Trung Nguyen in Osaka, Japan, as seen in The Stars of Midnight • 📷 via Patrick Woodling
The prolifically huck-heavy Stroller crew out of Greece hit New York in their latest edit. Gap front blunt on the bike lane curb on Allen and Canal is a #lowimpact Leap of Faith.
“Who are your top 3 New Jerseyans all time?” “Dude this is so hard. Can I say Tony Soprano?” Abada interviewed Hardbody Ross for Skate Jawn. Spoiler: He didn’t say Tony Soprano.
“OPHELIA” is the latest nine-minute edit from Theories brand. Ryan Alvero is tech as hell in the first part and Conor Noll closes it out. Shout out to his cat.
Our friends at The Bunt have a video on the way. I have been waiting my entire life for a video with both Jesse Alba and Carlos Ribeiro in it.
A polejam stacked on a couple cinderblocks with a landing into gravel — those are the sort of spots you are going to find in Clips, a video out of Richmond, Virginia by Thomas Goldman.
Shaquille Waite and friends dropped a quick edit of New York clips before the heatwave.
“There is a Linklaterish, Seven-Up! element to the project, which also extends to the environs around them.” Simple Magic wrote about Palace Detroit 313.
“Now that’s not in the equation, he focuses on filling his absent moments with skating, like he used to before he became too famous to visit skateparks in Pennsylvania without getting mobbed.” Rolling Stone profiled Bam on his road to sobriety. Hyped he’s skating again ❤️
“It felt like a space in which people relinquished themselves of the weight that must be carried when doing incredible community work. A sort of collective unburdening.” Skate Bylines has a #longform photo and written feature on London’s Social Skate Summit.
Spot Updates 📍 — This is a month-plus late, but the Duane Reade benches across from Battery Park knobbed. We haven’t really been around this zone much given everything is under construction, but yeah. One of the only low-bust ledge spots downtown.
Loosies Corner 🚬 — A ten-minute compilation of Mark Johnson loosies from 1994 to 2004.
QS Sports Desk 🏀 — The Celtics pried Mitch from us. Godspeed Mitch. Thank you for your service 🫡 Not entirely mad at Drummond replacing him, but he ain’t dunking on Embiid. Also, we can miss the playoffs next year IDGAF.
Quote of the Week 🗣 “You guys look like you used to be really good.” — 20Something Dude At Cooper Park To Jack Sabback, Keith Denley & Sweet Waste
That Lamont Dozier “Interlude” song has been having a real moment in skate videos this decade, including most recently in Kyle Wilson’s Detroit 313 part. Obvs, it’s main flaw is that it’s 54 seconds long, so here is a season-appropriate AraabMuzik remedy to that issue ;)