Why the hell is there already a Knicks preseason game tonight? We just won last week…
Naquan Rollings posted up his edit from the L.E.S. Park skate jam dedicated to the memory of Marquis Blondel ❤️
“Cities hire ad agencies to craft entire campaigns to woo tourists. The skate shop video as a genre achieves the same thing powered by a handful of skaters placed somewhere around their late-teens and into their early-20s, a couple of responsible adults, and a steady flow of price-point shop decks.” Ian Browning wrote about the enduring power of skate shop videos for Closer. (Loosely related / ICYMI: A QS piece we did on the enduring power of shop …tees.)
Gabriel Fortunato with two lines @ the Fulton Street Subway stairs. Must be nice.
Fuck This Industry posted up a vlog from their trip through New England to Genuine Risk Lane. Includes Coles Bailey footage, yes.
Dustin Henry has a new Thunder part out in which he does a lot of incredible ledge tricks that are typically reserved for those with a plethora of Spanish marble at their disposal — on absolutely horrendous concrete Canadian ledges.
Deleting shirts, Tim Horton’s, the LCBO, Dunbat …Ben St. Aubin is the latest spender on Skate Jawn‘s “$100 Chill” in Canadian currency.
“If there is any spiritual antecedent to the Ryuhei Kitazume vid, it can be found around those more innocent days of 2001’s first half, within the later-period 411VM archives.” Boil the Ocean wrote about the Ryuhei Kitazume part, which is seen as the successor to J.B. Gillet’s 2001 411VM “Rookies” section. Fair.
Our favorite skater Nick Michel is the latest guest on Lookback Library’s “Cover Discussions” series, giving the backstories to his Thrasher + Skate Jawn covers.
YouWillSoon remixed the Joey Pepper footage from two Skateboarder magazine trips to Vietnam and the Amazon from the ~early-2010s. That bump-to-bar over the stairs and into the bank ollie is still absolutely insane.
Chromeball is back with a #longform interview with Big Brother‘s Rick Kosick.
SHIT’LL BUFF premieres at Greenpoint Palace Bar on October 15th @ 8 P.M. Trailer here.
Quote of the Week 🗣
Carhartt WIP Social Media Manager: “I feel like I have a parasocial relationship with all of you because I run the Instagram pages and have to tag you all the time.”
Observant Teamrider: “But Max [Palmer] doesn’t have Instagram.”
Carhartt WIP Social Media Manager: “I know. He’s a hashtag.”
[Correction re: last week’s quote… We stay misquoting Keith.]
Miami Uber driver was bumping this. Thanks man.