Thrasher Magazine

There is no Halloween without the Hellbomb. Good thing it returned once again with some of skateboarding's most fearless heroes. After getting a lifetime ban from the City of Long Beach, the Hellbomb found a new home in Los Angeles, outside of Dodgers Stadium. With support from Monster Energy, Dickies Skateboarding, Vans and Keen Ramps, we had all the pieces for an unforgettable ride. Oh, and did we mention the Joker is back for more? —Alex Papke

Photos by Bailey Schreiner and Alex Papke

First things first, let's call in the homie towing service

Hats off to the Hellbomb founders: Bobby Bils, Kyle Walsh and Austin Leleu

When Monster is the presenting sponsor, you know the gear's gonna get out of hand

Ed Duff took the opposite approach. Not the most slam-friendly fit

Shaun of the Dead and a lifesize Hot Cheeto were on interview duty

Taylor Ballard gets extra creativity points for dressing up as himself getting impaled by a sign at last year's Hellbomb

When I said the Monster merch was going crazy, I hadn’t even seen the pit team yet

Full visibility is a must for this course

Destin Dern followed in suit with his brothers as Harvey Dent

"Got the coffee!" Garret Hill can't catch a break on caffeine duty

Scooters are a no-go at these things

Case in point. Get this man to the EMT

Ali G in the house. Booyakasha!

The first ramp came out, and everyone was fightin' for the first slams. This guy won

Greyson took it to new heights. Extra points for the beni

Dylan Witkin went full tweaker

Look familiar? Kanaan Dern made his return of the oh-so-viral Joker

Always good to have a doctor in the house. Buc-ee knows

Our guy Rhino made it out

Hell in a Cell?! Nah, Mankind's flyin' through Hell on a hill. No sign of slams slowing down

You know just a kicker isn’t enough. Time to bring out the well

No flat ledge?! Nikolai showed up, full Croat without a board in sight

Greyson made first contact

You know the Joker and Batman have a few for this one

Straight to front lip with a first-run Dern Zero board

Got his own back with a crook to seal the deal

Dylan, well above the well

Batman is famously over crooks

The reward for a trying to rip sans costume

Liam "Rhino" Pace earns his 'crete budget with a swift nosegrind

Didn't catch that graphic last time? No stress, the Joker shows it off again with a big ol' noseslide

And if three moves weren't enough, the Hellbomb MVP got the 180 fakie 50 for good measure

If this isn’t the poster for the next Batman movie, then I say we boycott

Big ups from Lennie Kravitz. Hope those seams got double stitches today

Greyson took it to new levels with the kickflip heard 'round the world

Look at that back foot, bro!

You know King Bobby Bils barred that one

Harry came out of his cupboard for this one

Monster Matt cracked open a cold one to keep the speed going

The hillside filled up quickly

Next up, the bloody flatbar of death

Thanks to Keen Ramps, this thing wasn’t going anywhere

As soon as the sack jam was attached, Josh Douglas broke the ice with a full speed back Smith

Not as easy as it look, eh?

Except for Dylan Witkin, mach ten feeble grind

Christian Henry got his back

Kirby ain't dodgin' shit. Full-speed blunt off the kink

The Joker went frontside on a Smith

Max danger factor on the front lip

Sent straight into the crowd. Speaking of crowd...

You better sit this one out, buddy

Wolftraproad and Gusbus came correct

ZZ Topless...

While some went with the easy classics. C'mon, who doesn’t love Shrek?

Shawn Hale, brought the aggro belt buckle

Media squad, Kaylanne Diaz and STEAK

Meanwhile, spectators turned the viewing hill into their own Hellbomb

"It's called HILL bomb!" I’ve got a soft spot for meme costumes

And yes, it's always a dog-friendly affair

From cowboys to cool kids, Pat Do and Sammy Spits from Vans had it all covered 

Next up, the bump to stairs. This oughtta be a mellow finalé...

Very much so a kid-friendly obstacle

The rail of death might change some of my earlier assumptions

Cheering section demanded slams

While Cold and Kirby wanted no part of it

Just kidding, Kirby got there

While Batman put his trucks on it like it was nothing

The Joker got his back with a gap to crook

Witkin went the noseblunt route

Kirby even frontside flipped over the whole fucking thing

That's the look when you see Kirby roll away from that shit bolts

Sebo paid the slam toll

But you can’t beat a nollie backside flip going blind into a pit of people

This guy can't deny the fans!

Once we made it a gap, it was the Joker's time to shine. Noseblunt, right off the bat

Gap to K, little bit farther now

Josh Douglas handled the gap nosegrind

We made the gap fucked-up big, but the Joker still handled the 5-0 easy

The crowd went wild!

And while many tried stepping up the gap, it was mostly all slams. This one being extra sharp

The light mighta been fading, but the fire wasn't

We still had time to extend the gap so far that it didn’t look possible. Until Kanaan stepped up with the craziest gap 50 a contest has seen in years

The arsonists made it fucked-up hard for anyone to step to this thing in the dark. We might've lost a few eyebrows, too

And finally, Greyson gapped over the whole thing in the pitch black. That's probably a good place to end things

Do we have big check?! I think it goes without saying

A worthy leaderboard. Congrats, boys!

But first place has gotta go to the Joker. A well-deserved W accompanied by a satanic sum of cash and a custom board for the trophy

And just like that, another Halloween Hellbomb is in the books. Thank you to everyone for coming out, and most importantly Monster, Vans, Dickies and Keen Ramps for making it all possible. Watch the video, get stoked and stay tuned for what happens next year