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One My War After Another

Daily News November 17th, 2025 · 12:00 am

Thank you to everyone who grabbed some of the Krooked x QS stuff from our webstore. It was a hectic week, but we should have everything shipped by today/tomorrow. If you don’t get a shipping confirmation by Tuesday-ish, hit us. We’re out of Snackman boards, but got a few of everything else left. Check your shop for the cruiser ❤️

📅 1) Labor is hosting a photo show of some rarely-seen/never-before-seen Spike Jonze photos at the shop this Friday, November 21st, from 7:30-9:30. Flyer here. 2) Don’t forget: Tristan Mershon’s new video, Singer Tower, is premiering at 1139 Bushwick Avenue also this Friday, November 21 @ 7 P.M. Flyer here.

Jiro, Pero, Suciu and the rest of the Habitat team star in a New York edit before cutting to a new Kaue Cossa part that’s also mostly New York-based. That Sombrero trick was insane.

#spotcheck

Spot Check November 16th, 2025 · 2:00 pm

@ Labor this Friday.

That’s Game

Daily News March 4th, 2024 · 12:00 am

Hearing anecdotal reports about certain friends saying “Wait …they had stunt doubles?” is incredibly concerning 😹 Quartersnacks for Converse available now in the webstore and skateshops worldwide. We kept the free shipping deal on there for now. Fuck it we ball, you save ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Thanks to everyone for supporting QS 🏀

Paul Young’s new video, Down By Law, premieres at Nitehawk Cinema in Williamsburg this Thursday, March 7 @ 7:30 P.M. Flyer here. Teaser here.

Sushi and shampoo in the latest episode of skateboarding’s greatest #lifestyle series: Brian O’Dwyer stars in the new Skate Jawn “$100 Chill.” Never seen someone spend only 12 bucks so deep into an episode.

Meet At The Ledge-to-Puddle

Daily News February 28th, 2022 · 12:00 am · 3

One of the lesser seen Harlem Banks shots — the infamous uptown spot discussed in the Full Bleed ten-year anniversary interview earlier this month. Mike “Tex” Kelly, shot by Spike Jonze in 1988. Spotted via Science Versus Life.

Definitely one of the last tricks to be captured at the Carroll Street manny pad — one of Gabe Tennen’s favorite skate spots — via Max Rowlette’s “Shadow” part, spotted via Skate Jawn.

Chauncey Ledges is an entirely different spot once the ground gets cold. Headgear’s “I’m Just Livin’ It” edit is pretty much an all-Chauncey video features James Sayres and friends.

Feels like this one should have some more eyes on it: “kindasorta” by Nate Hanson. The needle-thread ollie to completely perpendicular boardslide in Murray Hill (?) is wild.

The Best Skateboard Videos of the 2010s — QS Reader Survey Results

Features & Interviews November 27th, 2019 · 12:00 pm · 15

Illustration by Cosme Studio

This was the decade that the full-length skate video was supposed to die. We began the 2010s with everyone insisting that Stay Gold would be the last full-length skate video. Then, Pretty Sweet was supposed to be the last full-length video. Some people thought that Static IV would be it — the end, no more full-lengths after that. But I feel like I heard someone say Josh was working on something new a couple months back? Idk.

The experience might’ve changed. We’re not huddling around a skate house’s TV covered in stickers to watch a DVD bought from a shop anymore (if this past weekend is any indication, it’s more like AirPlaying a leaked .mp4 file via a link obtained from a guy who knows a guy), but the experience of viewing a fully realized skate video with your friends for the first, second or twentieth time is still sacred.

Just as we asked for your votes for the five best video parts, we did the same for the five best full-lengths: if you could choose the five videos that defined the 2010s, what would they be? The results were a bit more surprising than the parts tally in some ways, given that it felt like independent, regional and newer, small brand videos dominated the decade, yet Big Shoe Brands™ and Girl + Chocolate still made their way into the list. The top-heaviness of some companies or collectives was less of a surprise, in that certain creators loomed large over the 2010s.

Like the installment before it, this list is sans comment for 20-11, and then via favors from writer friends for the top ten: here are the twenty best skate videos of the past ten years.