Boil the Ocean Archives - Quartersnacks

‘Where Were You When I Was [Pop] Shoving In The Sleeveless?’

Daily News April 21st, 2025 · 12:00 am

Thanks to everyone who grabbed something from the webstore Should be caught up on shipping orders soon. Available at skateshops worldwide now.

Everyone who has logged years skating Tompkins has an immediate answer to “what’s the craziest thing you’ve ever seen walking into the Tompkins bathroom?” Let’s see if the $5 million they put into renovating it keeps it from becoming the tenth ring of hell again. Now open!

“Yeah, I think that when you show everything, it allows more people in. There are people I know who don’t skate who have watched this and for them it’s like a hero’s journey or something: You’re watching someone go through something, and you can maybe sympathize with me, or maybe think I’m insane, but you get that I’m trying really hard to do something. You don’t need to understand the context for the tricks to get that.” The menswear SubStack, Blackbird Skyplane, got the elusive Bobby DeKeyzer on the horn for an interview about his new part.

Adjusted For Inflation, A Quartersnack Should Be 41 Cents Today

Daily News April 7th, 2025 · 12:00 am

Spring QS goods arriving at shops worldwide now. On our webstore soon

A roll-through of the restored Big Banks section of the Brooklyn Banks.

Blaine Williams’ new video is called Normal and it rips. All New York, with a wide net of spots and personalities. Jermaine Whittaker’s closing part is crazy (that opening trick!), and honestly, that one dude doing a half cab crook on the middle bench on Marcy [as opposed to the end… like everyone else] to start a line is one of the most impressive things in the video.

Kader shared a vlog of him in New York, Portland, and Philly by Tristan Warren, which includes some B.T.S. warm-ups. The tweak on those switch ollies over the Soho barrier is insane.

R.I.P. Metrocards

Daily News March 24th, 2025 · 12:00 am · 1

Congrats to Nelly Morville on the pro board for Limo!

Angel Fonseca and the Papi Brand dudes up in The Bronx dropped a new bro cam edit called “Dude, Where’s That Spot,” which’ll have you asking… “dude, where’s that spot?” So fire how nobody skates the downtown Brooklyn skatepark, but you’ll still see that curb down the stairs pop up in edits as a street spot.

Paul Young has been uploading single parts from his Down By Law video, on the occasion that you want a micro-dose: Luke Malaney + the Traffic team, Arty Smith, Grady Smith, German Nieves, Justin Helmkamp, Chachi/Mind Bender/Dustin, Josh Wilson, Vin Perso.

One Week Until 7 P.M. Sunsets

Daily News March 3rd, 2025 · 12:00 am

Cyrus Bennett by Paul Grund via his latest part by Ben Chadourne.

“MAKING PLANS” is a homie video by the Thumbs NYC crew, which is prolifically good at avoiding the familiar trappings of Manhattan and Brooklyn in favor of a more northern exploration of the city. Great Olu Stanley part to close it out, and going to go ahead and say that Baked Dougie has some of the most fire flip tricks of 2025. Tre flips and nollie flips with personality. We need more of that.

Luca Mayer has a new part by Chris Patti for Skate Jawn. He might be elbow high right now, but those spots are all for the grown. Ender at the NYPL is very sick.

“THANK GOD IT’S NOT 2024 ANYMORE” is a seven-minute, all-New York montage by Shaquille Waite that’s a great time. Kickflip back lip banks rail + front three Broome Street + flip 5-0 / flip nosegrind + more, all fire. All to some 2015ish #skatevideohouse ;)

Still Here

Daily News January 20th, 2025 · 12:00 am · 2

You realize all that skate blogging was worth it when you see a 2025 teenager skating Reggaeton Ledges to peak Young Jeezy. “A Third Perspective” is a sick 15-minute, all-NYC homie video from Alim Orahovac and the youngs. [Being in a homie video where one of your friends varial flips and another tre flips the Flushing grate is a mandatory rite of passage in life.]

“The video is called ‘Still in Atlanta’ because of fools who moved to New York or L.A. and were on me about staying here, saying shit like ‘Atlanta is dead.'” Jenkem spoke to Atlanta skate scene ambassador, Justin Hearn, about the ATL scene and his new video.

More Sidlauskian spot nostalgia is what we need :)