So just in the past four days, the Brooklyn Banks reopened, Hardies threw a skate jam at D7 without incident (well, for the most part…), there’s a “~mini ramp~” at Tompkins, and summer *technically* hasn’t started yet…
Nico from Paris has a new bro cam edit out on YouTube that covers a trip to New York + Copenhagen, with an extended Paris section at the end. Probably one of the best places to see Kevin Rodrigues out in the wild …on the internet. Also includes Antonio, E.J., Hjalte + the bros.
A 420-foot nollie lipslide is essentially the same runtime as a 2025 rap song. Also posted this on the IG story only to have people be like, “He’s using rails!” I think you guys might be missing the point of a 420-foot nollie lipslide…
“I feel like I have been decoding this part more as I get older.” Hayley Wilson talks Mariano, Rieder and Marnell in the latest installment of Slam City Skate’s “Visuals” series.
“A couple clips of Brian O’Dwyer sporting a fedora [invite] the watcher to imagine a timeline in which Greg Lutzka’s documentary secured a widespread theatrical release and the signature brimmed hat supplanted the pro-model shoe as the financial apogee for ascendant pros.” Boil the Ocean ponders some of skateboarding’s what if’s via the prism of the Jamie Foy S.O.T.Y. trip video.
“Yeah, I guess I’ve been a bit more careful not to skate stuff that looks super-so-Cal.” Heckride interviewed Dylan Jaeb.
Really into the vintage Girl x Chocolate approach of a video part that’s shared between two skaters and only “a humble 14 clips, including 6 lines.” Not every video part needs to come with a mental breakdown and a falling out with 1.5 filmers.
Photographer Mike O’Meally is the latest guest on the Beyond Boards podcast + Bill spoke about the making of “cherry” with Living Proof.
Loosies Corner 🚬 — Zubr compiled all the clips from the “DEADEND” opening at the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, New York + Geoff Campbell posted up an iPhone edit from a trip to Malmo with Hayley Wilson and friends.
QS Sports Desk 🏀 — re: Thibs, I mean, firing a guy for losing to a team in game 6 of the E.C.F. who just did THIS to their opponent in the NBA Finals is, yeah. There’s probably a version of the timeline where nothing happens to him if he lost to Boston in five like everyone thought we would. But be careful what you wish for: it’s not like the Nuggets won in 2023 because Michael Malone was the coach. We’re not a few rotation changes away from the title, regardless of what the drunk guy at your local might tell you. Like so many other non-villains in the post-Ewing years of the Knicks, Thibs did what he could. Godspeed, sir 🫡
Quote of the Week 🗣 “The Stanley Cup final is just Andrew v.s. The Bunt, but without Vans.” — Charles Rivard re: Panthers v.s. Oilers
Spent a considerable amount of time at dinner the other night talking about Gabbers’ “My War.” Everyone should be so lucky in life as to try a trick so transcendent that every time you try it, your friends get a bunch of beers to party at the bottom and watch you. Plus a bunch of morons in New York are still talking about it seven years after you landed it.