Tony Hawk #16.

Prototypical.

The feel good story that makes you feel old is that Tony is a now grandfather. His son Riley married Frances Bean Cobain, the daughter of Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love, in 2023. Tony recently publicly announced that the couple has a daughter with a post on Instagram.

The Prototype was Tony's heavily Airwalk inspired model on Lakai. They kicked it back to the Powell Peralta and backyard ramp days for this most Transworld of ads.

The photos are by Grant Brittain.

Thrasher - October 2018 Volume 39 Number 10

Lizzie Armanto #3.

It's rad how Lizzie has a backyard vert ramp that routinely pops up in photos and video parts for herself and other skaters. She's had the ramp a long time, too. It's good to see that backyard ramps still exist.

The weather has been mellow for the last few days so I've gotten in some skateboarding after work in the driveway. The local park is going to be buried under snow for a while longer. I also went to Jamestown Skateboard Products on Saturday. It was the first time I had been there since November. Their street course is really fun with a bunch of low impact concrete hips and banks to go with an extra long 10" straight ledge.

Thrasher - May 2017 Volume 38 Number 5

Roman Pabich #2.

El Memorioso.

Roman is another pro looking for a board sponsor after UMA Landsleds ended. He released a part appropriately titled Sponsor Me at the start of 2025. His street and transition skills are top notch. Roman isn't afraid to throw down some kickflip and/or varial grabs either. He stopped at Jamestown Skateboard Products this past fall and ripped up the big bowl.

Thrasher - June 2017 Volume 38 Number 6

Daniel Espinoza, Jon Sciano & Sebo Walker.

Anchors away.

This was a series of custom colorways Lakai did for skateshops in 2015.

I've been trying to get whatever Jon Sciano coverage I can find scanned for here. He had about three ads for Lakai plus short interviews in Transworld and Thrasher. His name pops up every now and again. Dude had a ripper of a part in Lakai's The Flare video.

The photos are by Ben Colen and Hendrik Herzmann.

Thrasher - March 2015 Volume 36 Number 3

Cody Chapman #4.

Call it morning.

Cody has some of the best hardflips in the business. He has had a tough go with sponsorships recently with the lame corporate hi-jinx at Lakai and UMA Landsleds closing up shop. The Cold Dawg has been riding Anti-Hero boards and wearing Converse shoes lately. Cody dropped a new part with Ace Trucks to start the year so maybe things will get better.

The photo is by Jordan Tabayoyon.

Thrasher - January 2014 Volume 35 Number 1

Dick Rizzo #2.

Billennium Soundscape.

Dick is from New Jersey and grew up skateboarding in New York City. He was riding for Habitat before Quasi came into the picture. They turned him pro in 2019. He was also riding for HUF footwear and is currently on their clothing team. Vans provides him with all the cool looking Half Cabs these days. Dick is into drawing and painting.

Note: The wallride ad already ran on here, but it was laid out differently for Thrasher than what was printed in the Skateboard Mag so I decided it was OK to rerun it.

Pole jam: Thrasher - February 2018 Volume 39 Number 2

Wallride: Thrasher - May 2017 Volume 38 Number 5

Jake Anderson.

Griptape Voice.

Jake is the younger brother of long time Krooked pro Mike Anderson. He currently is a professional for FA Entertainment and Spitfire. I think he rides for Nike, too. Jake previously rode for Skate Mental. Austyn Gillette's Former clothing company is also one of his sponsors. He kind of skates like his brother Mike with some wallride and ditch tricks, but he does more handrails and bigger gap ollies.

Nosegrind: Thrasher - January 2018 Volume 39 Number 1

Ollie: Thrasher - March 2017 Volume 38 Number 3

Matt Gottwig.

An unknown bird.

I guess Matt is from either California or Seattle. He's ridden for Krooked for a long time and turned pro in 2021. Matt's got a really good trick selection and choice of spots. Atiba Jefferson contributed the music to his 2021 video part called Birds.

Frontside 50-50: Thrasher - March 2018 Volume 39 Number 3

Backside 50-50: Thrasher - April 2017 Volume 38 Number 4

Tyler Bledsoe & Dan Plunkett.

Out of the way locations.

Tyler rode for the Alien Workshop until 2015 when he joined the team at Quasi. His footwear sponsor prior to HUF was Etnies. He's still on Quasi and working as a tattoo artist in Portland, Oregon. Dan was riding for Skate Mental back in 2017. He currently rides for Kevin Terpening's Swim Skateboards.

HUF was really pushing the HUPPER 2 model for 2017, as in it was in nearly every ad. I don't think I was exactly into this shoe back then, but I'd wear a pair of these today for sure.

Tyler: Thrasher - September 2017 Volume 38 Number 9

Dan: Thrasher - November 2017 Volume 38 Number 11

Brad Cromer & Josh Matthews.

Massive HUF blowout.

Brad takes what I'm guessing to be a Krooked Zip Zaggger shaped deck up a flight of stairs while Josh spins a nollie full Cab over a fence. Brad is still pro for Krooked. Josh was pro for Habitat.

I scanned a bunch of adverts for HUF from 2017-18 for the week. I dug the graphic design and photos.

Brad: Thrasher - July 2017 Volume 38 Number 7

Josh: Thrasher - August 2017 Volume 38 Number 8

Alex Olson & Dylan Rieder.

In Excess.

Alex and Dylan high five in a screen shot from Supreme's Cherry video. Dylan was at the peak of his career and crushing it in the streets. It's hard to believe this video was released 11 years ago now. I have a copy on DVD. I don't think I watched it very often. I liked parts of Cherry, but I wasn't into the editing or the music or something. The video did introduce us to a lot of skaters who would rise to fame over the next decade, including Tyshawn Jones, Beatrice Domond, Ben Kadow, and Sage Elsesser to name a few.

The snow has been off and on. There hasn't been much accumulation, although it has been blustery. I got to skateboard in the driveway for a long time on Saturday afternoon and then fit in a couple quick after work sessions to start the week. It's the doldrums of winter so I'd like to hit up an indoor park this weekend. I don't exactly see the weather permitting such a thing.

Thrasher - May 2014 Volume 35 Number 5

Kevin Bradley.

"Kev is down for life. I handed him the keys to The Kibitz Room. Only a few have opened it at 10 AM and closed it at 2 AM. Kev is one of them." - Neckface

For the quote: Thrasher - December 2020 Volume 41 Number 12

Thrasher - July 2015 Volume 36 Number 7

Vincent Alvarez #3.

Mr. Royal.

This is kind of a strange one. Royal had longtime Indy rider Mark Gonzales draw up some art for a shirt. There's the obvious Fourstar and Crailtap connection with Mark, but it still seems abnormal.

Thrasher - October 2015 Volume 36 Number 10

Corey Glick #5.

Charting unconventional courses.

Eswic keeps looking better and better as the days fly by. They had a sick team with Leo Romero, Dakota Servold, Jimmy Wilkins, and a couple others. I still wear a few of their shirts, but not so often so as to preserve the fabric.

Corey was starting to garner skate media attention and would soon be pro for Foundation in the middle of the 2010s. That feels like an eternity ago now. He was crushing spots with a unique blend of tastefully technical and gnarly tricks. It's easy to see why he was an underground favorite at the time.

Thrasher - July 2015 Volume 36 Number 7

Tristan Funkhouser.

Bring the funk.

Tristan is from Woodland Hills, California. He got on by Baker at a young age and has ridden for them ever since. DC was sponsoring his feet for a while, but I don't think he's riding for anyone at the moment. He notably did a frontside ollie over a big bench and a bunch of pigeon crap at China Banks for the cover of the December 2021 issue of Thrasher.

I dig how the ice cream truck is covered in skateboard stickers.

Shout out to Quartersnacks.

Mike Blabac took the photo for the DC ad.

Thrasher - November 2017 Volume 38 Number 11