Thrasher Magazine

Philly’s crust never stood a chance. The New Balance squad rolled through the City of Brotherly Love like a freight train of precision flick and East Coast grit. From the Pit to Citizens Bank Park, these dudes put the cheesesteak capital in a chokehold. Tiago landed bolts like he was born on Broad Street. And Jamie Foy? Dude treated every spot like it owed him money. Crack-heavy sidewalks, angry commuters and summertime Philly heat couldn’t stop the mission—just added flavor. —Mike Heikkila

Every good trip has got to have a great meetup spot

First spot, the art museum. Ronnie and Reynolds want the dimensions on Justin’s back 50-50 from his Indy ad

Filmers fiending to start filming. Ronnie, nollie crooks over the grate

Reynolds and Foy warm up with game of SKATE. Didn’t know he had heel flips like that

Rough start to the trip for Tre, but it’s not messing his vibe up

Westgate hitting the blind run up/skinny ledge/pop to drop drop. Nah, what the hell is that

Kicked out because there’s 20 of us. They wouldn’t mind if it was only 15

Foy, kickflip 50 after we negotiate for five more minutes

Brian Reid on the Rocky stairs. If only he had a tracksuit on

Marcello is always good for a big tré over something

Aimu has surgical precision with everything he skates. Hard to believe he heelflipped out of this

Back Smith from Franky on a solid layer of Bondo

Hot as hell out here—any spot with shade is in demand

I am a simple man: I see back 180 nosegrind; I like it

Onto the next ledge, Brian Reid hits the nosegrind frontside

Jamie explains to Westgate what a snook screamin’ out line is like

J Henry backs up Brian with a nosegrind backside

Mad man Tom Knox makes it look like he’s ollieing a 16 stair… maybe

A skate spot with a Bondo store attached, Franky fits in nicely

He can make seaweed disappear at an alarming rate

Sun going down, Westgate ends the day with a frontside flip over the whole shit

Good morning! Brandon thought I was paparazzi in these streets

This one checks all the boxes. Look at it a while, thanks

Fuck it, he did it switch too

American sugar delivery. Thank you, Aimu

You could be a lucky winner and get Reynolds’ passport with a Baker board

A Philly institution. Thank you, Nocturnal!!

Zoo banks up next. What this table doin’?

Tom is into every single sport. He loves this shit

Tom is into every single hurricane grind. He loves this shit

Franky probably lining up his next graphic on a swingset

Last try, we out. Brian hits a 180 fakie 5-0 all the way around. Keep it moving!

Jamie puts on a one-man Bondo demo 

Tiago goes nollie noseslide. How do you shoot that? You just have to believe me

Is he the front crook guy or the front nose guy? Both?!

My battery died while shooting Tom K’s wallie board. He threw down as I went to get another one and I could feel it about to happen, so I got a selfie instead

Apocalyptic looking barricade spot, Franky said it was “fun”

Pit wittit

Watching this dude is not real. His nollie hard is like a fakie hard, which is hard

We will be back

“The Gang Goes to a Phillies Game”

Had to check the door after the meme video. Shout out, Shamus. He did every trick

Fakie nose manny on a piece of the actual LOVE Park fountain. Marcello makes you want to skate

My G! Josh Kalis switch heel over the fence! Wow!

Early grab like a pro. Brian Reid should be on Netflix

I had no idea Westgate could Suski like that. Well, I guess they were on the same team for a while…

Franky, standing up on it sideways

Tiago didn’t get all those shoes for nothing 

What do you want to skate? A spot with shade, duh

Tom fakie flipped into this. There’s no room up there to miss

A spot that is also a lounge chair. What more can I ask for?

Ronnie nose jam 180s off the skinny. Man, that thing was rusty 

Fom K! I mean, Tom or whatever 

Even the SOTY needs a nap. Let's keep it movin though

Noseslide the whole thing? “I can’t.” Okay, noseslide most of it then

Cooler at the spot is clutch, if someone can make sure it’s full. Thanks, Dylan!

Tre, kickflip noseslide across and down as the sun is doing the same

Patrick Odell’s Epicly Later’d hardback? Brandon takes a few to look through

There should be a Bondo contest and he will be on the podium

Crook in between the skate stoppers—cooler to not take them off this time

Great angle, but is it THE angle? Tim Savage daily reminder

Oh hell nah, you got Foy at the most Foy spot possible. He didn’t even mean to shove out

Ronnie hits the corner, then hits it again

Jamie battled this long front blunt then battled the butt bomb too

Ronnie towering over a guy who just melted in this heat

Always been looked at, never been skated—Tre boardslides his first triple kinker in Wilmington

Nah, bro, I’mma film this one wicked. Trust me, bro

Dude, 5-0 grind…down...flat…down. How is this photo in a blog?!

Feels like rain coming. Hurry up and crook bonk this

I don’t mind a piña colada or getting caught in the rain

Have you heard? The Reynods 933 comes in all sizes for all skaters

The Kessners

He was the front crook guy, then the front nose guy and now he’s big heelflip guy?!?!

Great session at the 7th Street DIY. Westgate ended it with this nosegrind from flat

Group photos? Honestly, we need more of them

Franky finds the secret ledge

Brian Panebianco teaches Andrew and Tiago the proper technique to handling tile

Everyone screamed! Franky did this kickflip 5-0 dink first try

The man’s varial heel is like no other. Aimu be smiling when he’s skating

You know he can do shit like this. Why are you surprised? Tiago Lemos, switch pop shove

Patrick Praman stomps frontside flip on our way outta there

To the demo! Paines Park was completely packed to see the squad. They put a hurting on this section

Dude has this angle pinned down

Aimu uses his real-can practice to make this huge front shove work, no problem

Tom got Kerry Getz to unleash his hockey temper one more time. It just felt so right

Little product toss among friends

Mike Maldonado and his son pulled up. As cool as it gets

Good morning. Ron, why you modeling over there?

Outside the hotel, Aimu hits a 3X trick multiplier first thing

STILL WATCHIN’

Okay, I can see the vision—just needs landscaping, fencing, and resurfacing

Reynolds has a deep Floridian connection with kickflipping grass gaps

Westgate about to get a OSHA violation for not having his forklift certifications

Who’s to say when a grass gap really starts or ends? Tom goes all the way around it

Brian Reid actually excels at wallrides more than you know

Landscaper, resurfacer and fence technician. Jamie Foy checks out a noseslide

No filler in between this one. Foy handles 180 nosegrind to regular like you know and love

It started pouring rain after the clip, but we had a little spot to hold it down until…

Someone broke into one of the vans while it was raining… but after trying to see if Patrick’s high-tech car recorded any of it, we realized nothing was missing. So fuck it

Peace out, Philly