Thrasher Magazine

The Vans Park Series made its way down to Brazil recently, hosting a massive contest and also leaving an amazing skatepark for the city São Paulo. And although the weekend was a competition, it was hard to see that through all the smiles. Obrigado! –Lui Elliott

Photos by Anthony Acosta

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The Muscle flexin’ the ol’ stiffy

I wonder if Dora Varella intentionally matched her helmet to the coping. Backside nosepick

Murilo Peres didn’t make the finals but goddamn these back tails looked good

Look at how impressed the VPS sanitation worker is with Vi Kakinho’s tailgrab one foot. We see you back there, Thrasher Dan

The Brazilians were ready to make their country proud

Jake Wooten’s always full of smiles, even after getting smoked

We found out that Karl’s middle name is actually Harry

All of us are still in awe of how good Chris Gregson is at follow filming

The thick spine seemed to be throwing everyone off but Brighton’s blunt broke its curse

Cedric Pabich and Josh Borden both landed their tricks for a terrifying accidental doubles

Dora exploring a front rock

Greyson Fletcher, a skater running a Twitch stream with no filter

Chris Russell going upside down is one thing, but switch? No thanks

How loud do you think Heimana’s Madonna smack was? Nope. It was louder

Jordyn Barratt with full confidence, bringing those eggs home

Kokona Hiraki did these nosegrinds through the corner every try. I can’t even fathom being that consistent

Brazil’s Luiz Francisco was flying so high on these bonelesses that he had time to poke ‘em out on the way down

Mitch and the rest of the media holding it down

All eyes on Pedro

Brazil takes home the gold in the motherland

Pedro won with his first run but threw in and extra 540 on his next to solidify the title


The ol’ peanut gallery

“Cool down, man. You’re on fire!”



Men’s podium: Tristan Rennie 3rd, Luiz Francisco 2nd and Pedro Barros in 1st

It was blazing hot out so Roman ripped his shirt for more air conditioning

Sakura Yosozumi’s focus is strong

Tristan’s blunt seems like one of those tricks that’s very comfortable but can go really bad, really fast

“I think that was it?”

Yndiara Asp poking a front feeble through the corner in her winning run

Women’s podium: Brighton Zeuner 3rd, Sakura Yosozumi 2nd and Yndiara Asp in 1st

Obrigado, Brazil!