Interview by Farran Golding
Photo by Ben Colen for Thrasher
Five Favorite Parts is back.
If you ever wondered what possesses someone to, say, 5050 the bench on the Houston median depicted above, or boardslide the knobbed rail on Forsyth Street while everyone else is hurling themselves down the stairs — you can rest assured that the answer is a crossroad between Anthony Pappalardo and Jason Byoun ;)
Intro + Interview by Adam Abada
Photo by Marco Hernandez
“I think I was in the best mindset of my skateboarding career – filming that part with Brandon.” This is what Chandler responded when asked how he distilled his skating into his sick new Q is for Cow part.
“Sponsor stuff was going on, and even after proving to myself with ‘Castle Freak‘ that I was pro on my own standards, it felt good to take all of my footage and not have it in any industry thing, and have it go to a homie video that made that much more from the heart.”
To see where Chandler’s heart is at, I had him rundown his favorite parts. And you know what, it seems like his heart is in the right place.
Photo by Anthony Acosta
If you watch Pedro’s two-minute iPhone part that Thrasher posted a few days ago, it’s hard not to wonder what inspires his eye for spots (and to continue putting his back through those slams.) Turns out the answer — like for so many others — is old Grant Taylor and Cardiel parts 
After Johnny’s Vid dropped earlier this month, a handful of people asked if there had ever been a formal QS interview with Johnny. There was one… like, centuries ago — and Heckride’s interview from 2021 and the Say You Swear pod from 2022 covered a lot of the recent ground.
However, Johnny hadn’t done a Five Faves before, so here we are 
Photo by Anthony Acosta
When we ran the Wes Kremer edition last month, the headline photo was of Wes chilling with Nick, which naturally lead to the question: how the hell have we not asked Nick to do one of these before?
