Whether you’ve been living under a rock for a month, or you want to relive the magic all in one sitting …or you just need some shit to throw on the screen while everyone gets their shit together to go skate for the day, here is the entirety of the Game of G.R.A.T.E. series in one video. The order they went down IRL is the order they were released, which is also the order that they are presented in here. Thanks to everyone who participated, everyone who was involved in the production, and everyone with kind words to say about the series. We hope to do more stuff like this in the future, yes 🤝
Tag: Salomon Cardenas
“Was Waiting For That One” — Violet’s “SQUEAKY” Video

Violet‘s long-awaited, years-in-the-making “SQUEAKY” video is live. Well, it went live on Sunday morning, and usually we try to post one of the year’s marquee releases way before it has …74,000 views, but some stuff happened in Texas on Saturday night, so the proceeding two days were not the most productive stints at the office.
At the premiere, we sat a few rows in front of Joey Marrone and a bunch of Philly heads, and any time Mike Ward or Kris Brown would pop on the screen — whether it was an actual trick, BGPs, their name — they would scream, “Mike Ward! I love that guy! Kris Brown! I love that guy!” It was funny right away, and then there was a moment of “wait are they dragging this,” and shortly thereafter, it got even funnier into becoming a full laugh out loud bit that continued up until their names appeared in the credits. I can’t read Mike or Kris’ name without visualizing them ending with an exclamation point anymore :) Just a really great premiere memory, and why IRL stuff like packing out a theater is so important.
Game of G.R.A.T.E. — Frankie Spears v.s. Salomon Cardenas

Thank you to everyone for the kind feedback and words of support for this series (also shout out to the homie from Win Son the day after the boys won the title.) It means a lot that everyone is enjoying these because the first two the came out were the only two shut-out games that went down. [Spoiler? …maybe? But like, as someone pointed out with the last one, sometimes the runtimes themselves are spoilers.] All the rest are, to use a word used by one of the skaters in this episode, sword work.
Womp On This
Interesting, this one • 📷 via Kev
The Small Banks are open + Jeezy paid a visit to the Big Banks ☃
L.E.S. Park was on Law & Order.
“We finished the day …at Bunna Cafe.” Poe Pinson is the latest spender on Skate Jawn‘s “$100 Chill” series for their 40th episode. Ocean Hill clips were fire. (If there are ever budget cuts at Jawn HQ, Gothamist laid out a template for a NYC-based “$20 Chill” last week. Yes, Manhattan still has a bar that gives you a free hot dog if you buy a beer. It’s no Bunna tho.)
“Fever Dream” is a new 12-minute Massachusetts scene video by Shawn MacMillan filmed mainly on chunks of crust and featuring Connor Noll, Cooper Qua, Eddie Vargas, and others.
Five Favorite Parts With Salomon Cardenas
📷 Photo via Jeff Cecere
Salomon got back with his ex [sponsor], took a stop by The Bunt, and now, we asked him to list his five favorite parts. This is maybe the first time anyone has properly acknowledged Chris’ It’s A Secret part — and from here on out, it’s ok to treat it as one of those that gets mentioned all the time because …yaknow, look around.


