Thrasher Journal – Wheels of Fortune 12 Photograph Recap


WARNING: This photograph story provides you with a stable dose of FOMO. Skate Like a Woman’s epic twelfth version of Wheels of Fortune was a sensational hit. This Could, skaters from nearly all of Earth’s continents gathered in Rain Metropolis, also called Seattle, Washington. Hungry for enjoyable with their favourite professionals, Instagram acquaintances and long-distance homies, the astrology-themed menu didn’t disappoint: moshing, crowd browsing, Witch Searching, broken-voice karaoke and, in fact, good ol’ skating. Get a glimpse of what you may need missed or can’t bear in mind. —Emanuele Barbier

Pictures Raisa Abal, Norma Ibarra and Nam-Chi Van

1 WOF12 IBARRA 2000After a year-plus hiatus, Wheels of Fortune 12 was again with a legendary session on the Seattle Middle Skate Plaza, identified by locals as “SeaSk8”

2 WOF12 IBARRA 2000Icons throughout, so you recognize it’s about to go down!

3 WOF12 VAN 2000Abi Teixeira, Shag and associates had been all smiles as they checked out the terrain

4 WOF12 IBARRA 2000Storming into Seattle to get it began, Bay Space baddie Neeks busted out a hurricane, maybe an omen for the next day’s climate

5 WOF12 IBARRA 2000Fellow traveler Yurin Fujii flew in from Japan to stream by means of the gang and steal a steezy crooked grind

6 WOF12 RAISAABAL SEASK8 MAITE BSLIPESLIDE NOTFINAL 2000In additional worldwide information, Belgian royalty Maité Steenhoudt confirmed the way it’s carried out with a again lip over the outlet

7 WOF12 IBARRA 8925 SHEESY SMITH 2000OZ legend Sheezy adopted swimsuit, dipping deep with this Smith grind over the hip

8 WOF12 RAISAABAL SEASK8 VITORIA01 2000Brazil’s Vitória Mendonça introduced her world-renowned heelflip, as seen right here flicking out of a entrance tail

10 NVAN WOF 12 DAY1 34 2000Because the out-of-towners continued to cowl the park, a stable squad broke away for a media panel moderated by Kim Woozy that includes the likes of Alex White, Pipa Souza, Raisa Abal and Norma Ibarra

11 NVAN WOF 12 DAY1 32 2000Hailing from São Paolo, Pipa Souza introduced a recent perspective from her journey by means of skateboarding, pictures, publishing and broadcasting

12 NVAN WOF 12 DAY1 33 2000Trade veteran Alex White then shared an extended listing of Ws and Ls from her illustrious profession

13NVAN WOF 12 DAY1 43 2000Current and future game-changing filmers, photographers, writers, broadcasters, artists and publishers, you title ’em—they had been in that room

14 WOF12 IBARRA 0061 RAISANDPIPA 2000You recognize WOF had the good woman-owned impartial mags within the constructing. Seen right here: Pipa Souza  from Into the Mirror and Raisa Abal from Dolores

15 NVAN WOF 12 DAY1 72 2000After the opening occasions, it was time for the welcome social gathering. We received it going with a screening of the brand new documentary A Cell Group concerning the social skate challenge Free Motion, and naturally a couple of skate vids

16 NVAN WOF 12 DAY1 82 2000Fuck it. Cornhole on the skateboarding occasion

17 WOF12 IBARRA 0141 2000Shining vibrant like diamonds, Montreal’s Bedazzled crew got here dripped up

18 WOF12 IBARRA 0121 2000WOF wouldn’t be attainable with out the tireless work of its 70-plus volunteers. We salute you

19 WOF12 IBARRA 0264 2000Audge, Shari, Jessie, Lisa and Annie took a break from scheming their subsequent huge transfer within the trade to pose for this good group shot

20WOF12 RAISAABAL WELCOMEPARTY 16 2000Anybody else blushing simply taking a look at these lovely faces?

21 WOF12 RAISAABAL WELCOMEPARTY 05 2000After the Free Motion documentary, the skate video premieres popped off with a neighborhood edit Heels on Wheels by Eva Schneider

22 WOF12 RAISAABAL WELCOMEPARTY 01 2000The stories are in: The cheers and screams through the Bedazzled premiere had been heard all the best way in Montreal

23 WOF12 IBARRA 0351 2000Then the gang was blessed with an unique screening of Georgia Martin’s professional half in Toy Machine’s newest video REAL LIFE SUCKS

23.1WOF12 IBARRA FILMERS 9134 2000The screenings capped off with me and my fellow Canada-based filmer Daria Dayle premiering our respective movies Bedazzled and We Simply Bought Right here

24 NVAN WOF 12 DAY1 134 2000Be careful, world, you’re not prepared for the Tallman/Martin takeover

25 NVAN WOF 12 DAY1 109 2000The place would we be with out these three?

26 NVAN WOF 12 DAY1 94 2000The California contingent is at all times robust at Wheels of Fortune

27 WOF12 RAISAABAL WELCOMEPARTY DJBOOTH01 2000All the best way from the East Coast, DJ Code Abi got here to get the gang movin’

28 WOF12 IBARRA 9196 WELCOMEPARTY 2000Final Friday evening, yeah, we danced on desk tops, after which Norma received the shot… 

29 WOF12 RAISAABAL WELCOME NORMAL CROWD SURFING 2000…and she or he crowd-surfed for the primary time

30 WOF12 IBARRA 9256 WELCOMEPARTYGROUP 2000Dropping! Even the snowboarders hopped off the chairlift in time for WOF this 12 months

31 WOF12 IBARRA 9284 BRONXGIRLSPARTY 2000Bronx Women Skate’s Kava shows the skater’s sacred mantra, backed up by her co-conspirator Mel, in fact

32 WOF12 IBARRA 9297 2000Everybody’s step depend and swag meter shot up because of the dance ground and CHPO stunner shades

33 WOF12 IBARRA 9341 MAITERYAN 2000Maité Steenhoudt, the number-one fan of sizzling new rapper Ryanislit received her time to shine

34 WOF12 IBARRA 9373 RYANISLIT 2000Heads had been bopping, booties had been shaking and voices had been screaming: “Outta My Manner”

35 WOF12 IBARRA 9394 MARISA ASHLEY LISA 2000Maintain on, what? Wait. Is that who I feel it’s? It’s MARISA! Even she needed to go away the woodwork for WOF12

36 NVAN WOF 12 DAY1 75 2000Free product? You recognize it

36.2 WOF12 RAISAABAL WELCOMEPARTY BRONX FROSKATE 2000POV: You’re within the pit

37 WOF12 IBARRA 9080 KRISTINANDALEX 2000Title a extra iconic energy couple. I’ll wait

37.1WOF12 IBARRA 9312 2000Nations Skate Youth x Skate Like a Woman solidarity for all times

38 NVAN WOF 12 DAY1 160 2000Romina of Tuti Frutti ended her Friday with an epic win!

39 WOF12 IBARRA 0366 KRistinWitch 2000Day two and you recognize what that hat means; it’s Witch Searching time! Let’s test the groups

39.1 NVAN WOF 12 DAY2 8 2000Rollin’ deep, the Bronx Woman Skate crew was able to take motion

39.2 NVAN WOF 12 DAY2 20 2000The Goofy Goobers look geared up to goof, and possibly goob as effectively

40 WOF12 RAISAABAL ELISA FABI CHECKINGLIST 2000Fabi and Elisa peeped the problem sheet, strategizing for optimum features for Staff Air Indicators

41 NVAN WOF 12 DAY2 44 2000In the meantime, the hearth crew was already heating up. Elissa Steamer sparked us with this clean noseslide

42 NVAN WOF 12 DAY2 47 2000WOF important: a Sharpie on your favourite professional’s autograph

43 WOF12 IBARRA 0435 JimIndigenousBeading 2000Sharing is caring. Try this beautiful beaded medallion gifted to Jim Thiebaud

44 NVAN WOF12 mardelsanto railtap 2000Marisa Dal Santo within the flesh!

45 NVAN WOF12 marbie bluntslide 2000Marbie making bluntslides look really easy

47 WOF12 IBARRA 9668 2000Eunice took a dip to finish the Water Signal problem, scoring some essential factors for Staff We Dem Boyz

47.2 WOF12 RAISAABAL GEORGIAMARTIN BOARDSLIDE 2000Georgia Martin made some marks on her new professional deck because of the long-lasting Garfield Excessive Faculty—boardslide on exposed-aggregate

48 WOF12 IBARRA 9541 BrianaBT 2000Dutchy shows her singular again tail on the Seattle Middle fountain below admiring eyes

49 WOF12 RAISAABAL FABI 2000Fabi goes full commit for the Ariana Spencer footplant problem, Texas plant

50 WOF12 IBARRA 9883 BVitoriaBreezyChallenge 2000Breezy, is that you just?! Drink chug mid manny problem full by way of Vitória

54 NVAN WOF 12 DAY2 89 2000After the wild goose chase of Witch Hunt, the festivities led everybody to thirty fifth North for a couple of extra video screenings and artwork exhibitions with works by Nora Vasconcellos, Marbie Miller, Norma Ibarra and Hannah Eddy

55 NVAN WOF 12 DAY2 73 2000Nora’s items mixing heat and funky tones, paint and markers, and added texture from sewn-in cloth had been actually a deal with for the eyes

56 NVAN WOF 12 DAY2 64 2000Should you love skateboarding and vibrant colours, Hannah Eddy’s artwork is for you!

57 NVAN WOF 12 DAY2 65 2000Photographer Norma Ibarra shared a couple of highly effective pictures from her volunteer journey with SkatePal in Ramallah, Palestine

58 NVAN WOF 12 DAY2 90 2000thirty fifth North cleared the store to drop the brand new Skate Like a Woman assortment, that includes unique artwork from Hannah Eddy

59 WOF12 IBARRA 0158 2000Large as much as these two gents, Deluxe’s Jim Thiebaud and thirty fifth North’s Tony Croghan

60 WOF12 RAISAABAL ASHLEY NORA HANNAH JILL02 2000It was a giant evening for Hannah! Stoked to have the homies Ashley Rehfeld, Nora Vasconcellos and Jill Perkins there to have fun

61 WOF12 IBARRA 0312 2000Time to move for the Sage Williams Memorial Queer, Ladies and/or Trans skate jam led by THERE Skateboards professional Jessyka Bailey

WOF12 IBARRA 0330 2000The most well liked individuals in skateboarding proper now

63 WOF12 IBARRA 0207 2000As an emblem of remembrance and celebration, sage vegetation had been distributed to associates like Kat and Natalie, in honor of the late Seattle legend Sage Williams. Due to Sage’s mother Connie!

63 WOF12 RAISAABAL COURTS CASS BS5 0 2000It’s off to the races and Cass opens the session with a badass bottom 5-0

64 WOF12 IBARRA 0355 2000Sienna ‘Squink’ Matcha received grabby off the kicker

65 WOF12 IBARRA 0325 2000Samiya lays down a steezy again Smith

66 WOF12 RAISAABAL COURTS YURINFUJII WALLIE 2000Each session, all weekend, Yurin Fujii went off. Wallie simply earlier than the torrential rain shut the session down

67 WOF12 IBARRA 0374 2000Prizes had been tossed out because the moist climate wrapped up day two

68 WOF12 IBARRA 0653 2000Day three and we received the solar making a comeback. Chilling, sunscreen and hydration had been simply what the physician ordered earlier than the competition and parking-lot social gathering at All Collectively Skatepark

WOF12 IBARRA REGISTRATION 0900 2000Skate Like a Woman workers, volunteers and board members made positive all the primary timers and prime expertise alike made it into the heats for the competition

WOF12 IBARRA 1216 2000Navajo Nation gnarhunters Karylyle, Jeremy, Cecely and Chantel had been squadded up on the parking-lot social gathering, having fun with every thing from the seller cubicles to the basketball hoop 

69 WOF12 IBARRA 0880 2000Crowd-hype extraordinaire Kim Woozy displaying off the limited-edition Spitfire WOF wheels! You needed to be there

70 WOF12 IBARRA 0841 2000Your judges: Michelle Pezel, Jaime Reyes, Nora Vasconcellos, Marisa Dal Santo, Alex White and Leo Baker behind some lovely Natalie Dupille artwork. Title a sexier sextet. I’ll wait

70.1 NVAN WOF 12 DAY3 33 2000SF Bay Space Chapter Director Ashley Masters and Bay Space avant-garde skateboarding icon Kat received the gang HYPED

71 WOF12 RAISAABAL SUNDAY 49 2000Skate Like a Woman Portland Director Tori hucked this boardslide down the rail

72 WOF12 RAISAABAL SUNDAY 48 2000The gang went completely wild after her aggressive debut

73 WOF12 IBARRA 0772 2000Addie Brigham busted this sick blunt

74 WOF12 IBARRA 0784 2000Alex White reminded us that she is in her pole-jam period

75 WOF12 IBARRA 0794 2000Having to throw on a brand new one in a matter of minutes after snapping her board mid run, Kebs slides right into a basic frontside boardslide

76 WOF12 IBARRA 0797 2000Contemporary professional skater Georgia feebled the bump to bar with ease

77 WOF12 RAISAABAL SUNDAY 45 2000Shiloh ate! Noseslide on a spherical rail social gathering of 1

78 WOF12 IBARRA 0911 2000The gang beloved it!

79 NVAN WOF 12 DAY3 144 2000Visitor choose Samarria confirmed off a complete of $30 previous to the Yeti Money for Tips jam. Pleasant reminder: this occasion is run by a non-profit

80 WOF12 RAISAABAL SUNDAY 07 2000Maité snagged a couple of of Samarria’s fives to replenish the beer funds

81 WOF12 RAISAABAL SUNDAY 19 2000Colorado’s Nora Baker got here to the Northwest and floated a cooler one foot than anybody else

82 WOF12 RAISAABAL SUNDAY 21 2000Vitória Mendonça hits it with a chill entrance tail

83 NVAN WOF 12 DAY3 153 2000We interrupt this skate jam for a shock announcement!! P is professional for Child Skateboards

83.1NVAN WOF 12 DAY3 51 2000Beginning off the rostrum bulletins, the 12-and-under division rippers smiled ear to ear as they obtained their MapleXO medals product of recycled skateboards

86 NVAN WOF 12 DAY3 63 2000Northwest skaters swept the 13–19 division, with Skate Like a Woman new rent Kelsey Nitta within the prime spot

87 NVAN WOF 12 DAY3 79 2000And the top-five shredders within the 20–29 division had a style of glory as effectively

88 NVAN WOF 12 DAY3 106 2000The 30+ division included moms, adaptive athletes, Olympians and people who haven’t skated a contest since they had been a toddler. Large like to Celina Meehan for making it out along with her daughter Waylon

89 WOF12 IBARRA 1331 2000Hip, hip, hooray for the open skate winners Georgia Martin, Kristin Ebeling and Fabiana Delfino

84 WOF12 IBARRA 1200 2000Honey, we shrunk the skatepark! With the indoor contest full, everybody corralled round a miniature model of ATS, for Wheels of Fingers fingerboarding occasion hosted by Marbie Miller

90 WOF12 RAISAABAL SUNDAY 03 2000And that’s a wrap of WOF 12! A cosmic thanks to Skate Like a Woman, all of the stellar volunteers and workers, numerous beneficiant sponsors and each shining star who made this celestial occasion attainable. Till the planets align once more!

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