Tino. Scan via Science Versus Life. Slow news week last week, but guess what? It’s going to be sixty degrees all this week, and it’s going to start getting dark after 7 P.M. starting Sunday :)
If you have even $10 you can spare and acknowledge that skateboarding is a really cool thing that more people across the world should do to be happy, please support the construction of the Addis Abbaba skatepark in Ethiopia. It’s going to help people’s lives a lot more than that six-pack you were otherwise gonna buy with it ♥
Wow, there’s already a hill bomb clip crazier than Gerwer down the Bullitt hill.
T or F? — This is the second best nollie back heel ever done.
#TRENDWATCH2016 — switch heelflip indy grabs and nosegrind body varials! Jk. Although J.B. Gillett already has a strong Quartersnacks Line of the Year Contender *and* a Noseslide of the Year frontrunner, based off the latest Dalavas clip.
Jesse got a clip in Hjalte’s angel wings.
A field guide to skateboarding long distances by one of the guys who skated from Boston to New York and from New York to Philadelphia.
The trash can in the state bird of the East Village. Dick Rizzo and Josh Wilson skate some garbage at 12th & A (still a box!) and Tompkins.
An interview with Marcus from Skate Jawn.
DGK fam Connor Champion, John Shanahan, Dylan Sourbeer, Will Mazarri, and The World’s Best Dressed Skateboarder™ 2016, Daniel Kim, at the Nike SB Garage.
Have we been bad friends to Brandon Biebel? Why are we realizing this only now? SMLTalk asks the question we should have been asking three weeks ago about the 2015 I.G.S.O.T.Y. (Lucas technically won in our reader’s choice awards, but given this site’s readership, Lucas would probably win a vote for best vert skater.)
Genny and Jason Byoun cruising on some diamond-plate Soho spots :)
Boil the Ocean re: the sudden surge in high technology skate products.
Some goofy throwaways from Cooper Winterson.
Prince didn’t let Triple Six Mafia into his party the night they won an Oscar.
QS Sports Desk Play of the Week: Can’t wait til the Knicks sign Lance Stephenson in six years. Should hopefully be the same season as J.R’s pre-retirement return tour.
Quote of the Week: “I deadass had a dream about Rob Campbell last night.” — E.J.
Rest in Peace Fresh