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Jahmal Williams: The Lost Tapes

Video & Remixes January 25th, 2013 · 5:30 am · 6

Photo by Josh Stewart

Well, “lost” in the sense that a lot of this footage isn’t easily YouTubeable.

Here’s a Manolo-esque mix of footage from a dude whose name should be brought up more in nerd-out conversations about the best styles in skateboarding. Some of the clips are from Logic and E.S.T. issues, some from random Florida videos that came out in the early-to-mid-2000s, a few bits from the first few Hopps commercials, and some have never been used anywhere else. Jahmal has benefited from two of the finest instances of music supervision in skate video history, so needless to say, picking a song wasn’t easy.

Also, be sure to keep up with Hopps. (P.S. They have a webstore now.)

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Mr. Ice Cream Man…

Daily News August 23rd, 2011 · 8:44 am · 3

The new Hopps commercial is online. It may not feature any skateboarding, but it has Jahmal Williams flying on a bicycle. If there was ever a skateboard commercial that deserved to be developed into a television show, a commercial that features Jahmal bicycling around Brooklyn selling ice cream and/or magical skateboards is certainly it.

Hopps > Spielberg. Be sure to stop by HoppsSkateboards.com as well.

[A lot of things popped up on the internet yesterday, and didn’t make the weekly Monday links post, so please pardon this extension of yesterday’s update…]

“Death Video” throwaway clips. YouTube comments already called out the “soft music for a ‘death’ video,” but these kids skate all over the city, and make Manhattan look like it has way more fun skate spots than it actually does. The line at Brick Nine is a new twist on the spot, and the near-ender at Frederick Douglass Park is pretty sick too. Wallie trends are real easy to predict.

Ishod Wair’s 4-Star Welcome Clip. Great to see a plain ol’ heelflip in circa-2011 skate footage. (Yes, obviously this particular inclusion isn’t exactly a “plain” heelflip, but still.)

From now on, every Quartersnacks clip will be edited exactly like this video. Check back tomorrow for a video update.

Hopps Night

Daily News August 18th, 2011 · 1:41 pm · 4

Bowery Stadium will be hosting a night with Jahmal Williams’ Hopps Skateboards on Friday, August 19th (tomorrow) at 7 P.M. They will be premiering a new commercial (“and a whole bunch of other stuff”) directed by Marcus Manoogian, who is responsible for the board going through the city / Frankie Valli commercial from last year. Hopps has some of the sickest art/creative direction in skateboarding today, so it’s definitely something to look forward to.

Stadium is located at 276 Bowery, which is basically the southwest corner of Houston and Bowery, next to Pulino’s and across the street from Whole Foods. No, you will not be able to skate the wave during the event. Come support Hopps though.

Here is the aforementioned commercial from last year: