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 🤝
Tag: Jiro Platt
Game of G.R.A.T.E. — Mark Suciu v.s. Jiro Platt
Back in the fall, when a couple of Adidas heads were in town for the Long Ledge Jam, we had an idea to get a few of them and a few local-based friends to do a casual, multi-person game of S.K.A.T.E. over the Flushing grate flat gap. Here was a spot that you could run single clips over in your part maybe ~25 years ago, but in the ensuing quarter-century, pretty much every single flip trick imaginable had been done. It is probably up to par for some talented skaters to get competitive over. Unfortunately, due to a few logistical issues, it didn’t work out in the fall.
Last month, however, we made it happen. We got eight skaters to Flushing by noon! That was a miracle in and of itself.
Weekend Viewing — Naquan Rollings’ “Roadkill: Episode 4” Video
📷 Photo by Mike Heikkila • Roadkill ‘zine available here
Have you been waiting your entire life for P. Tricky to open up a video?
Something — the universe, fate, astrology — is saying today may be your lucky day. Maybe!
Naquan Rollings took the “Roadkill” series over to his YouTube channel for the latest installment. (The first three are over on Thrasher.) It features part’s worth of footage from Chucky Lane, Pero Simic, Jiro Platt and Christian Henry, and frequent appearances from Nikolai Piombo, Carl Aikens, Ish Cepeda, Mark Suicu, and many more. It is a half New York / half Paris project — actually, maybe it leans a lil’ heavier on the hometown clips.
Jack Sabbath
Dubbed by Boil the Ocean as “the patron saint of clipping up,” this man from Tim Savage and co’s Free Game video has our vote ❤️
Readers Poll voting opens later today… 🗳
Max Hull put together a great recap of the Light Rail Riot / Friendsgiving Jam at the Hole Bowl in Newark. Kinda figure these guys are going to be doing these every year. (For those who don’t know, the Hole Bowl is the successor to the belated Newark Shorty’s D.I.Y.)
SOAP OPERA is a new Rochester scene video from Michael Breitmaier (you may recall his Memoir video from 2023), featuring parts from Adam Kerrick, Justin Grzechowiak, David Kimball and more. Lots of beautiful VX upstate crust, some downstate trips, and Euro excursions. Something about that Berlin manny pad spot feels like it’d fit in upstate New York.
Vague has a premiere of Neil Herrick’s part in Tristan Mershon’s new video, Singer Tower. Loved the Police Plaza choreography and the unlocking of the out ledge at Brick Nine.
One My War After Another
Via @njskateshop
Thank you to everyone who grabbed some of the Krooked x QS stuff from our webstore. It was a hectic week, but we should have everything shipped by today/tomorrow. If you don’t get a shipping confirmation by Tuesday-ish, hit us. We’re out of Snackman boards, but got a few of everything else left. Check your shop for the cruiser ❤️
📅 1) Labor is hosting a photo show of some rarely-seen/never-before-seen Spike Jonze photos at the shop this Friday, November 21st, from 7:30-9:30. Flyer here. 2) Don’t forget: Tristan Mershon’s new video, Singer Tower, is premiering at 1139 Bushwick Avenue also this Friday, November 21 @ 7 P.M. Flyer here.
Jiro, Pero, Suciu and the rest of the Habitat team star in a New York edit before cutting to a new Kaue Cossa part that’s also mostly New York-based. That Sombrero trick was insane.




