Thanks to everyone who picked up a pair of the QS x Vans MC 96 shoes ❤️ Still got 8.5’s in the green pair, a bit more of a size run in the blue ones.
After shelving the plan indefinitely after Tompkins was repaved, the Parks Department announced that it intends to paint the surface as an effort to preserve the asphalt longer. Work is slated to begin this week, but you know how that goes… #tfreport
“As one nerd pointed out, an Olympic-level skater like Yuto films a banger and people clap, because that trick is hard and Yuto did it perfectly. Antonio films a trick and people laugh, because it is so fucking insane that he did that that it may as well be a joke.” Monster Children celebrated Antonio Durao week month by interviewing the man himself.
“I get stoked if I hear someone say ‘Oh shit, I didn’t know he could skate normally.'” Jenkem interviewed another mastermind of third-eye-open skateboarding, Montreal’s Alexis Lacroix.
The governor of North Carolina, Bob Reynolds, dropped a part for his 50th birthday.
Astoria’s Museum of Moving Image is hosting a months-long exhibit starting September 7th entitled “Recording the Ride,” which chronicles the early history of street skateboarding videos, with a focus on “H-Street, Plan B, World Industries, Girl, Zoo York, 411, Birdhouse.” Pop by before you go get stuck at ConEd Banks this fall.
Inner Loop is a full-length video by the Beltway crew out of the DMV.
“Yeah, it’s become harder to afford to live [in S.F.] and be a skate rat, that’s just realistic. But man, there are new kids coming every week. And more kids are skating here than ever.” Hypebeast has a longform interview with GX1000’s Ryan Garshell and the brand’s head designer, Stephen McClintock.
Ray Barbee is the latest guest on the Beyond Boards podcast.
The city has began taking concrete steps towards the decades-long promise of making biking [or skating!] up the east side of midtown less of a pain in the ass.
iPhone Loosies Corner 🚬 — Quick bit of Jacopo loosies.
Quote of the Week 🗣
Ben Blundell: “It’s crazy you can’t get a chopped cheese in Canada.”
Observant Gentleman: “You can. Get a roll and chop up a hamburger.”
Ben Blundell: “It’s not the same. Getting a chopped cheese is 50% the experience. Usually, you meet a kitty.”
Was doing some catching up and wow Conscious Daughters may be the last thing I ever expected embedded as a QS footnote *hat tip*