POPULIST 2016 — Kyle Walker

After turning Pro last year, Kyle Walker became one of 2016’s “SLS Picks” and has appeared on the cover of The Skateboard Mag’s issue 148 and in several of his sponsors’ video projects: REAL’s “Surveillance” series; Volcom’s “Holy Stokes!” Most recently, Kyle anchored Vans’ “No Other Way” with an utterly perfect part. Do you remember how every homie’s phone and laptop swelled with the haunting strains of “Unchained Melody” (AKA the song from “Ghost”)? How the soundtrack fell blessedly silent, leaving only the sound of metal on metal for yards upon yards of untouched rail? Kyle was a Populist contender long before “No Other Way,” and “No Other Way” just sealed the deal.