We are hosting another Long Ledge Jam with Adidas at Tompkins next Wednesday, September 30th @ 4 P.M. 📅 Even longer ledge! Even more cash for tricks! Check the recap from last year’s to relive the magic.
“Maybe people want to see our videos, but they don’t really buy boards anymore, or they get free boards, or they don’t want to buy skate apparel or whatever; that’s all fine. I get it. But maybe they would be down to pay five bucks for a video, just to support it so that that person, their team or crew, can keep making them.” Simple Magic spoke to Grant Yansura on the eve of the UNC release to see if there’s any way you can make your money back on a video.
Christian Kerr put together a database chronicling Jamie Griffin’s odyssey to film himself do 1,000 different flatground tricks. (He’s currently in the 800ish zone.) As per Christian, “it’s a cool way to see how far flip tricks have come since the first BATB.” Crazy.
The iPhone angle of Mitch B’s Ottawanian ender from The Bunt Video is awesome.
“I didn’t understand any of the music in [Endless Beauty].” Jerry Hsu was on the Middlebrow podcast to talk about his new book and everything in-between.
TJ Rogers and Jiro Platt skated Herbert Von King, a pole coming out of the ground, and The Sombrero for the first episode of “Wheel of Misfortune,” hosted by our dear friend, Big Hen Dawg. Feels like something that would’ve played on FuelTV after school way back.
Can’t remember the last time that curved ledge on Avenue D popped up in an edit, but it’s the first thing in “PABLIO,” a cruise-y shared part between Juan Ignacio and Javon Goodman.
Skate Jawn shared an edit from their issue #93 jam at the L.I.C. D.I.Y. two weekends back.
Tyler Dietterich has a new Philly part out by Bill Simpson. Includes some iconic heelflip work.
Not a new part but Frog put together a best-of edit of some favorite recent-ish Evan Wasser clips. That nose manny in the rain is still so fuckin’ crazy.
Pulaski legend Andy Stone was the latest subject of Lookback Library’s “Cover Discussions” series.
“Hyperlocal New York City publications are having a moment.” GD right they are.
Quote of the Week 🗣 “He’s having the best day of his life: he switch flipped a 12 stair, got on Venture, and he hasn’t slept in five days but his girlfriend’s still hyped on him.” – Chuck
Young Dro deciding to shoot the music video for “They Don’t Really Know About Dro” twenty years later is beautiful. It’s never too late.