Burnout: Cab’s Combi Blowout
11/08/2022
Steve Caballero celebrated 30 years of the Half-Cab with a VIP final session at the Combi Pool. Hosoi, Pabich, Lizzie, MacDonald .... who WASN'T there?!
The mighty Combination Pool ––half square, half round, all radical
Packed house, already
Dan and Rye, checking their frame rates. Steady, boys!
A flood of familiar faces
A shaka? Too early, bro
“No, on our knees. We put ‘em on our knees …”
Worthy fuckin’ adversaries Acosta and MRZ
As well as some of the new breed of skate media
Babes? Oh yeah, hella!
Salba and Chicken, spec talk
Looks like a steep one
Some serious faces from the Vans brass. You’d be in a serious mood too if you saw the kind of risks Jamie’s taking on those curbs every weekend
Helluva job, Brownie!
The Cat and Christ … so sick!
Grabke and Fish?!! No WAY!
I still remember what you told me in that parking lot, Mami …
Cedric, media averse
Still, c’mon … who doesn’t love a cute cat video?!
The R. Pabiches, fine AF
Crowds forming
Something about these helmets is making me thirsty
Juneau scores some Buck nucks. Nice
Look, kids! Big Ben!
Ray and a dude we were calling “Healthier Chet”
Go-Pro convo
Like and subscribe!
And … the man of the hour
Buddha-like, from on high!
Schaar made it!
Bostick … he used to run this town
The hype is here!
Steve, Omar, Dave and a whole lot of Benjamins
Grrrrrr!!!!
“Can we start?”
No dive! No water, brah!
Then Thin Lizzie sparks it with the killer boardslide!
Mami on Smith, foot rolled like Cab
Josh Rodriguez is a force of nature. This front feeble is like breathing to him
Lilly from Germany, slaps it to rail
Jordan Santana with a set-up invert
Followed by a wicked McTwist!! Holy shit!
Omar on roll-in lip. Casual
Borden was on fire. Dive bomb Indy
Liz with the easy hand up frontal
Minna Stess, Smith grind success
Sleepy Turtle steps out
There it is!
Oliver Grosso was in the bowl ––tucked and sailing
Standing tall on a sweep
How sweet it is!
This kid played ‘90s pop punk hits on a ukulele! Only in the OC, folks!
Boom! Mami goes frontal
While Ruby slapped tail
Ms. Stoephasius again, stale AF
With authority!
Zach Miller flies FS
No pads, no panic. Roman plants fast for Larry
Big Ben, into the corner! My life flashed before my eyes a little
Edgy egg
Shoe-grab nosegrind
My life before my eyes, part 2
Cab’s new band Urethane performed
They did a Misfits and McRad cover, too
So, yeah, pretty rad
Back to the action –– Nicky Guerrero!
The undead was there … heelblocking shit
Ben Schroeder put that groove to work, riding the hip like a fuckin’ freight train!


Much safer angle
He invented H-Street, Osiris, the 360 Varial … but sadly, Tony Mag did not invent the Ollie
Tom takes it to the future with a boned out switch tailgrab
Mayday! Mayday!
Mac on Japan
Two-fingered stale. All she needs, I guess
Kiko Francisco, one-footed mute
Now THAT’S a sweeper! Bucky Lasek is the Ironman of the Combi
Hosoi was ripping all night
Eye contact fs grind
Mac on Beef
Ollie oop? Jesus!
Kaito Hashimoto is not from Texas
‘Cane fakie, Vamped
Judo!
Dave Andrecht was in the building. Which was probably why Minna chose this hand plant
From the hip
Ruby Lilley, almost John-Gibson tucked!
Kiko tripping on Thrasher Dan’s loafers
He landed it. Don’t worry, he just did
You think this shit’s not scary?!!
Method to fakie, through the corner. There will never be another
Sleepwalking a nosegrind through the corner, Juneau again
Borden, Roman and a casual corner encounter


Surprisingly, both were fine
Cocona Hiraki was there
Bennett Harada on layback duties. Always
More old school shit from Bucky —nollie flip backside air
Tom gets in the flip game with the heelflip Lien
No comply tailslide
And then the no-slide version. Very heavy
FF to tail by Lizzie, for Claus, probably
And then the ‘Hana!
Not a lot of fools doing Andrecht fakies. Maybe just one, in fact. One fool
Jesus died so we can fly. Amen, brother!
Look at that shape!
SVD, best seat in the house
Looks like best-trick time again!
Not that you need money to have fun
Staab and Fish know
Lance yucks it up while Prof Schmitt calculates everyone’s wheelbases
Shallow pocket, step back
A rare occurrence
Anybody gonna get that board for him or what?
Pops Hosoi got a better shot of Lester than I did
Frontal bluntal. If not now, then sometime recently for sure
More skyscraping by Kiko. What does that feel like?!
Rye can only fantasize
If you can’t get a good photo of that layback you better return that camera, brah
Stevie in a jovial mood
Looks like he wants the lunch tray surprise!
Omar, you got this???
Almost …
There it is …
Nooo!
Boo-yeah!
To head smacker (not shown)
A valiant effort by a seasoned showman!
But now it was the man of the hour’s turn …
Cheeky 40-foot-long boardslide. No problem-o
Followed by a classic frontal
A few, actually
This would make a good Anatomy, right?
Finishing it off with the maneuver that sparked a generation ––the Caballaerial
You’re G.D. right he’s still got it
What a time to be alive!
And we were there!
Thanks, Steve! Thanks, Vans! Lots of good memories in that building...











































































































































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