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.

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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.

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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.

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Baltimore Report — Gang International’s ‘CMON YO’ Video

Esteemed QS readers will be familiar with the Gang International think-tank from their deep coverage of the Pulaski scene, and troves of footage from office favorites like Bobby Worrest and Kevin Augustine.

Jeremy Knott and Gang’s latest video finds them sixty minutes north of D.C. — in Baltimore, digging for more crustaceous, under-seen spots than the wide granite cathedrals offered by the nation’s capital. (Anybody pulling up to Baltimore looking for a nice lil’ ledge with two ends on smooth grounds is liable to find themselves a bit disappointed.)

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