Burnout: Off the Giant Orange Wall
2/29/2024
Vans kicks off their fashion-adventurous OTW program with a fantastical obstacle and blow-out LA bash. Skating’s elite mixed with Hollyweird while Paris Texas and Salem brought down the house and Curren and the boys got vertical AF. You missed it? You blew it!
We start in a blimp, high above Los Angeles. The sun sets on this bizarre monolith .... Photo: TJ Gaskill
Excuse me, where is the skateboarding party?
Holy shit! To put it into perspective how large this thing was, Anthony Acosta is seven feet tall
Elijah Berle was refining his snapback all night … yet, he was not the highest
Long way from Paul Revere … or is it? Photo: Atiba
A two-story pyramid opposite a three-story QP with a stage built inside it. RoZo was flyin’
Robin gets the ol’ grind up, kickflip out
While Nick Michel went Frog on a blunt 180
Caught in his chillers, Manch couldn't resist getting a piece with the pop shove fakie nosegrind
Smoke-show lien to tail from Rowan
Something’s brewing in the crow’s nest
Curren was very impressive on this thing
Made for it, some may say!
Teebs points that Canon towards a Roman fastplant
Birthday boy!
Ok, this might be the highest turn of the night ––at least 8 feet of vert. Discuss among yourselves
Tucked up in the lounge
And the AJ angle! Photo: Atiba
Lipless egg from Ro-Pab
Cess slide in someone’s wig piece
Brother Cedric with a big booster up the box. Wow!
More skate events should have smoke machines for sure
Smoked egg. Photo: Atiba
Zion tucks a FSA while his cap sneaks out the back. Photo: Atiba
Don’t worry, he’s got like ten of ‘em
Top of the mountain
Some flip-in action. Gonna say this is Diego Todd
Rowan with the fs flip, sick AF. Photo: Atiba
Of course there was a hubba!
Hosoi pulled up a little late, but knows what it takes to wow a crowd
Look at that thing! Photo: Atiba
Sticker-pasting contest! Highest sticker wins
Feel like this was made for Curren, too
Though Christian was unstoppable in his heyday
Scraped out Berle. Photo: Atiba
Julian with a cheeky pick. Photo: Atiba
And then Rowan got in the last trick of the night ––the elusive switch tré into the drink!
Party time! Jando, Zion, Jolly and Lee
Vans’ finest! Photo: Atiba
The big man Steve Van Doren mugs it up with Growley and Grant Brittain. That’s right! He’s on here! Photo: Atiba
Jamie Hart says hello to all his fellow yüng people
Partying with Omar is always a roll of the dice
Two risers and one thumb
OTW ambassador Efron Danzig looking fly with Beatrice Domond
But, obviously, the best-dressed award was handed to this gentleman!
Paris Texas hit the box and Zion got one more chance to soar. Photo: Atiba
By the time I got to the front they had slid down the wall to get with the people
Well received
Is that Nicole?
Going off!
Stellar performance!
See! Thought I didn’t have friends in the pit?!
Got to say hello to artist Sterling Ruby (center) who designed this whole crazy thing. Check out his other work if you haven’t seen it. Pretty incredible
Hands-to-yourself crew
Shealy’s crew, only slightly unfocused
Nice to meet you!
Bils and Stolling mix biz with pleasure
Hey! Are you guys a band???
Ok, that goes double for y’all
Shit started to get hella spooky when the elusive Salem took the darkened stage
Tobin wasn’t scared … just concerned
They keep a low profile it’s said
Had ‘em in a trance! Photo: Atiba
Slim Shady, Lizzie and Mami feel the effects
A subdued Papke holds court (and marg)
In case you were wondering, no, Tyson isn’t partying
No bird for Roman. Again, it was his birthday
The Geoff Rowley Experience
In 3-D!!!!
The perfect foil!
Or whatever you call it
These babes again
Dick, Mae-Mae and Shari ––some of skateboarding’s best
Beast!
Then they kicked us out
Just follow Ryan Lee
He knows!
Stymied in the alley with Ant Travis and friends
Finally! Somebody with leadership skills!
‘Take a picture of us with this dude!’
Everybody shut up! A SOTY’s talking!
Colliding with a sober Ellington in the valet line
Fuck that. I parked across the street at the titty bar. Caught these good lookin’ dudes on the way out, tho
Neck and Zach, Baker-wise
And even my old friend from Canada!
Truth be told, the majority of the crowd was sexy-type party people and, having to drive home that night, I could not get tipsy enough to go full paparazzi mode. I get shy. But let me tell you … this was a skate party like none I’d ever been to. Really insane stuff, exciting to witness. Congrats to Ako and the folks at OTW who dared to dream big (and crazy) and make something nobody had ever seen before. Can’t wait to see what y’all come up with next
We start in a blimp, high above Los Angeles. The sun sets on this bizarre monolith .... Photo: TJ Gaskill
Excuse me, where is the skateboarding party?
Holy shit! To put it into perspective how large this thing was, Anthony Acosta is seven feet tall
Elijah Berle was refining his snapback all night … yet, he was not the highest
Long way from Paul Revere … or is it? Photo: Atiba
A two-story pyramid opposite a three-story QP with a stage built inside it. RoZo was flyin’
Robin gets the ol’ grind up, kickflip out
While Nick Michel went Frog on a blunt 180
Caught in his chillers, Manch couldn't resist getting a piece with the pop shove fakie nosegrind
Smoke-show lien to tail from Rowan
Something’s brewing in the crow’s nest
Curren was very impressive on this thing
Made for it, some may say!
Teebs points that Canon towards a Roman fastplant
Birthday boy!
Ok, this might be the highest turn of the night ––at least 8 feet of vert. Discuss among yourselves
Tucked up in the lounge
And the AJ angle! Photo: Atiba
Lipless egg from Ro-Pab
Cess slide in someone’s wig piece
Brother Cedric with a big booster up the box. Wow!
More skate events should have smoke machines for sure
Smoked egg. Photo: Atiba
Zion tucks a FSA while his cap sneaks out the back. Photo: Atiba
Don’t worry, he’s got like ten of ‘em
Top of the mountain
Some flip-in action. Gonna say this is Diego Todd
Rowan with the fs flip, sick AF. Photo: Atiba
Of course there was a hubba!
Hosoi pulled up a little late, but knows what it takes to wow a crowd
Look at that thing! Photo: Atiba
Sticker-pasting contest! Highest sticker wins
Feel like this was made for Curren, too
Though Christian was unstoppable in his heyday
Scraped out Berle. Photo: Atiba
Julian with a cheeky pick. Photo: Atiba
And then Rowan got in the last trick of the night ––the elusive switch tré into the drink!
Party time! Jando, Zion, Jolly and Lee
Vans’ finest! Photo: Atiba
The big man Steve Van Doren mugs it up with Growley and Grant Brittain. That’s right! He’s on here! Photo: Atiba
Jamie Hart says hello to all his fellow yüng people
Partying with Omar is always a roll of the dice
Two risers and one thumb
OTW ambassador Efron Danzig looking fly with Beatrice Domond
But, obviously, the best-dressed award was handed to this gentleman!
Paris Texas hit the box and Zion got one more chance to soar. Photo: Atiba
By the time I got to the front they had slid down the wall to get with the people
Well received
Is that Nicole?
Going off!
Stellar performance!
See! Thought I didn’t have friends in the pit?!
Got to say hello to artist Sterling Ruby (center) who designed this whole crazy thing. Check out his other work if you haven’t seen it. Pretty incredible
Hands-to-yourself crew
Shealy’s crew, only slightly unfocused
Nice to meet you!
Bils and Stolling mix biz with pleasure
Hey! Are you guys a band???
Ok, that goes double for y’all
Shit started to get hella spooky when the elusive Salem took the darkened stage
Tobin wasn’t scared … just concerned
They keep a low profile it’s said
Had ‘em in a trance! Photo: Atiba
Slim Shady, Lizzie and Mami feel the effects
A subdued Papke holds court (and marg)
In case you were wondering, no, Tyson isn’t partying
No bird for Roman. Again, it was his birthday
The Geoff Rowley Experience
In 3-D!!!!
The perfect foil!
Or whatever you call it
These babes again
Dick, Mae-Mae and Shari ––some of skateboarding’s best
Beast!
Then they kicked us out
Just follow Ryan Lee
He knows!
Stymied in the alley with Ant Travis and friends
Finally! Somebody with leadership skills!
‘Take a picture of us with this dude!’
Everybody shut up! A SOTY’s talking!
Colliding with a sober Ellington in the valet line
Fuck that. I parked across the street at the titty bar. Caught these good lookin’ dudes on the way out, tho
Neck and Zach, Baker-wise
And even my old friend from Canada!
Truth be told, the majority of the crowd was sexy-type party people and, having to drive home that night, I could not get tipsy enough to go full paparazzi mode. I get shy. But let me tell you … this was a skate party like none I’d ever been to. Really insane stuff, exciting to witness. Congrats to Ako and the folks at OTW who dared to dream big (and crazy) and make something nobody had ever seen before. Can’t wait to see what y’all come up with next
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