🔑 Intro + Interview by Adam Abada
📷 Photos by Alex Uncapher & Zak Anders
We have said it before, but Alan Bell seems to keep a steady pace of finding new ways to skate many of New York’s proving-ground spots, so just under a year after Late Nite Stars’ ◯ video, we figured it’d be good to get him on the line.
The world’s most densely populated skate scenes are no strangers to spot modifications. When oft-traversed spots get a lil’ dull, you can simply “edit” the spot — temporarily or permanently — to unlock a new dimension of possibilities.
The Late Nite Stars crew did exactly that at the Williamsburg Monument, a spot that has more-or-less looked exactly the same since the day that Bobby Puleo clocked the first bit of footage ever captured there a quarter-century ago. They took some sock money, and added in an assortment of Euro gaps, hips, and a hubba ledge [reminiscent of that baby one in Malmo that Connor and Josh love] into the spot’s centerpiece.
📷 via @freddygall78
There’s a re-up to the Alltimers going out of business sale. Includes $30-35 decks.
“I’d rather watch Dino push.” Not a typo. Real ones know :)
“Some people might not care about architecture and design and that’s fine. If they just like my skate parts, that’s cool. When someone knows the work I do beyond skateboarding, that means a lot because I probably spend more hours of the day with my head within that stuff. As I get older, well, my future definitely isn’t going to be jumping down even more stairs.” Our correspondent, Farran Golding, interviewed Alexis Sablone for GQ.
“By going out and still living, even if the situation is very difficult, it’s like a way to take control of the situation. To say, ‘No, even if there is war, I will still have my youth.’” CNN has a feature on French photojournalist, Robin Tutenges, who has been covering the skate scene in Ukraine since the war broke out in 2022.
QS goods available now on our webstore. Thanks for your support as always 💙 Available now in U.S. QS accounts. Arriving in Canada, Australia, Europe and Asia this week. (Photo above via our friends at No Comply in Austin, Texas.)
Mike Sass and his crew came together to make another PFP video. Teaser here. PFP6 premieres at Lou’s Athletic Club this Saturday, July 20th @ 8:30 P.M.
Dalton Palacio and his crew (the 700k crew) dropped a new video entitled “Mahogany.” Mostly L.A. clips with a bit of New York mixed in. Last part was crazy good. And the closing bigspin on a certain Chinatown set was 10/10.
📷 John Cardiel by Gabe Morford via Science Versus Life. 1998 btw.
Elisa Martini released her debut part for KCDC Skateshop via Skate Jawn. A fire noseslide, all New York clips, with some guest clips from the rest of the KCDC crew. Fantastic work.
Stephan Singh has a quick new montage of his crew. Really dope to see people still getting clips at Big Screen despite all odds.
“There’s a new emphasis on personality, and people want to know who the person is and the context of that person. It’s kind of funny, like we’re swinging really far into this abstract realm of not caring how good skaters are.” Jenkem has a great interview with QS-favorite, Zak Anders. Favorite skate interview in a minute.
