“For the kids coming out of rough homes, for those grappling against doubt and depression, pressures real or felt, the battles can have a kind of seductiveness. The way they can grip and blot out nearly every other single thing, to the point of blacking out. The fulfillment and release of actually prevailing can be almost secondary… even faintly deflating.” Boil the Ocean wrote about skateboarding. And Marc Johnson.
Greenpoint Palace is hosting a premiere of the new Polar video, You Got It My Boy Jamie, this Thursday, June 4th @ 8:30 P.M. 21+. 206 Nassau Avenue, Brooklyn. Flyer here.
Congrats to The Bunt on ten years 🤝
Damn, remember when Tyshawn switch ollied one of these things from flat, and then morons in the comments (not on QS, but elsewhere) were like, “Yeah, nah, actually the corner is kinda bent, so…” Anyway, shout out to the gate challenge.
Pocket‘s “DUOS” series is one of the most ambitious and best content series in skate media today. For 2026’s edition, they made a behind-the-scenes doc of how exactly they manage to produce five video parts in ten days.
We have a bonus video featurette with Matt Price about shooting Brad Cromer skating flat for the cover of upstart magazine, PLANK — as an addendum to Farran Golding’s mega-dive on the machinations behind skate magazine covers.
“Yeah, they’re not that good. People have mentioned that to me before and I don’t think I have the most proper impossibles. I can do them really consistently, but they’re not a perfect Dylan impossible.” Heckride’s latest is an interview with Chris Athans. FWIW, Josh Kalis said he isn’t that good at 360 flips, too.
“When I tell my normal friends about the curbs, they often ask if there is some unifying feature that makes all Costco parking lots great for skating, or if this particular Costco’s curbs are somehow extra special. The answer to both is, not really.” The L.A. Costco Curbs were profiled in The New York Times by Conor Dougherty. (You know our spiel about hopping paywalls.)
Everything you wanted to know about starting a skate shoe brand …in Europe ;)
You guys know they haven’t won yet …nevermind.
Spot Updates 📍 — Renovations have started at Chinatown Banks. Cheers to everyone who tried to make it work. You tried your best, hun.
Loosies Corner 🚬 — 8 minute comp off all the Nike SB “CREASED” Tour demos in Europe. Really sick they did it on mostly street spots.
QS Sports Desk Play of the Week 🏀 — JAMES HARDEN, BABY ;)
Quote of the Week 🗣
Baker: “Gonna link with Cyrus and the children at McGolrick.”
Guy Skating Today Who Thought “Children” Meant Limosine Riders Under 30: “Oh that’s sick, haven’t skated with Cyrus and those guys in a minute.”
Baker: “No, I mean our actual children.”
For anyone in need of some zen ahead of the stress that will begin on Wednesday 🏀