Nine years in the making, Shinpei Ueno’s magnum opus Lenz III is now online, featuring a whole slew of Japanese rippers you’ve probably never heard of. Settle in with a drink and snacks; lots to digest here. The baggiest, quickest-footed video ever? Features Shogo (pictured above from PP16).. And check out Josh Stewart’s interview with Shinpei too.

A more lengthy independent (US) production, the latest in the Threads series, is now online too. Also there’s an interview about this one on the Theories site.

Another recent Theories interviewee is Eric Swisher, better known as the man behind the excellent (read: nerdy) Chromeball Incident blog.

WKND put out another mid-length edit with a strong Tom K part.

Sweden’s finest, Gustav Tønnesen made a little video of his friends; good stuff.

One last quickie from Cernicky; a new Krooked edit.

And finally, a little something from our old pal Greg Gardner; skater, artist, musician and teacher (who drew the illustrations for PP17’s interviews). Greg made a kid’s record on his favourite label Folkways, with an old friend he grew up skating with- singer Cass McCombs. Check out this video of one of the songs with animated drawings (and try to spot Greg’s old roomie, bluntsliding BA)..

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