Thrasher Magazine

The OC and ATL’s finest converge to celebrate Grant Taylor’s 20 years on Volcom with a skate jam, killer bands, bros, babes, Big Hongry and the premier of Lannie Rhoades’ epic GT documentary. Cheers, Stoners!

Sponsoring a six-year-old is a gamble, but when Volcom signed Grant Taylor as a mere tot there’s no way they could’ve known just how much their investment would pay off in pure stoke-a-tude 20 years later.

Remy and the other Grant set up the wall of fame

Twenty years of epic ads

Everyone’s got a fave

So sick

That cast must smell amazing!

Hard to take a bad photo of Grant







Sheesh! Rad stuff!

Opposites attract: Bublitz and the Phelper

The fans assemble …

Because the Milton Martinez show has begun!

Did you get it?

Yeah, did YOU get it???

‘He’s very good …’

The Lan Man arrives, straight from marathon editing hell

The covers showed up too

Lotta real estate

Grant’s dad and ATL skate star Thomas Taylor made it out. Fun fact: Thomas is the Tom from the much quoted ‘C’mon Tom!’ Crazy, right? Kinda like meeting the dude from ‘No way, Jose.’

GT ollie contest winner Jeff Rasp is also adept at the ill tail-boned handplant

Rising star Patrick Ryan, kicked out on a lein

Wow!

Tom attacks the wedge

Followed by fellow ATL-ien Kamal

More Milton – over the channel through the corner on a noseblunt slide. I know

Rasp keeps it going with a switch frontside flip over the stone hole. Where’s this guy been hiding?

Spider attack! Impossible floater

One-footer

Tom Grom slid back lips down the wave

While his mentor Peter scorched grinds up it

Holy cow!

Yüng CJ in the mix

Backside 270 nosepick fakie. Tech shit

Gavin on air duty

Frontside bone with Theotis-level sponsor saturation. He IS the future, I suppose

Premature flash right before Remy laid this thing out Duane-fully. You’re goddamn right he’s still got it

Part-time driver, full-time rocker – Jarrod P got his licks in

CJ with that body-varial disaster thing the kids do. Did Alf do those first? Anyone? Discuss among yourselves

Then Hewitt decided to get up on an arm …

Cranked an egg on non-existent vert. That’s just what he does!

Outside, in the mix

Wise counsel

Jake loves getting his picture taken. I must have 10,000 of them

Hongry gets into hatchback vert talk with Grosso, Tom and Jimmy O’Brien

Stick analysis. Better he hear it from Jake than on the streets

Hey! My old friends in the media!

Lucero with the ol’ John Hancock

Goo gets banded. The party was about to start

Early birds rolling in. We called this dude ‘Hot Franky’

‘You two … clean that shit up!’

A tagged doo- rag can only mean the Hellriders had arrived

Catchin’ ‘em in the Golden Hour. Whattup!

Good-natured banter

Little beard envy, truth be told

Low miles, tons of extras, no low-ballers, always follow your dreams!

Good ol’ pepper cup. Preston woulda really liked this day

They could make a T-shirt out of this

Yep, that’s why we’re out here

Lookback Kevin with a fat stack

There it is!

Party’s starting. EVERYONE was there …

Hongry plus two. …

Tastefully-alternative youthful types …

The scarfed …

The E Bowmans, of course …

Little brothers …

Heart-eyed beauties …

Group photo takers …

Hey, nice to meet you guys!

Channel Street supporters …

Glick fans (myself included) …

those whom should have been photographed vertically …

And even DFL’ers!

Thomas Fun Fact #2 – he not only produced one of the greatest skaters of all time, but two beautiful daughters. Who knew?!!

Zeke and friends. Oh wait, that’s Hongry again, isn’t it

Toy Machines Jeremy and J-Lay

I feel like I’ve seen these guys somewhere before

Frank to Wall with a side of Hassan

Back in the park, Los Viejos laid out the riff afghan

Embeardedly!

Tween mosh pit! Ferocious … but also adorable

No tickling!

Trending: beanies!!

The good Latin American fools. Mucho gusto!

I have a feeling all he wanted was a Pepsi

Bring your dachshund, if you got one

Superman!

All biz, these two

Cute couple with a side of beans

Sliced AF

Just here for the metal

A group of SF-based Grant supporters drove down to celebrate. Skanky greets the Phelper

Though Kamal may have been running more his speed

I feel like I’ve taken this photo before too

Holy shit! Those hot babes I know!

Not to mention fellow married men. Good company

I mean hey, who doesn’t like a slice or two??!

Interrupted them watching that Glick part. Sorry. Please carry on.

Well somebody’s missing a mustache …

Thanks for coming, y’all

Smokin’ Duff!

The face you make after the eighth photo of the night. I appreciate your patience, Spide

Stoic Shackleton types, everywhere …

Dion’s crew. Hella tight

At this point I’m just running around shooting everybody. Hey there!

Yes!

Oliver and Katie, whom I learned about on Active Erica’s story feed

Oh, do you know Rye?

From high in the VIP cage

Almost missed the damn announcement! And the winner of the Grant Taylor grill prize package is ….

This dude! Wear them chinos well, keep those coals slow and low, always

The amazing Taylor girls. Lilly wanted one more though

There they are!

And then the movie began – a total barn burner! Congrats to GT, Remy, Lannie and everybody who made this priceless historical document possible. Definitely a much-need addition to the playlist of stoke

‘Two thumbs up … way up!’ – Daniel Vargas

After that it was Hongry Time!

Like an atomic bomb dropped in the park

Lyrical annihilation!!!

Best to just end it right here. Yep, that’s the only option that makes any sort of sense. Thanks Volcom stone. Congrats Grant!