📷 Photo by Bailey Schreiner
📝 Interview by Farran Golding
We wanted to get Nicole for the QS Cup earlier this month, but unfortunately, she was recovering from an injury. (Anyone that went to the 2022 Dime Glory Challenge will remember that Nicole’s skating was one of the highlights.) The next best thing was a Five Favorite Parts.
🔑 Intro & Interview by Farran Golding
📝 Photo by Zach Sayles, originally published in Matt and Neil Herrick’s interview for Vague Skate Mag #25
Journeys through cities are a defining characteristic of east coast and independent skateboarding videos. It’s palpable in Matt Militano’s footage, most recently his opener for Zach Sayles’ ethereal production Veil (voted one of the top ten videos of our 2023 Readers Poll and available as a hardcopy directly from Zach for the enthusiasts.)
While skateboarding that is, frankly, very difficult comes packaged with an inherent sense of sincerity, there has always been a playfulness to Matt’s skating — a byproduct of the more unexpected influences he outlines here.
🔑 Intro & Interview by Adam Abada
Oftentimes a pattern emerges in people’s Five Favorite Part choices. That’s the case for these Evan Wasser selects, which trend towards his native Los Angeles and classic, powerful skating — as well as intros with extended freakout and slam sections. Then there’s the Portland [not so] wildcard to start it out…
🔑 Intro & Interview by Farran Golding
📝 Photo by Changsu
Ryuhei Kitazumi had one of the coolest looking and sounding video parts of last year in Tightbooth’s LENZ III. His style and approach were born out of the black marble of the Japanese seaside plaza, Sega Mae, where the local Chatty Chatty crew set a precedent he keenly studied and would lead to finding kindred spirits all around the world.
Our latest Five Faves is with Malmö, Sweden ambassador and WKND pro, Sarah Meurle. (Her Jenkem interview from a half-a-year back is great, in case you missed it.)
