📷 via Eli Awbrey
ICYMI: Bam @ the Banks. Beautiful.
“The actual act of skating may well be regarded these days as a springboard to male modeling, coaching-obligatory Olympic dream chasing, or a ticket to hanging out with the dads skating the curb in front of the skatepark.” Boil the Ocean uses the summer’s premier blockbuster film as a springboard to explore skateboarding’s 2026 ailments. One went unmentioned though: there’s no 2026 Bam. Or Ryan. Or Tony.
The Skate Muzik podcast has a Marc Johnson tribute episode full of the songs that have been used throughout his parts.
“They just seem to think we’re gonna keep hanging out forever, keep going to these parties, and keep going to the skatepark. But no one really realizes there’s gonna be a last day you all show up there.” Anthony Pappalardo The Writer interviewed Genesis C.E.O. Ian Ostrowski. He’s not wrong: it was yesterday that we were all locked down in January ’21 watching Genesis 2.
Pete Spooner uploaded a quick two-minute edit of clips since STURDY from spring ’24.
Our dog Stu Kirst has fire clips in the Emerica tour edit on Thrasher.
Jenkem has an edit with Louie, Mason, Nikolai, Spanky, Reynolds + others shredding downtown. Lots of Banks wall bangers and an interesting rotisserie chicken eating technique.
DGK uploaded a vlog of Josh Kalis’ trip to New York for Go Skate Day at the Banks. Always a nice time to revisit Kalis’ Peep This part, a viral Insta part in VHS form.
“It’s in those spaces that the obvious happens: skateboarding. It’s also where the more subtle happenings take place: friendships born and fostered, a sense of self established and explored, on-board history made and broken.” Simple Magic eulogized S.F’s China Banks and other, less dynamic spaces that blossomed similar things that make life worth living ;)
Spot Updates 📍 — Thank Skate Army for the new QP @ the L.I.C. D.I.Y.
Quote of the Week 🗣
Francesco: “They were partying so loud, I couldn’t hear shit.”
Observant Gentleman: “I mean, if I was unemployed, I’d be raging too.”
Francesco: “Yeah, I guess being unemployed is a job too.”
“Ten Summers” is def more in the happy-they-figured-it-out / happy-it-exists category than any banger we might’ve been wishing for, but if anything, it’s a reminder to visit just how special their late 2010s run was ❤️