Over the weekend a Los Angeles skate icon popped up in Williamsburg. A mini-replica of one of skateboarding’s sketchiest ‘90s skate spots was recreated in the space, behind the Commodore by Converse Cons, complete with a memorial plaque.
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Peep These Old-School Photographs of New-School Skateboarders
Lance Mountain in his bowl in California. (Photo: Matt Alberts)
Last November, photographer Matt Alberts loaded up his Airstream with three of his pals, a stock of chemicals, and a large format camera. The foursome took off south and hit Route 66, riding it all the way to California to document the “people who have dedicated their lives to skateboarding.”
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Josh Stewart Got A Lot of Static About the Premiere of His Latest Skate Film
In production since 2008 and teased as coming soon last fall, the latest installment of Josh Stewart’s Static skateboarding video series was still met with a resounding really? when tonight’s premiere at Sunshine Cinema was announced last week. More →
Stoops is the Skateboard Magazine New York Has Been Waiting For
Dave Willis doing ollie up, backside 180 kickflip. Manhattan, 2009. (Photo: Allen Ying)
California may get the most shine when it comes to skateboarding, but that’s all about to change. A proposed new magazine plans to focus solely on the culture of skating in New York City. It’s name, Stoops, is a throwback to a time when Supreme was just getting started and New York skate coverage was sparse. The quarterly publication aims to give the unique culture of NYC skating the steady voice it has long deserved.
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Watch Eli Reed Clear a Cop Car in a True ‘Skate or Die’ Moment
After dropping a sought-after collab with Mark Gonzales this spring, New York City brand UXA continues to push creativity with a new video titled “#TheChase.” Starting at the Astor Place cube, downtown’s most famous meet-up spot, the grainy black-and-white mini-movie follows pro skater Eli Reed as he slashes through lower Manhattan, trailed by some very large thugs played by Lower East Side natives Carlito Olivo and Johnny Diaz.
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These Designers Knew You Wanted Jazzy Prints and Waterproof iPhone Pockets
Depending on what street you turn on in North Brooklyn you’ll see scruffy versions of Andrew McCarthy’s character in Less Than Zero, neon ‘90s kids looking like In Living Color audience members, urban hikers and token goths. Take a sneak peak at Victory Press’s Fall 2013 lookbook and it’s as if 70% of these lurkers collided at a skate park and came out as a cohesive look.
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Watch This Guy Turn a Busy East Village Intersection Into a Skate Park
Sure, our video of skaters shredding with Citi Bikes (Shiti Bikes?) got a bunch of likes on Facebook but not everyone was down with it. Commenter Dennis wrote, “i don’t get this, how is this funny? that is the thing i don’t like about skaters effing public property and acting like they deserve to do so.”
Well, if he didn’t dig that, he won’t dig this: on Saturday, this young turk had his way with the intersection of Second Avenue and East Seventh Street. Every time the light turned he’d try to clear this mess. And he actually did it once — after our camera died, of course. Still, the video’s worth a look.
Now who’s going to shred this “epic sinkhole” on Eldridge?
Can Citi Bikes Shred? Let’s Find Out!
We never thought we’d see Billy Rohan on a Citi Bike. You’re more likely to catch him skateboarding in Iraq or backflipping off a cop car.
But the other day he shot us an idea: “I thought it would be a funny skit to take these silly bikes to famous skate spots and get our friends to ride them on stairs and skate parks.”
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Skater Joel Meinholz Grabs Sloppy Cemitas En Route to Slappy Sundays
There’s a good chance that before you’ve finished watching the video above, professional skateboarder and event promoter Joel Meinholz will have hatched five new ideas.
As we followed the Milwaukee native around on a humid Sunday, he schemed something on each block – everything from a skateboarding play based on “Jonathan Livingston Seagull” to an initiative that would turn boring blocks into obstacle courses by adding transitions to existing architecture.
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