The Popcorn Hardware Video

Could Popcorn Hardware be the Spanish Bronze? I don't know, but their new video positions them well to take up that role. It features tons of Spanish rippers including Felipe Bartolomé and the best thing about Skate Mental, Adrian Del Campo. 

Link Round-Up

Super slow-mo lightning and weather. 
I hate purple so I'm sad to see Pantone chose Ultra Violet as their 2018 Color Of The Year.
How Instagram changed how we experience art.
Nat Geo's 2017 Photography Contest Winners.
Facebook sucks but they're giving us royalty free music to use. 
How DJ Premier Changed Hip-Hop.

Kenji Okuwaki For Grapevine Asia

Grapevine Asia brings us a full part from Kenji Okuwaki. 

Dweeb

Our brothers to the north in Canada have released Dweeb, a ten-minute video by Jordan Weins featuring Dan Belanger and Bryan Barbier and supported by a bunch of other guys including a cameo from Virginia native, Chris Wimer. Medium Skate Mag has an interview with the man behind the lens plus a few photos.

Dylan Clark in Summer Bummer

Kinked rails ain't no thang for Dylan Clark in Summer Bummer, another rad video out of the Pacific Northwest. "That kinda counts. Not really though. I'm sorry" is now my favorite skate video quote.

Boombap Promo #2

Straight outta Scandinavia comes the second promo for the Boombap video. See Wouter de Jong, Yannick Witvoet, Donny Janssen, Alexander Belhadj, Remco Stolzen, Sebastiaan Vijverberg, Robert Joosten, Dirk Middelkoop, Jan Maarten Sneep, Wouter Molenaar, Tim Zom, and Nassim Guammaz in the full video soon.

Vans UK & Russia in Russia

Street looper Ross McGouran and the UK Vans team met up with their Soviet counterparts for a tour through the pristine plazas of Russia. Ross is joined by Josh Young, Yura Renov, Vova Pavlov, Dima Shatalov, and Alex Krasniy. 

#BLKSHP3 Trailer

Charlotte, North Carolina's Black Sheep Skateshop is working on #BLKSHP3. Peep the trailer and get stoked. 

14:01 Welcomes Dougie George

Britain's 14:01 Skateboards welcomes Dougie George with this rad part. 

Sustained Disintegration from Severn Goods

This is a good one. Sustained Disintegration serves as a short and sweet introduction to Severn Goods, a Bristol-based hat brand. The team is Charlie Munro, Manny Lopez, James Silver, and Francis Peters. Get to know Severn in this interview with Germany's Solo Skate Mag.

Lost In The Grid from Hoddle Skateboards

Australia's Hoddle Skateboards just released their newest montage, Lost In The Grid,  featuring Jack Kirk, Simon Frazzetto, Caeylen Norris, and Dean Johnston.

Pop Clip #32

Pop Trading hits us with another banger in Pop Clip #32.

Turkey

Etnies UK sought out new terrain across the British Isles and came back with Turkey, a nearly 15-minute edit with tons of cutty, unseen spots. Ben Rowles and Dale Starkie do the heavy hammer lifting with a little help from Jiri Bulin, Myles Rushforth, Chris Mann, Rikk Fields, Leo Turner and Lucien Costello. Get your hands on Vague Mag Issue #2 for the accompanying article.

Club Gear X OG.2000

Switzerland and Canada form like Voltron in the street of Toronto as the Club Gear and OG.2000 crews meet up and skate together. Via Live.

Link Round-up

A look inside the Patagonia Archives.
REI is testing selling used gear online. 
A lecture about emoji.
How QI and ZA Changed Scrabble.
This Slim Aarons doc looks awesome. Trailer - Full Length.
A couple living off the grid for 7 years in New Zealand & Europe. 

My City - Merida, Yucatan, Mexico

Michael Scott, not that one, gives us a tour of his zone in Mexico's Yucatan. Via: Urbe Skate.

Jamie Jeffery in Gateway

Jamie Jeffery is an inspiration. 40 years old and killing it in Gateway. 

Coolpix

France and Switzerland form like Voltron in Coolpix from Cinquième Terrasse. Peep game from Nicolas Gisonno, Lilian Fev, Morgan Katomba, Théo Lapalud, Elliot Bonnabel, Lilian Ceccon, Simon Perrottet, Guillaume Berthet, Celian Cordt-Moller, and Etienne Chatelain. Via: Live.

Ale Cesario Kingpin Part

Kingpin brings us an interview and part from big popping Italian, Ale Cesario.

Banned

Banned is a Melbourne scene video by Leo Carroll-Capp featuring Casey Foley, Louie Dodd, and Raph Langslow among others.

Jovi1 from Caviar

Spanish brand Caviar has a rugged and raw clip called Jovi1. Via: Dogway.

Jeff Srnec in Gateway

From Windsor, Canada comes Gateway from Max Plantus. Jeff Srnec's part is a shining example of solid simplicity. 

Dit Is Berlin 02/03

The second installment of Place Magazine's Dit Is Berlin is here featuring Magnus Bordewick, Marcus Shaw, Pol Catena, and Niels Bennett. Check out part one and keep an eye out for part three next week. 

Vortex

New Zealand looks awesome in Vortex from filmer Scott Rishworth. Featuring: Alex Sharman, Seamus Peters, Elijah Robertson, Mikey Gibson, Ben Hillenaar-Darby, Tiomai Kapoki, Kerry Wharekawa, Ollie Maclaurin, Callum Madgwick, Conrad Blain-Caunce, Jack Moon, Ben Morice, Leighton Dyer, James Kake, Jesse Abolins-Reid, Jesse Egden, Brett Band, Jake Darwen, Daniel Jochems, Conrad Jochems, Zach Wheeler, Cato Dobbs, and Simon Thorp.

FSTxRDL Levitation

Geneva looks rad in Levitation from Foust Skateboards. Featuring: Chris Thévenot, Diego Thonney, Hamdi Hagberg, Jonas Duclos, Jordan Queijo, Marcel Ricci, Nils Widmer, Pierre Andrey, Robin Fischer, Simon Perrottet, and Stefan Brodard 

Evisen Video Trailer #2

This might be the best video fo the year. Peep the trailer and wait with baited breath for the Evisen Video to hit.

Ben Graham

You've probably never given Bosie, Idaho much thought. I didn't either until my friend Ben Graham moved there. Turns out there are spots and a good scene. Ben gives us a tour in his new part. 

Q: Is this the shrn video?

Germany's So Hot Right Now seems to have a new video even if they don't want to claim it as such. It features Paul Zenner, Matthias Flurschütz, Fabian Lang, Stefan Lehnert, Conny Mirbach, Simon Eff, Jonas Rosenbauer, Mark Metzner, Stephan Pöhlmann, Ben Rappel, Matthias Ellinger, Niklas Schaible, Maxi Schaible, Philipp Gürtler, Sergio Grosu, Fabian Gehring, Ben Wessler, Manu Wolff, Denis Klausmann, Dennis Rehm, Roman Lisivka, Vali Erlmeier, and Marlon Lange.

Kevin Love in SICKhead

Former Hampton Roads ripper, Kevin Love had the ender part in SICKhead and Transworld brought it to the web for your viewing pleasure. 

Carhartt X Absurd

Russia's Absurd Skateboards teamed up with Carhertt WIP for a capsule collection and 3 weeks on the road for O3EPO. The 21 minute video features Igor Fardin, Felipe Bartolomé and Joseph Biais, alongside Absurd’s Tolia Titaev, and Gosha Konyshev shredding through 5 different time zones. The skating starts at around 6:39 and again at 13:40 in case you wanna skip to the action. 

A Slice Of Malmö

Filmer Henry Forsnor brings us a montage from Malmö featuring the next generation. 

Second Cosmic Velocity

Japanese brand, IFO brings is Second Cosmic Velocity, a 20-minute video featuring Iku Denda, Takashi Yamaguchi, Hiroki Takamura, Kaito Nakata, Kazuhiro Hiroki, Riku Kanemoto, Shunpei Sato, Hitoshi Tateishi, Hiroto Naito, and Kaito Sagawa. Via: VHS Mag.

A Thrown Stone vol. 5

Sunday Skateshop is still working on A Stone's Throw 2. The first Thrown Stone throwaway montage hit the web on September 6, 2014. Volume 5 hit on November 9, 2017. Let's hope for their sake that the end is near. Keep up the good work boys. Skaters in order of appearance are Justin Grzechowiak, Dave Green, Zach Pape, Nate Grzechowiak , Conner Drake, Chad Harrington, Tyler Stier, Joe Green, Pedro Alvarado, Dave Schram, and Alex Furtado 

Tony Karr in Bath Salts

Lots of rad skating in Tony Karr's part in Heroin's 2015 video, Bath Salts.

Palasonic

Palasonic, the new Palace Skateboards video is here.

Cardinal Welcomes Leif Hauge

One of Virginia's best shops, Cardinal just welcomes Leif Hauge to the team. From the looks of the video, it was well deserved.

A Brief Glance #45

Italy's A Brief Glance just put their latest issue online. It features an interview with Brandon Westgate and article following the New Balance team through Italy plus a few more interesting bits from around the world. Look how good that cover is! Click it and check out the rest of the mag. 

☯BSCURE PURITY Promo

Virginia homie, Mitch Bonadies is working on a video called Obscure Purity. Peep the promo and look for the full video in 2018. 

Fitta

Italy's Meaningless Productions hits us with Fitta, featuring Pietro Bontà, Federico Casella, Oscar Zota, Francisco Andara, Mattia Turco, Nino Magana, Cheesy, Ruben Spelta, Alberto Bottazzi, Fabio Spalvieri, Iuri Furdui, Alessandro Benedetti, Pietro Tirelli, Ruben Luzzato, and Raffaele Pola. Via: A Brief Glance.

Sned In East Toast

Hampton Roads homie, Tyler "Sned" Snedeker killed it in East Toast. Peep game.

Introducing Daisetsu "Andrew" Araki

Japan's N.T.Original introduces us to Daisetsu "Andrew" Araki. Pleased to meet you. Via: VHS Mag.

Slam City Welcomes Jak

Slam City welcomes Jak Pietryga to the team with a minute of footage.

H I G H D E A F

The good homie back east, Trey Hill just put together a clip for his shop, Skate Supply. Check out H I G H D E A F.

Raimu Sasaki

Little kids aren't usually very interesting, but Raimu Sasaki gets buck beyond his years. He'll be one to watch for sure. Do those Japanese handrails look low to anyone else?

Overtime

Alex Doyle is set to release his Vancouver based video, Overtime in 2018. For now, we've got the teaser with Kyle Nickoshie, Skylar Kehr, Tom Robinson, Dane Pryds, and Robert Jasiorkowski.

Chris Wimer in Analogue

North Caroline filmer, John Evans just released his full-length video, Analogue. Whet your appetite with Chris Wimer's part then get the video here. 

Emerica UK in Manchester

Cruise through Manchester with Emerica's UK team in Hive. Grey has photos to accompany the video.

Bobby Gray

Trap Skateboards in Germany welcomes Bobby Gray to the team. 

Spirit Quest Intro - Chameleon Vision Quest

Spirit Quest is a masterpiece of a skate video. Check out the intro featuring Taylor Nawrocki, Daniel Kim, Jesse Narvaez, Bryan Botelho, Ryan Barlow, Vincent Touzery, Connor Kammerer, John Baragwanath, Matt Town, Alex Fogt, Willy Stackus, and Jameel Douglas. If you haven't already, go buy the DVD, this one is worth owning.

Rave In Dunkirk

I'm just gonna hand this one over to Google Translate. "The guys from Rave Skateboards in Dunkirk. Hairy extravagance, drug addiction, very good skateboarding and festive mood ... they really make the guys happy." Link and caption from Soma.

James Pitonyak

One of NJ's finest made his way to SF. James Pitonyak goes.

DC Japan in Sapporo

Sapporo, Japan looks sick as DC's Japan team storms the city. Skaters include Buchi, Ryo Motohashi, Sora Negishi, Kensuke Sasaoka, Sora Shirai, Tatsumax, Masataka Yamashiro, Shota Yamazaki, and Shintaro Hongo.

The Splits

Patrik Wallner gives us some Spirit Quest vibes in The Splits for adidas Japan and featuring Shin Sanbongi, Laurence Keefe, Yoshiaki Toeda, Issei Kumatani, Seimi Miyahara, and Hiroki Muraoka.

Minuit - Bordeaux

Take a nocturnal ride through the streets of Bordeaux in the latest edit from Minuit. Lots of France's best dudes make appearances.


Olivier Ente, Tim Reinson, Gautier Rougier, Antoine Roussel, Francois Pion, JB Chaduteau, Souhil Deneche, Xavier Benavides, Gaetan Salvignol, Soy Panday, Vivien Feil, Manu Schenk, Paul Grund, Vincent Touzery, Ben Chadourne, Kevin Rodriguez, Masaki Ui, Matias Elichabehere, Patrick Houngtry, Aymeric Nocus, Emilien Andrieux, Charles Badi, Sebastien Daurel, Leo Valls, Yoan Taillandier, Simon Kallkvist, Simon Radow, Francisco Mouga, Antti Heikkinen, Lui Araki, James Coleman, Joe Santi, Glen Fox, Dom Henry, Laurence Keefe, and Dani McCarthy.

De Paris Metrospective

Here's a teaser for De Paris/Aus Berlin/Of London – Yearbook in the form of a Paris Metrospective. Let's hope we got some clips from London and Berlin too.

Seb Batty For Grey

Grey Magazine has a rad video and interview with English enjoi and New Balance rider Seb Batty.

Raw-Fi Montage 2

Check out montage 2 Masanori Uruma's 2015 video, Raw-Fi. Tons of great skating from rad guys at cool spots, all filmed really well.

Jesse Noonan and James Hall in Bread & Butter

Jesse Noonan and James Hall brutalize spots across Australie in their parts from Bread & Butter.

PDX210013

In local news, Chris Marin just posted his latest, PDX210013. It features the usual heads and hijinks around Portland, OR. 

Diva Promo From Rosa Entertainment

Michigan heads Brennan Richman, Zach Horkan, Joel Shoener, Joe Krok, Mike Krok, and Alex Knox come correct in the Diva Promo for Rosa Entertainment.

Foz and Liam in Paul

Paul is the video. Jimmy 'Foz' Foster and Liam Hobson share a part in it. Via: Vague which also has an interview and photos with the pair.

Ricky Glaser

Vans Australia rider, Ricky Glaser is full of surprises. Once you think you've got him figured out, he'll hit you with something completely unexpected. Via: Slam.

Andy 'Evs' Evans and William Kynaston in Beef Stew

Oliver Birch just dropped the opening segment to his Liverpool video, Beef Stew. Andy 'Evs' Evans and William Kynaston star in the first part. 

London Void

Sirus F Gahan brings us a banging montage with some of Londons rippingest rippers. London Void features Daryl Dominguez, Barney Page, Chris Oliver, Charlie Munro, Sam Bottenberg, Dan Fisher Eustance, Manhead, Louis Antoine, Ryan Thompson, Manny Lopez, and Nelly Mayele

Botched

Botched is the latest from Urban Bear Grylls and features Hootie Andrews, Jemery Corea , Max Couling , Mitch Cunningham , Quayde Baker , Tom Snape, and Laim Mcculloch. Via: Manual.

The Analogue Video

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John Evans' new one, The Analogue Video just premiered over the weekend in North Carolina. Give him a follow on Instagram for news on how you can get the full DVD.

Conor Charleson

State Footwear's UK rider, Conor Charleson comes through with a rad one.

Charlie Birch in Beef Stew

Charlie Birch makes Liverpool look rad in Beef Stew from his brother Oliver Birch. Via: Vague Mag.

The Skroom

The Skroom is an actual real thing and it's kinda genius.

KP Bombers 18

KP Tokyo is back with KB Bombers 18 - KIYOTSUKERO PORISU. VHS Mag's translated description is great. "KP Tokyo's latest clip "KIYOTSUKERO PORISU - KP Boomers 18" has appeared online. Street is full of danger. Let's pay particular attention to state power."

Pop Clip #31

They just keep getting better. The Pop Trading boys hit Holland in their latest effort, Pop Clip #31. Skaters in order of appearance: Othmar van Rijswijk, Billy Hoogendijk, Noah Bunink, Willem van Dijk, Niklas Hallman, Hugo Snelooper, Mats Edel, Jair Gravenberch, and Marc Haan.

16 Years Of Bluetile

Shouts to the best skateshop in South Carolina, Bluetile. Enjoy some recent shredding from the squad to celebrate. 

Pietro Bontà skating in Milano Centrale

Are there any spot in Milan that aren't Centrale? Pietro Bontà does the spot justice in Marillia by Francesco Cantoro.

Luke Malaney In Traffic Skateboards "Look Left"

Jenkem brings us the first look at Traffic's new video, Look Left, in the form of Luke Malaney's part. Get to know Luke in this interview over at Theories then buy the DVD here.

Vans Brazil Welcomes Giovanni Vianna

Vans welcomes Giovanni Vianna to the team via this slightly over-edited clip. His skating more than makes up for the heavy-handed edit.

Capitale

Capitale is some artsy 16mm shit from Vans, directed by Thibaut Grevet, with Joseph Biais and Val Bauer cruising through Paris. Via: Grey.

DC Japan Welcomes Sora Negishi

DC is steady clawing their way back to relevance. The DC Promo was super sick, and they've added Sora Negishi into the mix for more street cred in Japan.

Intra-muros from Nozbone

Nozbone Skateshop has a long history of rad clips from a rad team. Intra-muros is their latest and it features Lisa Jacob, Oscar Candon,, Rémy Taveira, Joseph Biais, Samuel Partaix, Akim Chérif, Jimmy Cholley, Pierre Subra, Marc-Alexandre Barbier, Hugo Corbin, Sylvain Tognelli, Yann Garin, Santiago Sasson, Mustapha Bennacer, Bertrand Soubrier, Franck Barattiero, Augustin Giovannoni, and more.

Pretty Lady, The Proper Promo

Upstart shoe brand, Proper just released their first promo over the weekend. It's called Pretty Lady. I'm wearing a pair of the Conquistas right now and they feel great. 

DORPSWEG

Wasted takes to Rotterdam with Vincent Milou, Kevin Ozcan, Ramsy Saïdi, and Tom Lafay in DORPSWEG. Via: Soma.

Snake

France's Lostboys.88 crew brings us Snake, featuring Seb Simon, Amine Taoussi, Reda Taoussi, Myles Clement, Andy White, Seb Housset, Gaetan Salvignol and most importantly, a single trick cameo from JJ Rousseau.

Laguna Teaser

Laguna is coming out of Japan in October. For now, we've got the trailer with 

Jarne Verbruggen Pro Part

The 917 video is getting all the attention (rightly so) but Jarne Verbruggen's going pro part is amazing. 

Tone Trailer

Japan's Color Communications just released the first trailer for their video, Tone. It features Hiroki Muraoka, Futoshi Takano, Makoto Yamamura, Yuichi Ohara, and Akira Imamora.

Levi's French 501 Video

Levi's enlisted some French up-and-comers to promote their 501 jeans in a rad video romp around Paris. Those up-and-comers are Valentin Bauer, Quentin Boillon, and Edouard Depaz. See photos and read an interview with the filmmakers over at Free Skate Mag.

Manchester Montage

Stogie is a Manchester (and London) montage from Max Dos Santos for Vague magazine and featuring Seb Batty, Ricky Davidson, Jay Stone, Lewis Threadgold, Zach Riley, Daryl Horner, Josh Bentley, Sam Parker, and Tylar McCaffrey.

Berlin Tape

Europe Co keeps it cool in Berlin for their latest effort. Features: Matthias Pichl, Kai Hillebrand, Kevin Vietzke, Timo Meiselbach, Marcus Shaw, and Marius Paradies.

Árnyas Sáv

Venture through the streets of Budapest with Igor Fardin, Jeff Jacobs, and Bram De Cleen in Árnyas Sáv. A Brief Glance has a short interview with Igor about the project and Free just posted a photo of Igor's triple set 5-0.

EAZY M!SS Welcomes Kento Yoshioka

In Japan, Kento Yoshioka is doing some real trendy shit. EAZY M!SS likes it so they added him to the team.

Sebastian Wang-Holm For Street Machine

This one's gonna be everywhere, and with good reason. Copenhagen's Street Machine Skateshop released a great clip of Sebastian Wang-Holm basically doing everything right. 

Aerobics

France's Annecy Board Shop just dropped Aerobics, a 13-minute video featuring their team all over France.

Skaters: Julien Morin, Lilian Fev, Quentin Caillat, Nicolas Gisonno, Nabil Slimani, Theo Lapalud, Fab Collomb, Tom Lafay, Kevin Deschamps, Stephane Zanette, Lilian Ceccon, Lucien Genand, Nicolas Josserand, Gregoire Paoletti, Leo Lancelin, Theo Leveque, Tom Abord, Sebastien Leclus, Matt Anceau, Fabien Oudot, Simon Perrottet, Mehdi Belkaid, Gabriel Zufferey, Jordan Queijo

Jon Rowe in Venue's Gospel

You're blowing it if you haven't seen Gospel from Richmond, Virginia's Venue Skateshop. Here's Jon Rowe's part.

Entertainment System

Portland's rippingest crew has another video in the works. Enjoy the promo for Entertainment System and prepare for the premiere this fall. Video by Adam Robo and featuring Anakin Senn, Klay Andersen, Mikey Carpenter, Alex Lobasyuk, and Austin Thongvivong.

CRISS-CROSS Push Periodical Issue 7 Video by Sprinkles

Push Periodical collected up the footage from the photos in issue 7 and let Zach Chamberlin mix it all together. Features skating from the US and Europe by Jimmy Lannon, Sean Greene, Matt Field, Roger Krebs, Ben Gore, and more.

Strictly For Cultural Purposes

Malmö’s skate scene is more than just Polar. Check the what Kato Skateboards crew does with the city in Strictly For Cultural Purposes. Features Karim Rhihla, Emre Yercok, Slomo Capdevila, Axel Wellton, Oscar Rambo Grønbaek, and Tormod Tönnesen.

Josh Gomez for DVS

DVS is still around, making shoes for skaters. JOsh Gomez is one of those skaters putting it down for DVS in this little clip. 

Vacation

Filmer, Leon Rudolph is worth following. His latest montage, Vacation, is chock full of cool Germans skating rad spots. what more could you want?

Friend Zone Premiere Promo

Seattle looks sick in the Friend Zone Premiere Promo. Go see Jake Menne's new video at the Northwest Film Forum on October 20th. It features Klay Andersen, Greg Dehart, Griffin Gass, Dane Ichimura, Amandus Mortensen, Sean Motaghedi, Mike Lind, Corey Greengage, Trevor Clark, Josh Jones, Logan Devlin, Chris Jameson, and Jesse Lindloff.

Tramontana

Italy's local New Balance team hit the road for ten days around Northern Italy and came back with Tramontana. It features my favorite Italian flatland flipper Alessandro Cesario along with Davide Holzknecht, Guido Zanotto, Massimo Cristofoletti, and Raffaele Pola.

Benchmark Teaser

Nozbone's Benchmark Contest is hitting ten years this year so they're expanding the contest to include both Paris and Berlin this year. Marca Barbier, Hugo Corbin, Giorgi Armani, Sami Harithi, and Farid Ulrich tease it nicely.