Thrasher Magazine

One of the perks of winning Thrasher magazine’s SOTY award is the signature products tend to roll right in, so it should be no surprise that Thunder graced Jamie Foy with his very own truck. To commemorate the momentous occasion, a BBQ skate jam was thrown at Lanark skate plaza (Jamie's favorite park in the valley). With boxes of t-shirts, hoodies and trucks for the local rippers and half-a-dozen Deathwish boards to toss out, the kids were ready to shred. After the jam, the guys fired up the 'Q to grill some burgers and carne asada. Sounds like a pretty epic Friday afternoon if you ask me. —Joe Hammeke

Lanark skate plaza, Canoga Park, CA

The locals holding it down in the pit

Emerica’s Victor Aceves lives right across the street

What’s up?

The locals studying Neen Williams' signature heelflip

Jake Hayes is back from Down Unda

Deathwish represented

Long Beach posse

Jamie and his signature truck. Pink flamingos don’t burn, they melt

Signage going down

When you got the Shake Junt grip you might as well get the CEO in the shot

Griptape battles

“Have you been to the original Bob’s Big Boy?” “I don’t know, but my mom’s first job was working at one.” “The one on Riverside Drive, in Burbank?” “No, she’s from Florida.”

Are requests to sign a forehead proof of success?

Dashawn Jordan arrived hella early, tré flip to fakie on the bank

Dominick Walker sails stale over the hip

Then it was time for the guys to warm up the rail before the locals started trying “tricks for trucks.” Foy starts it off with a front feeble

Frankie Villani, front salad

Domo, kicky back 50 in three tries or less

This young local wasn’t gonna wait for it to get hectic

Jamie, back 180 nosegrind to forward

Ish Cepeda backin' him up frontside-wise

Domo, front shove back 50-50

Jamie, first try kickflip 50-50

Neen knows back lips

Frankie Villani closed out the demo with a frontside flip over the rail

Here comes the Deluxe crew with boxes of trucks

J-Bone with the decks

The locals' jam was on

The view from the starting line

This little guy took his last push at the stairs and popped this kickflip all in one motion

That definitely deserves some trucks

What size? Medium? Gotchu

Who’s got a front crook?

That deserves a board

Ouch!

All good. I got another shin

Seriously, I’ll be fine in half an hour

Ripping

He took some heavy slams but this heelflip crooks eventually went down

For a pair of trucks no doubt

Then at the buzzer, the crooks….

…nollie flip out!

Nice job—and nice shirt

The last of the boards…

…were tossed to the sky

Stoked on a fresh hoodie

Now time to BBQ

Grilled or Baked?

Chillin'…

…and grillin'. Thanks to Thunder, Deathwish, Jamie Foy and especially to all the kids who showed up and shredded their hardest. Hope everyone came up on at least a good time.