Monday Links: Chauncey Billups Edition

February 28th, 2011 | 2:30 pm | Daily News | 5 Comments

Last week was a bit slow, as a lot of attention was given to basketball, which has been way more interesting than skateboarding in the past few weeks, especially if this is the sort of thing you have been waiting for since middle school. In further tangential bits, Dylan got robbed for best leading actor, and Chris Bosh was seriously overlooked for best supporting actor. Avatar starring Halle Berry was pretty sick too.

Quantities on tees and cruisers are fairly low at this point, so if you were planning on buying either one, now would be the time to do it. Thanks to everyone who purchased something for their support of the site.

One of the main exceptions to the recent superiority of interesting-ness that eastern basketball has taken against eastern skateboarding, is the increased visibility of Mike Maldonado and Kevin Taylor. Axion has a tour clip up that features both of them with some considerable screentime. Thrasher also has a quick Q&A section up with Maldonado and Phelps, discussing the early history of the Love gap, his ollie over the wall off the bench at the Philadelphia Federal Building in Welcome to Hell, and the key difference between east and west skateboarding: “There’s no, ‘I’m gonna warm up on this six and then go hit the twelve.’ No, you’re going straight to the twelve.” Considering this website abides by a “If you can’t ollie up it, don’t ollie down it” creed, we wouldn’t know anything about that.

Taji put together another post for the Converse blog, this time centering around the world renown Tompkins Square Park, and its rich history. “Q: So what’s the story behind your crew, the Dunions? A: It’s kind of dying out as time passes. They sort of split up between sorta-hood smoker kids and the non-hood skate rats.”

Rob started putting together Diamond Days clips again, and for those fortunate enough to afford exotic girlfriends in tropical climates, the latest installment sheds some light on the conditions everyone in New York has had to endure throughout these past three months. Winter seems like it is on the way out though.

You Will Soon published an open letter to the people of Converse Skateboarding, demanding some answers on a question we have all been asking ourselves…Why the hell is Joey Pepper still on flow for them? Put that guy on the team already, damn. They also touch a nerve with Anthony Pappalardo’s endlessly devout fanbase when they allude to his mode of Marbury-isms that we have discussed in the past as well. *Waiting for half of Long Island / Slap to promise a four-minute tour de force part in the Chocolate video…which will probably be out when Cory Kennedy is in his mid-to-late twenties.*

A quick teaser for the upcoming full-length from Alex Duke’s Wizard Skull skateboards.

Here’s the San Francisco installment from 2nd Nature’s California trip.

Howard Glover posted another installment from his Pre-2k video. This time, it’s a shared part between Rodney Torres, Mike Wright, and Quartersnacks’ favorite, Geo “TOMA!” Moya. Features plenty pairs of Osiris Peter Smolik pro shoes, in addition to footage from what was previously the biggest health hazard to New York City skateboarding, the Chinatown Shit Hubba.

Quote of the Week: “What is anxiety? I think only girls get that.” — Matthew Mooney

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Weekend Viewing: Live From Summer 2006

February 26th, 2011 | 12:46 pm | Daily News | 5 Comments

Over the past four and a half years, Gigliotti has been worrying about a lost line he had filmed in the latter portion of summer 2006. It was a noseslide on a high ledge, followed by a bunch of flatground tricks in the middle of a stylish SoHo street. Despite whatever style points Michael had acquired for this late-night maneuver, he feared he may never see his line, for it was believed to be lost on a DV tape thrown in storage somewhere. The spot on which he filmed this trick was problematic, due to the fact that you had to wait until 3 or 4 A.M. for the restaurant / bar to close before you can skate it, so merely re-filming it was not the easiest of options. Michael kept devising plans to bribe Sam for access to his stored tapes, to little avail. He feared the cause may be lost. But then came today.

This is a clip filmed and edited by Sam Salganik, with most of the footage originating from late summer 2006 throughout the remainder of the year. Pretty much when everyone was a lot more productive on the skateboarding end of things, and Ben was frontside flipping the Wall Street Gap in two tries with like three feet of extra space after the gap. (Some of the footage appeared in this clip from January ’07.) Features Kevin Tierney when he was a few inches shorter and wearing his world renown Corn Pops tee shirt, Matthew Mooney, Pryce Holmes, Ty Lyons, Isak Buan, Taji Ameen, Leo Gutman, and of course, Michael Gigliotti.

There’s also a clean, good quality upload of Gnar Gnar up on Vimeo now as well.

Support Your Local Skate Site

February 22nd, 2011 | 9:15 am | Daily News | 21 Comments

After many delays and false starts, the Quartersnacks online shop is officially open. The only two items are the Snackman cruiser boards, and the classic QS logo on a white tee shirt (with XLs available this time.) We’ll see how these two do, and begin worrying about expanding it depending on the outcome. Maybe a Little Debbie collaboration tee shirt one day, who knows?

We gave it a corny name, “The Bodega,” but at least its appropriate. After all, the website is named after a low-cost grocery, and paying homage to the venue most well-known for distributing actual 25-cent snacks is only right. So no, it’s not inspired by “The Canteen.” We have an excuse. Anyway, even if you pride yourself in being the biggest hater on the planet, yet spend a few moments on this website throughout the week, you’d still have to admit that it has at some point helped entertain or inform you about what goes on in or around New York. If you feel inclined to give back, this is the best way to do it and get something in return. We’ll make a special toast for you when we make our weekly round of popping bottles every Thursday. Thanks a bunch to everyone who continues to spread the word, link up the website, and of course, to those who buy a board or a tee. It means a lot.

The Quartersnacks Bodega

Big basketball news overrides big skateboarding news around here

February 21st, 2011 | 10:21 pm | Daily News | 2 Comments

We kept Landry. That mattered the most, in all honesty. Thank you Ray, Wilson, Gallo, and Mozgov. We need some goons on the squad now. And maybe start finagling a way to get Chandler back. We got rid of Curry, which is a small victory in and of itself.

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Hi-8 Days

February 21st, 2011 | 5:19 pm | Time Capsule | 1 Comment

Throughout the past month, NY Skateboarding has been posting Number Nine Skateboards’ 1995 video, Another Number on a part-by-part basis every week. Number Nine is the company that became Chapman later in the decade, sponsoring the likes of Billy Rohan, Jake Johnson, etc., and eventually becoming one of the most prominent skateboard production houses in the northeast.

While this site is no stranger to celebrating voyages to the past via old videos, the first few installments of Another Number weren’t as appealing as you’d expect a “lost” nineties New York skate video to be, due to the fact that over half of it is filmed in an indoor park. Unless you’re mainly concerned with what shoes skaters wore in 1995, a mostly indoor-set regional video isn’t exactly going to cue you into the environment around skateboarding in that given time. Today’s final installment drifted away from the otherwise artificially lit settings found in the remaining portions of the video, with a rarely seen part of crowd favorite, Frank Gerwer. Best of all, it is mostly filmed in Manhattan, and not a park. The ending back tail over the Burritoville double-set on 46th Street first appeared in 411 New York Metrospective, but much of the footage is otherwise seldom seen.

Check out the other parts of the video for yourself. There are some fun parts here and there. Thanks to NY Skateboarding for uploading it.

 
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