Every once in a while, we need to acknowledge the fact that we aren’t the center of the universe, and woodpushing, as an artform, a hobby, or just a mere thing you do when you’re not sniffing blow off the toilet seat in some L.E.S bar, extends beyond fall-off lists, injury lists, and the like. But we can’t drift too far off and acknowledge a scene outside of the few dozen square miles radiating from my desk, so here’s a new photo bag, dripping wet with golden-day New York City nostalgia. (In other words, most of the spots in the photos aren’t around anymore, or exist in different incarnations).

And before I put myself on the fall-off list, given that I try to throw up at least two updates a week, I got school shit, a meth addiction, and several money-making related projects (I need mine $$$) to distract me from providing you this wonderful website at no cost. As far as 99.5% of the rest of the skateboarding-revolving-internet goes, I got a better update ratio than them, so get off my..

Quote of the Week: “You guys are the most disorganized idiots I know.” – Alex Dymond.

If anyone has photos or knows of a hipster photoblog with photos from the abandoned house party on Grand Street & Mulberry last Saturday, please let us know. Either e-mail info@quartersnacks or post a link in the comments. I’ll send you some shit lying around Quarter Snacks international headquarters if the photos are good. Edit: Seriously, out of all you geeks that pretend to skate and go on here to stay up with the time, and own digital cameras, how is this report the only coverage I’ve seen online.

Some of the scans suck, I know. But that’s what you get with a $20 scanner off eBay, and no patience to sit there and scan shit at a higher dpi.

   

1. Josh Kalis at the world famous CBS ledge to drop, post-skatestopping/putting-planter-in-front-on-ledgeizing. Probably the best trick anybody pulled there when it became nearly impossible to skate. Circa 1999. 2. Rodney’s first ad for Osiris. Kickflip up, and 360 flip into the Courthouse Drop, which pretty much nobody has skated since 9/11 happened and they had that whole area (minus the Black Hubba, given that people managed to cut the rails off it…twice) on lock and key. Circa 1998. 3. Some guy I have never heard of, skating the Wall Street Gap before they reconstructed this side, which was somewhat smaller. Probably the most famous street-gap in classic NY video history. Circa 1998.

   

4. Hate it or love it, I remember it being a big deal for some reason when this photo dropped. Mike Wright at the Courthouse Drop. Published in 2002, but presumably shot way earlier because there is no chance in hell you could skate that thing in post 9/11 New York. (Not to mention its been barricaded for the past six years). 5. Jason Dill at the 2nd Banks 9 rail that Vinny Raffa put in, back in the pre-9/11 summer 2001 Banks renaissance when you could catch Muska, Jamie Thomas, or any of those other video game people I normally don’t care about skating there. The rail was stolen later in the summer. And the terrorists did the rest into turning the park back into a municipal parking lot for the next two years. 6. The fact that he caught that much air at this spot is more than enough of a reason to post this photo.

   

7. Every once in a while you’ll hear people use “New York” or “East Coast” as an adjective. Well, it’s usually reserved for shit like this photo. Long Island’s finest on a classic east coast set-up. Circa 2000. 8. Young Stevie’s switch back tail sequence from his cameo in The Sixth Sense. Still one of the steeziest tricks ever done on that ledge almost a decade down the line. Circa 1998. 9. To all the ABD geeks (I see you, Slap Message Boards), Tim O’Connor did this waaaay before anyone else. Circa 1999.