Let’s get personal: Are you a 2026 Monday Links reader? Thank you. You know what this means. We have celebrated the 2011 Mavs, we celebrated the 2019 Raptors — and we were confident this would never happen. Thank you for being along for the ride. This is special for all of them. Jose’s arc is particularly beautiful. Do you want editorial? Sorry. This is fucking insane. Bye. (You’re a 2026 Monday Links reader. You get it.)
Go Skate Day will be at the Brooklyn Banks this Sunday, June 21st from 1-5 P.M. 🧱
Remember those two eight sets on the westside that were popping during the COVID years, which they eventually skatestopped? Well, last week, the housing lottery opened up for the apartments above them, and …it’s the fuckin’ building with the mini ramp that Jenkem profiled.
“The streets called and I answered.” Skate Jawn interviewed J.P. Blair about his new video, What Did You Expect. “It’s never over.”
“That’s one of the nice things about making these videos. It’s just me, in my truck, with my skate stuff. It’s so simple. Maybe it’s ‘therapeutic’ [to viewers], but it’s therapeutic for me.” Skate Bylines has a feature on Brad Cromer’s YouTube channel.
The Canal crew dropped a quick new edit from the Brooklyn Banks.
Everyone’s coming to New York to skate The Sombrero. The Gumpjunk crew put out an east coast trip edit. They went to The Sombrero.
“Do upstart skaters in positions like [Julian Agliardi] need these tricks to establish themselves anymore? And do we as an audience care about them? What does that future look like? If the value of the NBD depreciates apace, their final resting place will be as an addendum in the comment section of a Dern Brothers’ spot history video.” Simple Magic wrote about the diminishing ROI on NBDs.
The era of front shoves being understood as the east coast kickflip is probably long gone, but it’s still a beautiful, fun, and simple way to enjoy flipping moving your skateboard 🫂 Mackenzie Eisenhower dug into the history of the front shove (part two!), which he dates to 1978.
“It’s a different approach more focused on progression and performance rather than culture, and this segment doesn’t always translate into skateshop customers.” Jenkem reached out to a bunch of European skateshops for a pulse check on their scenes and business.
Londoners! Our correspondent, Farran Golding, will be hosting a talk with Spike Jonze at the British Film Institute @ Southbank this Sunday, June 21st.
The Knicks logo almost included the Empire State Building. NY Mag interviewed the guy who redesigned it in 1991, and included all the renders of potential options.
Be careful on the bikes out there.
Loosies Corner 🚬 — Another four-minute compilation of young Alex Olson footy dating back to the 12th & A days …to The-Dream!
QS Sports Desk Play of the Week 🏀 — C’mon, it’s the Knicks version of The Ray Allen Shot™. Lots of 2026 New York babies going to be named Ogugua.
Quote of the Week 🗣 “I’d like to be the opposite of Steve Rodriguez and go to city meetings with plans to destroy spots. ‘So, I make these sad videos and I’m running out of spots…'” — Peter Sidlauskas
Have never seen this before. Someone uploaded it last week, but 411’s have routinely been purged off YouTube in the past. That front crook at 1:50, holy moly.
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