72 degrees with Christmas decorations out. Can’t think of a better way to end a November. Remember that exactly one month ago, on the Saturday before Halloween, it was snowing.
Ian Reid unveiled the intro to Streets Is Talking, the much-delayed sequel to his previous opus of New York City insanity and ignorance (with some skateboarding sprinkled between.) It’s probably going to take a while until the full version is out.
Shout out to the City of Montreal. Leave it up to the French Canadians to respect the history of a legendary skate spot, and to spend money on relocating a 175-ton concrete structure used solely for skateboarding. As always, fuck John Street.
Apparently, the Palace CC Chanel link shirt that everyone wants goes for $120+ on the re-sale market.
“Make a show where Dylan Rieder is an undercover cop. He carries a gun, shoots fools, blazes mad models, but is secretly in love with this super cute girl next door type. He does 4 foot high impossibles, busts drug dealers…”
Backside tailslide kickflip out to regular over the Flushing grate.
Hearing the opening horns to the “Dey Know” remix at the start of Theotis’ part in the Shake Junt video is up there with hearing the words “House real big…” when watching Fully Flared for the first time. Notice that use of both songs was about three years late. Three years from now, someone is going to realize “Rollin’” was basically made for strip clubs and skate videos.
Spot Updates: 1) The two planters that were blocking off the four-stair ledges at Ziegfeld were moved. That means you can skate both of the ledges off the four on the south side of the plaza now. That doesn’t mean the spot isn’t a mega-bust anymore. 2) Not sure if anyone skates here anymore, but there’s a scaffold at Italian Ledges that blocks off a portion of the spot, and also the most apparent video camera. 3) This place looks like it might could be a good skate spot upon completion.
New Music From Black Dave: “I ain’t buying you a drink, bitch. I ain’t T-Pain.”
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By the way, if you don’t have at least five friends, a bottle of Hennessy, and a thirty-pack to watch the new Shake Junt video with, don’t watch it until you do. Don’t ruin the experience and watch it by yourself. KCDC has copies for $15.
