5 Greats: Joey O'Brien
5/15/2023
Philly phrases, old heads, forbidden songs, a viral sibling and so much more, we lock in the lists from one of the hardest working skaters out. As seen in our May '23 issue.
Photos by Zander Taketomo
Raw power in every clip, Joey's new part is a must-watch event
- Zero - Dying to Live
- Any Jamal Smith video
- 411s
- THPS unlocked movies
- Sabotage 2
- Jake Johnson
- Fred Gall
- AVE
- Grant Taylor
- Dylan Rieder
- Love
- Muni
- Art museum
- Baldi
- Orange hubba
- Read something
- Ice bath or cold shower
- Stretch
- Eat
- Walk the dog
Nollie 180 to switch back 5-0, JOB stretches out at Orange Hubba
- My dog
- Playing guitar
- Yard sales
- Carpentry stuff
- Ankle exercises
- Cheesesteak
- Steak
- Eggs
- Poke bowl
- Korean hot pot and BBQ
- Techno music
- Playing Creed at the skatepark
- Pop-Tarts
- Herping
- Insects
- Mulhern
- Vern
- Jimmy Chung
- Sergei Trudnowski
- Jaesun
- “This try”
- “Next try”
- “You gotta learn it at the park first”
- “You don’t have those”
- “Not a shot”
- Ishod
- Suciu
- Penny
- Tom Knox
- Busenitz
Backside 50-50 down the spine of the earthworm. Thanks for the spot, J-Bohl
- ZZ-Top - “Sharp Dressed Man”
- 4 Non Blondes - “What’s Up”
- Metallica - “No Remorse”
- Q Lazzarus - “Goodbye Horses”
- David Bowie - “Five Years”
- Jonny O’Brien
- Gauge Botero
- Adam Waters
- Jordan Burroughs
- Kyle Dake
- Reign Body Fuel
- AHHH!!! smelling salts
- Spotify
- Liberty Mutual
- Ugly Stik
- Creed - “With Arms Wide Open”
- Nickelback - “Rockstar”
- Pearl Jam - “Even Flow”
- Staind - “It’s Been Awhile”
- Any Mötley Crüe song
It's been a while since we've seen a 5-0 back 180 this gnarly
- Baby Good Boy
- Bubba
- Steezus Christ
- Johnny Knoxville
- Scooter
- Wake up
- Dopamine rush
- Reduce inflammation
- Strengthen your immunity
- Better sleep
- Is my heart still beating?
- One more minute
- Am I having a heart attack?
- Does this really help?
- Am I hypothermic?
- London
- Paris
- Tokyo
- Puerto Rico
- Abu Dhabi
If the tables aren’t stacked, you gotta flip in—KFBSNBS
- Ishod – ECVX14
- Dylan Sourbeer – Sabotage 4
- Tyler Dietterich and Kevin Liedtke’s – Sabotage DUB
- Mark Suciu – Welcome to adidas
- Ricky Oyola – Eastern Exposure 3
- “I suck!”
- “This is sad!”
- “God help me!”
- “Next one!”
- “This is ass!”
- Love, Muni, City Hall
- Blue hubba
- Pier 7 knobs
- Albany rail
- Every spot he goes to
- Dylan Sourbeer
- Chris Cole
- Guy Mariano
- Brian Wenning
- Eric Koston
Koston skated handrails switch too. Maybe we just gotta get him to Muni
- Zander Taketomo
- Dakota Mullins
- Burnett
- Dan Z
- Ryan Gee
- Chael Sonnen
- Thrasher
- Andrew Huberman
- Wim Hof
- Memory Screen
- Weighted 360 flip jump-rope hippie jump
- 315 lb weighted ollie
- 165 lb weighted kickflip
- 135 lb weighted zercher kickflip
- RipStik deficit Jefferson
- dead-lift eyeball drop shot
- Jawn
- C’mon, pop
- Wiz wit
- Dickhead
- Bent up nasty
- Interstellar
- Rocky
- Goodfellas
- Reservoir Dogs
- Bullet Train
- Safety hands
- Vaping
- Size 64 jeans
- TikTok
- TikTok haircuts
- The Master Sword
- Gibson Explorer
- Jet Ski
- The newest iPhone
- An asteroid
Switch backside flip at Papp’s double set. It’s hard to get far from Muni some days
- Kickflip roast beef
- Airwalk
- Big ol’ O
- Benihana
- Half Cab blunt stall 180 out
- Don’t skate
- Needing too much weed
- Being too needy
- Going emo
- Being too drunk
- Feel better
- Recover quicker
- Sleep more
- No hangover
- Stretch instead
- “Live each day like it’s your last”
- “Be confident”
- “Show urgency”
- “Respect people”
- “You’ll get it”
Gap to nosegrind at Penn’s Landing, oozing with confidence
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