A Tribute To Spending It

February 2nd, 2012 | 3:29 pm | Footage | 3 Comments

In honor of the 2 Chainz NYC debut, February marking one-year since the release of Codeine Cowboy, 2 Chainz signing to Def Jam (and thankfully not MMG), and all the TRU University graduates out there, it’s only right we declare this to be 2 Chainz Week on Quartersnacks. (Speaking of theme weeks, Chrome Ball is currently having a Jersey week.)

Much like 2 Chainz tacked on T.I. to the end of the original “Spend It” to create a “remix,” we tacked on 2 Chainz’s live performance from Monday, plus contributions from Theotis Beasley and Palace Skateboards to form a remix of our “Best of 2011” clip (sorry RhiRhi.) The intoxicated iPhone camerawork is obviously horrible, but it’s hard to keep a phone steady when you’re in a room full of people screaming “GILBERT ARENAS!” and “SIMILAC!” Consider it a tribute to lazy remixes as well.

2 Chainz, Quartersnacks, Palace, and Theotis represent maybe 38% of the things that matter in western civilization for 2012, so any redundancies of recycled footage can easily be forgiven. It’s also disgusting that there are a bunch of 15-year-olds sitting on YouTube crying about Theotis’ list not including Wu-Tang, Big L, or The Smiths. Between the downtown-favorite “Ignition” remix, “Wet Wipes,” “Dey Know,” and “Hard in the Paint,” his parts have consistently had the best selection of songs that people actually like on their own, not what they’re “supposed to” like. Stay schemin’.

If it’s yours, you should spend it.

Me & Torey Back To Work But We Still Smell Like A Vacation

January 25th, 2012 | 8:05 am | Footage | 11 Comments

Torey Goodall, arguably Canada’s second finest athlete after Steve Nash, spent a considerable portion of this past fall in New York. If you could collect lifestyle hammers into one four-minute video part, his month-and-a-half here would be the lifestyle-equivalent of Mariano in Mouse. Unfortunately, the cameras are rarely rolling for those, and they are often left to memory and legend. Instead, we managed to film a quick part for Quiksilver Canada, aided by the many beverages that fuel Torey’s brand of stylish and most-likely-hungover skateboarding. If “The Notorious Partyboy Soundtrack” is the official partyboy mixtape, this is without question, the official partyboy skate part. After all, has anyone else drank a martini in a video part, or filmed a line with a King of Diamonds haircut before? Shout out to the whole NBPS family.

This video is a collaboration on two levels — Quiksilver x Quartersnacks & 2 Beerz x 2 Chainz.

Contributing filmer: Rob Harris.

Alternate YouTube Link: This Polo, not Izod.

“Oh 2 Beerz is back in town? I need to get a new roll of film.” — Boss Bauer

“I love when Torey comes to town, it’s like a holiday. Everyone gets off work and shit.” — T-Bird

Merry Christmas

December 25th, 2011 | 3:31 am | Footage | 7 Comments

The first QS Christmas clip with no Ziegfeld footage. 2011 had some sad moments.

Let’s start off by saying this clip, and probably every clip that will be posted on this website in the next fifty years, is not as good as the “Best of 2011″ clip. Christmas clips are about capturing the spirit of the season, so our trademark music supervision has to restrain itself (last year’s rift between The Far East Movement and Coltrane was well-documented.) At least until Meek Mill or Future follow in Black Dave’s footsteps and release a Christmas album. 2011′s offering is a big shorter that past years’, but what it lacks in footage, is made up for by more sweatpants, camo pants, yellow track jackets, two (!) lines with just nosegrinds and 5-0s, sketchy landings, nollie tailslides, switch noseslides (both of those tricks are coming back big-time for 2012) than any other clip you may have seen this year. Usually, Roctakon is Quartersnacks’ best dressed (Galen in a 2XL UNLV baseball jersey over a 2XL turquoise Champion crewneck is a close second…), but everyone stepped up their gear in 2011.

Contrary to the mistake printed in the post for the teaser, this is actually our seventh annual Christmas clip, which is kind of crazy.

Features Alexander Mosley, Will Jones, Tyler Tufty, Emilio Cuilan, Andre Page, Matthew Mooney, Bill Pierce, Ben Nazario, Roctakon, Dustin, Kevin Tierney, Ty Lyons, Shawn Powers, Miles Marquez, Sweet Waste, Billy Mcfeely, Josh Velez, and Ritchard Swain.

Contributing Filmers: Goshi Goto & Rob Harris.

Alternate YouTube Link

It’s nearly 4 A.M., and I have to be at the Garden for the Knicks’ season opener in less than seven hours, so it’s time for sleep. (Predictions for the first day of the NBA? Knicks have a 60% chance of winning if Pierce actually sits out / no chance if he plays, Miami over Dallas because Dirk spent the last six months partying, Lakers over Chicago because Kobe spent the last six months wanting to kill someone, and Oklahoma over Orlando because the Magic are going to be a soap opera this year.) If you have a blog/Tumblr/legitimate website/Facebook page, please re-post the clip if you enjoy it, it would mean a lot. Merry Christmas.

Two Days Until Christmas

December 23rd, 2011 | 3:41 pm | Footage | 2 Comments

“Somebody told me you weren’t doing a Christmas clip this year. That would be a real tragedy.”

Safe travels to everyone heading someplace else for the holidays, and hopefully, none of you got stabbed seven times waiting in line for Jordans today. (To no one’s surprise, 2 Chainz put it best…) Here is a quick preview clip for our sixth (yeah) annual Christmas video (yes, there will be one.) It mostly features falls and things that won’t actually be in it. We even took advantage of the unseasonably warm weather yesterday, and got motivated enough to set this thing up again, only to get kicked out after ten minutes, and rained on when attempting to go back. That wrapped it up for the year. It’s been fun.

Video goes online Christmas morning. Same day basketball season starts.

Previous editions: 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2003, 2002, 2001

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We Got Clips In a Hopeless Place

December 9th, 2011 | 9:45 am | Footage | 3 Comments

2011 was a good year. It went by fast as hell, but it was fun.

We complained about the weather a bunch, made a custom-cut cruiser board, listened to the NPBS mixtape on repeat, contemplated / wore camo, skated SoHo, got Carmelo Anthony, didn’t win a playoff game, lost our favorite skate spot, gained a new skate spot, related to Chad Fernandez’s struggles, met Young Dro, experimented with hair color, bought a fake iPhone, got to the top where we belong, gave away free advice, received some stupid love letters, saw Waka Flocka at 12th & A, went HD, went to Europe, skated a $700 skateboard like it ain’t nothin’, bought a bunch of shit we didn’t need for a fake hurricane, lived ten years since 9/11, witnessed the greatest mall grab in the history of mall grabs, ran through a check at King of Diamonds, made it on WorldStar, got married, joined the army, didn’t occupy Wall Street, deleted Watch the Throne, and bumped a lot of 2 Chainz.

If you don’t want to click all of those links, well, this five minute QS “Best of 2011″ video will summarize the year perfectly. Cast list isn’t neccesary, because it features at least one trick from 75% of the people who matter in skateboarding.

Alternate YouTube Link: Ridin’ around and gettin’ it
Related: Best of 2010

Pop a few bands this weekend. Got caught up with other things this week, so the year-end countdown will resume next week. Once again, our sincerest apologies go to Tiesto. Shout out to Rihanna.