Thrasher Magazine

A few months back, I somehow found myself drinking a vodka tonic in a Nyjah VIP party booth at some random club in Copenhagen. Surrounded by every pro skater I ever looked up to, all I could think about was how bad I was blowing it for not having a camera around my neck. The chances of getting a do-over for that one seemed slim to none. I cut my losses and moved on. Fast forward a few months, to the eve of Jah’s much anticipated Need That video premiere in LA. You guessed it—I got that unlikely call to do it right. Was it everything I thought it would be after CPH? Scroll though to find out for yourself. Spoiler alert: Jerry Hsu was not present this time around. —Alex Papke

Starting out the evening with Thrasher’s own Gary Rogers. When the suit comes off, the gold teeth go on

Followed close behind with a heavy group of senders, Adam Arunski, Dane Burman and David Reyes

And an even heavier Jah-themed drink menu, the vodka send was a smash hit

I went the Aperol spritz route, a favorite among skaters

Unfortunately, it took a slew of different bartenders to come to the conclusion that it doesn’t go in a champagne flute. A vodka send would have probably been easier afterall

No stranger to a send and Florida’s favorite redneck, Paul Hart

The party came correct with a makeshift Christmas tree decked out in gear

Two generations of Staples Center legends were in attendance!

The mister and misses behind all of those Clive parts, the Mills

Matt Berger, on a strict tequila or gin diet

We can’t forget the Loys!

The Papke Party Blog didn’t stand a chance compared to the local media

Speaking of local media, the two dudes behind the lens on most of these Jah missions, Ant Travis and Ty Evans

My two favorite shoe guys, Flynn and Mackey

Shigeo made his way out of North County just for the special Nyjah IPA’s that were floating around all night—courtesy of Black Plague Brewing, of course

A cracked phone and a slew of fashion models everywhere, would expect anything less from a Nyjah party?

The gang's all here!

Jah finally made his way out of the party bus to show some love to his mom Kelle for all the hard work with event planning

Upon first inspection, the speaker wasn’t pulsing as he was promised

No sweat, as long as Yuto’s there you’ll be fine

Can you guess the blend?

Lo and behold, it’s the rising star of the new Oscar-nominated WKND skit, Nikolai Piombo.

Within minutes, the fire department sensed the smoke and had to bust through to get to the bottom of Nikolai’s ratio

Was Geoff feeling Domo’s indoor shades? Who knows…

The Gas Giant himself, always all smiles

Steve-O even came out to support Ant!

My new favorite media team, Shoddy-shod and Joe Nicolaus

Seeing we’ve recently mended our fence with bladers, Clive Dixon thought it was time to take a crack at security guards

Just about everyone is getting a Red these days

The media team keeps getting more and more OC. By the looks of it, he just shot Jah grind a 12 flat 12 first try

Mason taking in all the perks of free vodka sends

Robert Neal and company came out to support

What do you know, Ed Duff makes the executive decision to barge the theater and get this thing going

A heated discussion of what I can only imagine is about the music supervision

Before this thing gets going, a few family hugs are in order

And a quick heartfelt Q&A from Mom

Is it everything we’ve been waiting for? Ishod’s face says it all…

…a literal standing ovation

More hugs! Especially for Ant Travis

Even if Nyjah thinks he’s soft, he’s still an alright guy

Steve-O has never seen anything like it!

And as always, the babes were impressed

Too many homies to picture, but you get the point

Now that that’s over, it’s Titos time

He has a solid 12 hours of partying ahead of him, so it’s best to take it slow. Thanks for having us, Jah. We can’t wait to see what’s next when this knee is all healed up!