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Baltimore Report — Threads’ “Vacant Street Blues” Video

Video October 30th, 2025 · 12:00 am · 1

It is safe to say that when a city’s most famous spot is The Wire Spot, and the people who have logged the most clips there still express frustration with it, you don’t have exactly the easiest metro area to produce a full-length video in. And yet, generation after generation, Baltimore continues to produce incredible skaters, incredible videos, and a vibrant scene that shares an ethos with places like Pittsburgh and Detroit where there is this almost artisan quality to every piece of the puzzle — from the rub-bricked ledges to the videographer’s persistence that everybody get something for the video.

Atlanta Report — Justin Hearn’s “STRATOSPHERE” Part

Video October 29th, 2025 · 12:00 am · 2

Justin Hearn is one of the leading faces pushing the Atlanta skate scene in 2025, and today, we are proud to present his part for Stratosphere — a shop that is not only the longest-standing in the city, but one of the most O.G. shops in the entire country.

Barcelona Report — YEAHLEYEAH “Eurday” Part

Video October 23rd, 2025 · 12:00 am

One of the most prolific skate media franchises of the past ~decade has been Gronze. They carry a remarkable ability to dig into the outskirt neighborhoods of Barcelona, and tackle the sort of spots that your average skate tourist would not even glance at. (Really wish the “11th of the Month” series would make a comeback.) I imagine it’s kinda like what trawling for crust in Ridgewood or Maspeth is for us in New York — except for them, it’s in a city known for its flawless, low-bust spots and skate bucket-list pedigree.

Today, we’re proud to present a part from one of the franchise’s frigureheads, Fred Plocque Santos. “Eurday” was made with his friend Noyan, and premiered at the Vladimir Film Festival earlier this year. The results are a dive into those aforementioned outskirts, with boardslides down near-vertical knobbed rails, hubbas in the shape of quarterpipes, a highway-adjacent Max Palmer spot cousin, and a whole new take on the concept of subway skating.

QS x Adidas Lonnnnnggg Ledge Jam @ Tompkins Recap

Video October 21st, 2025 · 12:00 pm · 2

Way back when, we were reporting on a new skatepark across the Atlantic opening and someone left a now-immortal comment.

“I’ve always wondered what skatepark builders have against STRAIGHT FUCKING LEDGES. I live in CO and there’s a skatepark in every town with A 20 foot cradle but not a STRAIGHT FUCKING LEDGE at any of em. What are the kids gonna do with a 20 FOOT CRADLE?!?! Just build us a STRAIGHT FUCKING LEDGE and be done with it!”

In the twelve years since, anytime we have reported on a built-for-skateboarding structure, we simply had to commentate on whether or not the park, plaza, et al. included a …Straight Fucking Ledge™.

Today, more New York City skateparks have Straight Fucking Ledges™, though probably not in the abundance that a Straight Fucking Ledge™-enthusiast would want.

Mexico City & Paris Report — Alan Buenfil’s “SWANTASIA” Video

Video October 15th, 2025 · 12:00 am · 4

Mexico and France’s capital cities might not initially seem like they have much in common as skate scenes, but there’s more to the pairing than you may realize.

Alan Buenfil, an expat living in Paris, and his intercontinental crew bounced between the two in search of cutty banks and tight spaces. In Mexico, they manifest as cracked sidewalk tiles on giant hills that make up the city’s residential neighborhoods, and in Paris, they’re cobblestone descents toward the Seine’s edges.

The result is an almost dreamlike interplay between the two scenes (one that may be familiar to those who remember Carlos Didier’s “I ♥ IMMIGRANTS’” video from last year, one of Buenfil’s friends), to a point where when you actually do see a smooth, marble-tiled set of stairs, you can’t even tell which city it’s in.