Thrasher Magazine

Unless you’ve been living underneath a rotting mini ramp in the woods, you undoubtedly already know that Milton Martinez is our 2019 Skater of the Year. We celebrated his win this past Friday with a bangin'-ass party in The City by the Bay. Didn’t make it? There’s always 2020, homies! Live vicariously ’til then… 

Nothing unusual about a cold, wet Dec evening in SF

Good thing the party was heating up inside! Damn right he’s still watchin’

Cher Strauberry and Jim Thiebaud—two skateboarders

Lee Berman and Grimple’s Gerwer. Love you, Benny Boy

Hellriders, Neck and Arco. Fuck it down 

Lui and Gary, our guys

Schmitty, Burndog, J-Fish and Sieben—friends of your dad

SF OGs, TG and Marcos Nieves 

Jack Given and Dela 

Northwest OGs, Wez Lundry and Cody Lockwood

Raised by wolves—Wheat Berry and Big Hongry 

Rachel, Evan Smith, Steamer and Eben Sterling

Alex Galles and Jake Smith, Creature’s new brand manager 

Hongry bearing green gifts for our 2019 SOTY. Willis Kimbel is feeling the love

Hellriders, Cards and Wheat. Happy belated Bday, JC!

JJ, Noelle and Schmitty

Cyrus, Christian Alexander, Cobra Cole, D’ontae and K-Walks

K-Walks, Bira and Squirrel Blood

Ewan Bowman, Rhino, Tino Razo and Hongry. Thanks for letting us hit the bowl, Tino! 

FTC Ando and Roma 

D’ontae, Oliver, Farkus and DAF Noah

Rose, Francis, Gerwer and the Duffys

Gwynn and Keith wouldn’t miss it!

To all the ladies in the house…

Talkin' Schmit and Burnout. Helluva speech, Mike

Bækkel and Gravette—Creature Double Feature

P-Stone and Jake, never forget

The Martinezes

We see you, Alán

Joogy, Al Davis and Tory

Cyrus and Freddy with heavy Earth tones

Louie or Lui, you choose (no bad answer here)

Wheels o’ steel

Jimmy Wilkins, on the mend

Papke BYOBd. Smart man

The Coles: Red and Chris

NHS salt-of-the-Earth squad: Hitz, Guzman and Rhino. Doesn’t get any better

Hongry and Spider, into the pit

Guzman, Figgy and DAF Noah, always stoked

Stone Vengeance totally ripped shit up

The pit got progressively gnarlier

Not just dudes in the house

Real question from earlier in the night: “Is that Tom Grom?”

Duffy, Wez and Wes—Tres leyendas

Meanwhile…

Somewhat patiently awaiting…

Mark Gonzales brought the SOTY trophy (and some bunny ears) onstage for Burnett

There it is  

“Ooo-ga boo-ga…”

Rapid dance moves. We should all be so lucky

Our reluctant hero appears

“Mil-Ton, Mil-Ton!”

Hey, you need this, Milton

Speech!

I just wanna say…

One thing…

“SMOOOKES!”

It’s a family affair

A man of few words, our ’19 SOTY lets his skating do the talking

Then Tommy Wright III took the stage

And closed the party the F down! 

Congrats, Milton, on your 2019 SOTY win—the streets never knew what hit ‘em! Excited to see your upcoming SOTY trip victory lap—the stoke never sleeps! Who’s your bet for 2020?!