Steve Alba #4.

The Screaming Lord in his natural environment.

Thrasher - July 2008 Volume 28 Number 7

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

Leo Romero #2.

Leo doing a smoking noseblunt-slide during the Baker years. He switched to Toy Machine in 2009. Leo has been on Emerica for his whole time sponsored. In 2010, he felt he didn't do a good enough job for his part in Stay Gold and filmed a second part to end Toy Machine's Brainwash video. Leo was one of the three pros featured in Emerica's recent Made video. He also rides for Eswic clothing. There's a band called Travesura that Leo uses to fill the time between giant ollies and handrail assaults.

Thrasher - October 2008 Volume 28 Number 10

P.J. Ladd #2.

Another vanisher.

The sequence is by Mike Blabac.

Thrasher - December 2008 Volume 28 Number 12

Jerry Hsu #2.

Superstar.

Jerry began as an amateur on Maple and was in the high tech Osiris video The Storm back in the late 1990s. When Marc Johnson started enjoi, Jerry naturally made the switch. He closed out Bag Of Suck with an epic two song part full of tech gnar skating. He had a part in Emerica's Stay Gold from 2010. There were a few Tiltmode video appearances, too. Jerry is famous for taking some of the gnarliest slams ever. The only good that comes from that is free time for artwork, which has resulted in a few shows of his photography. He recently joined the Chocolate family. Be careful out there, Jerry. We want to see another part or two from you.

Skateboarder - June 2008 Volume 17 Number 10

Tony Trujillo #2.

The Beast.

Thrasher - May 2008 Volume 28 Number 5

Mike Carroll #15.

No big babies on this trip.

In 2008, Girl and Anti-Hero teamed up for the Beauty & The Beast tour. The two companies went camping together in the Pacific Northwest for a few days at the end of May. They made a video of the trip which featured multiple edits in both the Girl and Anit-Hero styles. There were a lot of wizard staffs and races around skateparks to go with footage of guys you don't see very often. They also switched up their advertising approaches. The tour featured Frank Gerwer, Peter Hewitt, Eric Koston, John Cardiel, Rick Howard, Julien Stranger, Brian Anderson, Andrew Allen, Sean Malto, Rick McCrank, Tony Trujillo, Mike Carroll, Robbie Russo, Max Schaaf, Tony Miorana, Alex Olson, and more. The trip worked out well enough that they did it again in 2009 and 2010.

Thrasher - May 2008 Volume 28 Number 5