Thursday, February 27, 2014

Theotis Beasley.



The new kid with all the sponsors.

Theotis is from Los Angeles. He's been on Baker since he was fairly young and turned pro for them. He's also on Nike and had a part in their recent video. Theotis did what has got to be one of the longest manuals ever in Baker's Bake & Destroy vid from 2012. He ended it with a kickflip out, which would have been really annoying if it took more than one try to land.

Coburn Huff has some photos in the new issue of the Skateboard Mag. Gnarkanas represent.

Thrasher - December 2008 Volume 28 Number 12

12 comments:

Skatedad said...

pretty sure that spot is in my hometown, Des Moines, Iowa.

Anonymous said...

How about a week of gimmicks. Copers, lappers or birds, tony hawk hip pads, Lester Kasai lace savers, rails, rip grip, ever slicks, z rollers, etc.

Anonymous said...

What about Bonite?ch

Anonymous said...

One gimmick that's not so obvious was the Shorty's Silverados bolts. There really was no need for two silver bolts so you could tell the nose from the tail. At least not for me, because I always cut my grip in two and make thin line that goes behind the bolts on the tail. Problem solved and I don't need to spend a couple extra bucks on bolts.

--Rikku Markka

Ben said...

Bridge bolts and u-bolts are another one. Does anyone remember T-bolts. You had to hammer them in. Then you didn't need a screwdriver. I messed up a couple of boards that way. To the poster above it was Tony Hawk's bionic hip pads!

Anonymous said...

How could I forget Zero Two shoes!

Justin said...

This sounds like a good idea. Give it a month or so.

From the Zero Two camp, Salvage Clothing.

Justin said...

How did we forget the G-Bag?

Anonymous said...

What is a g-bag?

Ben said...

My new motto is "if it came after 92, I have no clue."

Justin said...

Anon - You're just going to have to wait five or six weeks to find out what a G-Bag is. Or I guess you could just Google it. Whichever.

Ben - You are in the right place to learn about what happened in the decades since. The years weren't too painful.

Anonymous said...

I just found out you can read every old thrasher online. Wow! I got to get me some clawz today.