Shaun Paul — “BUSINESS LOUNGE” Part

It is hard not to love how Shaun Paul skates. Just last month, he managed to log one of the most ~satisfying~ crooked grinds in recent memory, and followed it up with an elusive Switch Front Shuv Crook Down A Handrail™, a maneuver otherwise the terrain of an illustrious few: the Puigs, Marianos and Jesuses of the world. He’s been a Free Skate Mag front page fixture anytime they run a vid out of Australia, and has the unique distinction of being one of the few non-east coasters brought into the Bronze 56k fold. You get all that while the faint hum of high school dance anthems by one of the premier hitmakers of the 2000s plays in your head — a lazy joke that Shaun Paul is probably way too bored of hearing ;)

Today, we are proud to present his new globetrotting part by Majick Templeton, filmed everywhere from Helsinki to Malaysia to Normandy and back to the pair’s home continent in Melbourne and Sydney. Guest tricks by Sean Ryan and Cato Dobbs. Supported by New Balance Numeric.

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Downtime With Gus Gordon

🎬 + 📝 Video & Words by Adam Abada

For the second installment (!) of “Downtime,” we’ve got a seasonal treat with freshly-minted pro Gus Gordon as he rides out a tailbone injury. If one episode makes a pilot, then two gets a series going and we’re looking forward to bringing you more of these inside peeks to what our favorite skaters are getting up to when they’re not skating.

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It’s A Recap Baby! — QS x adidas Longer Ledge Jam @ T.F.

After nearly a year, the long ledge from last year’s jam is still holding strong — although it has admittedly seen better days. (Keep in mind, it has been hoisted atop a pillar already to create an above head-high drop-in earlier this year. Can’t imagine it came down lightly.) And while this has certainly been one of the most inventive year for obstacles in Tompkins’ skateboard history, every park in every city could always use a fresh, long ledge.

This year, we added another five feet to it. Nikolai and Mark did Nikolai and Mark stuff on it, and Graeme Turner came through as a sleeper MVP. Greg didn’t catch P Tricky’s banger on the HD cam, but we’ll probably need to hardpost the iPhone angle for posterity’s sake. Thanks for everyone who came out 🤝

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