📷 Photo via Jeff Cecere
Salomon got back with his ex [sponsor], took a stop by The Bunt, and now, we asked him to list his five favorite parts. This is maybe the first time anyone has properly acknowledged Chris’ It’s A Secret part — and from here on out, it’s ok to treat it as one of those that gets mentioned all the time because …yaknow, look around.
📷 Photos by Chris Mulhern, Zander Taketomo & Pat Heid
For some skaters, the sight of a sanctioned skate plaza at the Philadelphia Municipal Services building — one made out of Love Park, City Hall and old Muni materials — is surreal. For Pat Heid and his crew, it is a victory produced by years of advocacy, meetings, dead-ends, close-calls, and divine timing.
Philly’s new plaza opens on April 17, and here is the story of how it became a reality.
Dick Rizzo • back lip from HARD RESET, as documented from above by @villagepsychic, which just relaunched their website last week
Our friends at Dancer have a new 10-minute video out entitled “HPX8000,” which features Hjalte, J-Skrodds, and the new generation out of Copenhagen. Filmed entirely across Denmark, 95% on spots that the skate tourists don’t skate.
“If it fails, let’s fail really bad. Let’s just have fun with it in the meantime.” High Snobiety an a profile on Ayman and Osama about the new Carpet store that they just opened up in Baltimore.
In 2014 — an era when Tompkins obstacles were still frequently removed — the longest lasting obstacle of the year was a sliver of triangular granite, nicknamed The Tombstone. It was a hint of things to come.
Because as of today, there is a fully sanctioned, 15-inch high straight granite ledge at Tompkins, with ends on each side. Nothing in this world is permanent, especially skate spots, but you could expect a few thousand pounds of rock to stick around for a while. Should be a fun summer, at the very least ;)
Thanks to Nike SB, The Skatepark Project, and California Skateparks for making it happen. Shout out to Connor Champion for his persistent quest to get a Straight Fucking Ledge™ to the East Village. (The first one ever maybe?) Thank you to Steve R. for connecting the dots with the city and Parks. Shout out to Andre Lezema for the install. Gotta go grind the edge down a bit next.
Front-loaded all the Quasi clips, with the other videos from the past week in the second half.
There’s something so beautiful about taking a benign, pre-knobbed, pre-fabricated piece of shitty street furniture (it 100% has to be from one of those outdoor firms furnishing the city with plastic eggs), and using it’s leftover inclines to hack a sublime backside lipslide.
Also, seems like front heels and big flips are having a moment in 2026, no? Not just because of the ones contained within, but with videos writ-large.
Have a good one :)
Word is something special is coming to Tompkins these next few days 🤫
