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Burnout: Off the Giant Orange Wall

2/29/2024
Vans kicks off their fashion-adventurous OTW program with a fantastical obstacle and blow-out LA bash. Skating’s elite mixed with Hollyweird while Paris Texas and Salem brought down the house and Curren and the boys got vertical AF. You missed it? You blew it!

TJ GASKILL 1We start in a blimp, high above Los Angeles. The sun sets on this bizarre monolith .... Photo: TJ Gaskill

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 01Excuse me, where is the skateboarding party?

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 02Holy shit! To put it into perspective how large this thing was, Anthony Acosta is seven feet tall

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 03Elijah Berle was refining his snapback all night … yet, he was not the highest

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 04Long way from Paul Revere … or is it?     Photo: Atiba

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 05A two-story pyramid opposite a three-story QP with a stage built inside it. RoZo was flyin’

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 06Robin gets the ol’ grind up, kickflip out

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 07While Nick Michel went Frog on a blunt 180

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 08Caught in his chillers, Manch couldn't resist getting a piece with the pop shove fakie nosegrind

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 09Smoke-show lien to tail from Rowan

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 10Something’s brewing in the crow’s nest

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 11Curren was very impressive on this thing

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 12Made for it, some may say!

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 13Teebs points that Canon towards a Roman fastplant

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 14Birthday boy!

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 15Ok, this might be the highest turn of the night ––at least 8 feet of vert. Discuss among yourselves

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 16Tucked up in the lounge

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 17And the AJ angle!     Photo: Atiba

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 18Lipless egg from Ro-Pab

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 19Cess slide in someone’s wig piece

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 20Brother Cedric with a big booster up the box. Wow!

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 21More skate events should have smoke machines for sure

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 22Smoked egg.      Photo: Atiba

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 23Zion tucks a FSA while his cap sneaks out the back.      Photo: Atiba

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 24Don’t worry, he’s got like ten of ‘em

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 25Top of the mountain

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 26Some flip-in action. Gonna say this is Diego Todd

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 27Rowan with the fs flip, sick AF.      Photo: Atiba

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 28Of course there was a hubba! 

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 29Hosoi pulled up a little late, but knows what it takes to wow a crowd

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 30Look at that thing!      Photo: Atiba

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 31Sticker-pasting contest! Highest sticker wins

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 32Feel like this was made for Curren, too

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 33Though Christian was unstoppable in his heyday

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 34Scraped out Berle.      Photo: Atiba

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 35Julian with a cheeky pick.      Photo: Atiba

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 36And then Rowan got in the last trick of the night ––the elusive switch tré into the drink!

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 37Party time! Jando, Zion, Jolly and Lee

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 38Vans’ finest!      Photo: Atiba

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 39The big man Steve Van Doren mugs it up with Growley and Grant Brittain. That’s right! He’s on here!      Photo: Atiba

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 40Jamie Hart says hello to all his fellow yüng people

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 41Partying with Omar is always a roll of the dice

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 42Two risers and one thumb

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 43OTW ambassador Efron Danzig looking fly with Beatrice Domond

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 44But, obviously, the best-dressed award was handed to this gentleman!

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 45Paris Texas hit the box and Zion got one more chance to soar.      Photo: Atiba

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 46By the time I got to the front they had slid down the wall to get with the people

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 47Well received

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 48Is that Nicole?

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 49Going off!

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 50

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BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 52Stellar performance!

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 53See! Thought I didn’t have friends in the pit?!

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 54Got to say hello to artist Sterling Ruby (center) who designed this whole crazy thing. Check out his other work if you haven’t seen it. Pretty incredible

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 55Hands-to-yourself crew

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 56Shealy’s crew, only slightly unfocused

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 57Nice to meet you!

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 58Bils and Stolling mix biz with pleasure

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 59Hey! Are you guys a band???

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 60Ok, that goes double for y’all

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 61Shit started to get hella spooky when the elusive Salem took the darkened stage

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 62Tobin wasn’t scared … just concerned

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 63They keep a low profile it’s said

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 64Had ‘em in a trance!      Photo: Atiba

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 65Slim Shady, Lizzie and Mami feel the effects

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 66A subdued Papke holds court (and marg)

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 67In case you were wondering, no, Tyson isn’t partying

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 68No bird for Roman. Again, it was his birthday

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 69The Geoff Rowley Experience

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 70In 3-D!!!!

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 71The perfect foil!

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 72Or whatever you call it

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 73These babes again

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 74Dick, Mae-Mae and Shari ––some of skateboarding’s best

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 75Beast!

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 76Then they kicked us out

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 77Just follow Ryan Lee

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 78He knows!

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 79Stymied in the alley with Ant Travis and friends

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 80Finally! Somebody with leadership skills!

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 81‘Take a picture of us with this dude!’

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 82Everybody shut up! A SOTY’s talking!

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 83Colliding with a sober Ellington in the valet line

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 84Fuck that. I parked across the street at the titty bar. Caught these good lookin’ dudes on the way out, tho

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 85Neck and Zach, Baker-wise

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 86And even my old friend from Canada!

BURNOUT OFF THE GIANT ORANGE WALL 87Truth be told, the majority of the crowd was sexy-type party people and, having to drive home that night, I could not get tipsy enough to go full paparazzi mode. I get shy. But let me tell you … this was a skate party like none I’d ever been to. Really insane stuff, exciting to witness. Congrats to Ako and the folks at OTW who dared to dream big (and crazy) and make something nobody had ever seen before. Can’t wait to see what y’all come up with next
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