The Beacon crew has an eight-minute snapshot of the Summer at Tompkins 2k24.
Juan Reyna and his crew have a new 20-minute video out called SMOOCH, which is entirely filmed in New York. Always impressed that the E. 9th Street triangle continued to live on as a functional spot despite the reconstruction that made it fifty times worse.
Jerry Fowler — a late 90s/early 2000s pro who was ahead of the curve on multiple waves of ledge skating — filmed a selfie part for Orchard, his hometown shop in Boston.
Slam City Skates interviewed Will Miles about the making of QuickStrike.
“The intention of QuickStrike, a very good video, appears to be to flood the zone, overwhelm the senses, and give you as much as you can handle with little reprieve.” In the that event every conversation you had with your crew in the past week wasn’t about the Nike SB video, Simple Magic jotted down some thoughts + Mostly Skateboarding recorded a pod on it.
“Sort of like a Baker video except with unbothered moose and dumpster-diving bears instead of downtown LA lurkers, the vid suggests a singular scene that’s far-flung, close knit and super dedicated.” While everyone is clamoring on about the Nike vid, Boil the Ocean wrote about an hour-plus Alaska scene video (yes, people skate there!) with less than 1k YouTube views + why it’s very much worth your time.
“If this happens, that irregular palimpsest surface of pockmarked bricks, which constitutes what for many skateboarders is the spiritual and historic heart of our culture, will be erased without a trace.” Ted Barrow wrote an opinion piece for The San Francisco Standard explaining the history that will be lost if the city goes ahead with its proposed plan to make Embarcadero look like the High Line.
“Skateboarders are considered immature or childish. Did becoming a father make you more responsible?” Solo interviewed QS-favorite Nick Boserio and QS-favorite Roman Gonzalez about how they changed as people and skaters since becoming parents.
Danny Falla extols the virtues of skating in Lima + more via his Skate Jawn interview.
Gang International uploaded some B-sides from their Baltimore video, “CMON YO.”
iPhone Loosies Corner 🚬 — Four minutes of Cyrus loosies.
Quote of the Week 🗣 “What do you need a bike for!? You got a skateboard!” — Angry Galaxy Brained Individual Who Was 8 Seconds Too Late To The Last Electric Citibike
This part turns ten this week. Wow. If you have the first QS Dunks, those turn ten too, so make sure you got ’em in a temperature controlled room or something.