Nº 01 / REL. 001
Leisure Nylon Snapback
course or park, no dress code
$30
The Story
Chapter index · San Jose → Indio01
San Jose
Tiltmode country.
Photo TK — archive scan
Came up through NC Boardshop and fell in with Tiltmode Army — San Jose's fun-first crew. Started on ramps, became a street pro. When the call came, it came from Marc Johnson himself: welcome to enjoi.
The crew nickname was "Jose NoShow" — they joked he just appeared one day. He showed up where it counted.
Smooth. Effortless. Technical. — every write-up, ever.
02
The Comeback
The part, the promise, the pro board.
Photo TK — VHS still
Midway through filming Bag of Suck, a car accident left him with a broken neck and a collapsed lung. He was out about a year. Then he came back and finished the part.
And the back tailslide at Stanford he'd bailed — on a Slap magazine cover, no less? Matt Eversole promised: land it and you're pro. He landed it, and found out on the spot, mid-scream.
Ten years later Thrasher ran his solo part, "Super Chavela" ('16) — yes, the drink.
03
The Desert
Stairs traded for fairways.
Photo TK — course film
Same obsession, new terrain: golf, "one of the most frustrating yet gratifying sports out there." A 5 handicap with a scratch goal, a 60° lob wedge in the bag, SilverRock as the home track — and fishing local streams when the light's gone.
In 2026 he opened LEISURE inside The Place, downtown Indio — a shop for golf apparel with skate-influenced design, modern and vintage, in a valley with a hundred-plus courses and concrete that stays warm all winter.
The Coachella Valley chapter starts here.