📷 via @solojazz
Yep, change it to the Brunson River, fuck it. Henry had his run. He’s got a parkway.
Theories uploaded 13 minutes of raw files from all the filming trips down to New Orleans to make the Static 6 video. Lots of Jordan footy obvs.
Soo Saxton with the first [social] clip on the tables behind NYU.
“A skate shop doesn’t last for a quarter-century without genuine care for its community. And the thing about caring is that it doesn’t stop, and it takes serious effort. Putting in the work is Antisocial’s legacy.” Cole Nowicki profiled Antisocial Skateshop founder and the unofficial mayor of Vancouver skateboarding, Michelle Pezel, for Montecristo.
“I think ‘we’ like the fluidity of video-first brands. The anticipation feels different, even if product inevitably follows the release of a new video project. Buying a hoodie from someone who makes cool shit feels more like a tip than a transaction.” Everything from Shake Junt to Dime to Hardbody to Melodi to Bronze to Illegal Civ, Anthony Pappalardo The Writer explores the pipeline of skate crews becoming brands. (Duplex is also def worth a shout.)
Jersey Dave was on the Village Psychic podcast to talk about the pain and glory of filming his part in J.P. Blair’s video, What Did You Expect, alongside photographer Jon Mecca.
Dave Swift has the backstory to Heath Kirchart’s 360 over Bob Burnquist’s mega ramp. “He made it. Pretty sick way to end a career.”
“The older you get, the smaller your world gets, and the more lonely I think life gets in many ways [when] you don’t have a lot of load-bearing community activities. Even skateboarding can be a lonely activity the older you get, [so] I like having these interactions with different characters.” Simple Magic has a feature on the evolution + aesthetics of pro skaters’ YouTube pages, with Ryan Lay and Oria as the focus. (Skate Bylines had one on Brad Cromer last week, ICYMI.)
Hjalte Halberg is a photographer.
ICYMI: Harry Jumonji provides the ~spiritual guidance~ for Johnny Wilson’s São Paolo edit for Spitfire and Supreme.
Spot Updates 📍 — In the event you didn’t get too close to the Small Banks section at GSD yesterday, they administered some much-needed first aid on it ahead of the event.
Quote of the Week 🗣
Pryce: “Imagine this Knicks run happened in our twenties.”
Inquisitive Gentleman: “What difference would that have made, we would’ve suffered less leading up to it?”
Pryce: “No, I just mean we would’ve been drunk for two months.”
Have a new favorite “fan from the stands” video. #1 has been dethroned — wait actually, nvm. #1 will never be dethroned.
Brunson Burner!!