The gnarliest dude meets the burliest park. SOTY 2011, Grant Taylor, torques a channel wall mega-stale at Pizzey on Australia's Gold Coast. "She don't even smoke." Photo: Burnett.

A bizarre mix of animated fact and fiction involving Grant Taylor comes to life over at the Volcom site. This clip is a trip, man.

A picture might be worth a thousand words, but some things can only truly be captured on video. Unless, of course, you were lucky enough to be there in real life...

SOTY was everything you could imagine and more. Grant went hard, Trash Talk took it further, and Left Brain from Mellowhype handled the ender. What did the 5 fingers say to the face???

Grant Taylor is Thrasher embodied. Skate and Destroy everything. This book is far from over.

Grant Taylor introduces an old H-Street part that may be obscure to some, but is a gem to others. Here's Darin's wild disasters and hang-ups, along with some surprising street moves.

This line is only four walls, but when you're dealing with someone like Grant it's going to be a worth a look. Every time.

Here's some more of your favorite skaters including past SOTY's sharing their thoughts on this year's Skater Of The Year award.

Some of your favorite skaters weigh in on who they think should be this year's SOTY. Who do you think should get it?

As the SOTY race heats up, the good folks at the Boil the Ocean blog weigh in. Is Fred Gall on your list, too?