Spring is in the air at Tompkins Square Park. The cherry blossoms are blooming, the two cones are down to one, rumors of a soon-to-be camo box are swirling, the empty ice coffee cups are piling up, the Knicks are still fighting to win the Atlantic (fat chance!), Dwight Howard is creeping on Lebron as the NBA’s most hated, and Future’s debut album, Pluto, is claiming an R. Kelly feature.
Fortunately, these events grant more opportunities for camera-owners to capture the magic of spring at the T.F. for those who cannot experience it firsthand. This week, we have an obscure student time travel documentary film, possibly from the late-80s. It’s haunting at how accurately it predicts the future of history’s greatest skate spot and the culture surrounding it (even explaining the infamous T.F. crack.) It’d be safe to assume that the last remaining print was on some worn-out VHS cassette. T.F. historians can now analyze it on YouTube in small increments. If you want something more modern, there’s another raw footage log file featuring a review of Aero Shot breathable energy, Luis Tolentino, Rob Gonyon, Dom Susca, and Shawn Powers making the case for heelflip-only flatground lines.
Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10.
shouts outs to Kurt “Upskurt” Havens for filming all of that tompkins shit 30 years ago, and finally finding the required analog shit to upload the footage