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If U Kno — An Interview With Jasper Stieve

Features & Interviews May 22nd, 2025 · 12:00 am · 5

📝 Interview by Adam Abada
📷 Photography by Sam McKenna, Duncan Taylor & Neema Joorabchi

Jasper Stieve dropped one of our favorite video parts of 2025 — one full of some of the most impressive two-wheeled maneuvers that have been done in this city, including an ender that was truly shocking to watch, all the more for the fact that it didn’t involve fifty stairs or him kickflipping off a cliff. We did not give the part its proper due because we were OOO at the time, but after linking what feels like a dozen Jasper parts over just a few short years, it felt worthwhile to hit him up and see how he does all that.

Spring Reading Round-Up: ‘Pray For Pigeons,’ ‘Laser Quit Smoke Massage’ & ‘Chipped’

Features & Interviews April 24th, 2025 · 12:00 pm

🔑 Words by Adam Abada

Spring is as great a time as any for reading. While reading can mean a lot of things, consider using time in the newly crisp air and blossoming scenery to read some of these books authored by skaters from the past year or so.

It’s Nice To Have An Ender — An Interview With Tyler Surrey

Features & Interviews January 8th, 2025 · 12:00 am · 8

🔑 Interview by Adam Abada
📷 Photos by Leandro Terrile & Tyler

While we have been fans of Sk8mafia since forever — as evidenced by a decade-plus of Quote of the Week installments — QS is likely not the first news source you would go to for an interview with one of San Diego’s brightest sons. But we have been Tyler Surrey fans for a long time, admiring the dude’s ability to drop video parts that feel wholly complete and thought-through, without a moment ever feeling it’s its veering into a footage dump.

Tyler’s Indy part from late last year was a QS office favorite, so we got him on the line to discuss life as a working skateboarder, evolving your eye with age, and what’s good with living in Barcelona circa 2024, er …2025.

The Best Skate Videos & Parts of 2024 — QS Readers Poll Results

Features & Interviews December 24th, 2024 · 12:00 am · 11

🎨 Graphic by Francesco Pini
📊 Ballot Count by 4PLY

The results are in and we have an official, publicly sourced snapshot of 2024 skateboarding, as voted on by hundreds of people. And unlike last year, when the eventual Thrasher S.O.T.Y. winner dropped a part on the day that voting closed, there were no last-minute surprises. There are some new names, and some longtime favorites who have only ranked 20-11 in the past have finally broke into the top ten ❤️

Thanks to everyone who voted, and everyone who did some writing below :)

This ranking was voted on by QS readers from December 9th to December 13th. Editors and contributors can vote, but this is not a selection curated by QS staff. If you’re interested in the methodology, 4PLY broke down how we tally the votes ✨

Late Nite Stars — An Interview With Alan Bell

Features & Interviews November 20th, 2024 · 12:00 am · 7

🔑 Intro + Interview by Adam Abada
📷 Photos by Alex Uncapher & Zak Anders

We have said it before, but Alan Bell seems to keep a steady pace of finding new ways to skate many of New York’s proving-ground spots, so just under a year after Late Nite Stars’ ◯ video, we figured it’d be good to get him on the line.