Another 1 — “A Diego Todd Video For Stüssy” By Jesse Alba

Not even one month removed from his Hockey IV part — and thus an official coronation into the ranks of skateboarding’s tech gods — Diego Todd has a new part out for Stüssy, directed under the helm of Life Is Goodie* auteur, Jesse Alba.

It should be pointed out that not celebrating the ten-year anniversary of Life Is Goodie on 4/20 this year was egregious professional negligence on our part, and the newsroom has not heard the last of it.

Diego’s part has him further expanding his technical superpowers as he enters his Shane O’Neill era. Enclosed you will find some back tail big flips, a spine-contorting ender that would send any skater ten years his senior to the chiropractor by the fifth try, and some proof that noseblunt nollie flips are actually easy — just like the south Americans said. All of this is made all the more impressive by the fact that 75% of the part looks like it was filmed in a single Puerto Rico trip alongside his Stüssonian bandmates.

Devastated we couldn’t make the premiere at Duke’s. They look like they have a dope Bloody Mary.

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Weekend Viewing — Gang International’s ‘MOEFONGO’ Video

The first skateboarders who crystalized the concept of a “skate trip” must have known they stumbled onto gold. The hack of all hacks. Imagine a crew of friends bound together by playing basketball telling their girlfriends, boyfriends, spouses and bosses that they’re hopping on a plane to play basketball on this different court they reallllly wanna play on. How’s that gonna go?

But a crew of skateboarders?!

“Baby, it’s a SKATE TRIP!

Imagine that same hypothetical crew of ballin’ ass friends coming back with highlights from their games filmed on a camera released in 1995 and edited to Gloria Estefan as justification for their time off?

But skaters? It seems that society has given us infinite leeway in that regard, provided that we come back with proof in the form on an edit.

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Classic Griptape — B-Team in Puerto Rico

This past holiday season, we were blessed with the opportunity to collaborate with one of the most elusive fashion houses on earth. No, it was not Chanel or Celine, but another opulent, French-speaking office: Classic Griptape.

99.3% of Classic’s profits get funneled back towards research into how to stay ahead of the competition in continuing to produce The World’s Best Griptape™, but the remaining .7% of our collaborative profits were spent on a team retreat to Puerto Rico.

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Gucci Bucket Hat

The only constant is change or some shit like that ;)

So much nineties New York footage on the #repost circuit is us re-mining R.B. Umali’s amazing archive over and over that it’s a shock to see something from then that you haven’t seen before. Alex Corporan started going through all his old tapes, and put together a montage as a preview for a Revisted-esque project he’s working on.

Grand Collection has a short commercial with Connor Champion on the occasion of their Umbro collaboration — loosely inspired by the DC Kalis commercial that played on TV twenty years ago. (Filmed in New York! Not Philly!)

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For Days

Thanks to everyone who came through Uncle Leroy’s Sidewalk Sale yesterday ♥ Will keep you updated on if there’s another one coming up.

“You just got to find nice people you love and hold the fuck onto them.” Grosso’s final episode of Love Letters To Skateboarding is a beautiful salute to the LGBTQ+ skate community.

Not much you haven’t heard by now, but it makes a particular impression with the overhead shots of skateparks in the city that have sat empty for months now: a twelve-minute look at how COVID-19 has affected the skate industry in New York, and in many ways, made the act of street skateboarding come full circle to an approach that existed before the skateparks were built everywhere.

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