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Game of G.R.A.T.E. — Full Series

Video July 7th, 2026 · 10:30 am · 1

Whether you’ve been living under a rock for a month, or you want to relive the magic all in one sitting …or you just need some shit to throw on the screen while everyone gets their shit together to go skate for the day, here is the entirety of the Game of G.R.A.T.E. series in one video. The order they went down IRL is the order they were released, which is also the order that they are presented in here. Thanks to everyone who participated, everyone who was involved in the production, and everyone with kind words to say about the series. We hope to do more stuff like this in the future, yes 🤝

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Quartersnacks Will Be Replacing Anna Wintour At Vogue, Effective Immediately

Daily News June 30th, 2025 · 12:00 am · 3

That Condé Nast expense account been hitting this week 🍾🦪

Peter Sidlauskas eulogized the Brooklyn Banks Burger King at 55 Fulton Street — perhaps the most notorious fast-food establishment in New York skate history. They should restore it as phase four of the Banks after the Small Banks.

While Ted and Thrasher work on a “This Old Ledge” about the Banks Burger King, they dropped their Flushing episode to hold you over. James Reres shoutout was important. Kinda feel compelled to remind everyone that Rob Gonyon backside flipped the six and Antonio switch frontside flipped it 12+ years ago. Also liked Skateboarder‘s “15 Things You Didn’t Know About Flushing” thing so much that it’s the header photo for it on the spot page.

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#TRENDWATCH2023 — The Search For This Moment’s Really Long Ledge

Daily News March 1st, 2023 · 12:00 am · 7

Human beings are infatuated with ways to measure their endurance: Usain Bolt’s 100-meter dash, Wilt Chamberlain’s 100-point game, 76 hot dogs in ten minutes, etc.

In ledge skating, this measuring stick is holding a given trick over a long ledge. If it stands to reason that everyone’s first time doing anything on a ledge is a quick grind off the end, then holding it the distance is the true form of mastery.

For this purpose — in New York, at least — The Grate™ is a unit of measure.

Have you been getting really good at backside tailslides? There is no doubt that one of your idiot friends will ask, “D’ya think you could do it over the grate?”

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The 2021 Quartersnacks Year in Review: 25-16

Features & Interviews December 1st, 2021 · 12:01 am · 4

It is December. Can you believe it? The year that began with you suggesting to a friend, “Hey do you want to go to an outdoor dining shack in 18-degree weather with snow on the ground to have a beer because if I stay inside my apartment any longer I’m going to claw my own eyes out,” and that friend going “Sure!” is coming to a close.

As we do every year, thus begins our [mostly] scene-specific Top 25 countdown of things that defined the past twelveish months.

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