Thrasher Magazine

Friends of New England skater Rob Pontes held a massive skate jam/ benefit in Providence, RI sunday to raise cash for his fight with ALS.  

Contribute here.

'What in the hell …'

Classic jam format in what I believe is the town ice skating rink

Packed to the gills

J Lay, holding it down for the Vans road crew

Loosening it up, QP style

It was a sea of radical. You had to keep moving or get run over

All I Need's Anthony Shetler helps direct via bullhorn

Planning out lines

It was about 95 degrees, but that didn't keep the kids away

Real hot

Like, bring-a-sunhat hot

Techy one-hitter shit

Or flip it mega-Muska!

Being the East Coast, of course they had a hydrant!

Perfect to flex your Polar over

Vans built a multi-faceted hubba/whiplash obstacle in the shape of a shoe. Heavy best-trick!

Tex 'em if you got 'em

Big float, skinny boat

San Pedro's Robbie Russo, melon muscle

Frontal bluntal??!

Smooth-as back smith

Followed by the wall-bash stale. This dude ripped

Not that this thing wasn't dangerous

Get up before the ground cooks you!

Shredmaster hits it hubba wise

Doubles and even triples spontaneously erupted

Comin' through!

And then this dude shut it down with the kickflip over the ramp to wallride! I know, right?!

Group photo time

Hard to wrangle this many well wishers

Shetler as Scorcese

Couldn't fit them all in one frame!

An amazing turn out for a friend

Such incredible vibes







Alright, let's skate!

Barley readies his keg-jumping discipline

Keepin' it cool in the shade: the babes

these dudes

old friends

the broke off

mid-day tokers

and, of course, the punkers

Whoah, even Svitak and Long Beach's Mark Nizbet!

Watch out y'all. The launch ramping is about to start

Yep, the classic raddy to flatty. Starting off with the wicked twister!

But this was to be no novice event. New Jeresye's Mike V joins the fray with the boneless T

Followed by a Texas plant to make Craig Johnson brush his hair!

And then the backflip dude!!!

Hard not to

Air wars

Hard to defeat Japan in a good air war

But even the legends crashland occasionally

Run up Todd twist to drop off the back. Almost got landed on

But the locals would not be daunted. Classic BK blaster

the 'Hana

Heavy beef

The elusive sack bash!

Backside boneless drop down

Couldn't figure out if his outfit was fashionably progressive or if he was someone's cousin visiting from the Eastern Bloc. Either way, he pulled it off

Boom!

Ok, let's call it! Everyone's gonna need some of those Doan's pills tonight!

Other casualties, ankle wise

He was fine

Thought this was a Toy Machine tattoo at first

Dan Lu, no-handed 360 off the wedge

Heavy legends of East

Then Jim Thiebaud organized his famous Death Race for thrills and prizes

Mark, set …

Fun stuff



Paying to play

You gotta breath …

Warriors!


All I said was 'It takes guts to be gentle and kind …'

Laugh-a-minute on the sidelines

Whaahhh!

War face!

Running a tight ship
 
You, and you and YOU!




'Round the hair-pin corner


It just kept going and going

Did I mention there was a kicker at the finish line?

Made for some fun photo-finishes




Yep, just hug it out. What an amazing day. Wishing good thoughts and relishing the joy of being a skater. Stay up Rob! Again, donate what you can here.