Despite having only been to Detroit once — in February, amidst a government shutdown, at that — we really enjoy all the skateboarding that comes out of Detroit.
The city strikes a balance between the big midwestern city videos out of Minneapolis or Chicago, and the crustier forays from the Grains, St. Losers, etc. thinktanks. So while the Detroitians really love that perfect black marble manny pad, they’ll also skate a half-collapsed garage door like a bank, back 180 a wooden bump to bar with a literally four-foot runway, and merge into highway traffic after a switch frontside flip.
This equilibrated and never-dull midwestern universe has conveniently been packaged in recent years by the city’s new generation of ambassadors: namely via the videos from Nick Rainey and Cooper Vosburg, which share a lot of the same personnel.
Nick’s latest is JonnyCa$hRadio 2, a sequel to one he dropped in March 2024.
Really respect going to New York to skate only the Maspeth asphalt hip and not much else.
Also really respect a switch varial heel that looks that switch.
And shout out to those back noseblunt arms.
Features Tyler Sam, Zach Lietzau, Chris Jeremic, Brent Behm, Nick Simmonetti, Mikey Morrow, Nate Campau, Austin Williams, Austin Anderson, Keiran Murphy, Nick Rainey, Aedan Macfadyen, Will Morty, Randy Benko, Roland Wiley, Deklyn Bays, Max Kellogg, Scotty Cave.