Thrasher Magazine

Louie Lopez has been shredding since he was literally a tiny, tiny child. The fact that he’s had to wait this long for a signature shoe is a testament to just how special this kind of thing can be, under the right circumstances. This was one of the good ones.

A cryptic message led us to a pop-up something or other deep in the cuts

A hah! A custom-made skatepark, capturing all the spirit of the Louie Lopez experience. Dolan Stearns went straight for some sky time, this angle really showcasing the mustache …

While this vertical shot hones in on the amplitude. Great to see you, dude!

Stellar signage but somehow something seems missing …

Oh yeah! There it is!

And THE MAKE! This Ryan Townley is one wall-walking animal!

New Cons pro Alexis Sablone (that’s right!) straight to biz, kf style

‘Whattya think of the park?’

‘Pretty fuckin’ WICKED, right??!’

Tom Adult, feeling it out

Raney was there, making quick work of the Lucero curb

Kicky fifty, jus’ like at the goddamn Extreme Games

Here he is! Sliding into his home park … and there’s that shoe!

And … to fakie

Berman feels the Kodak curse. Sorry, hemmy

High speed double axle affair

Scraped out

Mighty was ripping the place a new stoke hole. Nollie lein, if you can picture that

And Dolan, back in the fray with a Buddy Carr slash back. Must be nice

Why is Alex Papke Thrasher’s most valuable contributor, you may ask?

Because he will do WHATEVER IT TAKES to get the fuckin’ shot. Straddling Bones Brigaders? Doesn’t even think twice

A human bridge, with the crowd as Billy Goat Gruff

He may have even gotten the shot! Keep up the good work, Al

Another good shoe image. Tight, right?

This was a kickflip. I know!

Big Rob from Saint Pedro, making up for lost time … on the lip

Then Tom started his foolhardy fly out to the wall

Ok, so the on-site fire marshall (left) was totally freaked out by the skateboarding, so much so that he wouldn’t even let parents bring their own children into the building lest they be placed in imminent peril. Soon after this massive ollie by Louie (coincidence?) he decided that there was no way in hell the guests were going to be allowed to consume a single drop of the hundreds of cans of beer that Cons had provided and, in fact, decided to bar the door and prevent anyone else from even entering the building. Total Nervous Nelly, this dude

Robbie don’t drink anyway. Too busy deckin’ ‘em

Vargas with the good ol’ grabbing frontside pivot to fakie. Did Jeff Phillips invent that? Discuss among yourselves

Holy shit! Talk about show stoppers, Tom pounded the wall many, many times before eventually finding the power line

Nice capper for the skate portion of the night!

Time for me to mingle. Frank looking New Year’s fresh and Kenny layered AF!

The D. Stearns. Nice!

Ant and Lannie catch a piece of the star

Show the merchandise!

Big Thirst and ‘Toya, LA lifers

Russo, Collins and La Croix

Midwest retailers of the world, unite and take over

The Bereseses

D Vargas, hella afterglow

Ginger and Mason, sweet kids

The one-two punch, Lopez and Lee

Yep, more surprises on the way, Mason

Tom feels the love after that wall battle

Sablone opts for the single puffy covering

Full gallery in the back. Whoah! Is that a blunt slide??

Nope. They took all the beer

Good thing they can’t stop rock n roll. Not with DJ Nuge, anyway

Dimmed the lights for the big video

An inspirational joint and then Louie’s recent Mexico trip (coming soon to the ol’ Thrasher site)

Followed by a speech from the big cheese Russ Pope

Get up there, Double L!

Commemorative shoe, but wait there’s more? Louie seems skeptical

That’s right! A new car!

A ’64 Thunderbird, to be exact. Holy shit!

Damn straight you get a hug for that

Is this the first time a pro got a car? At least since Smolik got that Suburban from Shorty’s?

Anyway, hella tight. And more importantly, Louie seemed stoked

He really is one of the nicest, raddest, most humble dude on four wheels

Try it out!

Yep

Ok, get back outta that thing! The fire marshall’s bugging again!

The afterglow

A family affair. Always with Louie

Grandpa checks the merchandise

Congrats Louie! You more than earned it

Back out in the streets. Uber line for days

You can imagine where it went from here…