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They Say Nobody’s Ever Beaten The Van Wyck

Daily News May 11th, 2026 · 12:00 am

New QS merch available in our webstore + skateshops worldwide ❤️ Photo via Embark.

“Figured since I had just started skating again, that I would film my ender in London…he was passing a message from Lev [Tanju] saying I’ve got to get my ender in Philly, you can’t come over here to do it. I was like, damn, alright, I guess I gotta skate this handrail.” Slam City Skates has a #longform “First & Last” interview with Jahmir Brown.

“How far back does Dylan Jaeb’s skate brain go? There’s another clue in the credits, where videographer Jacob Palumbo can briefly be seen dribbling soda out of a cup and onto a volcanic stone manual pad, which earlier in the vid is the site of a frontside 180 fakie manual kickflip out.” Boil the Ocean wrote about Dylan Jaeb’s new part and pouring soda on spots.

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How Skateboarders Won & Got A Skate Plaza At Philadelphia’s Muni Building — An Interview With Pat Heid

Features & Interviews March 31st, 2026 · 11:00 am · 7

📷 Photos by Chris Mulhern, Zander Taketomo & Pat Heid

For some skaters, the sight of a sanctioned skate plaza at the Philadelphia Municipal Services building — one made out of Love Park, City Hall and old Muni materials — is surreal. For Pat Heid and his crew, it is a victory produced by years of advocacy, meetings, dead-ends, close-calls, and divine timing.

Philly’s new plaza opens on April 17, and here is the story of how it became a reality.

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#spotcheck

Spot Check November 6th, 2025 · 7:32 pm

A skate-sanctioned Philadelphia Municipal Services Building is almost complete (still fenced, obvs.)

Love Park marble, City Hall benches, absolutely fucking surreal to see if you were around for the era of cops tackling 14-year-olds for skating Love Park. Congrats to Pat Heid and everyone who fought the good fight to make this a reality.

The Homie Who Will Just Randomly Switch Heel A 15

Daily News July 7th, 2025 · 12:00 am · 1

The morning after • 📷 Photo via @_newthings

Catalytic converter thefts are down, shark sightings in Rockaway are up, word is that the watermelon slush spot across from Labor is turning into a wraparound French restaurant 😒, and Antonio is switch flipping the Banks rail for the timeline — that’s Hollywood New York babyyyyyyyyy!

“Sometimes I go overboard and end up with too many spots to choose from. Last summer, I had so many spots saved that I got overwhelmed. It was stressing me out trying to figure out which one to focus on.” Nik Stain gave a #longform interview (first ever?) to Jared Sherbert for Thrasher on account of the new Hockey video.

“Street are popping. Somebody is playing the trumpet. This is Queens.” Elisa Martini skates Flushing and supports her local in the latest installment of Skate Jawn‘s “$100 Chill” feature. Someone’s really gotta hit Queens Night Market for one of these.

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