Thrasher Magazine

Twenty years after their first video and eight years since their last, Antisocial Skateboard Shop premiered Antisocial Summer on a rainy December night in Vancouver, BC. Packed sardine-tight into the shop were generations of friends and Sosh team riders, including Rick McCrank, Michelle Pezel, Quinn Starr, Trevor Dunnett, Keegan Sauder, Dustin Henry, Jacob Lavelle, Dylan Fulford, Ryan Witt and Landon Avramovic. Their latest offering, filmed and edited by Shari White and Angelo Fajardo, is a lovingly crafted tribute to the shop’s history and community—who turned out in droves, with latecomers standing outside in the damp and cold to catch a glimpse of the action—and a showcase of its current crop of talent, like Breana Geering, Ryan Bjorgan, Connor Belvis, Una Farrar, Hasumi Iida, Amadou Diallo, as well as Henry, McCrank and more.

In contrast to the weather outside, inside, there was nothing but warmth, love, and beers and Bublys crushed. Another great time and another great video, Antisocial Summer is a feel-good feature that packs a punch and reminds us why we love doing this shit—and more importantly, the people we do it with.

Check out a recap of the premiere below and watch Antisocial Summer here. As the filmmakers noted on the night, we gotta give a big shoutout to Vans for supporting the video. —Cole Nowicki

Photos by Angelo Fajardo, Aaron Lum, Ben Fenton and Shari White

Daisies, a diorama and a new video on deck—the Sosh pre-crowd

Mikaela Kautzky created a beautiful to-scale shop. How much for the lil’ Sci-Fi board?

The Antisocial Summer zine, available to the early birds and online soon

“LFG,” one assumes Rick was yelling as Caitlyn looked on

Vans’ man Dylan Fulford in the gallery

Video co-creator Angelo Fajardo plants a peck on video co-star Connor Belvis

Crowds gather, a Main Street scene

From the Dime premiere in Montreal to hanging at the Antisocial premiere with pals in Vancouver, Una Farrar went transcontinental to cap off her hell of a year

Legends, as far as the eye can see. Rosie Archie and Una ham it up

Justyn Vissia and the Justyns. Their video Love Letter premiered before Antisocial Summer and featured a ton of local friends/Justyns

Daisy and pals: enthused

Rippers Tom and Maya, cans in hand

Rockstars Keaton, Breezy, Emily, Maya and Kassy squeeze into the shop

Rick and Yom, stylin’ on you

Landon, Ryan, Tremaine and Beau are ready amidst dueling hand signs

The Young Guns: Owen, Amadou, Matti, Anderson, Jasper and Marty

Darrian and Bao from Seattle: ready

Ashley, Donald and Chance: game

Index fingers up! Anderson, Aerial, Justyn, Aaron and Nora

Photos? Yes. Your humble caption writer and Kimberley get theirs taken

Una and Handsome Alex, down for life

Aerial at attention

Even the inanimate got animated for the premiere

Antisocial all-stars Dustin Henry, Breezy, Una, Keaton and Aaron

A parents' night out on the town with Dustin and Myia, plus Myia's BFF

A little rain ain’t gonna stop the smiles

Breezy, on the precipice

Is your line of sight obstructed? Simply bring a tall dad to jump up on

Oh, you don’t know the ol’ broom trick? I guess you’re not as big of a cinephile as you thought

As Rick probably shouted earlier, “LFG!”

Michelle Pezel cheering from the front row. EARNESTNESS ALERT: From running the shop to being president of the Vancouver Skateboard Coalition and much more, Michelle does an incredible amount of work for Vancouver’s skateboarding scene. She is an integral part of the glue that holds the community together and helps it grow. Thank you, Michelle! We love you!

Speaking of stalwarts of Vancouver skateboarding, Rick and Keegan! We love them, too

Tremaine, David and Chen with a real mix of emotions

Jacob Lavelle and Gabe, unwitting victims of the photobomb

Angelo, David, Simon, and Eric soaking it all in

Kara, Alexandre Poulin and Neve smiling

Jeremy and Dakota deep in discussion

Try not to smile after watching Antisocial Summer, I dare you

Antisocial OG Trevor Dunnett on that Bubly with Jenny Skateboards head honcho Gord

You know a good time has been had when that much Bubly has been crushed. Jacob, Ryan, Landon, Rick, Michelle, Dylan, Ben and Chris, with video co-creator Shari White at their center

Marty, down for life

A great video and a great night. Now, hop aboard the hybrid conga line/massage train to the afterparty