan Lee and especially Louie for knocking this shit out! Simply amazing! Watch that thing again right now!

‘What do you mean it’s over?’