Thrasher Magazine

Too many shredders? Glaring omissions? Looming conspiracies? All part of the SOTY experience! One thing’s for sure – the dudes on this list all kicked skateboarding’s ass in 2017. Read the stats, watch the videos and cast your vote who YOU think should get the little man in shorts. Congrats to all our contenders and everyone who ripped this year!

As another year comes to a close, the caliber of incredible skateboarding continues to blow our minds. Here’s our hot list of SOTY Contenders for 2017. Who’s got your vote?

Having already dropped a behemoth of a video part for Lakai, Riley left plenty in the tank for the Shep Dawgs encore. Raise your glass to another excellent blessing from the Hawk family.

Paco and the Shep Dawgs premiered their latest video at the Oceanside Pier stage. Check out some photos here.

The Dawgs are back with another full-length barrage of stoke. Get your levels up because we’ll be premiering parts from the vid next month.

Riley is possessed to skate and has had one of the most productive years of stacking clips ever. Here’s a second batch of raw footage and it’s all killer.

He had last part in The Flare, so you know this behind-the-scenes look is gonna be mayhem. From ditch to all types of contorted rails, Riley puts in work to get the makes. Nothing worth a damn comes easy.

Riley talks bionic ankles, Shep Dawgs situations, being in a band, dabbling in art, time-traveling to see Hendrix, his take on the Olympics, and much more. Riley rules.

'Bout time there was a boxer shorts company for fools who like to skate hard and party harder. Collin Provost's Waist3d launched recently with a kiddie pool rager. Check the carnage!