Thrasher Magazine

Photo: Schmidt

WKND skateboards set out to the beautiful Hawaiian island of Oahu to test out some new Nike flippers they made. They may have been going out there for some shoes, but they returned with a new wisdom gained from those ancient islands. —Grant Yansura    

Photos by Brent O’Donnell

If you’re itching for the waves, the only lotion is the ocean

Taylor Caruso, bench pressing one—wallie up and over     Photo: Schmidt

Trevor Thompson, grind drop grind between a tree and a hard place

The Dead Puka Society

Salomon Cardenas, one of many dips while on the island. Back Smith

Ancient Hawaiian’s used to say, “He who goes against the arrow will find the sweeter coconut.” Alex Schmidt, gap to lip

Heaven is a halfpipe and so are the sewers. Caruso, frontside bluntslide

The locals called us “haoles.” We believe it means raw and uncut skaters

Schmidt with a kickflip “right by the beach, mon!” as the Hawaiians would say

Schmidt almost cracked his coconut on this thread-the-needle ollie