Thrasher Magazine

Torey's abilities are so crazy that it seems he can stomp any trick he wants. He can also flip-in or flip-out or link it to another trick or do all of the above. This guy is a true board control legend.

This bowl has plenty of room but Brad skates so fast that he's able to hit one wall right after another. That nosegrind!

You gotta give credit where it's due: this downhill format injected a lot of speed and gnarliness into the usual contest scene. Here's Raven Tershy, Nick Merlino, Alec Majerus, Kelvin Hoefler, the incredible Ryan Sheckler and many others.

Ali Boulala lived in Lyon for many years and filmed a lot of his Flip "Sorry" video part there in '01 and '02.

Downtown Portland went off all weekend. Closed down the streets, built the course in one night and kicked it off with the Best Trick. Alec and Kelvin got buck!

Trick selection, power, style - Jake has it all,  and then some. This video part makes you wanna blast over something.

This quick and raw edit gives you a glimpse into the life of one of skating's rad characters. Also includes Stefan Janoski, Jimmy Cao, and others. The drop-in plunge with Jake Johnson at 0:37 is sick.

Some skaters just know how to use every inch of the transition. There's not a split second of wasted momentum here.

"Explosive" is the word that comes to mind. We're really looking forward to this part tomorrow...