Thrasher Magazine

Vans’ Downtown Showdown returns to the sand with a flood of familiar faces and some surprising new ones. Does this mean America’s back?! Burnout investigates.

Where is this thing?

Spot Grosso in this photo and win an appraisal of your substandard eggplant form

KOTR fans, they love the beach. Nice to meet y’all

Master of all he surveys…

Okay, here we go

Should we start?

ET kicks it off with a wicked tré over the hazardous Quasi diamond plate obstacle

Berle… nothing is impossible

RoZo gets his licks in early with the ungodly switch hard

Look at the green bounce on C-Cup’s wallride!

Una and Hannah. "Where do we start?"

Dylan Witkin kicks into a hellacious frontal. Wow!

Cookie over the shark obstacle

Tyson on kf grind

David Reyes was on fire all weekend. Front crooks from the shark bank

Cocona sails a crail. She’s sick!

Pro-Mar!

Elijah, salmon grind

Imagine if 360 flip NBS was a normal thing for you

The Baker mushroom obstacle!

Definitely a fave. Julian on an ill tré

Our guy Lui, double threat

Lil’ Zion, back heel

Cookie, back 3

Spinosi, nose bump fs 360 out

Rom over Ron, crowd pleasing!

"Yeah, but the whole durometer rating system can be counterintuitive…"

Max and Kirb, Baker Boys fam

Firefighter’s eye view of Braden’s personal fire, BS NBS style!

Dog!

"The judges are gonna want to see something switch over there…"

Big fs flip

Foy made it! Heelflip

K Walks!

Van Vark was on one. Diabolical rail and wall work

The Scramble’s Jhancarlos, 360 over the car

Sometimes you gotta remind them to give you your best-trick money

Around the world air

Zion!

Looks like Roman’s recovery is working out

This is a boneless. I know!

Hoban did this one a few times

Cocona on kf

He’s a cowboy… on a seven-ply he rides

Child’s play to big Kirb

And then the closeout kf indy over the onion. Insane, Ro-Ro

Anyone like… art?

Oh, hey guys

Axel to axle

If you’re catching air in HB, best make those Hosoi lips. Right, GT?

Another Scramble alumni, Giovanni fs half-Cabs into a back Smith. Because he’s insane

Kickflip!

Jackie Michel, melon leap after a heavy slam

Yuto missed the cut?! He’s human after all

Kadow made it! Wicked double or triple (?) kf attempt down the Hockey box

Who’s this hairy handplanter??

Of course it’s Nicole

Tyson busting out

Foy has surprisingly sick transition skills. Caballaeriel on the big QP

Zion’s patented hand-switching bs 360 to fakie. Very McGIll-esque

Did someone say something about Ardex??

Mae-Mae, up to lipper

Nora was there! FF lien to tail

Some Sandoval magic. Egg

Saran Wrap

And the big frontal

Mason was on one, too

Even had his own cheering section

So glad we can finally shake hands again…

Under the shade, a flood of familiar faces. Chandler and his partner Mike

Rhino and his bro Braden

This patient crew

Zach, Saloman and Daiki

Tyson with a freshie

Matt and Kirb, looking good

Even better!

Excuse me, Mr Rogers is in need of his massage now

Frog related

Oh, hi, Mami

Dan Rogers on hot dish

Blake and Steak and them

Senior statesmen

Not stingy with the accolades either

Lil Glickwich? Not bad

Haley Wilson, sick AF!

Farrar buries a crooks

Smithwise!

Christian Dufrene RIPS!

Our guy Patrick Praman, nollie heel nose the 15

Zoey from China, backside 5-0

Nollie, mind you

Heilman, hurricane

Everyone’s new fave, Shiloh Catori charged the bar

Tré flip to nose from Domo

Blake… you know it’s switch

Aussie powerhouse Kieran Woolley, gap attack!

And hop to bash

Shawn Hale always has the wildest shit. 180 fakie 5-0 Godoy drop off the edge

D Loy, to tail

More doubles action! Zion recruited Ron for a little flare in his run

Not that he needs much help in that department

Find the Widdip in this crowd and win a barrel of Cheez Balls

See him yet?

Best transition follow-filmer alive! And Mason’s not too bad either

Felipe was fuckin' it up!

Mason got pounded going for the head-high bump to grind

… here!

Came back for it, of course. You’re an animal, Mason

Shiloh’s fs feeble got the crowd absolutely rabid!

Ronnie, up to the down-escalator NBS

Lunch tray? You know it! Omar will NEVER disappoint the hometown crowd

Holmes neither!

Ron’s gap-back-lip attempt



And then his shoe came off!

He was fine

The judges had their work cut out for them

And now… a little Van Doren face time

Oh yeah

Bring it in

Lots of prizes on this one

Justin got one!

Jackie, you rule!

The top women

Go off!

Loving it

Top three bros

And in the end… the cowboy took it! Congrats, JC! Good times, everyone. Thank you, Waffle Squad

Until next year …