Thrasher Magazine

What good is any competition without surprise upsets, flagrant fouls and heartwarming underdog stories? Not good, that's how! Luckily, The Bunt Jam brought all that and more for the return of its famed event in Toronto. Check the flicks to see it all go down.

Bunt Jam made possible by:
Vans
Monster
SkullCandy
Yeti
Oakley
Dickies Skate
Spitfire
Nixon
Stance Socks

Photos by Dan Mathieu and Ted Schmitz
Words by Ted Schmitz

Ball is life. Or at least it's the main event for day one at The Bunt Jam

Outdoor podcasting?! Yep, Donovan and Cephas brought Studio E to the people. Let's see who those people are

Heavy first sighting, Gary and Kader ready for battle

Canadian stars were everywhere, like Antoine and Conor

Hardy was here in spirit with The Bunt boys and Elissa

Hard strategy to beat. Let's see if it plays out  

Win or lose, it's still the best team in the biz, right Nile?

Coach Steve Van Doren gives some last-minute advice to Z and Elijah

Conor gets a word in with our resident waffle. Now, let's get to the action

Starting with a half-court shot for a stack, the GOAT sparks it off like we're back at Wallenberg

Gary shoots his shot, literally

But it was a Detroit fan walkin' away with some cold, hard Canadian cash. Wonder how much USD that is? There's probably no way to tell

Your full lineup: Violet, Dime, Andrew, REAL, Thrasher, WKND, Vans and The Bunt

First game we got WKND going head to head with The Bunt

They played hard, and had fun...

...maybe too much fun

Next up, our very own goes up against Violet

Shit was heated

Mike Ward tried to take out our employee of the month Nile Gibbs

Elissa didn't walk away with the win, but we think she was still stoked

Toronto's mayor blessed the basketball game. Wonder if we can get that same blessing for these streets?

The Dime and REAL guys are normally friends off the court, but things change when you're in the key

The rules were strictly enforced

Team REAL tapped April's Ish Cepeda for some extra talent. Let's see if that's enough

Ishod was quick to break out

But Jake's got moves too

Damn! Stuffed by a SOTY. Sadly for REAL, this solid defense couldn't keep Dime from takin' the W

Miami's rag-tag team of local talent steps up to a well-funded behemoth. Do they stand a chance? Probably. Isn't there some story about this exact thing in the Bible?

Andrew might not have the height, but damn they're quick

Breezy ain't bad herself

Elijah Berle wanted it bad, but it was Andrew's dudes that prevailed in round one. That strategy is payin' dividends already 

The Bunt and Violet got the semis goin'

The Ghost brought the rapid fire

Quiet quitting? Nah, Kader's savin' his energy to take another W for Violet

Wrappin' up the semis with Andrew and Dime 

The underdogs put the pressure on early and walked away with a 2-0 record 

Which brings us to the night's last match up, Andrew and Violet. I wish they could both win, but that's probably why I suck so bad at Draft Kings 

Three games in and Andrew still had gas

And that's a wrap! Andrew takes it home! 

Who doesn't love an underdog story

Solid gold I heard

One last act of vandalism to keep the skate spirit alive. Let's hope everyone still has some energy for tomorrow's jam

Next day, we got a sneak preview of the new season

We wouldn't be here without the hard work and support from Cephas, Steve, Josh and Donovan

This event is brought to you by VA-A-A-A-NS!

Jeffwon, start us off! First T inward heel

Rio's become a staple at these things. Front feeble 

Ben Patterson was fuckin' this thing up. Kicky back noseblunt

Dilo's here with that signature power pop. Switch heel 

MALTO! Got the hardy easy

What about switch flip? Shit, he got that too

Patrick Praman, fresh off The Weekend, hits us with a nollie frontside heel

It was Joey Marrone's birthday and he gave himself the gift of a bigflip in front of a roaring crowd

Yo, Manny!

Canada's own Jon Cos wrecked this thing. This is kickflip front feeble, if you can imagine

Elijah hit it was a nosegrind nollie flip. More of a sequence thing, though

TJ holds down Toronto with a massive back heel

Yeah, we got PA and DJ money

Rising star Shiloh Catori dips a proper Smith

Dude's got Monster energy, tbh

See?! Switch frontside flip

Z loves to spin. Cab back lip

Malto's rail game's always strong

Hold up, is that a benihana?! Straight to the penalty box, Zion

I don't make the rules

Any illegal trick will get you thrown in time out, but Felipe keeps it classy with a shifty flip

Backside flip is legal too

You thought Ishod would do kook tricks? Nah, just a perfect frontside flip

Ben brings the back tail 

He's free!

Elijah goes the distance on a crook

Domo, no!!! Kickflip stalefish is NOT legal!

Nollie back heel Indy might be hard, but that too is fuckin' OUT!

Take care of him, Gary!

I don't know what Johnny did, but he probably deserved it too

Even Toronto's Mayor wasn't spare from the penalty box! She might secretly like street grabs

Dilo's back up! Frontside nosegrind 180 all the way out 

Hell yeah

Zion, you got one more?!

Makin' up for the 'hana, Z hits 'em with a show-stopping kickflip back Smith

Whether your tricks are classy or kooky, it's all love—usually. Now, let's get to our last event! 

This one's gonna be a barn burner, for sure! I think we said that last year, but who cares?! There's a barn that's literally burning. And it's the thing they say on the show

Shiloh, down! 

But she got redemption quick

Elijah clears the gutter with a backside boneless

Then runs back with a big ol' FSA

Axel owned the door frame, 180 fakie 5-0

Lizzie's gets his back with a crail off the corner

Felipe skated every event, dropping hammer after hammer. Backside flip 

Dime's Big Sexy rolled away with a hair-raising rock to fakie

Cephas couldn't believe it

Elijah's last rip was one for the books. Frontside nosegrind

OHHHHH YEAAAAAHHHHHH! Alexis skis one over the door 

Last rips, we've got Roman throwin' a huge kicky Indy

And Curren closes us out! No-hander frontside flip

Well-deserved spray

Damn! Malto made some money on this thing!

That's a wrap, everyone

We'll see you next year

We really are doing great