The Best Skate Videos & Parts of 2025 — QS Readers Poll Results

🎨 Graphic by Francesco Pini
📊 Ballot Count by 4PLY

The results are in and we now have a snapshot of skateboarding in 2025, as voted on by QS readers. Unlike past years, when there was sometimes only a few vote split between first and second place, ties, etc., for the most part, everything cleanly landed where it landed this year.

And it should be said that this listing was voted on between 10:30 A.M. on Monday, December 8th until 5:30 P.M. on Friday, December 12th. Chris Joslin’s “G-Ma” part, which would earn him Thrasher‘s S.O.T.Y. trophy, was released around noon on Wednesday the 10th. Zion Wright’s part was released the morning of Thursday, the 11th. A similar thing happened the year that Miles Silvas won S.O.T.Y. But one hill we will gladly die on is that nobody wants to talk about year-end recap stuff in the following year. We will extend eligibility to any parts that came out starting December 8th into next year’s ranking.

To anyone just joining us: This is NOT a selection curated by QS staff. Editors and contributors can vote, but this was tallied across hundreds of publicly submitted ballots. If you’re interested in the methodology, 4PLY broke down how we tally the votes

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Got A Lil’ Scribbly Last Night

All of Van Wastell’s backside tailslides.

Added Matlok Bennett-Jones’s “At Aragon Gardens” part to The Quartersnacks One-Spot Part Map 📍, filmed entirely at …Aragon Gardens in London. That’s 99 spots on the map! Really hope #100 isn’t some bullshit like a part all filmed at Third and Degraw. (Unless it’s Gabe.)

📅 1) Wip Energy, Labor, Tenant, Spitfire, Grand + Gotham Park are bringing the Back To The Banks contest …back for the first time since 2008 (!) Next Saturday, October 4 from 1-5 P.M. $10k in prizes. Flyer here. 2) The fellas from Yardsale are hosting a pop-up + party on the Lower East Side this week. Flyer here.

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Five Favorite Parts With Ryan Lay

🔑 Interview by Farran Golding
📷 Photo by Kyle Seidler

We got one of the stars of Sci-Fi’s Endless Beauty to chime in on the videos that help inform what he does, which reminded us that there are two types of people in this world: those who want a part with immaculate vibes, and those who want a part that sends the skater teetering on the verge of a mental breakdown. It’s either one or the other.

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