Thrasher Magazine

Vans hosted a double-decker bus SF skate history tour followed by an epic sesh at Treasure Island. Burnout climbed aboard.

Started off at the Flower Shop. No waiting ...

Anyone?

If it's scaring Delfino, you know you're dealing with some double-black-diamond shit

Ron's in!

Lil Daewon-inspired start

Here we go …

He's more comfortable in this position, actually

Jeezus

But out on the streets, the hills were calling Yung Frank Mare …

The GX/Long Island connection!

F yeah he bombed it

Triumph … before 10 am!

Yes, Frank

Meet-up at SOMA

Traditional streetstyle

Making friends is easy

And then … our illustrious hosts!

Arco was decked out in his finest TNT regalia

Including his first pro shoe!

Just PUMP it …

Ron and Schmitty heating up the door

Don't mind if I do

Easily one of the best door skaters in North America

Good ol' brail

Then B came though with some breakfast pie!

Lui's look says 'Not only do I party … I'm HERE to party'

Chafe slide

Ok, now it's just getting stupid

Waylon busts the four. Apples falling from trees and whatnot

Ohio's Justin Henry with the ill bank work

You know J Lay fuck up a bank

TJ makes friends too

Convergence

Let's get on that bus!

I actually forgot to shoot a photo of everyone before we got on the bus, so here's one I stole off the Internet. You get the idea

Top-side style!

A flood of familiar faces

Cowboys always welcome

SF luminary Mike Archimedes would be our host for this tour of the City's most famous and infamous skate spots

Couldn't have chose a better docent

Three-up, three-down. Just like life

The patter extended from urban blight, to titty bars to gentrification

But you can tell the man loves his town

Alway entertaining

Shit, Wallenberg!

Moments of triumph

Fun facts

Even some light acapella

Bronco Trujillo was born here

World class town



Stories on every corner

China Town!

'And to your left, a statue of SF skater Sean Gutierrez' – Arco

Arco knows what we like

The pointy one

Snack break

Local swindlers charging $30 for a 12 pack, but fuck it

Pier 7. 'I never went there'

EMB - 'Where I learned to street skate'

Time for reflection

A career of professional window glazing to be proud of. All … those … windows

Over the bridge

Way over

An excellent tour, all said





Thanks Arco!

Disembarked at Treasure Island

To sample their amazing DIY creation. Thanks, diehards!

And a car jump!

Cedric went in

Max from Mexico, straight andalé

High and low zones

Pedro feels it out

Berle with the mega rock

Air style = hair style. Too smooth

Bob of Canada, he break the window

Leon floated it first

NBS?! Berle-y!

Airwalk from Max

Proper snow poke

Mega melon. Must be nice!

Spun out surprise

Ron sizes up the scene

Man of the hour, classic car loft

Conspiring to grind through the hood ornament

Vert wall flyover

Wicked pick

The horizontal spread

Berle can barely believe it!

I mean … how?!

Top Rope Ron

Headless Texas off the fence

Everyone was ripping. Real nice

Meanwhile, in the chill zone …

DJ and Nick pop a can

Ashley pays … in blood!

Jam up at the taco truck. What do you mean only two at a time?!

Crockett tote bag check. Much cleaner this time

SF dudes

My favorite Franks

The Homiez

I tried to get in on Sean and Frank's funnyaccent talk. Couldn't really pull it off. Thanks for humoring me, boys

Hustle Jamie

Aloha!

Holy shit! What's up Langi?!

Tony intros the band … Drunk Dom and the Roaches

Top quality shitty skate rock!

Oh yeah!

Minor pit action

What are y'all waiting for?

Ashley gets some – Bertleman style!

Then Drunk Dom had some sort of trumpet shotgunning challenge

Tony vs any challenger!

But first the trumpet solo (of course)

The anticipation …

The challenger won! Gotta think Tony was just playing good host, right?

Still, a moment of triumph

Haha

A SOTY's embrace

Good times

You get all that, GoGo?

Back over the bridge

Washed up at Potrero

Rough neighborhood, no doubt

Not sure what this means, but I miss P Stone too

Sizing it up

Delfino

Wow!

Cedric lips it

Leon Smiths deep

If I could do this, I would only do this

Lui's working on his frontside airs. Getting pretty close!

Who's this slash dog???

Suciu sizes up the plunge

Vertical roll ins!? Who knew?

Got it all, this guy!

And the Sandoval reign of terror continued

You can imagine where it went from here. Thanks for the fun day Vans crew, Trujillos and Mike Archimedes!