Grotto Lotto 2019 Photos
5/13/2019
Imagine building your own private skatepark and then inviting all of your friends to get together for one epic session. Now imagine that all of your friends happen to be the raddest individuals, gnarliest skaters on Earth and your childhood heroes. Grotto Lotto is so much more than a contest—it’s a dream session and a celebration of the stoke generated when you get the right people together without the lurkers, energy-drink glitter and mind-numbing distraction of social media. This cocktail of positive energy and talent pushed the levels through the roof. Suciu did 168 tricks in ten minutes, Kanfoush cleared the course going Mach 8, grinding up and airing over everything, KB appeared from the parking lot and skated impeccably with no warmup. The whole crew was having fun and the spectators went hoarse from shouting and cheering. As the sun lowered on the horizon, hugs and farewells ensued, the kegs ran dry, Spitfire put out their parking-lot campfire and dragged Daan back into shotgun and the cars rolled away. This was the last session at the Grotto. The next day screws were being pulled and lumber has being dismantled. It was a tremendous farewell to a dream that was real. We will miss you, Grotto aka Rev park aka asshole’s garage. —Joey Pepper
The Grotto hosts with the most: Joey Pepper, Silas and Nikhil Thayer
The Spitfire team setting up camp in the lot
Words to live by
Heavy artillery invite-only list
SF in PDX: Griffin, Barker, Mic and Welsh
Legendary judges: Senn, Chico, Drehobl and Howard
Lui got a special shirt because he's our special guy
Sal Barbier showing Chico how it's done
Cairo, Janoski, and Kurt Hayashi
Hewitt, Antihero daycare
Water bong? Nope. Shop-vac-powered heat lottery
Bledsoe, Manchild, Vincent and Capps. Nice tires, Manch
Heat number one
Best sunglasses awards: Hewitt and Janoski
It’s Portland—of course there’s coffee! Thanks, Stumptown
Parking lot part 1: "Dog in Training"
Parking lot part 2: "Elemental Awareness Gone Wild.” Cody Chapman and Evan Smith, wooden shotgun
Success!
Raven's custom graphics via the Spitfire crew
Becker fam from the Bay
Josh Matthews and Janoski were loving the Grotto scratchers! People were coming up!
Rad dads: Brass and Kanfoush
Give me my Sizzle Pie, Chico!
Raven getting ready for some revs with an assist from Cody
Ishod, noseblunt slide
Tom Grom, top-shelf front rock
Austyn Gillette, switch backside noseblunt slide with style
Big Couch getting a Hot Boy-style back Smith
KB, wallie back tail. It was sick watching Kevin skate a contest!
The youth were fired up!
Euro invasion: Oski, Ville Wester and Hugo Boserup
MapleXO trophy makers: Kenzie and Lindsay
Thrasher Donut Duty star Greg “Salba” Ware and masterlensman BK
Semifinals list—heavy crew
Evan Smith blasting a frontside air, pre-shrooms
Whose house? Silas' house! Nosegrind pop in
FA's newest pro Louie Lopez, bluntsliding like a bat out of hell
PDX's own smooth operator—Tyler Bledsoe, kickflip to fakie
Kanfoush was crushing everything in his path—wallride gripper to fakie
Hugo, coast-to-coast high-speed noseblunt slide
Lakai team represent: Capps, Vincent and Howard
Three stripers: Jascha Muller and our SOTY TJ
Holt Shit! is right!
Jake Anderson, frontsode 180 switch crooks for the best-trick contest before crushing some street spots!
Mason Silva with a power-packed bluntslide pop out
Suciu, varial heel 50-50. Skills, kid
Austyn, fakie tré flip with grace
TJ, backside flip over the hubba—SOTY power!
Raney Beres, backside lip, no wax applied/needed
It was a pleasure watching Simon Bannerot dissect the park with his ATV runs—air to fakie
Evan Smith, nosegrind yank in—all up in the judges’ faces
Local grotto shredder Binger made it to the finals, backside nosepick
On Video reunion: Amber Dianda, Cole Mathews and Kirk Dianda
Three Amigos on Cinco de Mayo: Janoski, Daan and Gillette
Epic bros: Drehobl, Becker and Salba
Big Ed and Peabody
PDX local shredders: Brent Atchley and Emile Laurent
ATL’s finest: Ryan Flynn and Cullen
Bledsoe and Herman
Cousins 4 real: Big Ed and Al Davis
Ace Joey and KT the God
DLX duo: Andy Pitts and Nate Alton
Kaspar and Jascha, shoe gurus
Louie Lopez and Jake Anderson, beanie bros
Father and Daughter: Kalea and Rick McCrank
Skate artists: Barker, Chris Johanson, Arthur Lindsey
Chloe and Binger
Master MCs: Sal and Welsh
Louie’s kickflip nosegrind was on point
Ishod clocked more hours skating than everyone else combined over the weekend—kickflip tailslide
Suciu, front blunt. Mark was on a killing spree!
Award time!
Bro moment
Winners’ circle
Top 3—1st: Mark Suciu, 2nd: Louie Lopez, 3rd: Ishod Wair
Winner winner chicken dinner
Skate fam for life! Sorry to see you go, Grotto. But thanks for all the rad memories!
The Grotto hosts with the most: Joey Pepper, Silas and Nikhil Thayer
The Spitfire team setting up camp in the lot
Words to live by
Heavy artillery invite-only list
SF in PDX: Griffin, Barker, Mic and Welsh
Legendary judges: Senn, Chico, Drehobl and Howard
Lui got a special shirt because he's our special guy
Sal Barbier showing Chico how it's done
Cairo, Janoski, and Kurt Hayashi
Hewitt, Antihero daycare
Water bong? Nope. Shop-vac-powered heat lottery
Bledsoe, Manchild, Vincent and Capps. Nice tires, Manch
Heat number one
Best sunglasses awards: Hewitt and Janoski
It’s Portland—of course there’s coffee! Thanks, Stumptown
Parking lot part 1: "Dog in Training"
Parking lot part 2: "Elemental Awareness Gone Wild.” Cody Chapman and Evan Smith, wooden shotgun
Success!
Raven's custom graphics via the Spitfire crew
Becker fam from the Bay
Josh Matthews and Janoski were loving the Grotto scratchers! People were coming up!
Rad dads: Brass and Kanfoush
Give me my Sizzle Pie, Chico!
Raven getting ready for some revs with an assist from Cody
Ishod, noseblunt slide
Tom Grom, top-shelf front rock
Austyn Gillette, switch backside noseblunt slide with style
Big Couch getting a Hot Boy-style back Smith
KB, wallie back tail. It was sick watching Kevin skate a contest!
The youth were fired up!
Euro invasion: Oski, Ville Wester and Hugo Boserup
MapleXO trophy makers: Kenzie and Lindsay
Thrasher Donut Duty star Greg “Salba” Ware and masterlensman BK
Semifinals list—heavy crew
Evan Smith blasting a frontside air, pre-shrooms
Whose house? Silas' house! Nosegrind pop in
FA's newest pro Louie Lopez, bluntsliding like a bat out of hell
PDX's own smooth operator—Tyler Bledsoe, kickflip to fakie
Kanfoush was crushing everything in his path—wallride gripper to fakie
Hugo, coast-to-coast high-speed noseblunt slide
Lakai team represent: Capps, Vincent and Howard
Three stripers: Jascha Muller and our SOTY TJ
Holt Shit! is right!
Jake Anderson, frontsode 180 switch crooks for the best-trick contest before crushing some street spots!
Mason Silva with a power-packed bluntslide pop out
Suciu, varial heel 50-50. Skills, kid
Austyn, fakie tré flip with grace
TJ, backside flip over the hubba—SOTY power!
Raney Beres, backside lip, no wax applied/needed
It was a pleasure watching Simon Bannerot dissect the park with his ATV runs—air to fakie
Evan Smith, nosegrind yank in—all up in the judges’ faces
Local grotto shredder Binger made it to the finals, backside nosepick
On Video reunion: Amber Dianda, Cole Mathews and Kirk Dianda
Three Amigos on Cinco de Mayo: Janoski, Daan and Gillette
Epic bros: Drehobl, Becker and Salba
Big Ed and Peabody
PDX local shredders: Brent Atchley and Emile Laurent
ATL’s finest: Ryan Flynn and Cullen
Bledsoe and Herman
Cousins 4 real: Big Ed and Al Davis
Ace Joey and KT the God
DLX duo: Andy Pitts and Nate Alton
Kaspar and Jascha, shoe gurus
Louie Lopez and Jake Anderson, beanie bros
Father and Daughter: Kalea and Rick McCrank
Skate artists: Barker, Chris Johanson, Arthur Lindsey
Chloe and Binger
Master MCs: Sal and Welsh
Louie’s kickflip nosegrind was on point
Ishod clocked more hours skating than everyone else combined over the weekend—kickflip tailslide
Suciu, front blunt. Mark was on a killing spree!
Award time!
Bro moment
Winners’ circle
Top 3—1st: Mark Suciu, 2nd: Louie Lopez, 3rd: Ishod Wair
Winner winner chicken dinner
Skate fam for life! Sorry to see you go, Grotto. But thanks for all the rad memories!
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