Thrasher Magazine

The boys from The Bunt and Vans teamed up once again to take their two-day extravaganza Down Under. As always, they brought top-shelf talent to stunt at a sports-infused skate jam and pyrotechnic-backed Barn Burner. This time, Donovan and Cephas clocked in off the court and made sure all the teams played fair for the highly-anticipated three-on-three basketball tournament. Scroll through for an extra dose of the ripping, the drama and the undeniable energy from Melbourne. —Bryce Golder

Photos by Dan Mathieu, Bryce Golder and Wade Mclaughlin

The quiet before the storm at Melbourne's Timber Yard

Local lads getting in early to test out the course

Cephas and Donovan are officially juiced for the weekend

Young lads all smiled after some skate lessons with the local YMCA and the Vans team

A priceless moment for this young lad, knowing how it feels to skate like Zion

A couple goody bags. Thanks, Vans!

We got Ants One and Tommy up in the DJ booth

Aimee, Mikayla, Tanish, Poppy and Fabiana still feeling the high after homegirl Hayley Wilson's big promotion

First look at the course with a bird’s-eye view of Old Brassy three flipping the AFL goals

Boserio puts the board down to kick the pigskin

Here, take this!

Sydney head Chima Ferguson goes for the first catch

You know it's officially starting when Cephas and Donovan are on the mic. Crazy to see we're all here because of a podcast

Double thumbs up for Nixen’s ball skills

Matlok a long way from home, keeping his eye on the ball

Finally, someone making the footy to let the skating begin

Stafhon starts it with a lofty tré flip over the goals

Backin' it up, Rowan throws a lovely switch front heel

Soccer jerseys and football goals, a rare setting for a Cab flip, but Kyle Walker doesn't mind

Raising the bar, Chloe Covell boosts a kickflip clear over it. Her Rugby League father would be proud

Did anyone find out who this masked man was?

Reef Condon floating a heelflip

Rowan switch flips among the chaos

Josh, Donovan and Mason enjoy the show

Hypeman Conor juicing up the crowd as the bar gets raised once again

Theo Clarke steps to it with his high-jump skills

High-ollie turns limbo comp...

...turns hippie-jump contest

Nixen Osborne, flying high

Sean Thomas Ryan connects with the football goals

Redemption! STR proves he's got the highest ollie of the day

That's enough of that. The handyman Kirksy changes up the course

First rip, Daiki Hoshino shows off his effortless style with a gap to front feebs

Kikki loves chucking that front foot off. One footer to back lipslide

Poe Pinson extends her travels around Australia to grind the football goals. I reckon she could nollie three shove out of this

Last fling, Bali head Basral Graito throws a hardflip front board. Wait, what's going?!

Let's burn this barn down!

Fast Times heads Casey Foley and Anthony Mapstone enjoying their front-row seats

Balls down! Matlok kicks off the next event

First flight, Steven Piñeiro sends one to the rafters

Spotlight’s on Kikki

Steven pulls one off the roof

The pyrotechnics were on point for Zion

No safety goggles for Nixen’s invert

No time for partying! Hayley Wilson goes straight to work on her first day in the big leagues. Kicky to fakie

Arisa in her signature pink helmet and pads, flying high

Out of the blue, Zion soars a huge heelflip Indy

Chris Middlebrook in awe as Tom Schaar does the most lofty frontside ollie

Quick with the flick again, Chloe frontside flips the barn

I said burn it down!

Tom Schaar obliges with a fire-starting front blunt

And Jack Kirk ensures his MVP status with a nosepick off the lip

Day one is a wrap!

Outside Carpentry’s first big job pays off with a gold watch

Conor and Faze bring the Montreal hardcore to start the night off right

Jon Fitzgerald cools off the heated crowd

Primitive Blast was a crowd favorite

Brass in the pit. Don't 'you have something to do tomorrow?

Oh, yeah, the big game! Nick recovers with a little exercise and quiet time on the court

Bright and early, Chloe's shooting hoops with the big boys

Hayley and Chloe getting there game faces on

Nick and Connor having a Love Shack moment pre-game

Thrasher's own Gary Rogers was out from behind the desk and on the court

No Bunt team for this minor-league comp, Donovan and Cephas on are Atiba’s position as referees

Startin' off with the ceremonial half-court shot

Who's gonna take it?

Game face on for Domo

Skullcandy teammates Gary and Domo split the winnings

Team Vans looking a bit on the short side

Team Hoddle looking punk as hell in their studded jerseys

The full lineup. Let the best team win

First to hit the court: Hoddle vs Spitfire

Unknown 2Meals takes on the undeniable powerhouse Dennis Busenitz

Kirksy, flat on this back as Mason takes the ball

The sideline taking notes

Local team Hoddle played to its home-court advantage and took the day's first W

The lads were juiced

Next game's up, Vans VS Pearls with a heavy teammate rivalry between Digby and Adelaide. Always gotta have a little beef on the court

Norris down, but not for long

Zion vs Jenna

Pearls' coach Tobi and Adelaide, hyped to take the win

We got Fast Times VS Skullcandy

Young superstar Chloe is gifted at everything she does

Hype is high as REAL's new pro scores from the three-point line

The Pass~Port team had their own half-time show with Nick Moons as the Digger Man

Old heads and old knees on display with Pass~Port VS Love Shack. Redfern Electrical comedian The Jonz and Beermaker Connor Mallett go head to head

This was definitely the roughest of all the games. Geoff almost got stomped!

Pass~Port wins, and Brass is not happy with the mascot

On to the semis as two Melbourne board brands face off—Hoddle's lads and the Pearls' girls

Then we got Skullcandy VS Pass~Port with a nail-biter as Stafhon and Geoff go head to head

A lot of pressure on Geoff’s poor old knees. Skullcandy took this one home

Finals time with Hoddle VS Skullcandy, talk about a close game!

Reef getting schooled my Domo

But it was all down to this final play. The whole room went quiet...

Hoddle wins!!! Down goes the fence as everyone celebrates the hometown heroes

Kirksy wins!

Reef is loving it with his new bling

Jack Kirk and 2Meals take the net

That's it from Melbourne. Donovan, Noah Smith, 2Meals, Reef Condon, Jack Kirk and Cephas will see you in Miami!