Thrasher Magazine

Friends and family gathered at the Pink Motel Saturday Jan. 15th, 2022 to share memories of our beloved Joe Hammeke.


Dressen, Buddy and more on the guest list seized the day in Joe's honor

Epic location for a Thrasher legend

Lannie and Felix, hauling in the custom boards by Ed Templeton

You know Oskar was on it

Can’t remember what Vanessa and Anna were talking about here


but they definitely brought joy to the event

Cranny, always classy in the rides department

T-Bird, wouldn’t have missed it for the world

Ashley and the fam too, of course

Dunc made it!

With Jay Meer of Burnside fame

Bertolucci and Lance Dawes, dapper AF

Who’s this Westy wizard?

Behold! Sir Haslam!

Max brought the Hammeke vibes in more ways than one

Our guy Eben, probably biked in from Yosemite

The Spider Provosts!

These guys…

Bring your beagle, if you got one

Thank God the mag wars are over. Jon and Joey, worthy fuckin’ adversaries

Ryan Maddox and co. all the way from Albuquerque. Great to finally meet

Shimizu’s crew

And from the world of concrete-doc talking heads…Coan “Buddy” Nichols. Thanks again, Buddy

Street Meza, in the wild!

I hope I get at least one Bones Brigader at my memorial

Liz made it

Flip-flops, giant bowl of avo?

Gotta be Señor Bailey! With amazing food from his ranch. Thank you, Steve!

Who’s this shutter bug?

Master builder David “Shaggy” Palmer, joined by SF’s Sean Gutierrez

And featuring Erica and Magda as the tastemakers of the event

Here we go…

Nebraska legend Donny Diedrich, with a custom T-shirt featuring a young Joe?! They grew up together

The brothers Anderson pay their respects

Shallow-end dismantler Chris Livingston and Ace’s Joey Tershay

Vax check at the gate. Thank you, everybody

Vans’ Jamie Hart. He and Joe went around the world twice…together

Lots of beautiful photos 

First blood from the pool?

DJ Wez Lundry got too hyped too soon

Our guy Dave Syp

Texas Dan skulks the deep end

Oliver and Larry, gear talk in the shallow

An amazing turnout for Joe

Andrew played MC while friends shared cherished memories

Joe’s friend Jesse Shriver from his union job gave a helluva speech

Makes you realize that Joe made an impression and friends wherever he went

Ashley had some special Skate Rock memories, including a trip to the Great Wall with Joe

“I was from the other side of the tracks.” Donny’s stories were incredible

Cranny waxes poetic

Jessica’s stories from Joe’s wild days in Portland had us dying

Helps to know your audience I guess

Joe’s amazing wife Jessica went last. She had us laughing and crying for over ten minutes. Amazing stuff, Jess!

Lots of hugging required






Crazy thing, this skateboarding family

Twuan and Baca

The future—Felix and Waygnar

Parts in a quiet moment

Jerry without his glasses? Respect

Amy and a friend

Malto and Sza

Tim Cis and Diggler, on slice

Nice speech, Ash

Thrasher fam, Bubz and Bo-Def

Joe shot some of Ryan’s craziest stunts

And the Pabich’s first Thrasher interview, too

Lotta love

Into the night with William Spencer and the Mez. Probably talking special effects

When the sun goes down the legends come out—Ben Schroeder!

Schmitty made a killer slideshow and Talkin’ Schmitt-style video presentation

Rhinoooo!!!

Folks from Nebraska, AZ, Oregon, Nor-Cal and even as far aways as Hawaii made it 

The Rhoades, also my carpool buddies

Kill tunes all night long

All for Joe

He woulda been so stoked

Texas Dan and Punk Rock Matt

AZ road dogs

Thanks, everybody









And life goes on. We love you, Hammekes!