That Condé Nast expense account been hitting this week 🍾🦪
Peter Sidlauskas eulogized the Brooklyn Banks Burger King at 55 Fulton Street — perhaps the most notorious fast-food establishment in New York skate history. They should restore it as phase four of the Banks after the Small Banks.
While Ted and Thrasher work on a “This Old Ledge” about the Banks Burger King, they dropped their Flushing episode to hold you over. James Reres shoutout was important. Kinda feel compelled to remind everyone that Rob Gonyon backside flipped the six and Antonio switch frontside flipped it 12+ years ago. Also liked Skateboarder‘s “15 Things You Didn’t Know About Flushing” thing so much that it’s the header photo for it on the spot page.
Don’t really think of Atlanta as an epicenter for crusty spots, but that definitely seems to be the wave that this next gen of ATL skaters is on, as seen in Glamour and Zane Hallman’s great new CAPITALKILLSTREAK video. Cannot believe how unfazed both the skater and the driver of the Buick were in that wallie-to-street clip towards the end. Sheesh.
Naquan Rollings has been going through his old tapes for some nostalgic uploads. The first installment is a chilly 2017 barge through midtown. Insane how in eight short years, it feels like a completely different city.
Henry Pham has a third-eye-open part largely filmed in Philly for Skate Jawn.
Can’t believe we’re posting a 2025 video part with an ender at Breezy Ledges (that spot name probably hasn’t been said out loud since the Bush Jr. administration, but 31st & 3rd Avenue.) Hugo Corbin came to New York for five days and clocked this two-minute part for our friends at Vague. Back three at the Bellevue Park was beautiful.
Up and coming ripper Mike Carroll is the latest guest on The Bunt.
“I had known of the spot from living in NYC for a few years and the idea of skating there was off the table because it was impossible. It felt like a Navy SEAL stealth operation, you could only enter the spot by water.” Photographer Kyle Seidler tells the story of how Julian Lewis got his fakie flip on the Roosevelt Island bank spot for Slam City Skates’ “5000 Words” series.
If you live off the G train, well …you’re probably used to it by now, right?
Loosies Corner 🚬 — A 20 minute compilation of outtakes filmed by Johnny Wilson starring Johnny Wilson’s friends.
Quote of the Week 🗣 “The best case scenario is you make a P.A. day rate.” — Salomon Cardenas re: cash for tricks contests. [Ed. note: A decent production assistant day rate in New York these days is ~$350-450ish.]
So beautiful to see Bobby Shmurda living his best life. What a life story.
Barry Scott (#8 on the 15 things) has a video part filmed to a Harold Hunter freestyle.
Where the Select Bus stop is on Pearl Street across from S Ledge
Please do not skip the top 10 this week because of the 4th.. Jordan Queijo’s (switch..?) frontside bigspin healflip on a pop up glass (?) bank from the Phone Call video on Free is one of the most beautiful tricks in recent memory and deserves to be canonized.