Diego Bucchieri #5.

Chop chop.

The Butcher blasts a few gaps and spins some frontside 360 ollies for his section in Brainwash. This Smith grind is in the video. He backside 180s a double set and ollies into a few different huge banks, too.

I thought it was going to be too windy on Saturday, but it turned out to be a nice day for skateboarding at the park. Nobody else has around, probably because I'm the only guy dumb enough to bother going when it's dry in November. I stayed for a long time. Sunday was slightly rainy, although I think it would have been okay in the morning. I'm kicking myself for staying out as long as I did on Saturday night since that left me not moving very fast for Sunday. A snow storm is hitting the area today and tomorrow.

The photo is by Ale Mercado.

Thrasher - May 2010 Volume 30 Number 5

Austin Stephens #6.

I've heard about Saturday nite.

Austin opens up the team montage part in Brainwash. He cruises along doing a bunch of pole jams and big ollies. There are blunt and tail slides. His ender is a kickflip into a tall and narrow banister. My favorite trick is a huge frontside pop shove-it off a little kicker thing.

One thing about Brainwash is that it is a fairly brief video and considered more a promotional flick. It has full parts, but most tend to be on the shorter side. The new riders are introduced with comprehensive sections and there is a montage of the vets. A key factor that made it shorter was that a few of the guys had been working on other projects so footage was limited. This makes for a more watchable video because anything much past a half hour tends to be drag, especially if you want to go skateboard. I wish the DVD didn't glitch out on my player and I could watch Brainwash more often. I'm not sure if it is the disc itself or my machine. I feel it might be a combo of both.

Michael Burnett was the photographer.

Thrasher - December 2008 Volume 28 Number 12

Jordan Taylor.

He's gone for the weekend.

Jordan is from Encinitas, California. He was one of the new ams on Toy Machine and had a full part in Brainwash. He skates fast and on a variety of terrain, such as ditches, hubbas, and rails. Jordan mixes in some wallrides and manuals, too. He does a few frontside board and blunt slides. A number of tricks in his part involved going backwards at or on the obstacle, such as a frontside 180 to fakie 50-50 to half-Cab out on a hubba. He also does a frontside 50-50 to frontside railslide down the Clipper ledge. Jordan was on Toy Machine for a number of years before he left for WKND. He was granted pro status in 2017.

The photos are by Dave Chami.

Thrasher - March 2011 Volume 31 Number 3

Billy Marks #4.

Silent Star.

For his part in Brainwash, Billy defeats a lot of handrails and gaps while Trans Am plays. He does a variety of flip tricks, including nollie inward heelflips, double flips, 360 flips, and more. Tre flips are done to lipslide on rails in both stances. I kind of forgot how good he was after all these years.

The photo is by Michael Burnett, aka Burn-Dog.

Thrasher - February 2011 Volume 31 Number 2

Johnny Layton #2.

Home: Long Beach, CA

Sponsors: Toy Machine Bloodsucking Skateboard Co., Vans, Vans Apparel, Theeve Trucks, Pig Wheels, MOB Grip, Bones Swiss, and Furnace Skateshop

Biggest Switch Tré: Carlsbad gap

Dog or Cats: Dogs

Musical Genius: Ray Barbee

Worst Injury: Left ankle Bröstrom surgery

Tightest Dude on Toy: The whole team. We're like family. Matt Bennett is probably the "tightest", though.

Last Tat: Van Wastell tribute. RIP. Wish you were here, buddy.

SOTY 2010: The rebel, Leo - hands down. He deserves it.

Words to live by: Skating is for the monkeys!

The photo is by Michael Burnett.

For the Firing Line: Thrasher - November 2010 Volume 30 Number 11

Thrasher - November 2010 Volume 30 Number 11

Daniel Lutheran.

Brain Wash.

Since Toy Machine recently released a new video, I thought I'd take a look back at their last video. Released in 2010, Brainwash was directed by Kevin Barnett. It featured the talents of Leo Romero, Johnny Layton, Nick Trapasso, Billy Marks, Matt Bennett, Josh Harmony, Austin Stephens, Diego Bucchieri, and Ed Templeton. Jordan Taylor, Collin Provost, and Daniel Lutheran were the new riders. The soundtrack was heavy on the indie rock and post punk type of sounds one would expect in a Toy Machine video.

Daniel is from Albuquerque, New Mexico. He got on Toy Machine thanks to a sponsor me tape and meeting some of the guys on the team. He filled the opening part in Brainwash with a bunch of big handrail grinds and jumping down big gaps. His style seems casual and relaxed, even when he's throwing himself down large obstacles. Dan's into art and creative stuff. He is still on Toy Machine and rides for Vans.

The photo is by Joe Hammeke.

Thrasher - October 2010 Volume 30 Number 10

Kristian Svitak #4.

Spooky Svitak does a frightening footplant.

Here's a sampling of the boards 1031 was making in 2007:

A few are surprisingly skinny and the graphics cover a variety of punk rock styles. I'm not sure if those are Michael Sieben drawings or simply drawings that look like his art.

Christopher Donez was the photographer.

Boards: Thrasher - December 2007 Volume 27 Number 12

Svitak: Thrasher - October 2007 Volume 27 Number 10