Burnout: Back to the Beach
8/08/2022
Vans’ Downtown Showdown returns to the sand with a flood of familiar faces and some surprising new ones. Does this mean America’s back?! Burnout investigates.
Where is this thing? 
Spot Grosso in this photo and win an appraisal of your substandard eggplant form 
KOTR fans, they love the beach. Nice to meet y’all 
Master of all he surveys… 
Okay, here we go 
Should we start? 
ET kicks it off with a wicked tré over the hazardous Quasi diamond plate obstacle 
Berle… nothing is impossible 
RoZo gets his licks in early with the ungodly switch hard 
Look at the green bounce on C-Cup’s wallride! 
Una and Hannah. "Where do we start?"
Dylan Witkin kicks into a hellacious frontal. Wow! 
Cookie over the shark obstacle 
Tyson on kf grind 
David Reyes was on fire all weekend. Front crooks from the shark bank 
Cocona sails a crail. She’s sick! 
Pro-Mar! 
Elijah, salmon grind 
Imagine if 360 flip NBS was a normal thing for you 
The Baker mushroom obstacle! 
Definitely a fave. Julian on an ill tré 
Our guy Lui, double threat 
Lil’ Zion, back heel 
Cookie, back 3 
Spinosi, nose bump fs 360 out 
Rom over Ron, crowd pleasing! 
"Yeah, but the whole durometer rating system can be counterintuitive…"
Max and Kirb, Baker Boys fam 
Firefighter’s eye view of Braden’s personal fire, BS NBS style! 
Dog! 
"The judges are gonna want to see something switch over there…"
Big fs flip 
Foy made it! Heelflip 
K Walks! 
Van Vark was on one. Diabolical rail and wall work 
The Scramble’s Jhancarlos, 360 over the car 
Sometimes you gotta remind them to give you your best-trick money 
Around the world air 
Zion! 
Looks like Roman’s recovery is working out 
This is a boneless. I know! 
Hoban did this one a few times 
Cocona on kf 
He’s a cowboy… on a seven-ply he rides 
Child’s play to big Kirb 
And then the closeout kf indy over the onion. Insane, Ro-Ro 
Anyone like… art? 
Oh, hey guys 
Axel to axle 
If you’re catching air in HB, best make those Hosoi lips. Right, GT? 
Another Scramble alumni, Giovanni fs half-Cabs into a back Smith. Because he’s insane 
Kickflip! 
Jackie Michel, melon leap after a heavy slam 
Yuto missed the cut?! He’s human after all 
Kadow made it! Wicked double or triple (?) kf attempt down the Hockey box 
Who’s this hairy handplanter?? 
Of course it’s Nicole 
Tyson busting out 
Foy has surprisingly sick transition skills. Caballaeriel on the big QP 
Zion’s patented hand-switching bs 360 to fakie. Very McGIll-esque 
Did someone say something about Ardex?? 
Mae-Mae, up to lipper 
Nora was there! FF lien to tail 
Some Sandoval magic. Egg 
Saran Wrap 
And the big frontal 
Mason was on one, too 
Even had his own cheering section 
So glad we can finally shake hands again… 
Under the shade, a flood of familiar faces. Chandler and his partner Mike 
Rhino and his bro Braden 
This patient crew 
Zach, Saloman and Daiki 
Tyson with a freshie 
Matt and Kirb, looking good 
Even better! 
Excuse me, Mr Rogers is in need of his massage now 
Frog related 
Oh, hi, Mami 
Dan Rogers on hot dish 
Blake and Steak and them 
Senior statesmen 
Not stingy with the accolades either 
Lil Glickwich? Not bad 
Haley Wilson, sick AF! 
Farrar buries a crooks 
Smithwise! 
Christian Dufrene RIPS! 
Our guy Patrick Praman, nollie heel nose the 15 
Zoey from China, backside 5-0 
Nollie, mind you 
Heilman, hurricane 
Everyone’s new fave, Shiloh Catori charged the bar 
Tré flip to nose from Domo 
Blake… you know it’s switch 
Aussie powerhouse Kieran Woolley, gap attack! 
And hop to bash 
Shawn Hale always has the wildest shit. 180 fakie 5-0 Godoy drop off the edge 
D Loy, to tail 
More doubles action! Zion recruited Ron for a little flare in his run 
Not that he needs much help in that department 
Find the Widdip in this crowd and win a barrel of Cheez Balls 
See him yet? 
Best transition follow-filmer alive! And Mason’s not too bad either 
Felipe was fuckin' it up! 
Mason got pounded going for the head-high bump to grind 
… here! 
Came back for it, of course. You’re an animal, Mason 
Shiloh’s fs feeble got the crowd absolutely rabid! 
Ronnie, up to the down-escalator NBS 
Lunch tray? You know it! Omar will NEVER disappoint the hometown crowd 
Holmes neither! 
Ron’s gap-back-lip attempt 
And then his shoe came off! 
He was fine 
The judges had their work cut out for them 
And now… a little Van Doren face time 
Oh yeah 
Bring it in 
Lots of prizes on this one 
Justin got one! 
Jackie, you rule! 
The top women 
Go off! 
Loving it 
Top three bros 
And in the end… the cowboy took it! Congrats, JC! Good times, everyone. Thank you, Waffle Squad 
Until next year …-
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