Thrasher Weekend: Boston Photos 9/07/2023
We teamed up with CONS to bust up Boston for a Weekend with a handful of all-stars and New England icons. Zered, Alexis and Dutchy were joined by their fellow road-tested teammates Louie, Baca and Kaue. Newcomers Sean Evans, Zion Effs and younger brother Jax kept the energy up from the spots to the parks. The November issue of the mag has our favorite skate flicks, but here’s a little taste of what it’s like behind the scenes of the street skating, backyard ramp ripping and double-demo demolishing. —Dan Zaslavsky
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First spot, Eggs!
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Taking in the vibes and feeling things out
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Someone’s already having equipment issues
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BOD skates a little different
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This was a very phone-heavy trip
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Older Brother Zion Effs flipping outta something
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Berman getting some too!
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Louie up…
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…and up again to BSNBS, too easy
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Tried…
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Rye editing on site
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Next spot is also by the water
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Baca bigspinning out of a noseslide
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When you're shooting clips on the phone, it looks like you're doom scrolling
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The spot wasn’t tough enough
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What’s up here past the crazy skate stoppers?
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More stuff for Baca to noselide
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What next, Rye?
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The spot was like this, remember?
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Louie closes the first day with a steezin’ noseslide
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Day two, first spots looks like a skatepark but it’s actually a waterpark—that doesn’t work very well
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What'chall doing?
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Oh, it’s this thing
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Jax with a SOTY behind the camera phone
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Pedestrians have right of way, sometimes
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Louie "lipslide" Lopez
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Fucking hot out here!
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Still watchin'
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Zered the artist
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What’s this thing?
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And how do you skate it?
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That’s how!
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Focus, Rye
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Winding down at the last spot of the day
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Kaue brought a box of classics
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Zered with his iconic powers, switch flip
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Kaue got some sick lines with Ryan Lee
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Next day we found this legend, Doug Moore
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This bowl has some relics in it
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Raney brings the bone count up
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Nailed it
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Who knew Kaue got some bowl skills?!
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Not posed
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Milton with a classic
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Who’s thanking who?
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What’s this for?
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Ah yes, cracks!
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The process…
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Upcycle your griptape
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Butter smooth
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Now it’s ready
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Fisheye?
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Or long?
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Milton goes long
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Tricks for smiles
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Not sure what’s happening here, but I like it
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Evening jam sesh at The Courts
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Our guy Jerome guards the goods
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Dutchy!
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Berman!
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Dress appropriately
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Massachusetts icon Alexis Sablone made an appearance!
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Goodnight!
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Last day, the people showed up for an even bigger demo!
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Raney's legs still worked, grasser over the hip
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Gimme some!
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Call him Switch Back Smith BOD!
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Zered can loft the regular ones, too
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Milton tosses a kickflip crook for the crowd. SOTY shit
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Sean Evans skips over it with a big V heel. He's sick! Now, we gotta jam to check the music
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Quick stop on the way to the concert
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I think Vanik Hacobian skated this in 1997
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Wonder if he ever skated this though? Raney, back lip
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Showtime
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First up, Waste Man
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Uniform is next
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It ain't a pit if Rye ain't in it
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And finally, Candy shut it down
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After an insane couple days, we had one last hurrah, Chinese food. Thanks again to CONS and everyone who showed up to the demos and the shows. We'll see you soon
- Dan Zaslavsky
- Louie Lopez
- Thrasher Weekend
- Sammy Baca
- CONS
- Raney Beres
- boston
- Rye Beres
- Brian O'Dwyer
- Milton Martinez
- Lee Berman
- Ryan Lee
- Zered Bassett
- Alexis Sablone
- Dylan Christopher
- Zion Effs
- Jax Effs
- kaue cossa
- sean evans
- Doug Moore