The Events That Defined New York City Skateboarding in 2011: 5-1

December 31st, 2011 | 6:45 pm | Features & Interviews | 3 Comments

2011 is over in five hours. Here are the final five. Have fun tonight everyone.

Previous installments: #25-21, #20-16, #15-11, #10-6, The Best Video Part(s) of 2011, The Year in Rap.

5. The Rise of 12th & A Rap

As 12th & A’s stronghold on New York City skateboarding waned, it began to rise as an epicenter for New York City skateboard rap. With artists like ASAP Rocky, Odd Future, and Krayshawn getting deals off YouTube videos, the young skaters of 12th & A drew inspiration from their D.I.Y. attitude, and set out to make a name for themselves in perhaps the only professional world more overpopulated than pro skateboarding: rap. Slicky Boy remixed white people’s favorite Ice Cube song and has been promising a mixtape all year. The Stoned Rollers took Lex Luger out of the trap and the strip clubs, and brought his trademark thump to the skate spot. And Black Dave, perhaps 12th & A rap’s greatest success story, is one-for-two with making it onto WorldStar with his videos.

Ridin’ Around the City With the Calculator, Gettin’ It In

November 29th, 2011 | 1:20 pm | Daily News | 3 Comments

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.”

Quote of the Week:


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.

Money on the Floor, Lighters on the Dresser

November 7th, 2011 | 9:02 am | Daily News | 1 Comment

Billy McFeely – Frontside Bluntside – Photo by Brian Kelley

BLACK DONALD TRUMP will be performing at TBD Lounge tonight for a 40 Oz. Van party. Located at 15 Gold Street in the Financial District. It says 9 to 4 on the flyer, so who knows when Dave is actually supposed to go on. Flyer here.

Speaking of Dave (and rap): him, Taji, and Leo are all in some Russian rap video.

Two weeks late, but in case you missed it, Boil the Ocean offers some interesting commentary on the increasingly popular VHS revisionist trend (i.e. “Why can’t VHS be the new Super-8?”) apparent in many of today’s skate videos produced by people over 21. Some of these projects are cool, but this is the sort of thing that quickly becomes annoying once too many people jump on the bandwagon.

PFP2: See You Lazer is a local-based video featuring some 2nd Nature affiliates. Teaser here. It has a few painful-looking slams, so you may not want to watch if you’re about to leave the house to skate…

Here’s a Philly, D.C., and Baltimore based digi cam clip, which includes key scenes from Paid in Full, key tracks from Supreme Clientele, and key points of Roscoe “Imma Sip Moscato” Dash’s underrated influence in youth culture. They rock QS tees, so there’s another plus.

Solid interview with QS-bro-homie-4-life, Christian Banks. It’s not at all about skateboarding, but a good read for anyone that enjoys making music.

Spot Updates: 1) Not a popular spot, but the two up-and-over walls across from Columbus Circle that Shawn Powers skates at the start of this clip had their run ups re-paved. It’s a cool looking spot that mellows out late at night, so you should film some stuff on it. 2) Ziegfeld, still over-doing it, seven months after disaster struck. 3) This may be late, since the drunken Jane-to-Le Bain stroll is not as popular as it was this time last year, but the mega curb between the two (that Dan Zvereff somehow nollie back 180 heel nosegrinded in a line), is gone.

Holmes & Co. in Jersey City is currently selling the greatest tee shirt of all time for $15. Quantities are limited. Photo by Jason Lecras.

Quote of the Week: [In reference to the aforementioned shirt] “Who is that? Wait…is that Rick Howard? And who’s he with, a lesbian?” — Fred Gall

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New York City & Flood Zones: The Skateboard Version

August 27th, 2011 | 7:00 pm | Daily News | 1 Comment

As Hurricane Tropical Storm Irene makes its way up the east coast, New York residents continue to disregard that its severity has been embellished by the Mike “I blew it on the Christmas storm” Bloomberg propaganda machine. But in the event that he is not lying in hopes of preventing a backlash similar to the one from last winter, we have devised a (somewhat) definitive guide on how any potential flooding could affect skateboarding in New York after tomorrow’s “hurricane.”

Tompkins Square Park – Flood Zone C: Thankfully, the most sacred ground in New York City skateboarding will only be compromised in the event of a category 3 storm or worse. E.J. doesn’t seem too worried about it, despite the fact that his Avenue D residence is in Zone A. Who needs to go to an evacuation center when you can just sit on the benches at Tompkins?

Remember Billy’s famous words from the 2003 blackout: “Tompkins is the safest place in the world right now.” The same could be said about this storm. The shipping container at 12th & A might also be a good hideout for those with Zone A residences.

Wal-Mart Money Links

July 10th, 2010 | 6:51 pm | Daily News | 3 Comments

Loose Trucks Max – Back Noseblunt at the Courthouse – Photo by Jordan Zuppa – Click to Enlarge

Loose Trucks Max is the best New York skater that you may have not heard about. Largely because he doesn’t utilize the pivot-cup technology that has been fairly standard in skateboards throughout the past few decades, meaning that if he kicks his board out at a moderate pace, it will rattle on its own, kind of like kingpin-about-to-break feeling, except without a person on it. Footage of Max is hard to come by, but here’s an older part from an Ohio video that includes perhaps the greatest trick to ever occur at Slappie Cove, in the form of a backside 5050 360 out (if you don’t know what Slappie Cove is, it’s a two-inch high curb, it should probably be on the spots section.) And here’s another Flip Cam clip set to a Jeezy song I forgot about, featuring the Courthouse back noseblunt footage, in addition to a pretty insane scooter trick. I can’t tell which one is more inspiring.

Hollywood opted out of going to Prada parties and playing it low-key at Teddy’s, as he has grown accustomed to doing since he became a sought-after celebrity (supposedly Yaje and Miley Cyrus were spotted together at a popular Hollywood cafe not-too-long ago), and went on a short, rather local, trip throughout Pennsylvania. Here’s a clip from the trip, featuring the first Jake Johnson footage of 2010 (360 flip noseslide on a curb!) and some lovely ladies popping off at a Texaco.

And real quick…

You can’t skate at the Museum of Natural History anymore, or at least until Fall 2011, all depending on how the plaza restoration goes.

Ziggy got sandblasted.

There are new Newport Benches on the Westside. Complete with a high-risk of losing your board in the Hudson due to the fact that there is absolutely no fence bordering the park and the river on the opposite side of them. Someone on drugs should ollie into the water.

Bricks on aisle nine, pills on aisle four, weed on aisle one.

Dallas > Seattle

“If you throw up on the street, you’re public property.” – Neal

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