Dan Drehobl #35.

Krooked Stoops.

Dan is one of my favorite pros so I figured a double shot of Corpsey would be a good ender for the year. He's from Maine and has ridden for Foundation, Think, and Krooked. He also ran a clothing company called Freedumb that featured his silly drawings. Dan had a solid pro run that started in 1992 or 93. He was really crushing it in the early 2000s and put together a slew of great video parts at the turn of the century. You'd get at least one part a year that featured backyard ramps, out of the way skateparks, pools, and street skating.

I got skateboarding 246 times for 2025. I lost a bunch of days due to weather. I've gotten spoiled by the mild winters of the last few years. I also wound up taking more days off than usual because I simply wasn't skating very good and it stopped being fun. I got stuck in some type of slump in late May or early June on that I haven't exactly gotten out of. Things have been better the last month or two, but I've been awkwardly inconsistent. I think I'm just getting old. I guess that's how it goes.

Vert Is Dead is going on winter hibernation. The next post will be on Monday, January 19th.

Hope everybody has a happy and safe New Year!

Thrasher - January 2013 Volume 33 Number 1

Jessie Van Roechoudt #8.

Clutch crooks.

I was mildly surprised I found a Rookie advertisement that I hadn't scanned already. I was a big fan of what they did. Rookie was started in 1996 by Catharine Lyons and Elska von Hatzfeldt. The New York City based company began as a clothing line and expanded into skateboards. They had a ripping team that included Jessie, Jaime Reyes, Tino Razzo, Sean Kelling, Lauren Mollica, and more. They were one of the first companies to predominately feature women skateboarders. In addition to the skaters, top tier graphic design and choice ad location in Slap certainly helped give Rookie an aura of coolness. I realize that long time readers of this blog probably know about Rookie, but it doesn't hurt to provide a recap of their history in case somebody new stumbles upon this site.

Jessie hails from Kelowna, British Columbia. She also rode for Vans, Venture, Billabong, and FTC. I think she currently works at Adidas as a graphic designer.

I got skateboarding on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Both days were reasonably sunny and mild so it was nice to be outside for a while. It's been rainy, cold, and snowy since the holiday.

The photo is by Richard Hart.

Slap - January 2001 Volume 10 Number 1

Andrew Reynolds #20.

Showtime.

The Boss does a noseslide at Food Court Skatepark in Buffalo, New York. Buffalo was one of four stops on New Balance's Running The Numbers tour. It's cool that Food Court is hosting demos and contests to help grow skateboarding in Western New York. It's also a little wild to think that Thrasher and New Balance would visit this side of the state.

Congrats to Chris Joslin on winning SOTY. I really thought Tom Schaar would win based on two incredible vert parts.

Merry Christmas and happy holidays. I hope everybody has a good weekend.

Javier Mendizabal #7.

Dark spots floating in front of my eyes.

This is some of earliest coverage of Javier in a US magazine. He was one of the first riders on Cliché in 1999 and was a staple of their team during the 2000-10s. His artwork was recently used on an album cover for Ray Barbee. The same art would make its way to a board for Ray on Krooked as a guest artist special. Javier's part in The Strongest of the Strange from 2005 is great and he's one of my favorite skaters.

North Cal was the Spanish distributor for Deluxe, NHS, Think, and other assorted brands. I'm not sure if they are still around.

I swung by the skatepark after work on Monday. It didn't seem so windy when I left the office, but it was once I got to the park. A slight rain/snow mix showed up at 5:00 PM so I gave up at that point. It was not cold out at all so losing the time to wind and snow was a bummer since the lights are still on. I did a few frontside sliders on the curb, fakie ollies on the quarter, and a frisbee toss on flat. I guess this counts as skateboarding.

The photo is credited to Carri. I'm not sure on a full name.

Thrasher - June 1998 Volume 18 Number 6

John Worthington.

Doomed Creature.

John is from Auburn, California. He has a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Sacramento State. His dad is a surfer and skater so John basically grew up on a skateboard. In addition to shredding pools for Creature, he works as a glass blower and makes all sorts of cool things. John has had some sick photos in Thrasher lately.

Doom Sayers is Omar Salazar's project. He started it when he was still riding for the Alien Workshop as a clothing company. Once the Workshop ended, he expanded Doom Sayers to include boards. Cody Chapman was a pro rider. I always intend to do a week of scans, except they don't advertise often and would sometimes use random historical photos without skateboarding in their ads.

I did get to skateboard over the weekend. I went to Jamestown Skateboard Products on Saturday afternoon. The day was warmer. However, it was also breezy and damp so I figured an indoor park was the best option. It was nice rolling around in their garage street setup. I smacked my knee. Nothing serious, but enough to kill the buzz. It sucked because skating was feeling good for a change. Sunday was cold with a few very light snow flakes in the air. Nothing ever got wet so I skated in the driveway late in the afternoon. I got in about 30 minutes before my trucks froze up.

The new Transworld Photo Annual showed up in the mail yesterday. It's cool to have an issue of TWS in print again. The annual is on the thin side and has one article plus two odd ads. Maybe that's a good format for print in 2025. The photos look great and Blair Alley put in a lot of work for the project. It's worth checking out.

The photo is by Daniel Stelly.

Thrasher - October 2018 Volume 39 Number 10

Franky Villani #3.

Snotty pivot.

Fos did Franky's first pro model graphic for Primitive so it makes sense he would ride for Heroin's wheel company.

Here's a bonus photo of Franky doing a noseblunt slide at Food Court Skatepark from the New Balance demo back in October.

It warmed up and the snow melted so I got to skateboarded in the driveway after work the last two days. It wasn't for very long due to the early sunsets, but it counted. That's about the best you can do when you live in a place with seasons.

Taylor Ballard took the photo.

Thrasher - November 2025 Volume 46 Number 11

Jason Adams #24.

Grab the rail.

Jason blasts an air at a popular street transition spot. I think this thing is out in LA. I've always been a fan of The Kid and it's cool he is still out there contributing to skateboarding.

The photo is by Taylor Ballard.

Thrasher - October 2025 Volume 46 Number 10

Kanaan & Dalton Dern.

The brothers are going to work it out.

The Dern brothers are from Apopka, Florida, which is near Orlando. Their other brother, Destin, is the one who got them into skateboarding. I think they do a YouTube channel with features about famous skate spots, in addition to their own skating. They both turned pro in the fall of 2024 in a joint effort by Zero and Heroin.

Kanaan's photo is by Kurt Hodge and Dalton's photo is by Will Owens.

Kanaan: Thrasher - December 2024 Volume 45 Number 12

Dalton: Thrasher - August 2025 Volume 46 Number 8

Nolan Houghton #2.

Propeller hat.

Nolan is from Placentia, California. He rides for Heroin, Ace Trucks, Pepper Griptape, and Opus Footwear. His preferred terrain is DIY skateparks and ditches. Nolan is not adverse to doing assorted boneless or finger flip tricks.

The scenic western landscape is by Taylor Ballard.

Thrasher - September 2024 Volume 45 Number 9

Swampy.

Swamp Thing.

I found two ads for Snot Wheels that I liked and put together a week of creations by Mark "Fos" Foster. He's been running Heroin Skateboards since 1998 and probably does the graphic design for your favorite company or pro. The egg shaped wide boards by Heroin have been extremely popular the last couple of years. They aren't really cup of tea, but I'm happy to see a lifer like Fos make something that a lot of people enjoy.

It snowed this weekend and I had a head cold so no skateboarding once again.

The photo is by Taylor Ballard.

Thrasher - August 2024 Volume 45 Number 8

Shiloh Greathouse #4.

Genius Street.

Shiloh does a kickflip to frontside noseslide out on the streets. This was the last of World Industries ads from the series. They promptly went on to hawking Wet Willy and Flame Boy silliness with their advertising dollars after this. It's a bit of a shame as it would've been cool to keep doing stuff along these lines. Shiloh was on World for a long time. He had a solid part in Love Child back in 1992. He would later ride for Deca, Bueno, Elwood, and Dekline. There's probably a couple other sponsors I'm forgetting for one of the better names in pro skateboarding.

We've had snow for the last two weeks so I haven't been able to roll at all. The weather has been just dicey enough to make a trip to indoor park unfeasible, too. If it was a smidge warmer, skateboarding probably would have been possible since I've kept the driveway cleared out and we haven't gotten that much of the white stuff. The weekend looks messy with a potential storm. I'll see how it goes. I wouldn't mind the time off from skating so much if I was actually getting a few other mundane chores done, but I'm not. Have a good one.

Big Brother - December 1998 Issue 43

Mike Crum #9.

Visionary.

The Nollie Lama pilots a switch pop shove-it over a vert channel. You can't go wrong with a good backyard ramp. Mike rode for Vision, Prime, and World Industries over his pro career. He was sponsored by Duffs, Recs, and DVS for shoes. I like his no handed approach to vert. It is progression without delving into the strange realm of doing new tricks simply because they have not been done before.

Transworld - December 1998 Volume 16 Number 12

Rob "Sluggo" Boyce #7.

Concrete Wilderness.

Rob launches a backflip out of the bowl at a Vancouver skatepark. The stunt made the cover of the May 1998 issue of Transworld. Rob rode for G & S and Real. He was on Real even before Tommy Guerrero and Jim Thiebaud were on. Jeff Klindt and Steve Ruge offered him a spot at the very beginning of the company during a contest at Linda Vista. Henry Sanchez was the only other rider at the time. Sluggo would turn pro for Real in 1991 and would switch to World Industries a couple years later. David Gravette would also score the cover of Transworld with a backflip in 2012.

Transworld - November 1998 Volume 16 Number 11

Daewon Song #9.

King Tech.

This is the series of ads that I was thinking of from the sequential vert week. For World Industries in 1998, they are not that bad. You get Daewon entering into the prime of his school yard furniture moving era, which probably resulted from being really good at skateboarding and the boredom of skating the same things every day.

Transworld has once again entered the print realm with a photo annual issue. I ordered a copy and we'll see how it turns out. It's good that they are back in some form in the real world.

Big Brother - July 1998 Issue 38

Kareem Campbell & Enrique Lorenzo.

Filler.

When I did the week of vert sequences, I was thinking of a series of ads that World Industries did in 1998. A quick browsing of the Chrome Ball Incident turned up nothing so I tracked them down myself. For Flame Boy/Wet Willy era World, they weren't terrible because they left those characters out. However, World only ran four ads in the series so I needed something else to fill out the week. That's why it is a double shot of Kareem and Enrique. Both of these are sick photos, especially Kareem's ollie, that are ruined with some little kiddie cartoons. In an era that was defined by fresh or not, I'm surprised skaters stuck with World.

There was a full size poster of the Kareem ad. I don't think it had the characters on it.

In a related note, CCS is doing a reissue of some assorted Flame Boy and Wet Willy boards and clothing. Nostalgia has maybe finally worn out its welcome.

Mr. Campbell: Transworld - April 1998 Volume 16 Number 4

Mr. Lorenzo: Transworld - May 1998 Volume 16 Number 5

Alex Perelson #3.

100 MPH.

Alex grew up skating vert at the Clairemont YMCA ramp with pros such as Darren Navarrette, Jake Brown, Rune Gilfberg, and others. His first real setup was a Zero with Destructos and Spitfires. His brother Brandon also skates and was sponsored by Welcome at one point. Jake Donnelly and Justin Brock were his favorites on Real in the early 2010s era. He was not a fan of Bucky Lasek's giant concrete backyard bowl. I keep posting Alex's ads because of how much of an influence he is on current vert skaters.

I met up with a friend at the Food Court Skatepark on Wednesday. He brought a buddy along who was ripping up the place and blasted some ridiculous transfers from ramp to ramp. It was sunny and nice so we wasted a late season good weather day indoors, but that wasn't a big deal. I actually had the best day of skateboarding I've had in a long time. I can still do backside 50-50s so that was a relief. I think I'm slowly and cautiously working out of whatever funk I've been in for the last few months.

Vert Is Dead will be back on Monday, December 8th.

I'm so tired of computers and the internet that I'm taking a longer late fall break. Have a good weekend and holiday!

The photos are by Brian Fick.

For the info: Thrasher - May 2011 Volume 31 Number 5

Top shelf: Thrasher - December 2011 Volume 31 Number 12

900: Thrasher - August 2011 Volume 31 Number 8

Rob "Sluggo" Boyce #6.

Flip out.

Sluggo uses his gymnastic skills to do a backflip. This is from the 2010 Rumble in Ramona. The Rumbles were an annual vert event that Darren Navarrette used to host. Rob is riding a Creature board. The red helmet and white shirt are a nice bit of Canadian color.

Thrasher - February 2011 Volume 31 Number 2

Jeff Grosso #11.

"The shenanigans. My coked-out, drugged-out shenanigans. Speed Freaks. I've gotten more feedback from that than any actual skateboarding I've ever done. It's not like I get, 'Dude, that eggplant channel in the Label video at Bakersfield changed my life!' I don't get that. I get, 'Dude, hahah! You were at the forefront of fashion. Dude!' That's my life. That's my contribution to skateboarding."

Jeff waxes poetic on his legacy.

The plan was a week of vert sequences from 2011. I got really close to that unusual goal. Four out of five ain't bad. The skaters had to be on a vert ramp and wearing pads, not at a park or bowl.

For the quote: Thrasher - July 2015 Volume 36 Number 7

Thrasher - February 2011 Volume 31 Number 2

Pierre-Luc Gagnon.

Quebec Nordique.

Pierre-Luc is from Boucherville, Quebec. He rode for Darkstar, Osiris, Gold Wheels, RDS, and Annex Trucks over the years. PLG has had a lot of success on the contest circuit throughout his career, with wins at Tampa, Copenhagen, the X-Games, Dew Tour, and more.

Brian Fick was the photographer.

Thrasher - May 2011 Volume 31 Number 5

Rune Glifberg #7.

Sick Sequential Vert.

Rune does a switch pop shove-it. This trick is absurd. Straight up and down, probably head high, and no hands. He really is a viking warrior.

There was break from the wind and rain for Friday and Saturday so I got to skateboard for a little while. The lights at the park have been adjusted so they turn on at 5:00 PM now. I didn't have much time when I swung by after work, but it's good to see the city is keeping the power on at the skatepark and basketball courts. I intended to go to an indoor park on Saturday. The weather was warmer and dryer than was called for in the forecast so I wound up skateboarding in the driveway. It was fun until a thunderstorm hit. November generally has nice weather, however, this year is coming up short.

Thrasher - June 2011 Volume 31 Number 6

Skulls & Swords.

Powell Peralta started to swing back into what you would expect from them for 2015. The list ad has kind of a Celebrity Tropical Fish feel to it. The next two ads promote a tour of the south and midwest from 2015. The skaters are Charlie Blair, Shane Borland, Jarren Duke, and Eddie “Mighty” Moreno. It's Charlie and Mighty skating the gnarly pool. I didn't want this week to be simply ripping on peculiar advertising strategies so I closed it out with more traditional Powell offerings. It's cool to try different things, but you need to recognize when something probably isn't working.

It's been wet and very windy for the past week so I haven't been skateboarding at all. Usually our Novembers are fairly mellow, but this year has been blustery. I did check out Jamestown Skateboard Products last Saturday. It was nice to get out of the house on a rainy Saturday since I hadn't been to JSP in a little too long.

The team photo is by Terry LaRue. The pool photo is by Deville Nunes.

List: Thrasher - January 2015 Volume 36 Number 1

Go Skate: Thrasher - February 2015 Volume 36 Number 2

Pool: Thrasher - March 2015 Volume 36 Number 3

Reckless Youth.

Wilding out.

These kind of dip into FA or Anti-Hero territory. It's so strange seeing smoking in a Powell Peralta ad. The skaters are Charlie Blair, Shane Borland, and Eddie “Mighty” Moreno. Both Blair and Moreno had pro boards from Powell. Blair was featured often in advertisements. This would've been a better direction to go in as it offers a bit of personality and shows the skaters on the team.

The photos are by Terry LaRue.

Summer: Thrasher - September 2014 Volume 35 Number 9

Pool: Thrasher - December 2014 Volume 35 Number 12

Powell Peralta Boards 2013.

These make a little more sense since they are promoting specific boards. Powell Peralta is never shy about running boring product ads with technical data and that is something you can have a lot of creative fun with. Did Powell even have a team at this time? Obviously, Steve Caballero was still pro. They ran one ad for him with just a board graphic from 2013 - 2014. Otherwise, I'm not sure who else they sponsored. The graphics mostly fit in with Powell's zone, except maybe for the skeleton sparking up a joint. They occupy a weird design space between classic skulls and Skate Mental silliness.

X-Files: Thrasher - June 2013 Volume 34 Number 6

Far Out: Thrasher - August 2013 Volume 34 Number 8

Old Man: Thrasher - September 2013 Volume 34 Number 9

Funsicle: Thrasher - October 2013 Volume 34 Number 10

Objectification.

"Have fun, then quit, and make payments on a Miata."

This was Powell Peralta, not any other company that was willing to take the easy route of using sex to sell skateboards. What was going on over there in 2013 and 2014 that George would approve of this? There's always been kind of subtle fine art edginess to Powell, but they generally kept everything on the safe side. Maybe all the Shorty's and Hubba ads had a subliminal effect on the art direction after a while and they thought they should spice it up. The lady in the Boneite hat could legitimately be a Skate Mental advertisement. It's probably always better to stick to your lane over venturing out to be something that you simply aren't.

Blonde: Thrasher - May 2013 Volume 34 Number 5

Slappys: Thrasher - February 2014 Volume 35 Number 2

Boneite: Thrasher - August 2014 Volume 35 Number 8

Bat: Thrasher - October 2014 Volume 35 Number 10

Kaboom!

We have to talk about Powell Peralta's unusual advertising campaign in 2013 and 2014. They ran a series of abstract ads that do fit somewhere in the realm of their graphic design universe, yet seem completely out of place for the company. It's as if they entered their Skate Mental phase or something. There's a possibility they were taking cues from other skateboard companies such as enjoi, Roger, and even Hubba Wheels in an attempt freshen up their image. I don't see the results as having been overly successful, but they sure were interesting. Interesting maybe isn't always a good thing. I'm not doing this to rip on Powell, I found the image detour fascinating and thought it warranted a look back because it was bizarre.

Thrasher - May 2014 Volume 35 Number 5

Dan Murphy #2.

Scenes from the second story.

Dan is from Boston and relocated to North Carolina for college. He was on Mystery, rode for Foundation, and then went back to Mystery during the 2010s. Nike sponsored his feet for a long time. His part in WTF! was on the shorter side and yet still had plenty of big ollies and gap jumps while the Talking Heads played. He's got a really solid style.

It's been windy and rainy all week so I haven't been able to skateboard. The needlessly early sunsets aren't helping anything either. I keep trying to figure out if the days off are a good thing or a bad thing. The weekend was nice so I did roll around for a while on both Saturday and Sunday.

Jesse Alba has got to be happy the Dodgers won another World Series. I was hoping the Blue Jays could win it all, but that wasn't in the cards this year.

Thrasher - March 2012 Volume 32 Number 3

Nick Merlino #2.

Bone Machine.

If I recall correctly there was an article on Nick in the Skateboard Mag from 2006 or so. He was possibly going to ride for Baker, but he was so stoked to skate that he was rattling off everybody else's tricks before they could whenever they got to a spot. This didn't go over very well and that's how Nick would find a home at Foundation. He turned pro for them in 2011 and stayed with the company until 2021. He skates to The Pixies for his part in WTF! and this switch flip is in there. Nick does a lot of switch and tech gnar, including a perfect opposite footed backside 360 ollie down those big stairs at Rincon. His feet don't even move or leave the board on the trick. It totally makes sense that he would be the guy to blast a straight switch ollie down El Toro in 2018.

RIP Kevin Wilkins.

Thrasher - December 2011 Volume 31 Number 12

Marquis Preston #2.

At home he's a tourist.

I like how Marquis has become an under the radar favorite after his part in Emerica's Stay Gold from 2010. Since my original intent was to showcase the more obscure skaters when I started this blog, I was curious to see who newer generations of skaters would gravitate towards as the years went by. The extent of his coverage was a few photos, ads, interviews, and video parts from 2006 to 2013. Marquis had a shared part with Abdias Rivera and Sierra Fellers in WTF! They used a Gang of Four song for the section. This was the photo that prompted another week of Foundation. The bright colors caught my eye. The F-Troop usually skews darker or runs BW for their ads so it stood out.

Thrasher - October 2011 Volume 31 Number 11

Taylor Smith.

As always, it's not a Foundation week without somebody you've never heard of. Taylor is from Encinitas. He started off skating vert and was even on Termite before moving to Carlsbad. Once in Carlsbad, he started focusing more on street skating. Taylor was getting boards from Plan B until he started riding for Foundation in 2011. Vans was his shoe sponsor. His favorite skater is John Cardiel. For tunes, he likes Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin. I think Taylor did turn pro for Foundation and is friends with Riley Hawk's Shep Dawgs crew. This backside lipslide was in Foundation's WTF! video from 2011. He's got a solid part of assorted handrails and gaps set to Sonic Youth.

For the info: Thrasher - November 2011 Volume 31 Number 11

Thrasher - June 2011 Volume 31 Number 6

Corey Duffel #7.

"I heard Jason Dill used to make the dudes watch my video parts on Alien Workshop trips." - The Duff Man.

Corey does a bluntslide for the camera during the Foundation days. They were working on their WTF! video in 2011. It featured Dakota Servold, Ryan Spencer, Dan Murphy, Marquis Preston, Abdias Rivera, Sierra Fellers, Taylor Smith, and Nick Merlino. Dakota was new to the team and Nick would turn pro that year. Of note is that Leticia Bufoni had a few tricks in a montage section tacked onto the end of the video.

The plan was to do a week of Roger since they recently closed up shop. I know they ran a smattering of print ads over the years, but I couldn't find any after some haphazard searching so I went with another week of Foundation. Everyone knows that's how this site works by now. Look for one thing, find something else with more ease. If anybody can pin down the dates for when Roger did run ads, let me know.

For the quote: Thrasher - October 2018 Volume 39 Number 10

Thrasher - May 2011 Volume 31 Number 5

Louie Barletta #12.

Happy Halloween!

Evil Lou slashes a noseslide across a burning plinth. This was the ad that prompted a Speed Demons week since it seems to be such an out of character sponsor for Mr. Barletta. For as much as the running gag about his age casts him as a permanent 21 year old, Louie has always seemed like a grownup to me. And by the early 2000s, Dwindle was strictly for the kids. I understand the convenience of getting bearings from your board sponsor, but I sort of figured Louie would take a pass on that option.

I've been trying to get in some skateboarding while it has been mild and we still have daylight. It's been raining the last couple days and the forecast going forward looks wet. I've been successful in rolling around, but again have had mixed results with how I'm skating. Like I've written before, I'll land enough to think I can still skate, yet I never really get a full, fun session out of it.

Have a good weekend, party smart, and don't forget to change the batteries in your smoke detectors when you flip the clocks back an hour.

Transworld - November 2002 Volume 20 Number 11

Jerry Hsu #13.

Escape the Flames.

Jerry jumps across a fiery chasm. I'm guessing this is probably a switch hardflip. He's riding a Louie Barletta enjoi board with the London calling graphic and wearing some Osiris. Speed Demons seems like such an odd sponsor for Jerry, but you do need bearings and the company is run out of the same office as his board sponsor so it makes sense.

Transworld - October 2002 Volume 20 Number 10

Josh Kasper #2.

Fire & Brimstone.

Josh launches a grab into the pits of hell. The art department directly took the copy from one of Josh's Blind ads of the time and used it for a Speed Demons ad. This is a vintage early days of World Industries type of move.

Transworld - August 2002 Volume 20 Number 8

Kanten Russell #2.

Depths of Hell.

Kanten takes a switch flight down a large piece of evil real estate.

Seu Trinh documented the plunge into the abyss.

Transworld - May 2002 Volume 20 Number 5

Mike Crum #8.

Demonic Hellfire.

Welcome to Halloween week 2025. I'm amazed I keep finding new spooky stuff year after year. Speed Demons was a bearing company out of the World Industries camp. It started in the late 1990s and borrowed from the same cartoon aesthetic that was used for World and Blind. They went bonkers with the layers in Photoshop to create ads with the flames of hell. The team was mostly Dwindle riders along with a few others like Chany Jeanguenin, Anthony Mosley, Tom Penny, and Geoff Rowley. Speed Demons eventually expanded to include wheels and price point boards. After the demise of Dwindle, I'm not sure what happened to the brand, but I speculate it will live on as a zombie company. That's some truly scary stuff right there.

Seu Trinh captured Mike's soul for all eternity.

Transworld - April 2002 Volume 20 Number 4

Patrick Praman.

The end number.

Patrick was born in Bangkok, Thailand and moved to the states when he was a little kid. He grew up in Virginia. He got into skateboarding while living in Virginia and would film in DC, Maryland, and North Carolina. Deluxe hooked him up with Real, Thunder, and Spitfire. Patrick made the move out to California and was part of Thrasher's Am Scramble 2022 tour. He turned pro for Real in the summer of 2023. For the demo, Patrick did a number of tricks over the bump to bar. In addition to this backside noseblunt, he also did a nollie heelflip to noseslide on the hubba.

I dumb lucked into this photo and caught the light from the filmer's camera illuminating Patrick. Some moderate lifting in Photoshop was enough to make it look good.

It will be something quickly demonic for next week.

For the info: Thrasher - February 2023 Volume 44 Number 2