Thrasher Magazine

‘Neckface, I need pigy bag ride today!’ Daiki demanded via the group chat. He’d smashed his shin the day before, and with this request (written in pretty good English, by the way) the Pigy Bag Gang was born. And what a time we had! —Michael Burnett

Late arrival, first day. Quick stop at the Rat Cage before dark, warm up those knees

Like seeing BigFoot, kinda. Gulp …

Yüng Finn eases into it

One-eight fence-bash style, that is

Stretch it out, Daiki

SOTY does it (in shorts!) NBS into the bank

Drake, already feeling the aloha

Mixed with a little bit of Texas

Wouldn’t be a trip to Honolulu without linking with Lukas Miller

Shoeless times three

Don’t overthink it, braddah!

Just let it soak in. Only da first day!

Jet-lag-enhanced early mornings in Waikiki

Punks not dog

Should I tell her there’s something following her?

‘Takin’ care of business … every day!’

Made it to the beach

Masterlensmen … everywhere!

Back at the hotel, stirring

Assembling for the day

A little sidewalk gnarcuterie?

With a squeeze of lime!

Okay, NOW we’re ready

Got screamed at by a golf cart dude here. Very un-aloha

Cyrus tastes the rainbow

A hilarious sack? Only in Hawaii

Over the hill for a quick dip

So nice

‘Here, hold my Tic-Tac …’

Pro tip: handle your group shot the first day before people start disappearing. Pro tip #2: start wearing sunscreen before the age of 37

Daiki, quick upstream Smith

Followed by Mae Mae and the stainless steel crooks … to fakie

Dried off and back downtown

Lil’ driveway shore break for Cromer’s kickflip

My wave, kook!

Everyone would descend …

then come back up as group

Ollie, ollie .. ollie? We got kicked out after this

Didn’t have to go far. What’s Tyler’s dope angle?

Cheeky three-flat at the old theater

Proper huck sesh

Nick Matthews, frontside nollie heel, two times!

‘I have room for all of you in here!’ the beautiful lady cop announced

Lunchtime in Chinatown

What’s Brad snackin’ on?

Spam ’n’ eggs on rice? Nice

Teammates, but also stalwart competitors

Had to call it a draw. Erik and Sully are basically the same dude, turns out

Tourist fish-mart photos

‘My first time in Hawaii and I already invented my own sandwich!’ ––Neckface, regarding a grilled cheese with Spam on it

On some Templeton street-life shit

Hey, if you didn’t want to become art …

You shoulda never left the house

I don’t make the rules … about art

Checking the new Thrasher x HUF collab at APB. Looking pretty solid, tbh

I’d like to ride in a truck like that someday

The part of the skateshop visit where everyone picks out their least favorite shoe. Do you guys do that?

A'ala Park Bastards … for LIFE! Thanks, APB, for your years of service and stoke. Mahalo

Over to some Bedpan spots. This is a kickflip. I know

Lukas takes the drop for the homie who already busted it

Though it was brand fuckin’ new to us! 

Wow!

Thanks to Rhino, too, for taking the rail off this thing

Back tail, too easy

He wanted one more

Ah, yes

Daiki still doesn’t have a board sponsor, by the way. The fuck?!

Video premiere of Tyler Smolinski’s masterpiece Box Truck at the bar

‘Is this gonna have a Bledsoe part in it or what???’

Neck can’t be watching art on an empty stomach

Sully: nailed it

Brad: same

Mason: you better believe he brought the proverbial pain

The J Reyeses. Great to see you!

How sweet it is …

Next morning. Look who got a case of aloha???

Warm up around the corner

Enjoying the bounty of the sea

This was fucked. Terrible angle, super high, weird landing. Back tail? Definitely

Neck approved, but we think he wants more

Crooks to fakie?!

Okay, NOW his work here is done

Neck vs the Poultry, part 1

Beat it, hippie

Hill bomb to bump to double set. Erik did some solo suffering this get this kickflip

Wallows adjacent

Mason bounced the fuck out of this back blunt

While Finn came way too close to his trick. Next time, Pope

Damn, Daiki

Get this kid a salt lick or something

When spot check turns into physical challenge

Make no mistake: these are elite athletes

The majesty of the Pali Lookout

This must be where the locals hang

Dare you to NOT get a beautiful photo

Just point and shoot

Trippin’ on the majesty n shit

Also a great spot to shoot a portrait of our tour guide Kale. Mahalo, amigo

Hard to get a bad shot of this hunk

And if Neck ever starts a band, this could make a great cover, just sayin’. STAY TUNED FOR PART 2