Cairo Foster’s Pro to Flow Party
1/23/2019
Cairo Foster has never been one to half-ass anything during his career. Got a new spot? He’s not gonna take it easy with a basic trick like a 50-50. Frontside noseslides and gap to nosegrinds are his go-tos. Using his legendary status, catalog of gnarly parts and four Thrasher covers, he could possibly sign a six-figure contract with a major shoe brand, then sit back and chill. But that’s not his style—no milking it for ol’ Roger. Recently, Cairo started work at adidas as their social media manager. So instead of running his career into the dirt, Louie and the enjoi team decided to surprise him with a retirement party. Pro to flow! —Joe Hammeke
Arrived at ROW DTLA to see that these guys made it down from San Jose
Cases of Tsingtao, a reminder of all those trips to China filming for Oververt
Caswell confirmed that the bottles were warm, just like in China
“Cairo Retirment” playlist? Retirment? Does that mean it’s not official?
“Enjoi Retirement.” Well, the cake’s spelled right so maybe it is official?
Pro to Flo. Hmm… getting mixed signals here
Adidas squad: Pete Eldridge, Nora Vasconcellos, John Dilorenzo and Jake Donnelly
Nora knows boxed water is classy—the pinky finger must be extended
Vegan Vern is stoked on the Beyond Meat food truck
Where’s the beef?
Dig in
Louie gives everyone a heads up that Cairo should be arriving soon
Crail camp: Kenny Anderson, Rick Howard, Mike Carroll and Chris Roberts. What’s Rick lookin at?
The man of the hour
Slight confusion—he thought he was going to check out an empty warehouse for an upcoming adidas event
Legends all around, including OG Dogtowner Jeff Ho
Truly surprised
We all loved the Lakai-ro days
“Got your ass!”
Straight to a little Nine Club
Cairo couldn’t be more psyched to work for… adidas
Louie gives a brief speech about what a huge influence Cairo has been on the enjoi brand and skateboarding as a whole
Team enjoi
Then it was time for the greatest hits video and slideshow
Cairo has had four Thrasher covers! The first was back in December of ’98 and most recent was this one from February ’09
Then it was time for Useless Wooden Knowledge, a skate-trivia gameshow hosted by Andreas Trolf
Team Camel, assembled and ready
These two nerdy types along with Dan Plunkett, Sebo Walker and the two other guys at our table formed Sluts of the Round Table
Nora has good penmanship so she was our designated scribe
Clint Peterson, Justin Strubing and Daniel Shimizu—three judges judging
“Oh my God, who are all these guys?” Jake Donnelly’s response for anything he was unsure about was to yell, “POPWAR!”
Looks like Team Camel drank a beer for every wrong answer
These guys, The Kasperholics, edged out Sluts of the Round Table by a single point to win Useless Wooden Knowledge: Cairo Foster Edition
Anyone who’s ever been on a trip with Cairo knows he has a sweet tooth, so he was more than eager to dig into the cake
About 15 years ago, Jake Donnelly saw the Popwar team do a demo in Rochester, New York. He was stoked to get Cairo and Justin Strubing to finally join him in yelling “POPWAR!”
Then DJ Chavez of Kingswell Los Feliz skateshop informed Jake that he sold one of his boards yesterday. The day before, Jake was in the shop and moved his board to a more prominent location on the racks and it worked!
Caswell quintuple fisting!
Then Louie had one more special announcement
They had been saving this Cairo graphic for a very special occasion
Congratulations, Cairo, and thanks for all the years of stoke!
Arrived at ROW DTLA to see that these guys made it down from San Jose
Cases of Tsingtao, a reminder of all those trips to China filming for Oververt
Caswell confirmed that the bottles were warm, just like in China
“Cairo Retirment” playlist? Retirment? Does that mean it’s not official?
“Enjoi Retirement.” Well, the cake’s spelled right so maybe it is official?
Pro to Flo. Hmm… getting mixed signals here
Adidas squad: Pete Eldridge, Nora Vasconcellos, John Dilorenzo and Jake Donnelly
Nora knows boxed water is classy—the pinky finger must be extended
Vegan Vern is stoked on the Beyond Meat food truck
Where’s the beef?
Dig in
Louie gives everyone a heads up that Cairo should be arriving soon
Crail camp: Kenny Anderson, Rick Howard, Mike Carroll and Chris Roberts. What’s Rick lookin at?
The man of the hour
Slight confusion—he thought he was going to check out an empty warehouse for an upcoming adidas event
Legends all around, including OG Dogtowner Jeff Ho
Truly surprised
We all loved the Lakai-ro days
“Got your ass!”
Straight to a little Nine Club
Cairo couldn’t be more psyched to work for… adidas
Louie gives a brief speech about what a huge influence Cairo has been on the enjoi brand and skateboarding as a whole
Team enjoi
Then it was time for the greatest hits video and slideshow
Cairo has had four Thrasher covers! The first was back in December of ’98 and most recent was this one from February ’09
Then it was time for Useless Wooden Knowledge, a skate-trivia gameshow hosted by Andreas Trolf
Team Camel, assembled and ready
These two nerdy types along with Dan Plunkett, Sebo Walker and the two other guys at our table formed Sluts of the Round Table
Nora has good penmanship so she was our designated scribe
Clint Peterson, Justin Strubing and Daniel Shimizu—three judges judging
“Oh my God, who are all these guys?” Jake Donnelly’s response for anything he was unsure about was to yell, “POPWAR!”
Looks like Team Camel drank a beer for every wrong answer
These guys, The Kasperholics, edged out Sluts of the Round Table by a single point to win Useless Wooden Knowledge: Cairo Foster Edition
Anyone who’s ever been on a trip with Cairo knows he has a sweet tooth, so he was more than eager to dig into the cake
About 15 years ago, Jake Donnelly saw the Popwar team do a demo in Rochester, New York. He was stoked to get Cairo and Justin Strubing to finally join him in yelling “POPWAR!”
Then DJ Chavez of Kingswell Los Feliz skateshop informed Jake that he sold one of his boards yesterday. The day before, Jake was in the shop and moved his board to a more prominent location on the racks and it worked!
Caswell quintuple fisting!
Then Louie had one more special announcement
They had been saving this Cairo graphic for a very special occasion
Congratulations, Cairo, and thanks for all the years of stoke!
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