On the opposite end of the spectrum, somebody unearthed this good bit of footage from a 1994 Love Park contest featuring Huf, Ricky Oyola, Matt Reason, Fred Gall, Andy Stone, etc. Remember when contests just involved jump ramps?! “Yeeaahhhh.”
An interview with Dick Rizzo and Josh Wilson, two prominent figures keeping the rich tradition of New Jersey skateboarding strong in 2016.
Dave Carnie was always everyone’s favorite Big Brother writer, and has probably written more enjoyable words about skateboarding than anyone else out there. Kingpin published the most detailed interview anyone involved with the publicity blitz surrounding Shit has given, with none other than…Dave Carnie. “You know how when you go to an abandoned house and you just start breaking shit and throwing rocks at windows because you can? That’s pretty much what we were doing.”
Better Skate Than Never put all the Lucas Puig #deepcuts in one place.
Genesis Evans & Jason Byoun skating around Tribeca. DANY video soon.
Someone combined all the outtake clips from Bill Strobeck’s IG for a single vid.
Quick minute-long clip from Cooper Park via Johnny Wilson and co.
“Fifteen years since Rob Welsh nearly single-handedly rescued the noseslide from that doomed scrap pile of tricks too basic for blocks and too ‘Muska’ for handrails, a new era beckons in which legs weary from four presidential terms’ worth of pop-outs are offered respite…” — Boil the Ocean on noseslide shove-its and the rise of “dad tricks.”
An interview (+ new clip) with the crew behind Canal Wheels.
Yo Darkstar x Harley Davidson is fire.
Just in time for summer: Sremmlife 2 available June 24.
Spot Updates: 1) You likely stopped caring four years ago, but the Banks won’t re-open until November at the earliest. 2) You likely never cared unless you’re Austyn Gillette, but that bump to wall on Lafayette and Howard is a wrap.
QS Sports Desk Play of the Week: Something still feels off with the east being more exciting than the west for the first time since the “Lebron has no rings”-era, except everyone knows that Spurs-GSW are the real “Finals” in as much as Lakers-Kings in 2002 were the real Finals. Hopefully no poisoned room service. Wasn’t an eventful first weekend though, but Jamal Crawford still ripping is kinda like J.B. Gillett still ripping. Understated, underrated and classic.
Quote of the Week: “Ever since I moved to New York I got worse at skating and better at drinking.” — Jesse Alba
Get well soon Weiss.
darkstar is like that bad movie villain who just won’t die
“will there ever be vid of gillette ollie,” the first thing I thought when walking by that spot the other day
There is a video of that AG Ollie. I forget where, a huf thing maybe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPiypSwm-qQ
That Love Park 1994 footage was digitized by Mike Bell from Boston. Peep this esp. the ender https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBlb390nlPM