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Skateboarding's Living Legends Shred Skatestock V

By Eric Sauseda

Sunday, October 29, 2017 at 1:45 p.m.

Photo by Eric Sauseda Living legend Tony Alva shreds the bowl during Skatestock V 1/54

Photo by Eric Sauseda There were some amazing helmets up for auction 2/54

Photo by Eric Sauseda Texas skaters, Ben Johnson, Ken Fillion and Max Peterson 3/54

Photo by Eric Sauseda Zach Castillo is a local hot shot who shreds the whole park 4/54

Photo by Eric Sauseda Emcee for the day's events Aaron Estrada of SK808 Wheels and DJ Baby Roo 5/54

Photo by Eric Sauseda Lee Leal of Embassy Skateboards 6/54

Photo by Eric Sauseda Tony Alva 7/54

Photo by Eric Sauseda Aaron Estrada 8/54

Photo by Eric Sauseda John "Tex" Gibson signs an autograph 9/54

Photo by Eric Sauseda Red Bull skater Alex Sorgente 10/54

Photo by Eric Sauseda Craig Johnson has a laugh 11/54

Photo by Eric Sauseda (L to R) Pat Black, Ben Johnson and Zach Castillo in the Embassy Skateboards booth 12/54

Photo by Eric Sauseda Zach Castillo 13/54

Photo by Eric Sauseda Funeral Horse 14/54

Photo by Eric Sauseda Jeff Ament, bassist for Pearl Jam, is a renowned skateboard enthusiast and activist 15/54

Photo by Eric Sauseda Kevin Bernier of The Suffers 16/54

Photo by Eric Sauseda Lori Peltier at the table for the helmet auction 17/54

Photo by Eric Sauseda Local skater and activist, Derrick Hayes 18/54

Photo by Eric Sauseda Tony Alva 19/54

Photo by Eric Sauseda Kristine and Glenn hanging out at Skatestock V 20/54

Photo by Eric Sauseda Joel and Michelle had fun at the park 21/54

Photo by Eric Sauseda Zach Castillo 22/54

Photo by Eric Sauseda Astros inspired art 23/54

Photo by Eric Sauseda Tony Alva surveys the situation 24/54

Photo by Eric Sauseda Pat Black 25/54

Photo by Eric Sauseda Wally Inouye and Dr. Dave 26/54

Photo by Eric Sauseda Living legend skateboarder and artist, Steve Olson 27/54

Photo by Eric Sauseda Alex Sorgente 28/54

Photo by Eric Sauseda Giant Kitty 29/54

Photo by Eric Sauseda Skatestock V 30/54

Photo by Eric Sauseda This grommet prepares to drop in 31/54

Photo by Eric Sauseda Tony Alva signs an autograph 32/54

Photo by Eric Sauseda Skeez and other street artists painted live during the event 33/54

Photo by Eric Sauseda Nugget shreds the bowl 34/54

Photo by Eric Sauseda DJ Baby Roo 35/54

Photo by Eric Sauseda Steve Olson hangs out 36/54

Photo by Eric Sauseda Tony Alva 37/54

Photo by Eric Sauseda Residual Kid 38/54

Photo by Eric Sauseda Wally Inouye signs an autograph 39/54

Photo by Eric Sauseda Kevin Bernier of The Suffers 40/54

Photo by Eric Sauseda Tony Alva checks out the bowl action 41/54

Photo by Eric Sauseda Texas Legend Todd Prince rolls in 42/54

Photo by Eric Sauseda Skatestock V 43/54

Photo by Eric Sauseda Ben Johnson 44/54

Photo by Eric Sauseda Event organizer, skater and local skateboard activist, Barry Blumenthal, in the blue helmet 45/54

Photo by Eric Sauseda Todd Prince and Bruce Raybourn 46/54

Photo by Eric Sauseda Texas skateboard living legend, Ken Fillion 47/54

Photo by Eric Sauseda Khobretti 48/54

Photo by Eric Sauseda Chuck Treece of McRad and ACTiVATE is a musician and a skateboarder. He was the first African-American skateboarder to make the cover of Thrasher Magazine. 49/54

Photo by Eric Sauseda Andrew Wallace 50/54

Photo by Eric Sauseda Ben Johnson 51/54

Photo by Eric Sauseda Max Peterson 52/54

Photo by Eric Sauseda Chuck Treece performed some classic McRad tunes with guys from Khobretti 53/54

Photo by Eric Sauseda Tony Alva 54/54

Skateboarding's Living Legends Shred Skatestock V

Skatestock V went down at the Lee and Joe Jamail Skatepark near downtown Houston on October 28, with plenty of art, live music, skateboard legends and tons of skateboarding. Tony Alva, Wally Inouye, Steve Olson, Craig Johnson, Todd Prince, John "Tex" Gibson, Ken Fillion, Pat Black, Chuck Treece and others came out to skate and enjoy the day. Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament, a skateboard activist, joined the party, along with current pro skaters Ben Johnson, Jagger Eaton, Collin Graham and Chris Russell. Local hotshots Max Peterson, Zach Castillo and Andrew Wallace tore up the park. Music was provided by DJ Roo, Funeral Horse, Giant Kitty, Khobretti, Residual Kid and McRad. The event, which raised funds for future events, included a helmet giveaway and custom designed helmet auction. (Photos by Eric Sauseda for the Houston Press)

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