Thrasher Magazine

By now, you’ve certainly seen clips of this weekend's Dime Glory Challenge. As we put the finishing touches on our glorious montage, here is a closer look at the mayhem that went down. Dime and Vans, we thank you.

Photos by Dan Mathieu, Ryan Lebel and Norma Ibarra

Let's hit the ground running. The house is full and we are ready to start

Welcome to the Dime Glory Challenge!

The Speed Challenge begins. Skaters will fly down the gigantic roll in and attempt flip tricks

Ryan Decenzo gets things going with a frontside flip

Felipe Nunes goes for a backside flip

Denied

Didrik Galasso, impossible

Hugo Balek with a nollie heelflip at warp speed

Mason Silva is first on the hippie jump

Pedro Barros and Jack O’Grady

Max Wasungu takes his chances with the high-speed hippie jump

Also denied

Frankie goes for the three block

It’s a make!

John Gardner jumps a boneless into the extension

This thing is fast

Ryan Decenzo disregards all warnings and hucks a kickflip from the top rope

Montreal, did you see that?

Pedro finds his moment with a pole jam off the high dive

Mason Silva, front shove

Felipe Nunes, backside 360

Ryan Decenzo, 360 flip

The crowd is stoked and it's time for the next challenge...

THE RAINBOW CHALLENGE

Leon Chapdelaine adds some extra difficulty with a boardslide

Nora Vasconcellos on the double rainbow, all the way

Grant Taylor attacks the triple

Elijah Berle glides the 5-0

The Bryans secure another level, Gary likes

Nicole Hause with the slip out, good save

And she's back at it

Oh no, the speed shades go flying!

But Nicole is unstoppable, quadruple rainbow 50-50

Time to level up

Leon rides the quintuple rainbow as the crowd holds their breath

Insanity

Bryan adds a sixth rainbow; things could get hairy

That's three plus three!

Jack O’Grady gets saved from the sack with his quick survival instincts

RIP

Leon flips out at level six

Elijah Berle crosses the horizon

Time to find out what is at the end of the rainbow

THERE IT IS!

PEDRO DELFINO WITH THE BIGGEST RAINBOW GRIND OF ALL TIME. CONGRATULATIONS, EVERYBODY!

What a day already, and we're barely halfway there

Welcome back to another episode of Skatline NBD. This week Gary kicks off the bump-to-bar challenge

Ben St-Aubin, pole jam off the side

Bump-to-bar master John Shanahan pops a classic shove

Hugo Balek rips a huge method grab with Eric Koston in tow

Justin Henry, front shove at level two

John Shanahan, fakie ollie

Going up, Pedro Barros hits the pole jam to frontside grab on level three

Krazy Frankie lives up to the name, backside grab

Of course, Bryan's forklift certified

After pleasing the crowd at level three, Chandler Burton ollies into the fourth dimension

Frontside flip from Ryan, It’s demo time!

Gary loves it

Chima Ferguson shuts down the challenge with an earth-shattering backside 360. Now we gotta move on

Time for the World Championship Game of Skate! Alexis Sablone steps into the arena with confidence

“I got this”

Breana Geering makes her entrance

She’s got back up

Every game needs a few fans on the fence

Keeping with tradition, the first move is decided by an arm-wrestling match. Alexis wins!

And the game begins. The two exchange devastating blows, like this fakie flip from Alexis

There were some ups

And some downs

But when the dust settled, Alexis took the win

Here she is, your new world champion of skateboarding!

The entourage gets the first flick, all hail!

Then onto the next event, the Art Show Challenge. As a man of culture, Eric Koston is the first to approach to the work

Wow, it's stunning

Nora tweaks a nosebone through a 750,000-dollar, one-of-kind silhouette

What's that, Montreal? You want Rick McCrank?!

Who do you think that is throwing a backflip through a priceless Joe Valdez-inspired canvas?

Axel Cruysberghs and Lizzie Armanto break the mold 

We love to see it.

Now, there is only one way to end this…

THE VOLCANO CHALLENGE!

It’s a fan favorite

No hesitation, Pedro Barros grabs Indy off the burning Earth

And Grant Taylor goes for the backside air

The gods are pleased

As the volcano grows, Roman Pabich picks the perfect moment for an invert

And narrowly escapes the flames by the skin of his teeth

IT'S TIME FOR THE FINAL LEVEL!

Shawn Hale risks life and limb for a shot at the very first liquid rock to fakie

Worth it

Grant Taylor summons the power of Valdez

And the crowd joins in



With the sea of cheering fans, GT barrels toward certain death

Yet he survives with a tailgrab nosepick on the melting coping

Just as a massive volcanic eruption ensues!

Look out, Conor!

Pedro Barros imitates Icarus on a backside ollie as the lava hits the crowd

And that's a wrap! Thanks for coming, everybody! Now make sure you watch the video to see if Pedro survived this deadly backside disaster