Thrasher Magazine

After a heavy few days in NYC, you’d expect Sunday morning to be fairly chill. However, the level of skating remained sky high at Fat Kid park in BK. Cheers to everyone who rolled out.

With the premiere of Purple, Converse took a couple of guys on a demo trip down the Western Coast, from Sacramento all the way down to Long Beach. Needless to say, it was more of a victory vacation than actual work.

Louie Lopez talks about SOTY tactics, breaking his arm five times, weed-laced gummy bears and filming for Purple. Turn up the Bhad Bhabie and dig in.

Jake Johnson talks about dragging his feet into the HD era, living in his van, cross-country motorcycle trips and capturing a rare, poisonous newt. Skateboarding needs more beautiful minds. And his Purple part is so damn good. Jus’ sayin’.

Vans Canada threw an epic House of Vans event that included art installations, local vendors and even its own skatepark modeled after the old Slam City Jam contests.

Tons of skateboarders come in to San Francisco on team trips or to just film for a weekend. Simon Bannerot, Yonnie Cruz and Tyler Pacheco came through SF en route to the Northwest for their Girl/Kodak trip. Check out what it’s like hanging around the city with these guys. –Lui Elliott

CPH is a spectacle you need to see to believe, but if you’ve never been, here’s a snapshot of the festivities, as seen through the eyes of Lui Elliott.

Miles, TX, and Lui went on a mission to the marble paradise of Taiwan, where the tricks flowed like fine wine. Here’s a li'l edit courtesy of Lui’s phone.

From established pros to the young bucks making waves, filmer Sam Chao documents heavy hammer drops throughout the Bay Area. This montage goes hard.