Watched Sorry last night. Photo via Vintage Sponsor.
You don’t need to go out drinking on a Monday, so please donate to the ACLU.
The longest I’ve stared at a .gif of a skate trick maybe ever, but I get it now.
“It is best to always assume the potential to be cursed is near at hand to maintain ultimate protection.” Boil the Ocean on curses and hexes, and how skateboarding interacts with the supernatural.
“Truth be told, the part in The Fab Five when Chris Webber, Jalen Rose, Jimmy King, and them talk about how much they hate Duke is the sports doc equivalent of the triple-screen intro from Virtual Reality.” Frozen in Carbonite reviews The L.A. Boys, Colin Kennedy’s documentary about the creation of Gabriel Rodriguez, Rudy Johnson, Guy Mariano, and Paulo Diaz’s part from Ban This.
Max Palmer presents: “2Twisted,” the surprise sequel to last year’s “Twisted Illusions.”
Quick montage from Harry Bergenfield and the boys from the fall’s Drama video.
“POP Recycled” is an early frontrunner for best Euro clip of 2k17 even though all the footage is from 2k16. You know damn well that little kid’s lines down all the threes are gonna be in this week’s Top 10.
Jesse Alba, Nik Stain, Andrew Wilson, and the Polar team in Puerto Rico.
Kinda feel like the Kalis + Balbac interviews flew under the radar a bit because they were on Ride, but each installment has been great. The third and final one deals with a purported Smolik beef over Hubba Hideout claimers, not holding grudges, and a follow up on all the family + therapy stuff from Kalis’ Epicly Later’d.
Village Psychic has an interesting piece on the convergence of skate-friendly architecture, public space in former Soviet countries, and our current political climate.
Are times tough? Did you get kicked off the flow team? Did your friend with a rep job get fired? A wear test of a $16 sneaker purchased from a deli in Philadelphia.
Even before So Far Gone dropped and Herschel ate Jansport, Canada always had a hidden hand in shaping American culture. As skate scholars know, one of the most influential-yet-underappreciated thinktanks of 2000s skateboarding was Green Apple out in Winnipeg. The Bunt’s latest is with Mike McDermott, who brings us up to speed on Winnipeg’s best-known institution as it stands in the Trudeau era.
Devoted is an upcoming doc on the labor of love that is print media in 2017.
QS Sports Desk Play of the Week: Porzingis over Dwight, sure.
Quote of the Week: “I know people who know Sarah McLachlan.” — Dustin Henry
Damn, remember the mash-up era? ;)
(Yes, they knew to leave that other verse off.)