Thrasher skater of the year party: San Francisco, CA Dec. 16th, 2005.

ON DECEMBER 16TH, hundreds of people gathered at Slim's nightclub in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden to honor and celebrate Thrasher's 2005 Skater of the Year. Chris Cole

For the professional skateboarder, see Chris Cole (skateboarder).

For the American football player, see Chris Cole (American football player).

defines the aphorism aphorism (ăf`ərĭz'əm), short, pithy statement of an evident truth concerned with life or nature; distinguished from the axiom because its truth is not capable of scientific demonstration. "actions speak louder than words," both on the streets and in social situations.

"When I got on stage I wasn't that nervous, but I didn't want to talk at all--I didn't really have anything to say then, and I don't have anything to say now," Chris unpretentiously explains.

While this year's champ handled his success modestly, others lived it up. Leave it to TNT TNT: see trinitrotoluene.

TNT
in full trinitrotoluene

Pale yellow, solid organic compound made by adding nitrate (−NO₂) groups to toluene. to be the first person ejected from the celebration, year after year.

"I had fun 'til I got my face knocked off. The bouncers carried me away, and I don't remember what happened next," he recalled. Why fuck with tradition?

The night was buzzing with energy from the moment the first band hit the stage. Loads of booze, flying fists, and inappropriate displays of public affection all made this the party of the year, again! The only thing you should be asking yourself is why you weren't there.

Special thanks to Tony Hawk's American Wasteland Tony Hawk's American Wasteland, also known as THAW or Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 7, is a video game that has been released for the PS2, Xbox, Xbox 360, Nintendo GameCube and PC. The game was developed by Neversoft and published by Activision. .

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