Photos above by Keegan Gibbs

In an effort to insult the constant expansion and revision of standards in this wholesome, all-american activity we call skateboarding, our first official clip of the year (it has been a long winter) has made particular strides to provide an overabundance of below-league-regulation level ledge obstacles (also known as curbs), glitches, jacked audio and outdated spots that turn us back into the dark ages of New York — not when you’d step out your door and hear the crunch of crack vials underneath your Nikes, but when only one of your friends was fortunate enough to be blessed with the gift of doing a backside tailslide. I would call it “Bringing Sketchy Back Volume 2,” but I don’t think we’re quite on that level, so I might want to wait some time before a sequel drops because it would inevitably have to include footage of Gigliotti in a stylish hat (in the LES sense). Be sure to THINK before you decide to flip-in to a trick next time. Here you go…

Features Ted Barrow, Miles Marquez, Galen Dekemper, Thando Beschta, Barry Livan, Pryce Holmes, Ty Lyons, Charles Lamb, Michael Gigliotti, Luke Malaney, Benjamin Nazario, the much-anticipated return of Watermelon Alex and the legend himself, Taji Ameen. Contributing filmers: Steven Garcia, Evan Walsh and Justin White.