Boston Report — Milan Solonenko’s ‘Dimlight’ Video

Dimlight” is a new crew edit by Milan Solonenko and the new generation coming up out of the New England scene that gyrates around Orchard Skateshop. It includes an opening and closing by Jojo and Eddie Vargas Jr. respectively, two perennial QS-favorites who genuinely skate like they were plucked out of the friends montage in Mouse.

Boston is a city well-known for its ledges, technical ledge , and the close-up fisheyes that follow them around Eggs and Financial. Milan & co. seem a bit more interested in cuttier terrain throughout the city (and neighboring cities), with only one Eggs clip and not a Deathlens to be found — though it kinda seems like the QS newsroom’s default position is to be shocked anytime there’s a new Boston video with no Eggs footage in it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Weekend Viewing — Sexhippies’ “HI” Video Starring Eddie Vargas Jr. + Jojo Vargas

Sexhippies just dropped “HI,” their inaugural video offering filmed largely throughout Massachusetts and bordering lands. It kicks off with a few cameos from Jasper Dohrs, Carlos Kanter and Andrew Wilson, but the real stars of the show are Eddie and Jojo Vargas from Gardner, Massachusetts — who you might remember from “Pittsinatti,” the midwest trip video that Orchard dropped last summer. This one has their first proper full parts, full of timeless skateboarding (really partial to Eddie’s switch and nollie hardflip form) that’s as much of the present as its in the era of the pre-VX1000 camcorder that the video is filmed on.

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