Vans kicks off their fashion-adventurous OTW program with a fantastical impediment and blow-out LA bash. Skating’s elite combined with Hollyweird whereas Paris Texas and Salem introduced down the home and Curren and the boys bought vertical AF. You missed it? You blew it!
We begin in a blimp, excessive above Los Angeles. The solar units on this weird monolith …. Photo: TJ Gaskill
Excuse me, the place is the skateboarding get together?
Holy shit! To put it into perspective how giant this factor was, Anthony Acosta is seven ft tall
Elijah Berle was refining his snapback all night time … but, he was not the best
Long approach from Paul Revere … or is it? Photo: Atiba
A two-story pyramid reverse a three-story QP with a stage constructed inside it. RoZo was flyin’
Robin will get the ol’ grind up, kickflip out
While Nick Michel went Frog on a blunt 180
Caught in his chillers, Manch might resist getting a bit with the pop shove fakie nosegrind
Smoke-show lien to tail from Rowan
Something’s brewing within the crow’s nest
Curren was very spectacular on this factor
Made for it, some might say!
Teebs factors that Canon in direction of a Roman fastplant
Birthday boy!
Ok, this is perhaps the best flip of the night time ––not less than 8 ft of vert. Discuss amongst yourselves
Tucked up within the lounge
And the AJ angle! Photo: Atiba
Lipless egg from Ro-Pab
Cess slide in somebody’s wig piece
Brother Cedric with an enormous booster up the field. Wow!
More skate occasions ought to have smoke machines for positive
Smoked egg. Photo: Atiba
Zion tucks a FSA whereas his cap sneaks out the again. Photo: Atiba
Don’t fear, he’s bought 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’ most interesting! Photo: Atiba
The huge man Steve Van Doren mugs it up with Growley and Grant Brittain. That’s proper! He’s on right here! Photo: Atiba
Jamie Hart says howdy to all his fellow yüng folks
Partying with Omar is at all times a roll of the cube
Two risers and one thumb
OTM ambassador Efron Danzig wanting fly with Beatrice Domond
But, clearly, the best-dressed award was handed to this gentleman!
Paris Texas hit the field and Zion bought another probability to soar. Photo: Atiba
By the time I bought to the entrance that they had slid down the wall to get with the folks
Well acquired
Is that Nicole?
Going off!
Stellar efficiency!
See! Thought I didn’t have buddies within the pit?!
Got to say howdy to artist Sterling Ruby (heart) who designed this complete loopy factor. Check out his different work if you happen to haven’t seen it. Pretty unbelievable
Hands-to-yourself crew
Shealy’s crew, solely barely unfocused
Nice to fulfill you!
Bils and Stolling combine biz with pleasure
Hey! Are you guys a band???
Ok, that goes double for y’all
Shit began to get hella spooky when the elusive Salem took the darkened stage
Tobin wasn’t scared … simply involved
They preserve a low profile it’s mentioned
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 chook for Roman. Again, it was his birthday
The Geoff Rowley Experience
In 3-D!!!!
The excellent foil!
Or no matter you name it
These babes once more
Dick, Mae-Mae and Shari ––a few of skateboarding’s finest
Beast!
Then they kicked us out
Just comply with Ryan Lee
He is aware of!
Stymied within the alley with Ant Travis and buddies
Finally! Somebody with management abilities!
‘Take a picture of us with this dude!’
Everybody shut up! A SOTY’s speaking!
Colliding with a sober Ellington within the valet line
Fuck that. I parked throughout the road on the titty bar. Caught these good lookin’ dudes on the best way out, tho
Neck and Zach, Baker-wise
And even my previous good friend from Canada!
Truth be informed, nearly all of the group was sexy-type get together folks and, having to drive dwelling that night time, I couldn’t get tipsy sufficient to go full paparazzi mode. I get shy. But let me inform you … this was a skate get together like none I’d ever been to. Really insane stuff, thrilling to witness. Congrats to Ako and the oldsters at OTW who dared to dream huge (and loopy) and make one thing no person had ever seen earlier than. Can’t wait to see what y’all provide you with subsequent