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SHIT’LL BUFF is a fire new homie video by Andrew Bawtinhimer. 80% New York spots, 20% …Georgia? (Could be off.) Lost of crust, lots of bangers. Josh Baker has an absolutely incredible ender section. The closing noseblunt, the ConEd trick, and the fact they managed to go through all that trouble to unlock a new route at Chinatown Manny, only to have the camera pan and you realize after all that, he’s still landing in cobblestones? Brilliant.
Young legend Eddie Vargas Jr. spoke to Skate Jawn about his switch ollie over the Copley Square Library Gap in Boston.
“Truth be told, I wasn’t sure about the fate of this series after last summer, when the music industry went super niche and the total lack of a Song of the Summer trajectory made me reluctant to force it.” Frozen in Carbonite brought the seminal Song of the Summer x Video Part of the Summer series back after a two-year hiatus, over on the newly created F.i.C. Substack.
The Big O, perhaps the greatest naturally occurring transition spot there is, celebrated its 50th birthday this summer. (Well, it was the 50th anniversary of the 1976 Olympics that spawned its creation, to be exact.) Dime made an edit to bid the spot a happy half-century.
“If there’s three points of contact with a tree, you’re safe. That’s what the sloths do.” YouWillSoon remixed a grip of Jake Johnson clips from a Skateboarder magazine trip through the Amazon back in the early 2010s. (ICYMI: There’s also a Joey Pepper one.)
Greg Navarro made a Thrasher “Out There” with Jack O’Grady, who’s been spending prolonged time out here in New York.
“Back in the day, when I got $200 a month from Sole Tech, that was life-changing for me, you know what I mean? Then when it got raised to $500, that was life-changing, and then it got raised to a thousand, and that was life-changing.” Slam City Skates has a #longform interview with Elissa Steamer.
No idea who this guy is or what his deal is, but he popped up on the timeline to remind everyone to stop bitching — you live in a city where the basketball court and the [admittedly nobody’s favorite] skatepark are in the same park, on the water. Sorry, Phoenix.
The guy who goes around cleaning mailboxes is shocked the response to his vigilante mailbox cleaning was “surprisingly bad.”
QS Sports Desk Play of the Week 🏀 — You know what we’re excited for this year? The Minnesota Timberwolves. Opening night Knicks prediction is Philly wins, everyone overreacts, and then Philly is somewhere between the 2013 Lakers and the 2021 Nets by Christmas ;)
Quote of the Week 🗣 “We gotta bring Tribeca Park back.” — Mike Heikkila