T.F. Global. Photo via Claudio Majorana’s book, Head of the Lion.
Is there a compilation of board flip challenge fails yet, or are we going to have to assign that grueling job to an intern?
Looks like the solid barrage of upstate New York videos is gonna keep rolling in 2019 (see #5.) The Seasons guys have a new ten-minute video on Thrasher entitled “Albany 2.5” with tons of Empire State Plaza footage, and a mini S.F. section at the end.
Wasn’t really sure what to expect from this upon click, and it thankfully ended up being smiles the whole way through ♥ Here’s a good seven minutes of Fred Gall iPhone footage at some D.I.Y. spot and a bunch of typical New Jersey crust.
ICYMI: Cooper Winterson unlocks another dimension of ConEdison Banks in his Skating Is Easy part.
Had a bunch of “wait, that spot’s been gone for years” thoughts watching this, and then realized it’s more of a remix than a new part. Either way! Any B.A. is good B.A., and Grant Yansura was nice enough to pull together a bunch of his [mainly New York] footage from SB Chronicles 3 and onward for a new-old “Slappy Seconds” edit, which includes a handful of unseen clips.
Theories is doing another “Underground Skater of the Year” thing this year, and we’re writing in a ballot for Jawn Gardner.
“Oh, you were just skateboarding? That’s weird. You can leave.” Solo has an interview with John Shanahan, and Skate Jawn has a lil’ feature on his photos.
Haven’t had a chance to listen yet, but Tim O’Connor posted up an unreleased episode of his podcast with Ricky Oyola, and Steve Brandi has a “Skater’s Favorite Skater” TWS vid where he talks about how Ricky influenced him over the years.
Not a lot of content like this going live on the skateboard internet in the age of Instagram Stories: the Village Psychic dudes drove from Minnesota to Memphis to escape the cold and did a long[ish]form blog post with photos about their journey.
One of those “I’m not really sure wtf this is about” Boil the Ocean posts: something about testing for weed and the Olympics ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Forever love that double noseslide line. Or any double noseslide line, for that matter. Matt Velez uploaded three minutes of Mark Wetzel raw files to his YouTube.
QS Sports Desk Play of the Week: Gotta be that Kyrie v.s. Iggy highlight — no, wait. J.R. Smith’s hat. Yeah, J.R. Smith’s hat is the play of the week.
Quote of the Week: “OVO is the new RDS.” — Torey Goodall
Wonder if Brandi’s wavered on Rick after hearing Tim O’s pod—specifically the agressive use of a homophobic word that starts w/ F
those head of the lion photos are so rad. tf aka junk spot culture really is universal
Shanahan’s arrest: NYC cops arrest or ticket skaters knowing full well that the judge is going to just drop the charges. Happened to me before in Union Square. You would think the cops in NYC would have better things to worry about. It’s literally just to fill their quotas.
Also worth noting to never mention quotas to a cop not matter how pissed you might be. made that mistake one time and the dude fucking lost his shit. ended up costing me a few hours of my life more than it needed to.
can’t believe there’s already 2 vids in 2019 with Sade in them
lol. alltimers is the new rds
Shouts out to jersey! Dan merc, donny, freddy, keep holdin it down at hebrew hideout!