Thrasher Magazine

After seeing Tony’s commercial for his Lakai Proto shoe, Riley knew he had to get his dad’s back and make something special for his own Lakai X Baker colorway. He was going with a colorful shoe, so what better way to do it than get the team together for an ’80s-inspired backyard pool and ditch session? Add Slash, Manchild, Rick Howard and T-Hawk into the mix and you’re sure to get some gold. The commercial starts with the boys combing the block with their eyes peeled for a perfect backyard pool to skate. Once the session starts getting heavy, the homeowner (as played by Tony) takes notice and gives them the boot (and gets in a quick one for himself). The boys then relocated to a nearby ditch to end the day. With a squad this good, it’s hard to not come up with something that hits home. —Alex Papke

We said ‘80s vibes. This board’s definitely not making the cut

“You think the ‘stache works?”

TM Steves says, “Yes”

The world needs a Mustache Rick comeback. Let’s make that happen

Riley, checking the coping. Not sure if that graffiti is historically accurate…

Slash came correct with the colors. Never a stranger to the ol’ wig

Manch on the other hand…

Riley agreed—there’s no such thing as too short

Riley had a homie with a perfect van for the project

Rick and Manch were loving it in the back

No matter the time period, mall grabbing is a no-no, Slash

And the search begins. (How perfect is that van?!)

Wait a second…

This might be the one, boys

The verdict is in

It’s a go!

First things first

Gotta get the gang over the light

And then things started to heat up. Riley firing it off backside

Manch knew he had to get his back

And did so with a proper FSA in the deep. His first frontside booster in a backyard pool, for the record

After eating our spliff crumbs and lapping up the spilled beer, the dog naturally moved onto Slash

Forever man’s best friend

All those dog kisses gave Slash the power to get this front feeble

Slightly more ’70s than ‘80s, but the sweatband always makes a good costume accent

It for sure kept Riley’s hair out of his face long enough for him to get this nosegrind yank over the light. Peep the colorway, yo!

Slash couldn’t get enough—coming back for seconds with the pivot fakie

Who runs the ‘stache the best?

The Birdman popped in to get Slash’s back

Needless to say, the homies were fucking hyped

Quick wardrobe change only to find out Tony was a little rusty on how to tie a tie

TM Steves to the rescue one more time—a little over and a little under…

And boom! That’s how it’s done. What would we do without you, Steves?

The dog was loving Tony’s ’80s homeowner vibe

The man, the myth, the legend—can’t make a commercial without the cameraman. Thanks again, Paco

The concept was to have the boys skating a backyard pool only to get kicked out by the homeowner who was casually sitting inside reading a newspaper. Tony couldn’t have pulled it off any better. All those acting gigs over the years are totally paying off

When they were getting the boot, someone left their board behind…

No doubt Tony took it for a quick rip. Fully-suited invert in a backyard pool? Not a problem for the Birdman!

A quick relocation for day two. What would usually be a one-hour drive to Encinitas turned into a four-hour trek after a truck full of kegs flipped on the 5, setting traffic back for days

If a turned-over 18-wheeler wasn’t gonna stop us, a little water in the ditch was definitely not gonna halt the production

Manch and Riley were all smiles but Slash had seen better days

What? People were still doing Bertslides in the ‘80s. Rick’s face says it all

When it doubt, tweak it out. Take notes on the toes, kids.

No better way to end the day than a smooth doubles routine. Although it was close, no fingers got run over in the process

And that’s a wrap! Thanks for the fun couple of days, Lakai. Grab a headband, a wig and a pair of Riley’s new shoe to get your own '80s vibe going. Okay, maybe you can skip the headband and the wig, but you get the idea