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Gino in Pretty Sweet: Slightly Extended Edition

Daily News December 12th, 2012 · 1:15 pm · 15

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Manolo’s Tapes re-edited a standalone cut of Gino’s few tricks in Pretty Sweet, plus two of his appearances in the DVD extras (there was also that backside noseblunt stall in the bonus teaser if you want to get super technical about it.) It’ll probably get deleted soon, so enjoy the convenience while it’s up.

On another note, some of the pre-1990er speculation in the lead-up to Pretty Sweet revolved around impending Gino-provoked #trends, a la the Roslyn Banks, backside 360, no comply, 360 shove it and to a lesser extent, fakie varial flip crazes of the post-Yeah Right! years. Based on this recent output, it is feasible that noseslide 270s, skateboarding in Jordan brand apparel, backside powerslides as low risk mid-line stance shifting maneuvers, and trips to the JFK Banks could all increase in frequency among northeastern skateboarders. And would noted anti switch mongo activist Ricky Oyola be willing to amend his Carroll-only list of acceptable switch mongo pushers to accommodate Gino?

How ’bout those Knicks? How ’bout that 39-year-old Pitbull lookalike hitting that three? (Probably should’ve been an offensive foul, but oh well Nets “fans.”) Also, there’s a new Jeezy tape out today.

The 2012 ‘Summer Trip to New York’ Clip Cycle: A (Not Very) Statistical Study

Features & Interviews December 11th, 2012 · 10:27 am · 17

We have been a keeping a close eye on 2012’s cycle of “Summer Trip to New York” montages. This skateboard web video tradition provides a refreshing view of how foreigners, not-yet-jaded by the availability of almost anything at any time, a 4 A.M. last call and an exorbitant cost-of-living, interpret the spaces that we have grown tired of doing 5050s on. In other words, they actually skate.

“Summer Trip to New York” clips are when we become less concerned with Austyn Gillette popping two feet out of a backside tailslide or Lucas Puig continuing to make his case for L.I.S.O.T.Y. (Low Impact Skater of the Year.) No, our focus shifts to the traveller’s dedication in finding the worst spot possible and the sweet diamond-plated song of New York’s many cellar door spots.

In the spirit of the past election, which was dominated by a mountain of statistical projections, and our recent immersion into the stats-laden world of fantasy basketball, we qualified all of these hallmarks into (sort of) tabular data. QS, in association with the Pew Research Center, Nate Silver, and the top secret market research department at the Berrics that administers focus groups for clips in an effort to more easily influence children into buying things from their webstore, present a breakdown of 2012’s “Summer Trip to New York” web clip cycle, tallied by #relevant New York signifier points. It’s not quite a count of how many big flips Pretty Sweet had, but it’s a start.

Ain’t Nobody’s Business

Daily News December 10th, 2012 · 9:02 am · 4

Anthony Pappalardo — 5050 in the rain. Stolen from the Skateboarder Daily Film Blog.

The new DGK video, Parental Advisory, will be premiering this Thursday, December 13, at Sunshine Cinemas on Houston and Forsyth (same place as the Pretty Sweet premiere.) Click here for the flyer and more info. There will be a 7 P.M. and a 9 P.M. showing. Be sure to RSVP via the address in the flyer.

This line is in the extras when you buy the Pretty Sweet DVD. Noseslides!

Sex.com takes a break from pornography and weighs in on the controversial 2012 Thrasher Skater of the Year selection. Funny how people are in such an uproar over something that obviously favors those involved with Thrasher-created content.

Long Island’s most beloved child star, Billy Lynch, has been blessed with a tribute remix to the sounds of Shyne’s first album. All of the footage is 2006-ish.

While on the topic of the Island, here is Steve Plati’s part from Island Music, a new video filmed entirely in Long Island.

Some outtake footage from the crew behind Outddated and Twomanji, and some outtake footage from the crew behind the Space Heater video.

A bunch of promos for upcoming videos went online recently, so let’s group them together. “Schleyer Video” features Tyshawn Jones, James “King of the Grate” Reres and others. Battylife is a video by Sam Fickinger that will be premiering at the end of the month. Cathode is a video featuring Elijah Cole, Bill Pierce and others.

Chanel griptape is real. Very real.

Spot Updates: 1) The FedEx stairs are under scaffolding…again. 2) Aficionados of bad spots might enjoy these recently liberated bank things across from the pedestrian entrance on the Brooklyn side of the Manhattan Bridge.

There’s some shit video of Jason Lee cruising around New York on one of those vinyl cruisers online now. This is one of the comments on it: “Lol for some reason, the soles of my feet hurt everytime I get off a cruiser, possibly due to them being constantly arched to stay on the board?” …wow. Anyway, go watch A Visual Sound.

Rihanna: Forever our favorite garbage Tumblr girl in the body of a pop star. It ain’t nobody’s business! #SUPREMEbitch

QS Sports Desk Play of the Week: How have MSG commentators not began calling J.R. Smith and Steve Novak “Money Train” yet? Anyway, J.R’s game winner against the Bobcats was chill.

Quote of the Week: “What are all these white people doing here? This ain’t the line for the Blink 182 concert.” — Overheard at the 2 Chainz show on Saturday

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The YouTube re-design sucks. Have a good week.

Skateboarding’s Favorite Jazz Song

Time Capsule December 6th, 2012 · 12:18 pm · 8

Jazz legend Dave Brubeck passed away at the age of 91 yesterday. Beyond being fifty years ahead of the curve in wearing what would become standard issue glasses for hip skateboarders with poor eyesight (see above), Brubeck’s most famous work, “Take Five,” is likely the most oft-used jazz song among skate video editors. There is no scientific tally of recurring skate clip music supervision, but jazz songs are generally few and far between. “Take Five” seems like it pops up in a clip at least once a year, and that can’t exactly be said for anything else in the genre as it pertains to skateboarding. For evidence, consult last year’s 5Boro holiday clip, Kevin Macdonald’s part in Shitiots (9 minute mark), or the last part of the Mandible Claw video. Also 95% sure it was in the old Church of Skatan video that Drake Jones had a part in, but his is the only section available online.

As a change of pace, here’s Damian Smith’s Philly-heavy part from the 2001 Santa Cruz video, Uprising, in which he skates to Brubeck’s “Far More Drums.”

Somewhat related to jazz supervision in skateboarding: Jahmal William’s DNA video part and Coltrane’s “My Favorite Things”

The Events That Defined New York City Skateboarding in 2012: 25-21

Features & Interviews December 5th, 2012 · 9:57 am · 3

The first installment of our yearly wrap-up series.

25. New York: Home of the Worst D.I.Y. Spot Ever Made

The New York D.I.Y. scene kicked off roughly ten years ago with the Greenpoint Volcano and has been growing ever since. Bondo barricades and Quikrete creations are sprouting up everywhere; the Swedish engineering at the B.Q.E. Lot and the Jersey City foundation stand as shining examples of more elaborate pursuits. However, the spot depicted above is perhaps the first obstacle (skater-made or not) to be so bad that even New York skateboarders, a group that absolutely *adores* shit spots, would disqualify as one. Most alarmingly, this appears to be part of a larger trend of horrendous and unnecessary concrete work in the city.