Burnout: Berle-y Weekend
2/05/2019
Vans rolled out the red carpet to celebrate Elijah Berle’s hotly-anticipated signature shoe – we’re talking skate jams, party busses, baller-ass spreads and the hip-hop stylings of Soulja Boy. Burnout could barely keep up. Congrats, Eli!
I arrived into the lap of new-LA luxury
Familiar faces from afar. I just finished the SOTY issue that day at noon, so this really felt like a vacation
Rumblings at Jacuzzi edge
Ah … the boys arrive
Dun-dun-dunnnn …
The man of hour! Look at those shoes!
Nice to be around for these special moments in our lives
Gathering out front, it would become a theme
Then over to Frank Musso’s for a little formal dining
Wear your best Lottie’s shorts, if you got ‘em
Got to meet some of Elijah’s friends and family. Good looking bunch!
Friendly LA types, everywhere
Plus - hey, hey!
The old ‘shoot-em-with-food-in-their-mouths’ approach! This popular photography style is also common among mothers of pissed-off teenagers. Here goes!
Grin and bear it
Table for two
These guys just embraced it
Solid pause. Not their first rodeo
Also, for this important night I decided to pull a brand new point-and-shoot camera out of the box and try to use it despite not reading any of the manuals. Thus, the only one in focus in this shot is Frank
That’s the spirit!
Deer in headlights
In unplanned serendipity, Diego’s hair matched the booths
Meanwhile over at the bar, industry heavyweights Shigeo and Bob call shots
Tyson and Cody, call me
Ok, don’t let anyone tell you that Curren and Jake don’t like fun
Trust me
I got sucked into their wake!
Hard not to smile around this guy
See!
Uhmm, guess I’ll be moving on …
And we’re back!
‘Hello Uber, can you call me a Lyft please?’
Rain softened the morning
Ready for more
Matt B, roll call
We had a bus for this one
Umbrella service for Fabi
Better believe we need Beatrice and Oona dry for this thing
Alltimer Ben on the bus
This is where Frank shines
Total gusher out there
Washed up at an urban warehouse. Crockett was already there skating flatground on the roughest part of the floor
Killer course, awaiting
Dustin Henry and Justin Henry, attack plan
Tyson fires first shots into the steep wall
Pancaked a few times
Undeterred!
Indy blunter, thumbs up
Good ol’ FSA
And the early hammer!
If there’s a bar, best believe …
Dustin with the color-coordinated switch crooks
While workhorse Leon takes it straight to the simulated streets
Boom!
Omar, feeble into nothingness
Smith plop
And the ill back tail into the steeps
Justin will crush any indoor course, especially when it’s wet outside. He’s from Ohio, after all
Diego works the long jump
While Bea gets all boneless and shit
Cedric popped in with the bionic frontside noseblunt, of course
Diego’s paddle flips harken to a gentler time. So sick
Not just here for the beer, shoe-man Berle plowed through with the showstopper. That’s how a pro does it
We were all tripping
Shit! Missed the free shoe surge! I mean, maybe I can fit into some 13s …
Free grub on the patio. Taco Dudes were there!
Elias sips some sort of party potion
Behold the technology required to make it just hang like that!
Grant’s no stranger to the look-book district
Roman made it
‘My brother did it.’ More shabby focus, but you get the idea
Stoop time, round three!
A flood of familiar faces
Are we getting on the bus again?
Yes! Canadians in the back!
Coping crushers only
Shot callers
Tyson’s 15th photo
Just holding it for a friend
Now do you see why we’re all so concerned?
Let’s do this
There’s that shiner
Crack ‘em!
Spectral lone wolves
All biz. Sorry, homies
Seven and Beatrice, front row
And we’re off
Mellow
Tyson was so hyped on Elijah’s pants
Looking like a million damn dollars
Even wildly out of focus you can still tell how tight the Lovell/Hinshaws are
Matt B and Geoff R, Vans heavyweights
Urban chill
There they are!
Smells like … money
Couldn’t keep his hand off ‘em
The future
Cosmic Glick, lost in the light
Our guys, Morgnar and Rye
Nice to meet y’all
Taco babes, everywhere
Canadia’s finest
Shit! Band started!
Easy!
Nuge on bass
Consider yourself rocked
Meanwhile, up in VIP …
‘We’ll always have the Berle shoe party, babe’
Everyone was there … the Kovacses
Hecka Worblers …
Waterfall survivors, SOTYs, Hosoi and son …
And then came the most challenging part of the evening
Found myself WAY offsides when Soulja Boy hit the stage
As a top skateboarding event photographer, it’s imperative that I be there to capture every magical moment, especially as it has to do with the raising of oversized novelty checks, the spiking of trophies and most of all, shoe-getting pros interacting with popular rappers!
Fortunately it was business as usual by the time I found myself within range
Although the Canadians played me a few numbers on the bus I didn’t even recognize the ’Superman that Hoe’ song, so I was coming to this with fresh ears
Gotta say, in the shabby world of live hip hop, SB sounded pretty alright to me
Not to mention he had a gigantic stack of loose bills as a stage prop
And his stage entourage all seemed generally enthused
Totally offsides for the Kader crowd surfing shot, but I happen to know Dakota Mullins nailed the crap out of it
You get the idea, but still
Surprised to see that not even the excitement and immediacy of performing live could keep Soulja off his phone
What hope does that leave for the rest of us and our mundane lives?
Let’s just call it multi-media, I guess
Berle joins the cast!
Looked so good up there in that white and leather
Honestly, if he’d been thrown the mic and laid down a verse I would not have been the least bit surprised
In the pit, the kids could no longer hold their horses
Really wish I knew how to focus this goddamn camera for this one
Cedric strikes an intimidating pit presence, but he’s a straight shooter. Don’t worry
Mostly fun
Albeit sweaty
A few take-aways from Soulja’s stage banter:
1. He’s the best rapper in the game
2. Tyga? No, it is Soulja who had the greatest comeback of 2018
And 3. It was Soulja Boy (not Al Gore) who invented the Internet
No one would fault him for confidence. And truly, a good time was had by all
Especially Tyson
When I looked over and saw Muller making this gesture, although I had no idea what it meant, I knew it was time for me to leave. Thanks for the wildly fun couple of days, Vans! And congrats on the shoe, Berle. Can’t wait to see this video!
I arrived into the lap of new-LA luxury
Familiar faces from afar. I just finished the SOTY issue that day at noon, so this really felt like a vacation
Rumblings at Jacuzzi edge
Ah … the boys arrive
Dun-dun-dunnnn …
The man of hour! Look at those shoes!
Nice to be around for these special moments in our lives
Gathering out front, it would become a theme
Then over to Frank Musso’s for a little formal dining
Wear your best Lottie’s shorts, if you got ‘em
Got to meet some of Elijah’s friends and family. Good looking bunch!
Friendly LA types, everywhere
Plus - hey, hey!
The old ‘shoot-em-with-food-in-their-mouths’ approach! This popular photography style is also common among mothers of pissed-off teenagers. Here goes!
Grin and bear it
Table for two
These guys just embraced it
Solid pause. Not their first rodeo
Also, for this important night I decided to pull a brand new point-and-shoot camera out of the box and try to use it despite not reading any of the manuals. Thus, the only one in focus in this shot is Frank
That’s the spirit!
Deer in headlights
In unplanned serendipity, Diego’s hair matched the booths
Meanwhile over at the bar, industry heavyweights Shigeo and Bob call shots
Tyson and Cody, call me
Ok, don’t let anyone tell you that Curren and Jake don’t like fun
Trust me
I got sucked into their wake!
Hard not to smile around this guy
See!
Uhmm, guess I’ll be moving on …
And we’re back!
‘Hello Uber, can you call me a Lyft please?’
Rain softened the morning
Ready for more
Matt B, roll call
We had a bus for this one
Umbrella service for Fabi
Better believe we need Beatrice and Oona dry for this thing
Alltimer Ben on the bus
This is where Frank shines
Total gusher out there
Washed up at an urban warehouse. Crockett was already there skating flatground on the roughest part of the floor
Killer course, awaiting
Dustin Henry and Justin Henry, attack plan
Tyson fires first shots into the steep wall
Pancaked a few times
Undeterred!
Indy blunter, thumbs up
Good ol’ FSA
And the early hammer!
If there’s a bar, best believe …
Dustin with the color-coordinated switch crooks
While workhorse Leon takes it straight to the simulated streets
Boom!
Omar, feeble into nothingness
Smith plop
And the ill back tail into the steeps
Justin will crush any indoor course, especially when it’s wet outside. He’s from Ohio, after all
Diego works the long jump
While Bea gets all boneless and shit
Cedric popped in with the bionic frontside noseblunt, of course
Diego’s paddle flips harken to a gentler time. So sick
Not just here for the beer, shoe-man Berle plowed through with the showstopper. That’s how a pro does it
We were all tripping
Shit! Missed the free shoe surge! I mean, maybe I can fit into some 13s …
Free grub on the patio. Taco Dudes were there!
Elias sips some sort of party potion
Behold the technology required to make it just hang like that!
Grant’s no stranger to the look-book district
Roman made it
‘My brother did it.’ More shabby focus, but you get the idea
Stoop time, round three!
A flood of familiar faces
Are we getting on the bus again?
Yes! Canadians in the back!
Coping crushers only
Shot callers
Tyson’s 15th photo
Just holding it for a friend
Now do you see why we’re all so concerned?
Let’s do this
There’s that shiner
Crack ‘em!
Spectral lone wolves
All biz. Sorry, homies
Seven and Beatrice, front row
And we’re off
Mellow
Tyson was so hyped on Elijah’s pants
Looking like a million damn dollars
Even wildly out of focus you can still tell how tight the Lovell/Hinshaws are
Matt B and Geoff R, Vans heavyweights
Urban chill
There they are!
Smells like … money
Couldn’t keep his hand off ‘em
The future
Cosmic Glick, lost in the light
Our guys, Morgnar and Rye
Nice to meet y’all
Taco babes, everywhere
Canadia’s finest
Shit! Band started!
Easy!
Nuge on bass
Consider yourself rocked
Meanwhile, up in VIP …
‘We’ll always have the Berle shoe party, babe’
Everyone was there … the Kovacses
Hecka Worblers …
Waterfall survivors, SOTYs, Hosoi and son …
And then came the most challenging part of the evening
Found myself WAY offsides when Soulja Boy hit the stage
As a top skateboarding event photographer, it’s imperative that I be there to capture every magical moment, especially as it has to do with the raising of oversized novelty checks, the spiking of trophies and most of all, shoe-getting pros interacting with popular rappers!
Fortunately it was business as usual by the time I found myself within range
Although the Canadians played me a few numbers on the bus I didn’t even recognize the ’Superman that Hoe’ song, so I was coming to this with fresh ears
Gotta say, in the shabby world of live hip hop, SB sounded pretty alright to me
Not to mention he had a gigantic stack of loose bills as a stage prop
And his stage entourage all seemed generally enthused
Totally offsides for the Kader crowd surfing shot, but I happen to know Dakota Mullins nailed the crap out of it
You get the idea, but still
Surprised to see that not even the excitement and immediacy of performing live could keep Soulja off his phone
What hope does that leave for the rest of us and our mundane lives?
Let’s just call it multi-media, I guess
Berle joins the cast!
Looked so good up there in that white and leather
Honestly, if he’d been thrown the mic and laid down a verse I would not have been the least bit surprised
In the pit, the kids could no longer hold their horses
Really wish I knew how to focus this goddamn camera for this one
Cedric strikes an intimidating pit presence, but he’s a straight shooter. Don’t worry
Mostly fun
Albeit sweaty
A few take-aways from Soulja’s stage banter:
1. He’s the best rapper in the game
2. Tyga? No, it is Soulja who had the greatest comeback of 2018
And 3. It was Soulja Boy (not Al Gore) who invented the Internet
No one would fault him for confidence. And truly, a good time was had by all
Especially Tyson
When I looked over and saw Muller making this gesture, although I had no idea what it meant, I knew it was time for me to leave. Thanks for the wildly fun couple of days, Vans! And congrats on the shoe, Berle. Can’t wait to see this video!
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