Thrasher Magazine

A couple weeks back, Element surprised Tom Schaar with his very own fancy pants pro skateboard! The Element gang spent a couple weeks planning a big surprise bash for him at Tony Hawk's ramp. They told Mr. Schaar he had to meet up at the Vista Park to film a Skatepark Round-Up for the mag—he had no idea what was coming! Thanks to everyone who came out; It was a pretty epic day. Congrats, Tom! Well deserved, my friend. —David Broach

Brandon: "Dude, did you know Tom is turning pro tonight at T-Hawk's ramp?" Cole: "Shhhhh. It’s a surprise."

Master of the pop shove, Mr. Dave Hoang was out filming

Chris "Cookie" Colbourn get’s things going with a switch Smith

Of course Mason Silva is going to half Cab into it right away

Is that a happy roll-away face?

Appleyard came through with his mini-mes. Good shirt choice, kid

Ish Cepeda getting warmed up with a little crook

Gregson is the master of working hard and hardly working

I’m really glad this is Julian Davidson and not Cookie. That way I don’t have to say "kickflip crookie." I’m here all night, folks…

Ethan Loy, quick front feeble

Dominick Walker throwing out a kickflip front crook

Mr. Davidson flipping into a front blunt. That’s a doozy of a move

The look you get when you ask Brandon to grind up something

Mark with Johnny Schillereff—you know, the guy who owns Element

A whole lotta legends showed up for Tom’s surprise. Case in point: Omar Hassan

This patented Fletcher warm-up has been passed down for generations

Ethan Loy does a wrist-guard-free fakie 5-0

Get out of the photo, geek! While you’re at it, grab that flash and stop making that face

The Corner Park Boys are the hottest boy band out!

Tom’s thoughts: “ I wish I was as hot as those guys in the corner over there”

Brandons thoughts: “I bet Tom wishes he was as hot as us… wait! Is that Bam?!”

Everybody, look cool

Stick to the curvy stuff, Tom

Julian trying to figure out how Tom does it

I bet this is how bird watchers feel when they spot a rare bird in the wild

This apple keeps getting better with age

And… that’s time for Appleyard! Mark clocking out after filling his quota for the day. Back to rad-dad life

New guy, Ronnie Kessner, getting to work. Front feeble up the "real rail"

"Oh no you don’t!" Determined not to let the new guy go pro first, Dominick backs him up with a Smith

Mason and Julian their band's image

Greyson and Omar #buds

Now, time for the tranny side of the park

Tom and Greyson contemplating Greek philosophy and discussing quantum physics

Bam about to drop in! So stoked to see this man back on his board

Tom watches Bam do a kickflip 5-0 first try! Don’t call it a comeback! Okay, go ahead

That’s the happy place, bud

All the other guys thought it was cute that Mason wanted to play

You can always count on Greyson for a huge ollie

Tom testing out the channel…

Where ya going, bud?

Catching his breath and wishing he hadn’t started this battle

And, bingo!!!!! Stalefishin' over a huge-ass channel. Pro move, for sure!

Checkin' it

You got this! Bam’s back in it for round two

This 360 flippin' sun of a gun!

Tom texting to a friend: “Dude, they want me to go to some other park for this Park Roundup thing. So fucking over it #ThugLife”

“You know what I’m saying, right?!”

Cole ignoring Mason and texting the guys over at Hawk's ramp. Next stop:Tom's pro party!

The banners are hung and the bros are ready!

The excitement builds. Grab your phone…

Van Doren taking a selfie and keeping his social-media game tight

Definitely not the right lens for this photo—but just imagine his face looking really surprised

Push in, blogger bros. It’s not that big a deal, bro. No one even looks at photos on the web, bro. It’s all about video, bro, but nice tats, bro

Speeches and things

Part two of speeches and things

Speeches and things with hand smacks

The old team group holler photo

Happy campers

Cookie! You next?

Element had a stack of boards waiting for Tom to sign. Put him to work straight away!

Biggest perk about turning pro is your jokes become funnier to the babes. Congrats again, bud! Well deserved!