Thrasher Magazine

Skateboarding is more than just rolling around on four wheels, it’s a way of life. For many skaters, it’s the only way. Antihero embodies this mantra and their tour articles and videos are always much more than tailslides and grinds. There’s a real human element to the videos, real life struggles of living on the road and how skateboarding brings us all together. From the crew that brought you Tent City over a decade ago, Six Stair productions was on the tour again and this time they headed to New Zealand. Not just documenting what went down but to live and skate with the team for a two week journey through life. The Body Corporate is the resultant video that accompanies the Reality Breakdown article in the August issue of Thrasher. Here are some photos from the premiere in Los Angeles that took place in the back lot of Six Stair productions. If you are in the Bay Area, catch tonight’s premiere at Lower Bobs and tomorrow night they will be showing at Burnside in Portland, then Marginal Way in Seattle. No guest lists, no tickets, just show up and enjoy the show. —Joe Hammeke

The alley behind Six Stair Productions on Fairfax

Bino, on the road

Old guys always arrive early

Grosso working the merch table

Lotta history inside the Six Stair studios

Buddy and Rick in the editing bay

Rick pulls a binder from the shelves

The first issue of the mag, January 1981!

Signed Strople cover, February 1981!

Wes Lott found the cover of the month and year he was born, October 1983

Puker and Pat Clarke. Who’s Puker?

Back outside Frank Gerwer, Lance Mountain and Peter Hewitt. Lance always smells nice

Lizzie Armanto and her brother Max

Austin Kanfoush, Raney Beres, and Bino tailgating

Hair farmers, Erik Bragg and Nuge

Showtime

The parking lot was full

Guess who killed it? Russo claims best trip of his life!

Buddy tearing down the set before the neighbors complain

Shota Kubo and Ron Chatman

Woah, don’t get frisked Ron

Olson rallies the troops, “Let’s take this over to Kibitz.”

Legendary Kibitz room on Fairfax

Beard farmers, Dave Carnie and Erik Bragg

Raney Beres and Austin Kanfoush, rehydrating

Jason Landau on the wagon, “Does this even work?”

Josh Landau of The Shrine and the band Easy warmed up the crowd with an acoustic set

Then it was time for Rat Shit featuring Charno on drums along with Chris Blauvelt on vocal and guitar

Larry, into the pit

Hewitt obligatory signing

Blauvelt grinding

While his wife Jamie handles the rhythm on bass

...and then it was all a blur