Thrasher Magazine

Cairo Foster has never been one to half-ass anything during his career. Got a new spot? He’s not gonna take it easy with a basic trick like a 50-50. Frontside noseslides and gap to nosegrinds are his go-tos. Using his legendary status, catalog of gnarly parts and four Thrasher covers, he could possibly sign a six-figure contract with a major shoe brand, then sit back and chill. But that’s not his style—no milking it for ol’ Roger. Recently, Cairo started work at adidas as their social media manager. So instead of running his career into the dirt, Louie and the enjoi team decided to surprise him with a retirement party. Pro to flow! —Joe Hammeke

Arrived at ROW DTLA to see that these guys made it down from San Jose

Cases of Tsingtao, a reminder of all those trips to China filming for Oververt

Caswell confirmed that the bottles were warm, just like in China

“Cairo Retirment” playlist? Retirment? Does that mean it’s not official?

“Enjoi Retirement.” Well, the cake’s spelled right so maybe it is official?

Pro to Flo. Hmm… getting mixed signals here

Adidas squad: Pete Eldridge, Nora Vasconcellos, John Dilorenzo and Jake Donnelly

Nora knows boxed water is classy—the pinky finger must be extended

Vegan Vern is stoked on the Beyond Meat food truck

Where’s the beef?

Dig in

Louie gives everyone a heads up that Cairo should be arriving soon

Crail camp: Kenny Anderson, Rick Howard, Mike Carroll and Chris Roberts. What’s Rick lookin at?

The man of the hour

Slight confusion—he thought he was going to check out an empty warehouse for an upcoming adidas event

Legends all around, including OG Dogtowner Jeff Ho

Truly surprised

We all loved the Lakai-ro days

“Got your ass!”

Straight to a little Nine Club

Cairo couldn’t be more psyched to work for… adidas

Louie gives a brief speech about what a huge influence Cairo has been on the enjoi brand and skateboarding as a whole

Team enjoi

Then it was time for the greatest hits video and slideshow

Cairo has had four Thrasher covers! The first was back in December of ’98 and most recent was this one from February ’09

Then it was time for Useless Wooden Knowledge, a skate-trivia gameshow hosted by Andreas Trolf

Team Camel, assembled and ready

These two nerdy types along with Dan Plunkett, Sebo Walker and the two other guys at our table formed Sluts of the Round Table

Nora has good penmanship so she was our designated scribe

Clint Peterson, Justin Strubing and Daniel Shimizu—three judges judging

“Oh my God, who are all these guys?” Jake Donnelly’s response for anything he was unsure about was to yell, “POPWAR!”

Looks like Team Camel drank a beer for every wrong answer

These guys, The Kasperholics, edged out Sluts of the Round Table by a single point to win Useless Wooden Knowledge: Cairo Foster Edition

Anyone who’s ever been on a trip with Cairo knows he has a sweet tooth, so he was more than eager to dig into the cake

About 15 years ago, Jake Donnelly saw the Popwar team do a demo in Rochester, New York. He was stoked to get Cairo and Justin Strubing to finally join him in yelling “POPWAR!”

Then DJ Chavez of Kingswell Los Feliz skateshop informed Jake that he sold one of his boards yesterday. The day before, Jake was in the shop and moved his board to a more prominent location on the racks and it worked!

Caswell quintuple fisting!

Then Louie had one more special announcement

They had been saving this Cairo graphic for a very special occasion

Congratulations, Cairo, and thanks for all the years of stoke!