Johnny Layton
JOHNNY LAYTON STATS...
Hometown
Murrietta, California
Currently Resides
Long Beach, California
Sponsors
Vans shoes and clothing, Toy Machine skateboards, Spitfire wheels, Theeve trucks, Bones Swiss bearings, Mob grip, Furnace Skateshop
Date of Birth: 10.5.85
First board: Shop blank
On Vans since: 2004
Nickname: JLAY
Stance: Regs
Shoe size: 11
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Long Beach, California’s resident Vans pro, Johnny Layton (aka J-Lay) is jokingly nicknamed ‘Big Boy,’ a moniker that refers as much to how high he pops his tricks as it does his solid build. Johnny turned pro for world-famous artist and legendary skateboarder, Ed Templeton’s Toy Machine Skateboards back in 2006 and has been on Vans since 2004. In high school, Johnny was scouted heavily by colleges to play baseball and possibly even go pro, but his passion for skateboarding and the culture surrounding it far outweighed any desire to ride the pine away on some conventional team sport activity. Recently, Johnny cemented his name in the annals of skateboard history by ollieing the legendary double wall at Freedom Plaza in Washington D.C., just yards away from the White House. For decades the greatest skaters with the biggest snaps have tried to clear this massive wall gap, but none have risen to the challenge; only J-Lay has ever been able to go the distance. Good job, Big Boy!
JOHNNY LAYTON INTERVIEW...
What shoes do you skate?
Half Cab Pro.
What’s your set up?
The OG Monster Toy graphics on 8.125", Thunder 149er's, Spitfire Classics 52mm, Bones Swiss.
What’s the best trip you’ve ever been on?
I don't think there's one trip I've been on that's better than any other. Just as long as there are good spots, food, trees and the homies. Spain is always the top on the list though.
Favorite Vans rider?
Geoff, by far! He's been one of my favorite skaters since I picked up a skateboard.
What trick can’t you do that you wish you could?
540s!
What’s the worst thing that’s ever happened to you?
Ankle problems, truck to the chin, double black eye's with a broken nose in baseball.
What are some interests outside of skating?
Bowling, photography and Wii.
Last good book you read?
I haven't read a book since high school. I mean, I've tried to, but I can never finish.
Five songs that have to be on a mix tape?
Andre Nickatina - Blood N My Hair
Bob Dylan - One More Cup of Coffee
Pink Floyd - Goodbye Blue Sky
Scientist - Blood on His Lips
Sizzla - Dem Ah Gaze
What’s your best Ed Templeton story?
There are plenty. Most of them involve paintball wars, fireworks and chaos. Ed's such a kid. I love it!
On any given Toy Machine summer tour, how many noseblunts would you say Ed does?
How many? I can't keep track. Anything and everything. But when you got the best one in the biz then why wouldn't you do it on everything? Haha.
How many impossible tailgrabs?
First try at every demo pyramid.
What did you do today?
I just woke up and took the dogs for a walk. Gonna roll one, have some coffee and play some guitar, then figure out the skate situation.
What kind of dogs do you have? And what tricks can they do?
I have two dogs. Maggie is almost three years old and she's a true Boston Terrier. Kingston is nine months and he's a Boston Boxer mix, so he's already bigger than her and has a lot of pop. Maggie's got tricks, but she'd rather pull me on my cruiser. Kingston is still a pup so he's learning from her.
Is your kitchen floor checkerboard to match your SLIP-ONs? Do you ever trip out and look down and think you don’t have any feet?
Yeah the kitchen floor is checkerboard, but I don't ever have SLIP-ONs to match!
Your dad spent time in Iraq. What was he doing there? How long was he there? What kind of stories did he tell you about it?
Yeah, he spent time in Iraq, Kuwait, UAE and Saudi Arabia. He's a foreman, so he pretty much tells all the contractors what to do. He was over there off and on for about three years. He kept telling me that if I ever got the chance to go to the Middle East I would be skating nothing but marble and amazing spots. He's got the skater's eye for shit like that. He got to go into a few of Saddam's palaces, slept in underground bunkers, convoys through the desert at 120 miles an hour, and flew in Blackhawk helicopters every now and then. He even spray painted "Toy Machine Bloodsuckers!" on a military tank. My dad f@%king rules.
Are Billy Mark’s ping pong tricks legit? Or done with CGI?
Billy's a wizard. He's good at everything he does.
Has he taught you any ping pong maneuvers?
I stick to straight beer pong and leave all the wizardry to Bill.
Hometown
Murrietta, California
Currently Resides
Long Beach, California
Sponsors
Vans shoes and clothing, Toy Machine skateboards, Spitfire wheels, Theeve trucks, Bones Swiss bearings, Mob grip, Furnace Skateshop
Date of Birth: 10.5.85
First board: Shop blank
On Vans since: 2004
Nickname: JLAY
Stance: Regs
Shoe size: 11
JOHNNY LAYTON BIO...
Long Beach, California’s resident Vans pro, Johnny Layton (aka J-Lay) is jokingly nicknamed ‘Big Boy,’ a moniker that refers as much to how high he pops his tricks as it does his solid build. Johnny turned pro for world-famous artist and legendary skateboarder, Ed Templeton’s Toy Machine Skateboards back in 2006 and has been on Vans since 2004. In high school, Johnny was scouted heavily by colleges to play baseball and possibly even go pro, but his passion for skateboarding and the culture surrounding it far outweighed any desire to ride the pine away on some conventional team sport activity. Recently, Johnny cemented his name in the annals of skateboard history by ollieing the legendary double wall at Freedom Plaza in Washington D.C., just yards away from the White House. For decades the greatest skaters with the biggest snaps have tried to clear this massive wall gap, but none have risen to the challenge; only J-Lay has ever been able to go the distance. Good job, Big Boy!
JOHNNY LAYTON INTERVIEW...
What shoes do you skate?
Half Cab Pro.
What’s your set up?
The OG Monster Toy graphics on 8.125", Thunder 149er's, Spitfire Classics 52mm, Bones Swiss.
What’s the best trip you’ve ever been on?
I don't think there's one trip I've been on that's better than any other. Just as long as there are good spots, food, trees and the homies. Spain is always the top on the list though.
Favorite Vans rider?
Geoff, by far! He's been one of my favorite skaters since I picked up a skateboard.
What trick can’t you do that you wish you could?
540s!
What’s the worst thing that’s ever happened to you?
Ankle problems, truck to the chin, double black eye's with a broken nose in baseball.
What are some interests outside of skating?
Bowling, photography and Wii.
Last good book you read?
I haven't read a book since high school. I mean, I've tried to, but I can never finish.
Five songs that have to be on a mix tape?
Andre Nickatina - Blood N My Hair
Bob Dylan - One More Cup of Coffee
Pink Floyd - Goodbye Blue Sky
Scientist - Blood on His Lips
Sizzla - Dem Ah Gaze
What’s your best Ed Templeton story?
There are plenty. Most of them involve paintball wars, fireworks and chaos. Ed's such a kid. I love it!
On any given Toy Machine summer tour, how many noseblunts would you say Ed does?
How many? I can't keep track. Anything and everything. But when you got the best one in the biz then why wouldn't you do it on everything? Haha.
How many impossible tailgrabs?
First try at every demo pyramid.
What did you do today?
I just woke up and took the dogs for a walk. Gonna roll one, have some coffee and play some guitar, then figure out the skate situation.
What kind of dogs do you have? And what tricks can they do?
I have two dogs. Maggie is almost three years old and she's a true Boston Terrier. Kingston is nine months and he's a Boston Boxer mix, so he's already bigger than her and has a lot of pop. Maggie's got tricks, but she'd rather pull me on my cruiser. Kingston is still a pup so he's learning from her.
Is your kitchen floor checkerboard to match your SLIP-ONs? Do you ever trip out and look down and think you don’t have any feet?
Yeah the kitchen floor is checkerboard, but I don't ever have SLIP-ONs to match!
Your dad spent time in Iraq. What was he doing there? How long was he there? What kind of stories did he tell you about it?
Yeah, he spent time in Iraq, Kuwait, UAE and Saudi Arabia. He's a foreman, so he pretty much tells all the contractors what to do. He was over there off and on for about three years. He kept telling me that if I ever got the chance to go to the Middle East I would be skating nothing but marble and amazing spots. He's got the skater's eye for shit like that. He got to go into a few of Saddam's palaces, slept in underground bunkers, convoys through the desert at 120 miles an hour, and flew in Blackhawk helicopters every now and then. He even spray painted "Toy Machine Bloodsuckers!" on a military tank. My dad f@%king rules.
Are Billy Mark’s ping pong tricks legit? Or done with CGI?
Billy's a wizard. He's good at everything he does.
Has he taught you any ping pong maneuvers?
I stick to straight beer pong and leave all the wizardry to Bill.
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This Past weekend was the first weekend of the legendary Coachella Music Festival. We armed ace photographers Ray Barbee & Johnny Layton with cameras and cellphones and had them document their adventure for the Vans Music Tumblr.
Check out all the fun here
DAY 1
JLay Coachella Part 1
JLay Coachella Part 2
DAY 2
JLay Coachella Part 1
JLay Coachella Part 2
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The newest issue of The Skateboard Mag names Mark Suciu the latest Year's Best Am. They say you always remember your first and our very own rock-hard Johnny Layton many moons ago was the first ever YBAM. Here's his interview from the new TSM discussing th ematter as well as the Vans video and other topics.
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The latest Toy Machine Videodrone features Johnny Layton, Daniel Lutheran and the Toy Machine team across the boarder shredding for the Mexicali masses:
Videodrone: Mexicali Surprise from Toy Machine on Vimeo.
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CCS' newest feature, Trick Mix, has Johnny Layton and the Toy Machine and Foundation crew ripping the Tum Yeto warehouse mini ramp:
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CCS' newest feature, The Hot Seat, has a sit down interview with Johnny Layton where he discusses his nickname, the Vans video, switch tre-ing Carlsbad and a slew of other topics:
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Our very own Johnny Layton has been trending really hard lately. We thought it was because he's been skating so hard for the Vans video. Skateboarder Magazine got a hold of Johnny to get the hard facts:
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Our recent Damn Am winner, Mr. Curren Caples, made a recent appearance on Ride Channel's Weekend Buzz to talk poop and JLay's Weiner:
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This past weekend Johnny Layton, Taylor Smith and the bros of Bro Style BBQ'd and made skate at the Westchester Skatepark for an Active Mail Order demo. Watch this Skateboarder Magazine recap and lie to your friends that you were there:
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The Skateboarder Magazine crew rolled through the offices for a private ramp session with Johnny Layton, Daniel Lutheran, Taylor Smith and the homies:
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The Battle at the Berrics 6 is in full swing and in the most recent match up our own Johnny Layton went up against Mystery's Tom Asta. Don't forget to watch the pre-game interviews as well.
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Johnny Layton has been kicking ass lately with all the Transworld Skate & Create footage and stacking clips for the Vans video that we decided to start our new regular Wednesday column, Waffle When-sdays, where we find out the who, what, where and when from the team, with JLAY:
1. When was the last time you were embarrassed?
Trying to dance
2. What is it you most dislike?
Taxes
3. When was the last time you cried?
Bad dreams
4. What ...
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Last we showed you Johnny Layton's photos from the Transworld Skateboarding Skate & Create Toy Machine layout, now watch all the footage from their jump ramp fun:
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The latest Transworld Skateboarding is their annual Skate & Create issue. Johnny Layton and the Toy Machine crew attempted to set up some super-stunts but kept getting shut down by The Man. Click through for some behind the scenes and unused photos as well as an Ed Templeton doctored Whoops layout!
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In the latest Adventure we get a mash up of how Chris Nieratko spent his summer vacation on the road with the Vans team in the Midwest. In the second installment we see what kind of corn-fed talent lives in Ohio, the guys arm themselves for war and one kid gets some regrettable autographs all mixed with a bunch of dad-cam footage of Gilbert Crockett, Johnny Layton, Daniel Lutheran, Taylor Smith and Alec Majerus. To view the full day by ...
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In the latest Adventure we get a mash up of how Chris spent his summer vacation on the road with the Vans team in the Midwest. The first installment takes us to Des Moines, Kansas City and the famous Arthur Bryant’s for ribs with Johnny Layton, Tony Trujillo, Gilbert Crockett, Dustin Dollin, Chima Ferguson, Daniel Lutheran and Kyle Walker. PLAY FREEBIRD, MAN!
To view the full day by day photo recap from the tour check out the Vans Midwest ...
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As we enter a new year and take a step closer towards the Vans video now in progress we must bid a fond farewell to 2012 and all the good times we had. From Gilby going pro to Elijah getting Year's Best Am to the release of the Stage 4 to celebrating 20 years of the Half Cab and teaming up with Metallica for the anniversary to all the covers and coverage and contests; the guys have been kicking ...
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Back in September Johnny Layton and Taylor Smith went on Ride Channel's Weekend Buzz. This week some of the extras from their interview made it into the Bonus Buzz:
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Daniel Lutheran, Johnny Layton and the dudes go on a filming trip for the new Vans video. Along the way Johnny takes the gang to a crazy spot in Texas that he wants to get some tricks at. On the newest Classic Tales on Offthewall.tv Daniel tells the story of how Johnny friggin goes for it, has the gross out slam of a lifetime and needs to shave.
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Huntington Beach, CA (December 13, 2012) – Vans and Jack’s Surfboards today began construction of a 30,000 square foot Off the Wall Skatepark and Garage Skate Shop with a “ground breaking” ceremony in Huntington Beach. The park complex, expected to open in early spring, will be free to the public and features two lighted skate areas catering to both bowl and street skating, the Garage Skate Shop combined with a skate park pro shop and snack bar, landscaped seating ...
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The latest Thrasher's Burnout features The Toy Machine Team with Johnny Layton, Daniel Lutheran and company shredding in St. George.
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Check out Johnny Layton and Daniel Lutheran at Toy Machine's annual costume demo on Thrasher's Burnout.
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Back in 2010 Skateboarder Magazine's staff photographer, Aaron Smith, was offered an opportunity to go back home to Kansas City with Johnny Layton, Daniel Lutheran a few Toy Machine guys to shoot photos as they wrapped up filming for the Brainwash DVD. Skateboarder just posted Part 1 Aaron's leftover photos on todays ASmith Photo Blog and Part 2.
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Head over to ESPN for a story the did on Leo Romero & Griffin Collin's new griptape company, Bro Style, with a full gallery including Johnny Layton, Daniel Lutheran and Taylor Smith.
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Head over to Skateboarder Magazine's site to check out the latest installment of Aaron Smith's blog with photos of Jason Dill, Johnny Layton and Elijah Berle.
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It's Tuesday again? How does that keep happening? Well, if it's Tuesday that can only mean that it's time for the latest installment of Skateboarder Magazine's Tuesday 25s with Johnny Layton.
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As you well know by now, 2012 marks the 20-year anniversary of skate pioneer Steve Caballero’s cut down, mid-top pro model, the Half Cab. 2012 also marks the 20-year anniversary of the pioneering metal band, Metallica’s Black Album. Doing the simple math, it only made sense for the two legends to collaborate on a Metallica Half Cab to celebrate this momentous year. And what’s a celebration without a party? In June, Metallica threw the Orion Music Festival ...
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Head over to Skateboarder Magazine's latest Daily Film Blog for some great photos by Aaron Smith of the Toy Machine crew including Johnny Layton and a cameo by Elijah Berle.
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And that's gonna be time for the Vans Midwest Demo Tour. Check out the photos from Dayton/Kettering, Ohio after you watch this footage:
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The fourth stop on our midwest tour took us through Carmel, Indiana to Rise Skateboard Shop; check out all the photos. And if you're in Kettering, Ohio come out and meet up with us.
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Toy MAchine's Fist of Fury captures the fun of the road and the stoke that comes from finding new spots. But most of all, it's got some amazing skating in it. Here's Johnny Layton, Daniel Lutheran, Leo, Provost, Marks, Harmony, and the rest of the guys. As seen in the October issue of Thrasher.
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The Vans Pro Midwest Tour rolls into St. Louis today. Come meet the guys at Sylvan Springs Skatepark. And the Tour Blog has some more photos from yesterday's adventure in KC.
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Check out the tour blog (updated daily) to see how the Vans team spent their day off street skating in Kansas City.
And if you missed the demo Sunday at Escapist here's the footage of all the fun:
Meet us in St. Louis tomorrow for a good time.
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The second stop on the Vans Pro Skate Midwest tour was Malto-Country: Kansas City. The boys get down at Penn Valley Skatepark and Arthur Bryants for a rib eating challenge.
Next stop: St Louis on Wednesday. Come out and hang.
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The Subsect demo was off the hook. Check out the photos after you watch this video.
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ATTENTION! Vans Pro Skate Midwest Tour Roster Change Announcement:
Chris Pfanner joins Curren Caples on Disabled List. Not to fear however, Vans' ever so wily TM, Jamie Hart has called up flow terror, Taylor Smith, a.k.a. T Spliff, a.k.a. T Splowse, a.k.a. Yung Splowse, from the bullpen. He'll be subbing in for the Austrian powerhouse who was sidelined during the recent King of the Road tour with a beastly ankle roll. That makes ...
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Johnny Layton and Taylor Smith dropped by The Weekend Buzz to share airplane anxiety horror stories, explain how Johnny almost killed Leo Romero and made Ed Templeton cry, why he didn't make Thrasher's King of the Road this year and why he looks fat, while Taylor Smith describes what it's like to get discovered by Danny Way and have him take you to the Mega Ramp and more!
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ATTENTION! Vans Pro Skate Midwest Tour Roster Change Announcement:
Curren Caples moved to Disabled List due to hellacious arm splintering. The bad news is Curren will be sidelined for the entire Midwest tour. The good news is bones heal, chicks dig scars, and America has the highest doctor to daredevil ratio in the free world. Please join us in wishing Curren's wing a speedy recovery. That said, Vans Team Manager Jamie Hart has already summoned backup from Vans' deep ...
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This summer the Vans Pro Skate team is heading to the Midwest to visit some of our favorite skate shops and destroy some parks. If you live anywhere along the way, be sure to come out and meet your favorite Vans pros, behold some insane skateboarding, sample some BBQ and maybe even come up on some shwag from the Vans RV. Oh yeah, and don't forget to get some killer deals on Vans products from ...
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Thrasher's 2012 King of the Road is in full swing! Saturday the teams met up in their respective cities and yesterday Thrasher posted THE BOOK. As stoked as we are to see all the chaos roll in we can't help but be a little bummed our guy, Johnny Layton, got hurt right before the trip and had to miss out on Thrasher's 2012 King of the Road due to injury. We caught up with JLay to see ...
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This is a bittersweet post. As stoked as we were to rewatch the 2-minutes of footage Thrasher put together of the Best Of Johnny Layton On King Of The Road from over the years we must also announce Johnny has withdrawn from the 2012 KotR due to an injury. Here's to the good times:
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Last week Thrasher announced the four teams that will be in King of the Road this a bunch of Vans riders were in the mix to get voted onto the tour with Toy Machine, Anti Hero, Alien Workshop and Creature.The people have spoken, the votes have been counted and Phelps is here to announce who gets in the van from each team! Head to Thrasher for all the riders' profiles.
Congrats to the Vans riders who made it!
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The beauty of skateboarders is that they’re rarely one dimensional; they always have other interests whether it be music, art, cars, astronomy, whatever. It’s rare to come across a robot bred only for skateboarding and we sure don’t have any on our squad. This new regular column, Case of the Mondays, hopes to shine a light on some of the other interests of our guys and hear their thoughts on things outside of skating.
The first installment ...
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Back in 2011 Johnny Layton and Matt Bennett spent a week in Beijing to do some demos at Woodward China. Here's some clips filmed by Colin Clark from last Spring.
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Head over to Transworld's site for some exclusive Sightings that include J-Lay's nosepick in Spain and more.
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Brostyle is coming out swinging with a flurry of commercials. The latest is Johnny Layton's Street Shark:
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Top Pro Skaters From The US & Europe Confirmed for Vans Downtown Showdown
50’000 Euro Prize Money up for grabs!
4 August 2012, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam – FREE EVENT -- STARTS 12 NOON
Eleven of the best international skate teams will be competing at the historic Westergasfabriek of Amsterdam on 4th August 2012 in a contest renowned to test skill, flare and creativity. Far removed from the usual format of any other skateboarding competition – and elevated to an international level in 2012 -- the ...
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Leo Romero has a new company called Bro Style and Johnny Layton & Daniel Lutheran star in the first commercial. What do they sell? Good time.
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Skateboarder has a bunch of exclusive photo from Johnny Layton, Chima Ferguson and Taylor Smith's trip out to New Mexico for Daniel Lutheran's cover photo to go along with this action-packed video:
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The unique perks and bizarre situations that one finds themselves in thanks to skateboarding never ceases to amaze. A perfect example that instantly comes to mind is when Steve Caballero and the legendary Bones Brigade found themselves invited to Beatles guitarist, George Harrison's, home for his son's birthday in the 80s. Over two decades later skateboarding is bigger than ever and it seems Cab is still the man with the clout to get us invited back stage. This ...
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Transworld has a couple minutes of footage from Toy Machine's demo for the Zumiez Couch Tour in Denver:
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Head over to Skateboarder's site to check out Johnny Layton and friends wreck havoc on the white Long Beach rail.
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Toy Machine just posted some amazing demo footage with Johnny Layton, Daniel Lutheran and the rest of the Toy team:
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First J. R. Blastoff stole the record for most fakie flips and now Johnny Layton nails a bakers dozen switch 360 flips "for the record" at The Berrics:
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Check out Thrasher's latest Burnout for a mini ramp session at the Tum Yeto ramp with Johnny Layton, Taylor Smith and friends.
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TNT, Pfanner, AVE, and Johnny Layton went out to Spain’s Basque country and Barcelona on a filming mission with Transworld's Mike O'Meally in tow. TWS has some of Mike's photos on this Europe blog of their trip.
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Steve Van Doren gives Ryan Clements from The Skatepark of Tampa the nickel tour of the Vans offices, then Johnny Layton shreds the Vans bowl before the SPOT crew head to the Pro-Tec Pool Party:
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Johnny Layton called Daniel Lutheran up to The Berrics for a First Try Friday and a half cab crooks on the hubba. Dan Lu up'd it to fakie. What?
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Chima Ferguson, Johnny Layton and Daniel Lutheran head out with Thrasher's Burnout, Greg Hunt, Cody Green and friends on a SoCal mission. Chima gets undeniably worked.
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Jack's Garage in Dana Point had a grand opening of mega proportions on Saturday and decided to invite some of skateboarding's elite to christen the new Jack's Garage skate shop. The Vans posse showed up to sign body parts and posters and Dill and AVE decided to unveil their new Syndicate collaboration shoes. Hot dogs and pizza were provided for the beach babies; shirts and posters were handed out to everyone from girlfriends to grandmas. There was ...
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Hey Southern California skate rats, we want to see you in Dana Point tomorrow, Saturday, April 7 at 1 PM for the Grand Opening of the new Jack's Garage skateshop. Vans team riders Anthony Van Engelen, Johnny Layton, Andrew Allen, Daniel Lutheran, Curren Caples plus Jason Dill and whole slew of other pros from around the industry will be on hand to meet and greet and shred the gnar with you! In addition to the demos, free give aways ...
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Last week we told you the guys went down to South America for a filming mission with Greg Hunt for the new Vans video. Geoff Rowley, Tony Trujillo, Chima Ferguson, Daniel Lutheran, Johnny Layton and Chris Pfanner landed safely in Chile and then…radio silence. A week passed with no word on their where-abouts or well being. We started to worry. It wasn’t like them not to check in. We emailed Sharon Lutheran, Daniel’s mom, because if anyone ...
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A new international filming mission has begun. A five man crew of Tony Trujillo, Chima Ferguson, Daniel Lutheran, Johnny Layton and Chris Pfanner along with Greg Hunt, Cody Green and Anthony Acosta just embarked for South America yesterday. Straight off a 15 hour flight to Chile, directly into an autograph signing at an "extreme" mall. The place had a skatepark, wave machine and nothing but shops that sold stuff that was "extreme." A bunch of kids came out and got ...
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"Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes, Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eye lashes
Silver white winters that melt into spring...these are a few of my favorite things!"
Everybody has got their staples, their favorite things they can't live without.
For Final Day of Johnny Layton Week we follow JLAY around
Long Beach to check out five of his favorite spots:
Video by Grant Hatfield
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At Vans we’re lucky to have two of the best in the business in filmer Greg Hunt and photographer Anthony Acosta helping us show you all the great skating our guys are doing for this upcoming Vans video. For the 4th day of Johnny Layton Week we dug through Anthony Acosta's archives for some of his classic shots of JLAY from over the years.
We were at Woodward for a week Johnny and Andrew Allen came. We had ...
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Day 3 of Johnny Layton Week continues. The first two days we had a two-part interview with JLAY. (Here's JLAY PART 1 & JLAY PART 2 if you missed them.) With Daniel Lutheran Week we raided his cellphone and planned on doing the same with Johnny until we got an unexpected email from Ed Templeton. We had hit up Ed to see if we could get the ad Johnny had mentioned with his dad in Iraq with the spray painted ...
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Yesterday began Johnny Layton's Rider Week with Part 1 of his exclusive interview on how he started skating and got on Toy Machine. Today we continue with the 2nd part of his interview where we learn about how he got on Vans, his near baseball career, bumming out Brian Wenning and what it took to ollie the Pulaski Double Wall.
FYI, one by one, week by week, we’ll be focusing on all your favorite Vans riders. We’re ...
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In Support of Johnny Layton Week his Toy MachineTeam Manager, Mike Sinclair, interviewed him for ESPN HEREabout being a Big Boy.
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Welcome back to the second installment of Vans Rider’s Week. This week we feature another Toy Machine team member and long-time Vans rider, Johnny Layton aka J-Lay. We start the week off with an in-depth interview covering J-Lay’s early days, his ties to Neil Heddings, how he won his spot on Toy Machine, who he pissed off by switch tre-ing MACBA, how he could have been a pro baseball player and his historic ollie at Pulaski. We cover ...
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What’s the old saying? Genius is 1% inspiration, 99% percent perspiration? Well, it’s pretty safe to say the way skateboarding is conveyed for visual consumption is 60% talent, 40% angles. At Vans we’re lucky to have two of the best in the business in filmer Greg Hunt and photographer Anthony Acosta helping us show you all the great skating our guys are doing for this upcoming Vans video. Because, let’s be honest, if a trick drops ...
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"Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes, Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eye lashes
Silver white winters that melt into spring...these are a few of my favorite things!"
Everybody has got their staples, their favorite things they can't live without.
For Day 4 of Daniel Lutheran Week we get in the van and follow Dan Lu around
Long Beach to check out five of his favorite spots:
(Filmed & Edited by Grant Hatfield.)
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For as long as the world has been hearing about Daniel Lutheran they've been hearing stories about all the photos he carries around in his cellphone. He literally has thousands upon thousands of shots that he takes around with him at all times. We asked him to share a few of his favorites with us. We were going to call this The Lutheran Eleven but he just kept finding images that he was stoked on. Here are some of ...
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"We thought we told you that we won't stop."
Thrasher just reposted the King of the Road adventure in one video!
2+ hours of footage plus a ton of additional, unseen madness all right here.
The Vans Team extras start at 1:23.
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2012 Thrasher King of the Road is a wrap!
The Vans team killed it, narrowly getting beat by Lakai.
Congrats to Gilbert, Tony, Elijah, Johnny and Daniel and to everyone involved.
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Thrasher's King Of The Road Webisodes are rolling into the finish line.
Check out episode 12, the last Vans Team webisode with some serious
shredding, Elijah Berle with the worst haircut ever, some sexy TNT male modeling
and the contortionist, Gilbert Crockett, doing what he does best:
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The 9th webisode of Thrasher's King of the Roadfeatures all 4 teams
and a major make out session between Lutheran and a juggalette,
JLay shredding some stairs, naked ramp riding from Trujillo,
Elijah Berle casually wrecking Clipper
and Gilbert Crockett's insane switch flip UP six stairs.
All the Vans acton starts at 3:55.
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Welcome in the New Year with the second installment of
The Vans Team on Thrasher's King of The Road.
Trujillo's boneless off the van is off the hook and
Lutheran and Berle skating a rail in the rain is painful to watch.
Check out the entire KOTR article from last Thrasher here.
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If you you missed last month's Thrasher's King of the Road issue
no need to drop the toaster in the bath tub. We've got the entire
Vans Team article right here!
And if that's not enough coverage, watch Thrasher's KOTR webisodes.
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Adventures with Chris returns with it's 2nd First Annual Christmas Special.
This year the absurdity gets turned up a notch as Santa Nieratko goes to see a psychiatrist
about his limp lighting issues. Expect 47% more holiday cheer then before with cameos from
the Vans Team's own Geoff Rowley, Anthony Van Engelen, Tony Trujillo, Daniel Lutheran, Tony Alva,
Johnny Layton, Donovon Piscopo, Gilbert Crockett, Jason Dill, Chima Ferguson and East Coast Flow Trash Kids.
It's all sealed ...
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The internet has given us a many great and glorious things in 2011,
but nothing so awesome as the boatloads of skate footage that was unaccessible
20 years ago. Skateboarder Magazine did their part to NEVER FORGET
all the great footage of 2011 by editing this Best of Straight to the Internet clip starring
Johnny Layton, Daniel Lutheran, Yaje Popson and a slew of others:
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The wait is over. The Vans episode of Thrasher's King of the Road is live.
Follow the insane clown antics of Tony Trujillo, Johnny Layton, Gilbert Crockett, Daniel Lutheran and Elijah Berle
as they run around Denver breaking boards, making out and making a mess.
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Thrasher posted another 30 second preview of the
Vans team killing it on this year's King of The Road.
Just fast forward through the first 4-minutes of BS in this clip
and the teaser starts at 4:05:
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Woodward Skate Camp posted a quick clip of Johnny Layton
doing one of his raddest moves, no comply tre flip down 8 stairs. Totally casual.
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In October a select few dudes left Hollywood on a filming mission/demo tour to
Lutheran-Land and the greater Southwest area of America.
Antics ensued. Our man in the van, Grant Hatfield, tagged along to
get some of that BTS (behind the scenes), making-of action that everybody loves.
AVE, ball in hand.
Dodgeball?
Nay! Football! Ave spelled backwards is Pele?
Dill's whip? Someone has a warm spot for canary yellow.
Dill...urine-soaked thoughts?
Hunt hunts for moments.
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Just a few days until Thrasher's King of The Road starts airing.
To get you fired up, check out the Vans Team's KOTR teaser.
Our guys killed it! Good job, fellahs.
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In October a select few dudes left Hollywood on a filming mission/demo tour to
Lutheran-Land and the greater Southwest area of America.
Antics ensued. Our man in the van, Grant Hatfield, tagged along to
get some of that BTS (behind the scenes), making-of action that everybody loves.
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Thrasher Magazineposted a sneak peek of their KIng Of The Road Issue Cover
and a couple of our guys, Tony Trujillo and Johnny Layton, got some BGPs.
Look for the webisodes of the trip December 10th.
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Johnny Layton gets his overcrook on for
The Berrics First Try Fridays:
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Check out Johnny Layton killing the Sayreville, NJ Skatepark
on Skateboarder's Daily Film Blog HERE.
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The latest issue of The Skateboard Mag is their Photo Annual
and our ace photographer, Anthony Acosta, killed it,
filling half the magazine with Vans riders.
Grab a copy on newsstands now.
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Toy Machine had a halloween costume themed demo yesterday at Active,
our guys dressed as BIg Boy & Angry Bird.
Check out all the the photos on Thrasher's Burnout HERE.
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You may recall the recent Vans East Coast article in the last Skateboarder,
you know the one. With J-Lay on the cover at Pulaski. NBD.
Well, they just added some photos to their semi-anual Film Blog from the trip HERE.
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Transworld posted more photos from the Southwest tour HERE.
Don't forget to check out the guys tomorrow in San Antonio, Tx at 4pm at Evolution Skateshop.
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Transworld photographer Sam Muller is in the van
with the Vans dudes on the Southwest tour and posted
a photo blog of the adventure thus far HERE.
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If you're in New Mexico,
get out to the Coronado Mall In Albuquerque today at 6pm and check out
The Vans Team on their Southwest tour at Industrial Rideshop.
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The Vans Southwest demo tour will be in Albuquerque Thursday.
The first stop was Hollywood and it was a huge success.
With a crew consisting of JLAY, AVE, DIll, Chima and Dan Lu
you know there's going to be a fair amount of ripping and laughing.
Check them out if they roll through your hood.
Check out the photos from last Saturday HERE.
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AVE, JLAY, Chima, Dill & Lutheran kick off their filming/demo tourof AZ, NM & TX next Saturday the 15th in Hollywood.Come check out the dudes as hey pass through.
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Check out this 30 seconds of rad with the dudes:Vans Skate Team Commercial from Off The Wall TV on Vimeo.
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Thrasher's Burnout has all the KotR wrap up party photos HERE. Cameos by AVE, TNT, Dan Lu, Gilbert and more.
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Congrats to Gilbert Crockett for being Thrasher's King of the Road MVP!Gilby scored 1200 points on his own. Pro status can't be far off...Also congrats to the entire Vans squad for getting second place in KotR.
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Jaws dropped around the globe when they caught first glimpse of this insane J-Lay Skateboarder cover.Never been done? There's a reason. This gap is massive. Off flat? No bump? Doesn't even make sense.DC has had some of the heighest olliers ever withBrian Tucci, Reese Forbes, Darren Harper; so we're proudof JOhnny for hucking one for the history books.Congrats, Johnny.
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If you live under a rock and somehow missed all the actionof this weekend's Maloof MOney Cup in Washington DC, don't sweat it.We got you. We'll get you up to speed.The Skateboard Mag posted a bunch of rad Anthony Acosta photos HERE. You can see the rest of his photos, including Steve Van Doren's uncut sheet of $50 bills HERE. And if still photography confuses you, here's some moving images of our boys:
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Thrasher's King of The Road starts this weekand here's Jake Phelps& Griffin Collins to announce what Vans riders will be on the mission:Loading the player ...
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The dudes will be at 303 Boards next WednesdaySeptember 7th from 4 to 6pm. Buy a plane ticket, go check them out, lend them your lady.
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Issue #91 of The Skateboard Mag has some rad shots of Johnny Layton & Omar Hassan,an OCD piece on Jeff Grosso as well as Elijah Berle's New Jack already posted HERE.
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