Walking into the show, we’re greeted by the man himself—Lance Mountain
Let’s go straight to the goods—starting with an old Variflex banner that hosts some heavy autographs from over the years
And the close-up
The scope of his work knows no bounds
Audiences were locked in
Omar Salazar, Steve Olson and Buddy Nichols had to roll up
Look familiar?
Old T-shirts and photographs of a young skate rat
Said skate rat
British invasion? He was there
Airs, inverts, world tours and young fatherhood, Lance did it all
Use the mag as a pointer, sure
Obsessed much?
Nasty Neck in effect
Cleared for take off indeed
Did you rep the royal crest?
Arto and the next gen caught up with Jon Humphries
Black Label crew: Eric Nash, Oliver Grosso, John Lucero and Riky Barnes
The greats were everywhere—Heath Kirchart and Salman Agah
Cab’s hair extensions, 1987
Study the form
The sample of photos was stunning, like Salba watching his favorite park get demolished
And The Gonz’ timeless frontside ollie
Jeremy Henderson tapping in from the past
Still searchin’
We got legendary photographer Steve Keenan, his daughter and Eddie Elguera
Tristan Rennie and company celebrated his birthday at Lance’s show. HBD, to you too!
The beacon that never fades
Jeremy Klein, Jim Muir, Lance and Dan Rogers
Lance knew ‘em all
JFA’s Brian Brannon and Toy Machine’s newest pro Geoff Rowley came through
Worth its weight in gold—coping block from Concrete Wave skatepark, 1977
Terrill, Cholo, Charlie and Partanen
The Taylor and Janoski families are big Lance fans. But you already knew that. Right, Ant?
Can’t Stop The Firm!
We got Tanner Burzinski and Eric Koston
Sean Mortimer and Mike Carroll, too
Absolutely stacked squad: Howard Hood, Lonny Hiramoto, Lance, Christian and Pops Hosoi
Jack Olson and Tim Fulton brought a Deluxe delivery for the birthday boy
Hope he got the first piece!
Alright, last lap
Pat Ngoho and his gal Karen Richard made it
You knew Heavy Metal Chuck wouldn’t miss this one!
Lance drew this in 1983 in the very same Hause Nicole lives in today. Small world
SLAP Magazine’s Lance Dawes and Daniel Castillo
Five hundred bucks for the original? Not bad
Welllllll, we’re back with Chris Roberts and photographer Alyssa Davis
Sometimes it feels like that
He’s worked with the GOATs of every generation
See?
Epic stuff on every wall
Lance and famous graffiti artist known as Chaka, who used to skate the ramp at the Mountain Manor
Last order of business: Chaka signing the Variflex banner
Lance has taken his fair share of slams and it’s rad to see him still out there ripping at 60 years old. Thanks for making skateboarding fun and exciting over all these years! Stoked to see what’s next!