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25 Summers

Daily News August 10th, 2026 · 12:00 am

ICYMI: Bam @ the Banks. Beautiful.

“The actual act of skating may well be regarded these days as a springboard to male modeling, coaching-obligatory Olympic dream chasing, or a ticket to hanging out with the dads skating the curb in front of the skatepark.” Boil the Ocean uses the summer’s premier blockbuster film as a springboard to explore skateboarding’s 2026 ailments. One went unmentioned though: there’s no 2026 Bam. Or Ryan. Or Tony.

The Skate Muzik podcast has a Marc Johnson tribute episode full of the songs that have been used throughout his parts.

“They just seem to think we’re gonna keep hanging out forever, keep going to these parties, and keep going to the skatepark. But no one really realizes there’s gonna be a last day you all show up there.” Anthony Pappalardo The Writer interviewed Genesis C.E.O. Ian Ostrowski. He’s not wrong: it was yesterday that we were all locked down in January ’21 watching Genesis 2.

Best Bloody In Wynnwood

Daily News July 13th, 2026 · 12:00 am

That feeling when you got your QS Knicks hat in the first six months they were available and don’t need to send “any restock on the Knicks hats?” e-mails after they won the title • 📷 via Chad Moore

Greg Navarro and Jenkem’s video of profile of Ari Misurelli and Luca Mayer racked up over half-a-million views in less than a week. While it’s horrifying that they don’t have any friends their age who take skateboarding “seriously” — for context, that is about half the amount of views that the reigning S.O.T.Y’s part got in 7ish months. People wanna see the youth skate. Hopefully, that makes more of ’em skate, idk ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Everyone’s favorite skater, Gus Gordon, has a new part out for Pepper Griptape. Best front crook in the biz probably, right?

“Fuck, it’s a lot more than a fucking Instagram account.” Skate Jawn has a #longform photographer interview with the resident Homies Network documentarian, Mark Custer.

O.G.O.T.Y.

Daily News June 15th, 2026 · 12:00 am · 8

Let’s get personal: Are you a 2026 Monday Links reader? Thank you. You know what this means. We have celebrated the 2011 Mavs, we celebrated the 2019 Raptors — and we were confident this would never happen. Thank you for being along for the ride. This is special for all of them. Jose’s arc is particularly beautiful. Do you want editorial? Sorry. This is fucking insane. Bye. (You’re a 2026 Monday Links reader. You get it.)

Also, if you are in the “I thought I’d cry if this ever happened, why am I not crying”-crowd… watch the Mike Breen video. Thanks Mike.

Go Skate Day will be at the Brooklyn Banks this Sunday, June 21st from 1-5 P.M. 🧱

Rocks In The Burritos

Daily News June 1st, 2026 · 12:00 am

“For the kids coming out of rough homes, for those grappling against doubt and depression, pressures real or felt, the battles can have a kind of seductiveness. The way they can grip and blot out nearly every other single thing, to the point of blacking out. The fulfillment and release of actually prevailing can be almost secondary… even faintly deflating.” Boil the Ocean wrote about skateboarding. And Marc Johnson.

Greenpoint Palace is hosting a premiere of the new Polar video, You Got It My Boy Jamie, this Thursday, June 4th @ 8:30 P.M. 21+. 206 Nassau Avenue, Brooklyn. Flyer here.

Congrats to The Bunt on ten years 🤝

Damn, remember when Tyshawn switch ollied one of these things from flat, and then morons in the comments (not on QS, but elsewhere) were like, “Yeah, nah, actually the corner is kinda bent, so…” Anyway, shout out to the gate challenge.

Rest in Peace Marc Johnson

Daily News May 27th, 2026 · 3:31 pm · 10

After reading the news about Marc Johnson’s death last night, it took an hour or two before I realized that the Rolling Stones’ “Miss You” had quietly been looping in my head — kinda like the mental version of pocket-playing music on your phone’s speakers, until someone catches it and tells you. This is not coming from a massive Rollings Stones fan, but “Miss You” is my favorite Stones song. (No idea what second place would be.) 95% of that has to do with the fact that it is the song in my favorite Marc Johnson part.