Thrasher Magazine

The SOTY Down Unda crew fires it up, only to get stymied by a human skatestopper. Ishod skids big and Kwalks snags the cover.

Quick check in at our luxury digs

Yes, it was lit, how nice of you to notice

Haha

Bros from different mo's – Zion and The Phelper

The official gear of SOTY Down Unda

Lovell out front. Part animal, part machine

Wanna talk injuries? Hard to out get-hurt the Phelper

Dog?

Easing into it over at Shakey's, as is the custom.

Choi!

Louie looks good with that pint in his hand, right?

Cheetah-print kinda day

Skankie, drama at the bar

'It's like a pot pie, but better …'

Oh yeah, there she is!

They let you take your beer out front in Australia

Yep, I'ma shoot everything

Jake and Nak

Chima!

Here we go…

Cody Green – happier'n a pig in shit,

Zion's ready to skate

Whaaa?

Too many friends. Time to move on before we get stuck

Matt B, rookie Vans T.M., taking the wheel on the wrong side. Scary shit

The kids were ready for us

Ahhh, the 'Loo

Slide off that jet lag.

A lil' flip out don't hurt either. Jeezus.

Salk-less!

Study hard kids

JD with those bangin' ass flips he's famous for

Next one

Jacko rolls through with a tight inside Sal

Gettin' Choccy!

Thar she blows

Boom!

Kyle always has time for the kids, 'cause he was one of 'em just a couple years ago

Save that shit!

Speaking of goodwill ambassadors…

Looks like Jacko wants a photo too.

Zion mashes it out on the mini.

All terrain, this guy. More on that later

And then Donnelly punches out the closer. As usual

Around the bend: this thing

Locals mostly

Suicide Towers. Not exactly a lil' guy

Heavy duty

Ishod breaks the ice, back board style

The locals started talking shit almost immediately.

Wow!

Zion dives for the pinch.

Solid skidding unrivaled

Just fearless

One micron off

And then the next thing you know…

Well, that's one way to skatestop it

No amount of chit chat would get him uncrammed

Somehow the Phelper eventually talked him off the pole

Just in time

There it is!

Total pandemonium

Even the dude wanted in on it

Won over by stoke!

Ecstatic

Yeah?

Oh yeah!

Minutes later, down the road

This other thing

The SOTY gets straight to it
Flying past the sidewalk.

Hanging it out! At this moment the locals started screaming threats

Throughout it all, Kyle kept charging

Eventually they came out and sprayed Cody down with a hose (not shown)

But the damage was done. 'That's why YOU'RE the SOTY, kid…'

Cover in the first 45 minutes of the trip? NBD, right? Next spot