Uphill Grinds and Downhill Glides
Alexis Sablone has a shoe out on Converse for which, somehow, the release party was at the Guggenheim in New York. How far we have come. Cool little ad for it was made by Colin Read (Spirit Quest).
WKND have a lengthy (for these days) new vid showcasing the young bucks on the team; plenty of skits and shenanigans too, of course. Great stuff, as usual.
GX1000, in case you missed it, put out a new one too with some bonkers rainy hill bombs. Also great stuff, as usual.
One of the Push Periodical Corporation’s favourite skaters, Jameel Douglas, has his part from the new Magenta Just Cruise II video online. Buttery smooth.
And there I was, thinking that The Heated Wheel was gonna be an art project from one of skating’s most wonderful minds, Neil Blender; turns out it is a full-on board company with a team and pro skaters, and they jump on handrails and stuff..
Rather more disturbing than all of that lovely shredding, is this article about a distinctly right-wing video website joining forces with one of the more mainstream parts of our world- Street League.. Hmm…
Also intriguing but a lot more positive, is this article on Jenkem about a program for kids using skating to help deal with trauma and stress. Something which I suppose we’ve all done, to some degree..
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