Humidity ❤️ via Greg Navarro 📷
Quick thirty second Hardbody commercial with Antonio + Hjalte is giving video magazine ad vibes. Told E.J. this was too short, and his response was, “Well, the last video was too long.” New Hardbody stuff live on their shop + your local.
“Interstate” is a sick eight-minute video by Spencer Newman and the youngs, based around Stamford, CT, but with a good bit of New York footage in it. Yelled at the screen @ the slam on that new brick thing by Domino Park + it’s heartwarming to see the “Sphere” [Gold & Platt by CIA Ledge] endure through two decades of homie videos. Titles are coming back, baby!
“If you’re listening to all this hip-hop, why the fuck are you editing your videos to Joy Division?” Farran Golding profiled Paul Young for Closer as he was winding up production on Down By Law + included a video supplement on the art of selecting music for skate videos.
Boil the Ocean looks at the death and resurrection cycle of classic skate shoe brands — which, as a subgenre, seems to always excite A Very Specific Type Of Guy™.
Skate Jawn x Village Psychic shared the recap of their third annual can jam at Vans Skate Space 198.
“It has always been part of the appeal to me that there are no formal ‘rules’ in skating, but everybody’s got an opinion about minutia…Never as a final ruling, but as an exploration of our culture, as it continues to evolve and grow.” Ian Browning spoke to Skate Bylines about the favorite installments of his “Rules of Skateboarding” series that he writes for Village Psychic.
“Triple or Nothing isn’t necessarily mournful, but the subdued, almost contemplative soundtrack and extended cuts of friends embracing, smiling, laughing, and simply being among each other certainly remind us of how important that all is.” Simple Magic wrote about Jeff Cecere’s latest.
1995 S.O.T.Y. winner Chris Senn sure was in a lot of 411 issues.
Trevor Colden is the latest guest on The Bunt.
Loosies Corner 🚬 — Three minutes from Zander Mitchell.
QS Sports Desk Play of the Week 🏀 — Apparently there are already comps of him doing this earlier in the season, but the Sports Desk has not been adamantly following Obi Toppin as much since the trade. Anyway, from a few days ago and not a basketball play.
Quote of the Week 🗣 “I have an idea on how to save the skate industry: all companies dissolve into Sk8Mafia and everyone rides for them.” — Pryce Holmes