Tom Schaar.

Vintage Ozzy.

Tom is from Malibu, California. He grew up with skateboarding and obtained fame as a small kid by spinning around a lot at assorted vert and mega ramp contests. Fortunately, that was a phase of his youth and he expanded his trick pallet to be more well rounded as the years went by. He was pro for Element and joined up with the growing ramp riding crew at Birdhouse in 2024. Tom recently dropped a heavy duty part called Vert's Not Dead that puts his unique spin on the big ramps with tricks inspired by the likes of Bob Burnquist, Colin McKay, Tony Hawk, Alex Perelson, Danny Way, Rune Glifberg, and more.

The weather has been rainy and spring-like over the last couple weeks so I've only been skateboarding in the driveway. It's been OK, but I haven't really been skating great for me and I think that's gotten in my head. I blame getting older more than anything. Or maybe it's just a bushing on my front truck that needs to be replaced. That's probably it.

Chris "Rhino" Rooney took the photograph.

Thrasher - March 2020 Volume 41 Number 3