Lots of Palace video, impeccable backside flip form, impeccable hardflip form, and wait, did the filmer follow him under the bar too? Guess he had no choice tbh.
Had some maintenance and repairs to take care of at the office this week, so the newsroom was out on their ass doing absolutely nothing.
Literally might not have the mental fortitude to watch the Knicks game tonight so if anyone’s watching Leafs-Panthers, let us know where.
Back on it next week ;) have a good one.
“Type III Fun” is a new, all-NYC video by John Lamair featuring the youngs hucking into rocks, going back for that white marble drop-in at World Trade that everyone gets washed on, and being shocked by their own inward heelflips. Great vibes the whole way through ✨
“I got an 8.25. I got Zeroes in the car!” A watershed moment for Village Psychic’s “Lurking With Lou” series: 14 years (!!!!!!!!) after Lurker Lou allegedly ruined Matt Millitano’s life by focusing his board on Slap’s One In A Million show [according to the internet], they link up to sesh spots outside of New York skateboarding’s oft-treaded zones. Joke’s on the internet, because they were friends the whole time. Also, even as someone who has known Lou for a long time, I completely took for granted that he was 28 in that show. Beards, man.
Kiernan McGinnis has a new part out for Grey Skate Mag that’s largely filmed in Philly. The control on that bank-to-rail kickflip back fifty is too good. And if you missed the nollie backside flip at the Lily Pads [R.I.P.] from last weeks’ top ten, it’s worth a loop or ten.
Tony at the Banks, is skating to “Let Me Ride” sorta like the rap version of skating to “Sweet Child Of Mine” [?], probably the last clip ever filmed at the recently-demolished L.E.S. Lily Pads, some famous spot hucking towards the end, and how did he make that Spanish grind look like he was doing it on a skatepark ledge?
Tenant’s got an opening party for their new Greenpoint location [R.I.P. DeKalb] this Saturday, which includes an obstacle meant to replicate the West Park wall at the McCarren Park.
📝 Intro + Interview by Zach Baker
📷 Photography by Hardbody
Skateboarding, socially, is like weed. If you come across anyone in the world who …uses it, that should be intersection-enough to amenably hang out, at least for an hour or two. I’d wager a buck that, as the two [idiotic] activities have become more accepted into the mainstream, the chances of happening onto a deeper connection than that, i.e. beyond rolling around/rolling up, have slimmed.
Meeting and getting to know Eze Martinez and Emilio Dufour has been refreshing. It’s satisfying to know that this thing still has the power to forge real friendships between disparate strangers. While yes, our initial get-to-know-you banter involved such topics as ABDs and the psychosis of rolling up switch to The Sombrero, I think we’ve found other mutual interests to latch onto, and have found that we three share similar worldviews, whatever the hell that even means at this point.
It was exciting to see them do some of the stuff from “Never Enuff III” in person, and all the more thrilling to see what I hadn’t in the final product. Skating in New York is awesome, but let’s face it: it has never been harder to do something memorable on a skateboard in this town, let alone on a trip, in a couple of months, in one summer. I think these guys and E.J. made something lasting; a thing worth remark. Now I’m glad that a few more people get a chance to get to know my sick ass Rio de la Plata homies.
Tony Hawk skating @ the Brooklyn Banks, 2025 📍
The NYCxDesign Festival is hosting is hosting a public presentation and discussion about the upcoming remodeling of Brooklyn Borough Hall. It looks like it’s mainly concerning the parking lot-adjacent zone by the Shake Shack, not the main plaza we all skate, which was renovated in 2017. It is on Thursday, May 15 @ 6 P.M. at 209 Joralemon Street. More info here.
Tech lord Jeremy Murray has a new, mostly New York part out on Free. Fakie shuv fakie manny hardflip out on C-Benches has to be on the shortlist for most insane things done at that spot.
