New Jersey is #1 in many things: K-12 education, population density, bar pies, skaters who go on to be more synonymous with Philly or New York. But one thing people have historically not looked towards New Jersey for, is manuals. It makes sense that a style of skating born on cement islands amid SoCal parking lots would not necessarily incubate as well in a place whose state emblem features Fred Gall.
QS for Krooked soon 👀
🗳️ If you live in New York, you can find your pollsite here.
📅 Tristan Mershon and friends are premiering Singer Tower at 1139 Bushwick Avenue on Saturday, November 21st @ 7 P.M. Includes parts from Johnny Cumaoglu, Mark Humienik, Marse Farmer, Josh Narvaez, Nate Grzechowiak, Dustin Eggeling and Neil Herrick. Flyer here.
Added the Vu Skateshop x ACE Trucks “Fells Point Pilots” part — filmed exclusively at Fells Point in Baltimore — to the QS One-Spot Part Map 📍
A 2025 Big L album means “Summer Trip To New York” edits are covered on #musicsupervision at least through the remainder of this decade.
🔑 Words by Adam Abada
📷 Photos by Matty Hilzenrath & Yusef Dwider
It is easy to imagine the title of this video uttered from a driver’s window to a gas station attendant. Twenty bucks can get you a lot of places in the only state where the law requires someone to pump your gas for you. In A 20 of Regular, the ground covered situates it in the echelon of great New Jersey videos. Its textures and rhythm call to mind great independent videos like the Grains series and Rust Belt Trap, but features enough of its creator Matty Hilzenrath’s personal touches to herald a skate videographer coming into his own. The 40-minute video lives and breathes its crusty spots, with extended time given to run-ups, landings, and the in-betweens of filming.
📷 Photo by Matty Hilzenrath
New Jersey is a beautiful, dense place where three shops can forego any territorial tendencies found in other places, and unite to create one really special video. NJ, Travel and Underground all have riders represented in Matty Hilzenrath‘s NJ instant classic, A 20 Of Regular.
Thanks to everyone who grabbed a piece of Snacks in Progress merch. We still have free shipping on all orders over $50 for the time being 📦 Shout out to the deli men who keep our lives running 24 hours.
Free has a premiere of Garrett Boozer’s opening part in Matty Hilzenrath’s all-NJ video, A $20 Of Regular. All those Peaches lines + 5050 flip back tail + the flip back noseblunt bonk on the sewer cap + the fuckin’ nose manny nollie flip on the goddamn grate bridge = one of the best Jersey parts in recent memory. We’ll be premiering a part from it this week, and hardcopies of the full thing are due out soon.
Jamie Reyes has been inducted into the Skateboarding Hall of Fame 👑
Civil Skateshop’s first-ever full-length video is now live. Filmed enitrely in Rhode Island, our country’s smallest state with no shortage of crust and the occasional slab of inviting marble ;)
