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The best bits of skate content from the past week are Peter Sidlauskas’ dives into skate spot lore of yesteryear, specifically spots that have fallen into the ashes of time via redevelopment: L train roof bank, the Wythe Street ledge, and of course, the Autumn Bowl.
The youngs rip, man. “Looking To Be” is a ten-minute video by Chris Argueta featuring the new gen stacking in New York. All NY clips, with Three Up Three Down continuing to endure as New York’s greatest skate spot, generation after generation.
LurkNYC uploaded a 2013-2015 Ben Kadow raw reel as an addendum to Ben’s Epicly Later’d.
“OD is a historical document representing a life lived skateboarding — you can sense the curbside beers, the meet-up spot arguments in the group chat, and the excitement and tension of watching a buddy struggle for their clip knowing your girlfriend expected you home an hour ago.” 360 Degrees of Game wrote about Hardbody’s OD, their favorite skate video of 2024.
“Sincerity” is a half-VHS cam / half-VX edit by Troy Vetri and his crew ripping around a bunch of classic New York spots. Half cab fish hook thingy at Lenox was sick. Ender is nuts too. R.I.P. the Hunt’s Point manny pad yo. They really liked that spot.
PNW scene publication, Adjacency Bias, spoke with Aaron Herrington and John Colyer about Aaron’s all-Oregon homecoming part from last year, “Homeward Bound.”
Dr. Paul O’Connor with an academic deep-dive into the sounds of skateboards.
Re-added 20th & C to the spots page. We’re so back baby!
ICYMI: Greg Navarro took a bunch of pro pogo stickers (yep) to famous New York skate spots for Jenkem.
Spot Updates — The Lily Pads spot on Essex and Broome is done. Closed for construction.
Loosies Corner 🚬 — All of Kareem Campbell’s 411VM appearances in one place. A lot of contest footy, but the loft on those flip tricks is undeniable.
QS Sports Desk Play of the Week 🏀 — It can only be Trae Young, right? Goodnight, Utah.
Quote of the Week 🗣
Pad: “Do you wanna drive me to Vegas on Tuesday?”
Dylgr: “I’m not your fucking chauffeur. I’m a Golden Globe nominee, dude.”
LiAngelo Ball having the first hit of 2025 …that sounds like it was written for a Cash Money release in 2005 is just …yeah. Nothing is real
Snack board reissue imminent or?
Lost mine in a coin toss to a homie when we moved out in an old office and had to lay claim to the important fixtures.
Bring back the snack man cruiser
I hoping that this image of the snackman board is a hint of its return. I always regret not buying it back then.