HD #tfreport via 📷 via Greg Navarro
“Editors are busy, and like I said, mired down in nonsense. It sucks, but it’s the state of the media.” Skate Bylines has a mega-feature about pitching articles, features, etc. to skate publications, featuring insights from many names who have been published on QS before. [Gonna use this space to apologize to anyone whose pitch we may have not got to in the past. It is never a personal thing, and it’s truly an honor getting a pitch from someone wanting to spend their time to contribute to QS each and every time.]
Boil the Ocean makes the case for all the inevitable S.O.T.Y. contenders.
“So it’s kind of funny that, you know, the quote unquote ‘underground’ doesn’t really exist in skateboarding anymore because everything’s so well seen. You can’t really even say we’re an ‘underground’ brand or anything like that. We’re just doing what we’ve always done.” Village Psychic interviewed the crew behind Traffic Skateboards, on the occasion of their new video.
Wish the Bronze 56k x Venture video was 5x as long.
Jonathan Perez posted a reel of footage from a four-day summer trip to New York, which is about as productive as anyone could possibly hope for. The fact those steps at Silver Towers are just a regular spot now is nuts; shit’s been a one-minute bust for a lifetime. Switch back tail at Zuccotti was 10/10, too.
“I heard geese are assholes. Is that true?” Brandon Westgate shares his thoughts on geese [spoiler: his geese are nice] and the NB# video in his new Thrasher interview.
Vic with a steezy cruise to the Dancer shop in Copenhagen.
Frankie Spears is the latest guest on The Bunt.
Some good news: The city council voted to end broker fees in New York, although Yerrcribs deserves a bag for making the intersection of skateboarding and real estate absolutely hilarious.
Spot Updates 📍 — 1) The Small Banks are “open,” and no, they’re not yet “skateable.” Here is why, and yes, it has everything to do with how the city is a massive bureaucracy, and yes, they are still slated to be restored into skateable condition. 2) FedEx is completely boarded off. No telling if they are demolishing the plaza yet.
Loosies Corner 🚬 — Ten minutes of loosies from the newly pro Nikolai Piombo. One of our favorite features of Nikolai’s skating is that he skates New York ledges that nobody else does.
QS Sports Desk Play of the Week 🏀 — “Dick is ballin’” belongs in the Inside The NBA hall of fame top-tier, right up there with the San Antonio churros.
Quote of the Week 🗣 “The new Top Dog Law commercial goes crazy.” — E.J, two minutes after getting out of his car.
This isn’t the new Top Dog Law commercial, but it also goes crazy. (There’s an entire playlist of them, yes.)