Thrasher Magazine

Posted: January 30th, 2009

Alien Premier on the UCLA campus. With the brick buildings and so many familiar faces, it almost felt like a weird graduation.


ESPN’s Josh Brooks, punctual as usual.


Nick, David, Abdias and the Ghost of Sinclair


Visual artists, Ed and Deanna Templeton


The Sinner and Andre. It’s Andre, right? Am I fuckin’ this up already?


Yeah, fool.


‘Do you know if Thomas Morgan will have a part?’ all the kids want to know.


Bearded burlers, Pensyl and Tempster


Ronnie and a friend.


Jet Ski and Heath talk VIP shit.


Smyth and Smith


Living legend, Heath Kirchart and SOTY 2009, Leo Romero


Likely lads


Mouly shares a bird of brotherly love with Bill Marks, friend of my dad.


Master lensman, Cricket, with Baker’s Figgy


The Kostons, looking like a million damn dollars!


Geoff Rowley and a friend.


‘I’d rather be board sliding,’ - Dan Rogers


Ernie and Bert


The Converse crew carbo-loads before the event.


Syndrome magnate, Jason Maxwell. Yes, he’s still straight edge.


Legends, Rogers, Ngoho and Oster


Ewan and Ollie




Everyone’s little brother, Omar Salazar. Nice skatin’, Omar!


LA’s finest, Mountain and Dressen.


Harry brought his appetite.


Ed, Alex and Lance


Jimmy Cao and a giant red friend.


Long Beach smile squad, Tim Tim and Huang, with Dyson Ramones.


Arcade alumns, Bucky Brezinsky and Casey Rigney.


Scott Pommier and a friend. Antwuan was parking the car.




‘Drink it dude! Drink it!’


Beagle and Boosh, hella Joosed.


DVS heads


Mike Gilbert expects fireworks.


Mike-in-Law


Mister Cool, Mike Reno with The Boosh


Bryan Herman, ladies for days.


Brian Hansen


You can’t deny the skillz - Emmers and Coulthard


Nate Broussard and Palmer Brown. Palmer and I are friends from the dorms. Yes, he’s always looked that crazy.


Ben Gilley.


Coop, Alex and Haslam.


Big Ern gives two thumbs up while Ewan gears up for some rasslin’. And Goemann, too.


East Coast upstart, Jake Johson and a friend.


ex-Skateboarders, Meza and Eisenhour


‘What’s Bo Turner really like?’


Griffin Collins and Josh Harmony


Braydon and Kevin




Finland’s Arto Saari. Wait ’till you see it!


Meza and Malto talk Berrics


Tight bros from way back - Jake Brown, the Ridge, Sean Sheffey and Lance Mountain


Jeff Taylor and Roger Bagley, serious about stoke.


Ex-teammates, bros for life, Beach and Mountain


And so it begins….




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