Thrasher Magazine

How do you beat getting your own shoe? How about a getting a skatepark, a car and a party for all your friends and family? Congrats, Big Lou!

'Tis the season when we honor those that had a HELL OF A YEAR. Here’s our hot list of SOTY Contenders for 2018. Who gets your vote?

Ronnie and Cedric catch a couple sessions on their way down to Watsonville before engaging in some heavy backyard vert revelry with the homies.

This is NOT a contest. This is a collision of volcanic skateboarding energy that fuels Mach speed Smith grinds, stratospheric wallrides and skyscraper tail drops. Go for the GLORY or get bent.

Embark on this photographic journey through the most insanely sane skateboarding event on Planet Earth.

The coals were on all day and deep into the night at Lower Bobs with plenty of flappin', sippin' and revin' up in honor of our beloved homie, P-Stone.

With the premiere of Purple, Converse took a couple of guys on a demo trip down the Western Coast, from Sacramento all the way down to Long Beach. Needless to say, it was more of a victory vacation than actual work.

A secret contest up in Portland? No social media allowed during the event? Everybody killing it? Hell YES. Congrats to Austyn Gillette for capturing the top spot.

A warehouse packed with friends smiling, shouting and smashing boards. Check out some photos here.