Cyrus is on Polar, Ben K is on 3D, and Steve Nash retired.
Found this podcast piece about “defensive architecture” with Ocean Howell really interesting (he’s an architecture professor now.) His points about developers positioning skateparks in rundown areas so they give way to gentrification seem to make sense. (Check where on the map the new Jersey City skatepark will be.)
An interview with Chad Bowers, former Alien Workshop team manager and principal figurehead behind Mother Collective about working for and starting a skateboarding company in…Ohio. “They forgot about the fourth coast.”
Nieratko interviewed Bill Strobeck on the occasion of cherry’s one-year anniversary.
#MPC: 1) HD video blog #9 from Johnny Wilson. 2) Max Palmer, Andrew Wilson, John Choi from Dime, et al. with one of the better clips from the now defunct Coda warehouse. 3) Some Paych second angles via Paul Young.
New Hi-8 clip (oxymoron?) with all the Bronze dudes.
Slam has a quick photo feature with the bro Rob Mathieson from his time in New York.
Hey, these guys like Virtual Reality Bump as much as we do!
There are some hot moves in this Evan Dittig part for Underground Skate Shop.
SMLTalk looks back the the first-ever skate re-edit contest. What up Jeremy.
Dunno what the deal with this blurry and dark Leo Gutman re-edit is (art?), but it was a good reminder to revisit The Brodies part that earned him Q.S.S.O.T.Y honors in 2013.
Even though he is quite obviously the entire QS office’s favorite skateboarder, it should be noted that Lucas’ slappy back smith IG vid was not the first known documentation of said maneuver on social media. This guy did it for the Vine back in January.
QS Sports Desk Play of the Week: Nice to see J.R. Smith excelling in a city with minimal nightlife. Imagine him on the Thunder? He might become MVP.
Quote of the Week: “Tribeca is like the Equinox of skateparks.” — Connor Champion
and you already know that slappy back smith on Vine went down in richmond
hate to be the bearer of bad news but skateboarders are the pioneers of gentrification. their willing to pay cheap rent to live in run down areas with homeless people and drug problems. then the next wave of gentrifiers are drastically more comfortable around skateboarders than homeless drug addicts.
^^Yes but ‘pioneers’ is a stretch.
Artists are the original gentrifiers for the reasons you describe. Harry Jumonji and the Shut team weren’t the ones moving to Soho in the 70s for cheap loft space.
Skating isn’t what made Berlin the former cheap living art city either.
Did you listen to the interview? He says the same thing you just said i.e. “If we’re swept out of one area, we’re used as brooms in another.”
Very top post Kosta, and yea I’m still a dick
The Richmond slappy back smith was sick. It makes me miss the 804.
loved the defensive architecture / ocean howell podcast. curious how you found out about that? is there another website with this kind of content that i should know about?