Happy summer + impending heat wave.
The last time someone got a bluntside-variant ender on Zuccotti, they got knocked out cold on the way to a Thrasher “My War,” so yeah, bluntsliding off that thing is insane. Otherwise, natural Euro gaps to uphill landings, hoisting ollies off inch-long wedges, and what year are we in? — because people are skating the Brooklyn Banks to Gang Starr.
📷 Photo by Matty Hilzenrath
New Jersey is a beautiful, dense place where three shops can forego any territorial tendencies found in other places, and unite to create one really special video. NJ, Travel and Underground all have riders represented in Matty Hilzenrath‘s NJ instant classic, A 20 Of Regular.
It is safe to say that those of us running skate publications have a high affinity for Rob Taro’s work. His renown Timescan series, which started in 2019, takes a something-out-of-nothing sensibility learned from a childhood in small-town New Jersey, and takes it into the often claustrophobic, high-bust street spots of Japan. Rob’s videos and parts are full of lines connecting opposite sides of the street, mountainous banks with obtuse runways, and cutty nuggets of marble that stick out to only those with a discerning eye for the skateable.
Thanks to everyone who grabbed a piece of Snacks in Progress merch. We still have free shipping on all orders over $50 for the time being 📦 Shout out to the deli men who keep our lives running 24 hours.
Free has a premiere of Garrett Boozer’s opening part in Matty Hilzenrath’s all-NJ video, A $20 Of Regular. All those Peaches lines + 5050 flip back tail + the flip back noseblunt bonk on the sewer cap + the fuckin’ nose manny nollie flip on the goddamn grate bridge = one of the best Jersey parts in recent memory. We’ll be premiering a part from it this week, and hardcopies of the full thing are due out soon.
Jamie Reyes has been inducted into the Skateboarding Hall of Fame 👑
Civil Skateshop’s first-ever full-length video is now live. Filmed enitrely in Rhode Island, our country’s smallest state with no shortage of crust and the occasional slab of inviting marble ;)
Obvious conclusion to T-Funk week. Otherwise, front crook pinches, Stevie Williams Chocolate commercial fakie hards in 2025, two favorites from the D7 jam, and five tricks no push.
Have a good one. Hopefully the weather holds up ;)
