Thrasher Magazine

Oklahoma City honored their favorite son by naming July 21, 2017 "Kyle Walker Day," just in time for the Scorchin' Summer tour to pull into town. G Herbo was there too!

Full regalia

Yep, something definitely feels different here

Festive!

Oklahoma winds and streamers don't exactly go together, but it was a dramatic effect

Almost provided a little shade even. It was 102 degrees at 6 pm

Gather 'round, everybody!

The Vice Mayor meets the SOTY

He was cool

Everyone's feeling pretty proud of Kwalks

The proclamation!

Official and everything

And then the Condor jumps in for a quick selfie! Not too shabby!

Always gracious, Mat Hoffman said a few kind words about Kyle.

'Thanks y'all!'

Kyle and the whole crew. Congrats!

Left everyone with a good feeling

Stoked to see one of their own go so far

Real nice

Tight skate scene in OKC

Amazing

Ahem …

'Oh yeah, are we supposed to do a demo or something?'

The sizzling concrete awaits!

Dan Lu, straight to the ol' BSNBS

Packed house

Wu Keeper: ready!

AVE's just glad nobody thought to do an Anthony Van Engelen day last year

Table work

Locals, amongst it, as it should be

Crockett brings the heat, and the shorts

Frontside shove (not shown) to manual – first try!

No baby tables in OKC. This thing was a chunk

Berle battled the impossible nose drive like it was last day to film

Next thing you know the Oklahoma City Thunder Drum Line showed up to hype the sesh!

Serious percussion

Bizarre but rad

Gotta absorb the local culture

They were definitely fired up

Not that anyone needed help temperature wise. Seriously the hottest demo I've ever been to

Never one to rest, K Walks slices through the fakie 5-0 fake flip

Rowan with the p-flip nose

Local boosterism

Need some air time at your demo? You could do a lot worse than J Lay!

Serious showman

Cab back tail. Top shelf demo offering

Nollie Barley? Narley!

Thanks for making it out, Jim!

Tons of shredders in OKC

Solid impossible

The other OK Walker. Yeah, Clint!

Frank takes a moment out from running the tour to bust a classic NYC backside nollie flip. Probably learned those on the 'Banks

Whahh!

All pretty mind-blowing

I know the media was fired up

Almost time for best trick with the locals. Or at least mildly sunburnt

Frank and Chopper, the dudes who smooth out all the bumps. Thanks, fellas

Cooled down to 97. Time for a little meet n greet

We made some tribute shirts for the occasion. Kyle's dad was cool with it

Golden hour. Time to shoot portraits!

No time for slipping'

What's good for the goose …

Just some of the good-looking' OKC skate scene


 

Almost feeling tropical by this point

Jason Jessee fans, everywhere

Always on my mind

Get in here. It's almost over

Cool down

Jus' chillin'

Keepsakes, signed

AVE'll autograph it

Block party vibes

Family style

Call the crew

DFL double down

'He stopped before he finished the goat 'cause he was worried he'd fuck it up. I respect him for that.'

Hart and Peterson: future's so bright

Thanks for coming out!

Gators and Yorkies? Yes!

Bring your infant, if you got one

Thanks, kids

Fun: saved

Thanks, Walkers!

Then everyone started to get that Friday Night Fever

You know what I mean

GTWYC!

Or pace yourself …

Yes, a little pacing never hurt anyone

See. Nothin' wrong with a sensible sip

Jamie gets into the super soakers

Ready!

The Clint Walkers become early victims

Not that anyone minded, hot as balls as it was

Dan Lu, full tube

It got serious fast

Matt B, showing damage

Nobody could mess with Cody though

At least as long as these guys could remember they were on his team!

Eventually the water ran out

And fools started putting other liquids in those things

Yep, pretty incredible KW Day. But the blazing hot skate session, drum line, free pizza, T-Shirts and water balloon fight was only the beginning …

That's right – because providing the evening's entertainment was a free show by hip-hop sensation G-Herbo! Tyson was flipping out, so I suspect many of you would have been as well!

The Diamond Ballroom was air conditioned and looking great after a hard day at the park

The Wall of Fame!

What I wouldn't do to have been at that Buck Owens/ Wanda Jackson gig …

I'm sure we all feel like that from time to time. Nah, hip-hop runs OKC and these kids were ready!

Hip-hop juice

Secret Birdhouse video clips. Don't ask!

Definitely good vibes

The flow team made it out too!

Hard

No prompting required

Just mad affectionate I guess

Fans young ...

And young at heart came out

Local legends included

Damn!

Friend of Clint's

Nice to meet you!

Ok, almost time

Wait! Is this it?

Oh yes. It is time!

G Herbo bounded out

Though briefly feigning pessimism as to whether the hip-hop fans of OKC could handle the intensity of his performance ...

Complete with authentic looks of doubt ..

The crowd quickly proved that they were indeed 'ready for this'

And soon it was on

Attacking the mic!

The place exploded!





I don't have a lot of particularly good hip-hop adjectives, but everyone seemed to be having a really good time – singing along and freaking out

Ladies up front

As further evidence of my unsuitability to report on hip-hop and photograph live music in general …

You will notice that THIS is the only portion of this photograph which is actually in focus

But back to Herb

Totally killed it

By the end of the night he'd definitely won over a few new fans as well

Tyson and G Herbo – from one rising star to another!

From there it got way drunkier

Exhibit A: nobody in focus in this one

Frank's sobriety was the only thing that saved us

You can imagine where it went from here. Thanks Oklahoma City, the city of Moore, OK, G Herbo, the Walker family, Mat Hoffman and especially all the skaters of OKC and beyond who made this such an exciting, fun and unique day. See you all next year!