Skate Smarter Not Faster

Central Park 📷 via Troy Stilwell

New York residents: You can find your pollsite here if you have not voted yet 🗳 If you live somewhere else, you can find your pollsite here.

“It’s not, ‘I don’t know man, I was just skating.’ That answer drives me nuts.” Our correspondent Farran Golding recently launched what he dubs as the skate-version of Longform.org: Skate Bylines. It is a new platform that aggregates and features works of skateboard journalism, rather than focusing 98% on video, like many of us do. Skate Bylines also creates unique pieces of its own, with the first feature being an interview with Chops from Chromeball about his interview process with history’s most legendary skaters. Also, R.I.P. Longform, but long live Longreads. Haven’t gotten on a flight without loading up the reading list with Longreads links in 10+ years. 🫡

Young legend Nolan Zangas was on the Say You Swear podcast about his photography book So Far So Good and the journey that got him there.

“I don’t think I’ve ever deposited cash before.” The kids are resourceful. Other young legend Marlowe Demisch Salerno is the latest subject of Skate Jawn‘s “$100 Chill” feature.

It is that time of year 🎃 the Halloween Stickers Skateboards crew dropped HSS4 on the 31st. Lighter on the Liam McCabe clips this time around, but the rest of the crew pulls their weight :)

Maybe the first time somebody has put all four wheels down the opposite side of The Sombrero on a manual trick? Lots of New York footage and other cool shit in CalmCorp’s new video, “Kismet.” Features Cooper Qua, Collin Hyon, Myles Strampello + more.

Rayssa Leal dropped an all-New York mini part for SKF Bearings. Perfect tre flip in there.

The Asics team went out to Minnesota to skate all the Pat G. spots. Feels like 2025 is going to be a big year for back 180 nosegrinds. Features Dougie George, Zander Mitchell, Jaakko Ojanen, Shay Sandiford, Sully Cormier, Alan Bell + more. (Yes, Pat G. too.)

Every skateboarder should visit Stalin Plaza at least once before they leave this earth, so we’re happy that the Yardsale crew got that off their bucket list.

Spirit Quest + Tengu: God of Mischief auteur Colin Read was on the Beyond Boards podcast + tre flip noseslide manual crook nollie flip manual auteur Shane O’Neill was on The Bunt.

All of Scott Johnston’s 411VM appearances in three minutes.

Jack O’Grady sat down for the Slam City Skates blog’s “First & Last” questionnaire.

“It’s a place where everyone on the corner basically hangs out and sometimes works here. It’s a nail in the coffin for Tribeca.” Not a whole lot of affordable and tasty options in the area, but shout the fuck out to Westside Coffee Shop on Church Street for fighting the good fight for as long as they did. They shut down last week for the entire building to get razed for some condo. (They’re moving to Ozone Park fwiw.)

QS Sports Desk Play of the Week 🏀 — Kitchener, Ontario native Jamal Murray betrays his Canadian brothers by forcing an OT for Denver v.s. Toronto, which they’d go on to win.

Quote of the Week 🗣 “If it has a 30% on Rotten Tomatoes, it’s about to go off. That’s my range.” — Dylgr discussing film

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