Any skater who has been to Tokyo has a story about walking into Prov. It is like stepping inside of an encyclopedia of small skate brands. If you live in one of the global skate centers and have a small-to-medium size brand, they have it; hell, they might’ve been the first account in Japan to roll the dice on it. At Prov, you’ll see brands that you can barely find in the States, whose drop schedule can be described as once every three months or three years. The knowledge that this crew has of what’s going on in the global skate landscape is truly unprecedented. And they’re down to pay the duties and import it across the globe.
Category: Video & Remixes
Tokyo Report — ‘HARQ’ by Daichi Sekiguchi
“HARQ” is a new edit by Daichi Sekiguchi out of the night skating capital of the world. It found its way to the QS pitchdesk when Daichi happened to see Genesis Evans on the street in Tokyo last month, and insisted he record a video message via Genny’s phone to send to the QS company line with a pitch to host it. Certainly a first, but Genny’s approval goes a long way around here.
The video features the current generation out of Tokyo, and ties together a bunch of the crew that works and lurks at Supreme Tokyo under one moody, six-minute edit that feels like it could be out of any era.
Late Nite Stars Monument-tage @ The Williamsburg Monument
The world’s most densely populated skate scenes are no strangers to spot modifications. When oft-traversed spots get a lil’ dull, you can simply “edit” the spot — temporarily or permanently — to unlock a new dimension of possibilities.
The Late Nite Stars crew did exactly that at the Williamsburg Monument, a spot that has more-or-less looked exactly the same since the day that Bobby Puleo clocked the first bit of footage ever captured there a quarter-century ago. They took some sock money, and added in an assortment of Euro gaps, hips, and a hubba ledge [reminiscent of that baby one in Malmo that Connor and Josh love] into the spot’s centerpiece.
The 2024 Quartersnacks Cup — Recap
The first year of the QS Cup Presented by Vans went down in Greenpoint, Brooklyn — just steps away from the onetime home of the world famous Autumn Bowl. Sixteen of the world’s best skaters were paired in an eight-race bracket, racing each other around our specially engineered pump track until only one skater was left standing with the trophy.
German Nieves’ “Big Germ” Part
Photo by Pedro Raimundo
We’ve all been fans of German’s skateboarding since Logic 6, which, for anyone keeping score, came out pretty much a quarter century ago. In the time since, German has remained consistent in his approach: classic east coast aesthetics, sturdy switch crooked grinds, and an unbridled love for skateboarding that’s shines through the screen — the dude has a smile on his face even when trying to avoid the lock while tre flipping into a cellar door.
“Big Germ” is by no means the *sequel* to the aforementioned early-2000s video magazine part; Justin White already took care of that. Instead, it’s an ode to aging gracefully and never falling out of love with skateboarding, even as you get closer to 50 than 40.