Ruff Ryderz 3.5

We now have over 12 minutes of extra footage from the latest Ruff Ryderz video. That mellow 3 stair rail looks so fun. There is a bonus Alex Knox part at the end starting around 8:00.

Link Round-Up

I'm stoked to live in Portland now and see things like Inversion Immersion in real life.
Video of NY Times photog Ozier Muhammad shooting a protest.
Kevin Shick's commuter portraits are really amazing. Via: Coudal.
Steve Powers Creative Mornings talk. 
The Warhol Museum's Sister Corita exhibit looks amazing.
NY Times story: How one dumb tweet ruined someone's life. 
Cats in Japanese art. 
Millie the rock climbing cat has a website now. 

SOS Teaser

SOS is a video out of upstate new York with Cody Rosenthal, Caleb Michaloski, Japhey Dow, and Chris Terhaar. The teaser is here now with a full length far into the future.

Driftwood

I am so happy to have moved away from Southern Virginia to Portland but I still like to see those old stops, old friends, and people I've known from back there. Driftwood is a video by Grant Amspacher out of Newport News with Josh Mohrbach, Grant Amspacher, Josh LeRoy, and others. It is well worth your time to check out.

Street Boomers 13

KP Tokyo's Street Boomers 13 feels like the long lost Japan section from Eastern Exposures III. If you are like me that is a very good thing.

Hartman Austin In Threads

Friends of the blog, Tenn Skate just released Hartman Austin's part from their video, Threads.

The Sour Solution

It appears Sweet Skateboards has reemerged as Sour Skateboards. Their first order of business in a mind melting teaser for an upcoming full length called The Sour Solution. The team is Josef Scott, Erik J Pettersson, Daniel Spängs, Nisse I, Abbe Nyberg, Koffe Hallgren, Barney Page, Anton Myhrvold, Gustav Tønnesen, Jonas Skrøder, Simon Isaksson. If you have been pay attention to Mostly Skateboarding for the past nine years you know this is a Euro super team. 

Bryce Mandel In Baby Halloween

Bryce Mandel's Baby Halloween part is one everyone will be talking about over the next few days. Shit is real good.

Jonas Heß Bonus Part

Jonas Heß had a rad part in Uludag 2K14 and now he drops an equally awesome yet slightly tongue in cheek bonus part. 

Adidas South Africa in Namibia

South Africa's Adidas team toured through Namibia and came back with a super sick video and article in Session Magazine.  Allan Adams is a real standout in this video. He'll be one to watch in the future. 

Anthony Shetler Mostly Skateboarding Podcast #005

Anthony Shetler's podcast has been killing it lately so I figured I should get him on my show to tell his story of growing up in a tough situation and getting out through skateboarding.



In this episode I recommended The Shetler Show and specifically the Aaron Suski, Zered Bassett, and Ryan Gallant episodes. 

Neal Wood For Cardinal

My favorite skater, Neal Wood just out out a short HD part for Cardinal Skateshop in Virginia Beach. Some of this footage is five years old and some is brand new. It all blends together nicely. I know he is holding on to some heavier stuff for Alley Bar and a part in the new video from the Stop Fakin' guys.

Jordan Rodrigues In NBMA

There are not many people who can bigger spin a set of stairs then wallride over the handrail at the same set. Jordan Rodrigues can plus a lot more. Peep him in his NBMA part and listen to how rough the ground is in most of his clips.

Nuno Relogio For Muckefuck

I've never seen any of the spots Nuno Relogio skates in this new clip for Muckefuck Urethane. He crushes the spots pretty hard too. 

Ben Grove In Pusherman

Ben Grove in Pusherman reminds me of both Ethan Fowler and Mike Rusczyk in Art Bars mixed together. He's got one hell of a tweaked kickflip and lots of other rad tricks and rough British spots.

Raphael Aleev in Rock N Roll

Raphael Aleev holds down the San Francisco vibes for his part in Rock N Roll. The part gets progressively better as it goes.

El Sicko

Tim Junga is "El Sicko." Most of the skating in this part is pretty basic but it looks good and there are a few interesting boneless variations to spice it up. 

Chase Norman from Into The WIld

Chase Norman is one of the 757's new breed of rippers. His part from Into The Wild is a banger. Peep it and let me know what that trick is at 0:35 is... 180 nosegrind revert? 270 lipside..?

Black Sheep Trailer

We've been backing Black Sheep for ages. Their newest video looks like it will be awesome. The trailer gives us a good tease of what's to come without leaving us unsatisfied. Via: Recordings Of Boardings.

Jayden De Pina and Lp Nuku In The Dangerous Posse Video

Jayden De Pina and Lp Nuku share a part in The Dangerous Posse Video out of Australia. Via: Manual Magazine.

Norro In Plazamovie

Norro, aka: Sami Miettinen, gets tech on rugged spots that would have your average California pro siting in the van. Peep his part from Plazamovie out of Finland.

Colt Compton Steady Cruisen

There is some seriously wild shit in this new Colt Compton part from Steady Cruisen.

Who Had The Better High Fashion Backpack Ad? Alex Olson or Eli Reed?

It is odd that two giant fashion brands decided to push their leather backpacks with with skateboarding. Alex Olson and Eli Reed both had backpack ads for high fashion brands surface today. Alex Olson skates around LA for Louis Vuitton while Eli Reed hits NYC for Coach. 


Neither backpack looks particularly practical for skateboarding but most skate bags aren't that practical anyway. You gotta have board straps first of all, and some technical straps help a lot when you are actually skating. Maybe add in a sternum strap to stabilize the bag. Waist strap is even better but most people won't use it. The Louis bag does look better, as the Coach bag is just a leather version of the classic Eastpak I had in middle school. Advantage Louis for the actual bag.

El Reed's name rarely gets thrown into the discussion of "Team Handsome" but he is more fashion forward (pants game on fleek) than most skaters and books oddball fashion-meets-skate gigs all the time.  Alex Olson is second only to Dylan Rieder in his fashion-meets-skate credentials. (Sure Ben Nordberg books more fashion gigs but is less relevant in skateboarding.) I'd guess it goes down to personal preference as to which one is more good looking. Coach wins this point for going with the less obvious choice of Eli Reed.

LA vs. New York is a classic rivalry. No where is more "street" than New York but LA is the birthplace of skateboarding. The mid-century house with the Eames chairs and sleek sofas is way cooler than the subway or any other location from Coach's NYC cut. You just get the feeling that Louis put a little more effort into their video than Coach did. Olson has several different outfits, does a voice over, and hits multiple locations that aren't just street level. Any of the decent filmers in skateboarding today could have put that Coach commercial together. Obviously Louis takes the point for production value.

The actual skating is a bit of a letdown but not a surprise from a non-skate production. Most people reading this blog could pull off what both guys did. Probably not as well or as stylish, but you could do it. Louis Vuitton's clip looks closer to a skate clip. Full body shots of the action and slow-mo at the right moments. Coach's filmer seemed to be more interested in Reed's shadow than the man himself. Filming at a skatepark is a big no no in my book so I can't in good conscience give this one to Louis so I'll call it a draw. 

In the end it doesn't matter what skateboarders think because these commercials where not made for us. These two fashion brands are just using skateboarding to sell to the masses like they always have. Props to Alex and Eli for cashing in and probably making more in a few days of shooting than the blue collar pros make in a month. In the end if you need a backpack, get one from Dakine. 

P.S. Coach, it's not a good look to have ads on your ad. 

Particles Periodical One

We've been backing Particles since 2013. It has evolved from a full length video to a series of periodical montages and a website. The first is online now with Bram De Cleen , Fries Taillieu , PJ Claeys, Hans Borg, Timothy Deconynck, Daniil Lavrovksi , Phil Zwijsen, and Axel Cruysberghs.

Templeton Elliott On The Skate To Create Podcast

If you ever wanted to know more about me, you're in luck. I did an interview with the Skate To Create podcast. 

Jordan Bradshaw and Joe Lilley in Assbaby

The Bust Crew continues to pump out clips in their first week of business. This one is Jordan Bradshaw and Joe Lilley in the inbred video, Assbaby. You can buy the full video for just $10 from the Bust Crew.

Charlie Munro In We're Working On

Charlie Munro skates with a short guy power similar to Brandon Westgate and fas a few very stylish maneuvers in his part in the Supertoxic Urethane promo, We're Working On.

Punch Reel

This montage from a crew out of new Jersey has a classic Alien Workshop feel with the music, editing, and spots. Featuring, in order of appearance, Evan Dittig, Travis Cooper, John Cozz, Nick Ferro, Rob Snyder, Justin Helmkamp, Johnny Cumaoglu, Jason Ross, Jacob Jackmauh, Giorgio Villone, Matt Genovese, Nick Lipere, Shawn MacMillan

Tobin Yelland Mostly Skateboarding Podcast #004

Tobin Yelland and I spoke for about an hour about Anti-hero, San Francisco, the puking scene in Fucktards, and so much more.  I chose a story about Ethan Fowler coming to San Francisco from Iowa and filming the first Stereo video.




For this episode I recommended the movie Wild and if you already saw Wild, check out Tracks. I also recommended Streaming The Cube. 

Some of the photos from this story are in this Ethan Fowler interview from Slap. You can see the full interview at The Chrome Ball Incident.

Brick Promo From Bust Crew

Richmond, Virginia's Bust Crew has started up a new thing with t-shirts and videos. Brick is what they are working on now and the promo is up for your eyes to feast on.

Skyroom

Ricky Covach of 3HUNNA fame returns with a new full length called Skyroom and featured a new crew out of downtown San Diego. Photographer Alex Clark was there for many of the Skyroom bangers and has photos form the production on his Tumblr. 

D E B U T

This is not your typical New York video. These kids skate a lot of handrails. It's pretty impressive. I'm sure one or two of these guys will be making a splash on the larger NYC skate scene very soon.

Stop Fakin' X Alley Bar In Louisiana

My homies from the Alley Bar and Stop Fakin crew went down to Louisiana and came back with this montage. No doubt they are saving some fire for future productions.

Justin Henry Leftovers

Justin Henry's leftovers from his Six Days In New York part are just as good as the original. I'm guessing some of these clips got left over because of their lack of New Yorkness. 

Australia's Nick Garcia

Australia has their own Nick Garcia and he skates in the Supreme/Polar style so popular these days and is actually pretty rad.

Boombap Promo

Usually when I come across a clip that is more than a week or two old I'll skip it but the Boombap Promo is rad enough to overlook that I missed it when it was truly new. This quick footed crew from The Netherlands does a lot of cool and interesting stuff along with regular old ripping.

Manny Law Tribute

I did not know Manny Law but many of my friends did. It is sad to know that we lost such a ripper and a big part of the Washington DC skate scene when he passed away on January 5th from congenital heart failure. Smalls, of Stop Fakin' fame, put together a 13 minute tribute to Manny. RIP Manny Law.

Shota Yamazaki Lesque Teaser

Shota Yamazaki is one of three Lesque pros and he has a minute of footage to tease the upcoming Lesque full length. Get stoked. Via: VHS Mag.

A Guide To Cracks & Curbs Of London

Stay Wild Magazine continues their Guide To Cracks & Curbs with a trip through London's streets.

Standard Definition Trailer

Matt Steindl's new video Standard Definition looks super good. Check the trailer and look for it at the end of February. 

SMEGMA

Dennis Willford's latest full length video offering, SMEGMA, is now online. The video is based in New York and Virginia. Via: NY Skateboarding.

Beacho For Holiday Skateboards

Holiday Skateboards brings us 38 seconds of Andrew "Beacho" Beauchamp. Beacho is one to watch out of Australia in the coming years. This clip doesn't even do him justice. Via: Slam.

Chase Collins In Group Therapy

The Kiwis always put out something fun to watch. Today I present to you Chase Collins' part from Group Therapy 

Nāga

Sore Skateboards dropped a proper crusty British video with their latest effort, Nāga.

Sorry for the lag lately, the holidays are rough.

Alex Denkiewicz In Voll Bock

Hessian Mob presents Alex Denkiewicz in Voll Bock

Lino Haefeli in You're Welcome

Almost didn't watch past that first line (not my vibe) but I stuck with it and Lino Haefeli is rock solid. Don't let the overly tech opener scare you off.

Salomon Cardenas In NOISE

Salomon Cardenas puts it down in Florida and New York in his part from NOISE. Via: Live Skateboard Media.

Trauma Abroad

Trauma Skateboards went on a trip and skated some rad spots I'd never seen before and filmed some fine ladies as well.

City Dogs

City Dogs is a 23 minute full video from the Converse team on the Iberian Peninsula. Octavio Berrara and Javier Mendizabal  have parts along with some other Euro rippers.

Jiri Bulin For Black Sheep

Black Sheep in England has a rad three minute part from Czech ripper Jiri Bulin. The audio in this really makes the spots seem rough. 

Max Couling Manual Magazine Part

New Zealand's Max Couling has a new part with manual Magazine and Nike SB that was produced, edited, and directed by Chris Middlebrook of Alien Workshop fame. 

Jacob Rosenberg Mostly Skateboarding Podcast #003

I am honored to have gotten Jacob Rossenberg on episode #003 to talk about the early days of his filming career and meeting Guy Mariano, Rudy Johnson, Mike Ternasky, Mark Gonzalez, and many others. Jacob was so open with his archive and provided us with some photos he took at the Quartermaster Cup and some raw footage from that day out in the streets with Frankie Hill and the other guys he met that day.

For this episode I recommend the podcast 99% Invisible about design and the built world. To start off check out episode #71 about Love Park, episode #86 about reversing the flow of the Chicago River, and episode #91 which is an incredible live reading/performance of the book Wild Ones.

Ryan Wilson Fuknoath Part

Fuknoath Magazine has a raw new part from Ryan Wilson. 

Austral

Long time friend of the blog, Dorian Warneck, has a new video out today called Austral and you should watch it.

Keet's 2015 Web Promo

Palace 5ive points us to Keet's 2015 Web Promo. There is a full length in the works featuring Austin Requa, Christian Miller, Josh DeFrance, Colin McPheeters, Kevin Britt, Thomas Gumphrey, David Salazar, Eric Gouldman and Nick Duclos.

Get Slugged

Skateboard Australia has a rad new montage with Nick Boserio, Alex Campbell, and a bunch of other ripping Australians.

Bloomsfield Trailer

Peep the trailer for Bloomsfield out of Australia with Matt D'Ambrosio, Bibi Bradbury, James Charles, Aaron Creigh, Kieran Madigan, and Gus George.

Sweetheart Skateboards Montage

Josh Jones, Chris Smyth and Julius May of Swetheart Skateboards in Australia share time in this new montage from Karl Dorman.

Kris Vile In Albion

So far, the British video, Albion has been really sick. Kris Vile's part is the latest to hit the web and it is awesome as expected.

A New York Month with Ilja Judizki and Ian Preut

Ilja Judizki and Ian Preut spent a month in New York City and came back with this shared part. 

Bjarn Tjøtta Night Life

Bjarn Tjøtta brings us a fully nocturnal part from the street s of Norway. Via: Live Skateboard Media.

Propeller Island Trailer

The Propeller Island trailer is quick and doesn't reveal a lot but it does get one excited to see the actual video, so I guess it worked. It was shot in Berlin and features Tjark Thielker, Valeri Rosomako, Malte Spitz, Daniel Pannemann and more.

Titus Tour Video

Germany's Titus team (Farid Ulrich, Patrick Rogalski, Jost Arens, Yannick Schall, and Wilko Grüning) hit the road and came back with a really rad montage with tons of spot porn and good skating.

Daryl Dominguez in Albion

Daryl Dominguez drops a short but very heavy part for the Albion video out of the UK. Peep Denis Lynn too.

Paranoia Skateshop Goes All Night In Switzerland

Switzerland seems like a rad place for many reasons. Paranoia Skateshop hit the streets at night and came back with this rad montage.

A Night In Norfolk With Dan Jackson

Norfolk is a city I lived in for ten years and recently moved away from. It is rad to see what Dan Jackson could do in just one night in a city I consider terrible for skateboarding. 

Reed Wheels Trailer

Reed Wheels is dropping a video this winter and from the looks of the trailer it will be a banger.

The Unsung: Get Lesta

I started Mostly Skateboarding to bring light to guys like the Get Lesta crew so to see this short documentary about them and to see how their crew has evolved like my crew and many other crews like it is really nice to see.

HAHAHA #11

I just discovered HAHAHA out of Brazil and they have a lot of rad videos. #11 is a good place to start.

Have A Nice Day, Local Express Offcuts

John Valenti is working on a new video called Local Express and has a montage of really good off cuts to build the hype. Dudes appearing in this video in order: Brendan Carroll, Brad Cromer, Paul Sakoff, Max Van Arnem, Ryan Hussey, Alex "Tons" Wolslagel, Dustin Henry, Nolan Benfield, Dave Caddo, Joe Staley, Dan Zvereff, Ian Rosenberg, Rory Hipps, Nick Panza, Taylor Nawrocki, Aaron Herrington, Brian Delatorre, Jazz Leeb, Charlie Cassidy, & Louie Walach

Daniel Pannemann ¡Hombre Pann!

Heavy German shredding in VHS and HD from the Bread Man, Daniel Pannemann by the Video Diays crew.

Paul Zitzer Mostly Skateboarding Podcast #002

Episode two is here and features a wild story of potential riches told by Paul Zitzer. Listen here and subscribe in iTunes. If you like the podcast rate and review it in iTunes. That really helps people find the podcast. 



I recommended Ben "Way Bad" Jensen's Tumblr full of fun art about skateboarding and skate adjacent activities. 

Juan Carlos Aliste For Mosaic Skateshop

Mosaic Skateshop in Germany has a rad minute and a half from Chilean ripper Juan Carlos Aliste.

Skater's Atlas Seattle Montage

Skater's Atlas has been making rad stuff in cities around the world for a while now. Their latest issue focuses on Seattle and the city montage is the first video to drop from the new issue.

Dream & Reality

Kaonka Skateboards in Japan has a rad new montage entitled Dream & Reality. The edit is a bit heavy handed but the creativity and spots are excellent as many Japanese videos are. Via: VHS Mag.

Ain't No Bjord

It looks like the ITÄ crew is already deep into autumn in their latest clip called Ain't No Bjord...

Neighborhood Cruzin' With Jeffery Morrison

My new friends at Oh My Skateboards just sent me this video of their team rider Jeffery Morrison cruzin' through his neighborhood in Santa Cruz, CA.

Roger Krebs

Enjoy some very radical street skating from Roger Krebs in this video from Street Canoe. Via: Live Skateboard Media.

Antiz Hellfest Part Two

Antiz may be Europe's most slept on company. They should have Polar level marketshare and respect, but they are ding their thing in France and probably don't give a fuck about recognition. Anyway, the second part of their Hellfest video is rad. After some park skating, things get heavy in the streets which is where skateboarding belongs. 

Goofy Section from Flat Bar Dog

The Aussies have segregated their friends sections into separate goofy and regular sections. behold the goofy section from The Flat Bar Dog Movie.

The Movie Part 3 from Absorb

Absorb just brings the radical suburban vibes that a lot of us grew up with. Somehow they make their rough suburban spots look good on film. Props to the guys at Absorb for putting out so much rad stuff over the years and maintaining a point of view all their own. See what I mean in The Movie Part 3.

Vans France - Tours de secours

The Vans France team hit up a few radical cities in Northern Europe on a recent tour and came back with this lengthy clip full of street skating goodness. Soma has photos and words (in french) from the tour.

Link Round-Up

Geoff McFetridge is on Tumblr.
Tumblr has upped their gif upload size from 1MB to somewhere right below 2MB.
You follow Mostly Skateboarding on Tumblr right..?
Birds Near Me is an interesting looking bird ID app.
The X-Ray Pin-Up Calendar is not very sexy.
Classic kids books reimagined for 20-somethings.
Spend money on experiences not things for more happiness.
Epic 30 year 6 continent overlander journey.

Currently listening to...
Party Dress by Lindsey Ray and Beth Thornly

GNAV

GNAV is a 15 minute video out of Norway with tons of rad skating at interesting spots by the likes of Eirik Ballo, Magnus Bordewick, Tobias Broen, Karsten Kleppan, Sebastian Rafen, Eirik Svensen and Gustav Tonnesen

Jak Pietryga for Grey Magazine

Grey Magazine has a rad new part from Jak Pietryga. The choice of no music is a fine one as we can appreciate the sweet sounds of skateboarding.

Ty Beall in A Street

Richmond's Ty Beall kills in in his part from the A Street video.

Mike Gilbert Mostly Skateboarding Podcast #001

The podcast is back. This episode we have filmer, Mike Gilbert tells of a filming trip to Mexico City with Jamie Thomas for Ride The Sky.



In this episode I recommend the Bones Bearings Tool which makes pulling bearings out of old wheels so much easier. At only $12.40 it is a worthy investment that will save you time and frustration.

Harry Lintell Piff Sticks Edit

Harry Lintell skates crusty British spots to crusty British hip-hop for his Piff Sticks edit and the result to quite smooth.

Josh Mohrbach In Driftwood

Josh Mohrbach kills it in the Newport News based video, Driftwood. It is good to see my old stomping grounds getting skated like this by the next generation.

Shaun Baptista Part For Atlas

It is rare for someone skating California to catch my eye, but Shaun Baptista did it with a lot of speed, and some good nosegrind and fakie 5-0 work that i really appreciate. The spots aren't blown out and look like spots I would enjoy skating.

Matisse Banc for Blaze Supply

Blaze Supply in France has a rad video part for their flow rider, Matisse Banc.

Greenbelt .03

The crew in Wellington, New Zealand have a new Greenbelt montage. Clocking in at over 11 minutes, get comfortable.

Harry Lintell For Black Sheep

Both America and the UK have Black Sheep skate shops and the UK one just welcomed Harry Lintell with this rad video.

CLUBGEAR

CLUBGEAR is a new brand out of Canada with a vibey new clip featuring lots of wallies and flat land heelflips.

Florent Tourdre

Florent Tourdre skates some rugged spots and some smooth Euro streets in this new part I found via: Soma.

Takaaki Shinzato In This Continued

This Continued is a rad video from Japan that was online for a moment a few months ago and now parts are slowly creeping online. Check out Takaaki Shinzato in This Continued.

Panacea

Jake Breed sent in his latest video, Panacea, and it's a ten minute banger from some place where people wouldn't expect great skateboarding, but here it is.

A Thrown Stone Vol.1

Sunday in Buffalo is at it again, working on the follow up to A Stone's Throw. This first batch of bonus footage sets the stage for another banger.

The Trailer

I'm a big fan of Absorb. They get gnarly tricks on gritty spots. There's always a bit of artistry to their videos but not too much. The Trailer is their latest and it doesn't disappoint.

Palace 5ive Promo

Palace 5ive in DC has a new promo and it's rad. Via: Recordings Of Boardings.