TWR In The FIELD: The Attire of Adjacent PDX
Stunting Skaters Pillage Portland
Adjacent PDX was the inaugural PNW skateboarding weekend organized by Alex Fazekas-Boone of Adjacency Bias. The weekend struck a perfect balance between interesting skateboarding conversations a la Slow Impact and ripping street skating a la All City Showdown. It’s a critical time for skateboarding - the industry is contracting after the Covid boom and companies are staring down catastrophic tariffs on pretty much every critical product they make. Talks featured pro skaters, company owners, filmmakers, landscape architects, and community organizers discussing topics ranging from how much filmers are paid compared to their output all the way to how we can engage with our local communities and governments to re-think the standard approach to skatepark design.
We spent several days In The Field attending the talks at Portland State, skating Portland’s hottest (and Shittiest) ledges, and documenting the cracking attire worn by local tastemakers and many visiting comrades from many different regiments of The War Effort. We ended the weekend with more zoots bunned than clips stacked, but it was really all about having the opportunity to gather the troops and vibe. We can’t thank Alex, and everyone behind the scenes, enough for bringing so many people together for a banging weekend. See you next year!!
Da Vinci was the meetup spot for the early crew to warm up and bullshit before the official events kicked off at Esplanade on Friday evening.
Portland’s hottest (and most dangerous) ledge
Patrick, one fourth of the Mostly Skateboarding Podcast, styling at Da Vinki
Nice to see you too, Mikey
Los dripped in Quasi. Send this man a motherfucking box because nobody on earth does more to make Quasi garms look Hard As Hell!
Derek with a noseslide crook going fast as fuck
Bailey (center) and CJ (right) at Esplanade - two of the homies that helped make Adjacent PDX happen!
Head honcho Alex Fazekas-Boone (center) scheming at Esplanade
Local skater Silas inspecting the spot
Scott getting artsy on it in between tries
Cody, Nick, Jessie, and Alex - four goats that give so much to their local scenes and the community as a whole
Bossman going over the contest rules and general reminders (don’t be a dipshit!!!)
Templeton, Colin, Ian, Seb, and Marshall discussing the trials and tribulations of running skateboard companies through the decades
Nick and Taj during their talk about re-thinking skatepark design and community spaces (and announcing The Courts 2.0 !)
The crowd at Portland State
Magic 5 was the first spot for a lot of heads
A couple hammers went down before we all got the boot
Just a bit of the crowd that got kicked by one feisty little security guard (props!)
Derek at Half Circle
Captain Cole steered us to the grimiest spots in downtown Portland
PK sizin’ up the spot
Derek hated the spot
Good whip
Cole crookin’ under the bridge
Pit stop at Huber’s, a Portland institution going strong since 1879
Tasteful attendees at Sunday morning’s talks at Portland State
Payson, Will, and Scott chowin’ on donuts and pizza at Commonwealth
Seb pulls up in a slapper every single time he hits the scene. Mikey can’t hide the jealousy.
Two of Adjacent PDX’s behind-the-scenes hustlas cheersin’ to a job well done
This guy Nigel always has a smile on his face. He flew to PDX from Dublin with a 7 hour layover in Detroit, so he’s also extremely delirious.
Templeton, in addition to moderating two panel discussions, curated an art show covering the walls of Commonwealth that highlighted the great work of local skaters and artists. Here’s his collage work under the moniker Mostly Collage.
Taj (center) also curated a mini-group show of art that immortalized Portland’s legendary skate spots
Two iconic Portland spots immortalized in Jonah Miller’s signature style
Los, in another outstanding Quasi shirt, chopping it up with Clipped Up Chuck at the closing ceremonies
Goes to Chicago once
FUCK YOU, BRAD!
The Closedown Commandos capping the weekend at Commonwealth
Charlie’s face when he hears he won The War Report’s Smoothest Soldier Award™
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