Ocatvio Barrera Pro Part

We've been backing Octavio Barrera for quite some time now. It's cool to see him going pro for Enrique Lorenzo's Louw Skateboads.

Salsa Elk

Salsa Elk is Joe Collins' video from one week in Warsaw with Daniel Pannemann, Danny Sommerfeld, Jonas Hess, and Roland Hoogwater

Wavy

Enjoy some hot Japanese street action in Wavy by Mark Ohata with Futoshi, Satoshi, Shogo, JP, Hugo, Yushi, Tsuyoshi, Lorhin, Masaya, Ken, Cielo, Tomo, Shin, Aaron, and Tsuyoshi.

Settlers 2 Teaser

The Settlers 2: Total Re-Do teaser comes to us from New Zealand and features Olly Willson, Jack Dargan, Slade Anderson, Louis Judd, Cade Wilson-Russ, Liam McCulloch, Andrew Pope and more

Little Paradise Teaser

Apart from that park footy, Little Paradise looks like it'll be a good one. Via: Sidewalk.

Welsh Tommy for Furr Skateboards

This might as well be a Magenta clip but Chris 'Welsh Tommy' Thomas is putting it down for Furr Skateboards. Via: Sidewalk.

Bordeaux Exposure II Trailer

Take a minute to get stoked for Bordeaux Exposure II with skating coming from Bordeaux of course as well as Geneva, Montpellier, and San Francisco. Via: VHS Mag.

Daydream

All the coolest kids in France plus other rad skaters are in Daydream so you should probably watch it. Those people are: Kevin Rodrigues, Sage Elsesser, Vincent Touzery, Paul Grund, Roman Gonzalez, Greg Cuadrado, Hjalte Halberg, Dane Brady, Aaron Herrington, Brian Delatorre, David Stenstrom, and more.

Joseph Biais On Nozbone

Joseph Biais is one of those names that always gets me excited to watch so I was happy to see nearly two minutes of new footage from the Frenchman as a welcome to Nozebone. Via: Free Skate Mag.

Scout

Watch Scout, a video out of North Carolina by Alex Traboulsi featuring Matt Hartzel, Alec Chambers, Will Smith, and Shane Kassin

Tani in Light Hill IZM

I may be getting the names wrong in this Japanese video part. I think the person's name is Tani and the video is called Light Hill IZM. Anyway, the ender will make the san "fuck" out loud, as I did, and the road to the end is pretty enjoyable too. Via: VHS Mag.

Portside Promo

Peep the promo for Portside, a new video coming out of Portsmouth, VA from the homies Jamie Pippin and Mitch Bonadies and featuring Jesse Bishop, Austin Hayden, Kollin Harris, Henry Aguinaldo, Justin Dougherty, Rudy Ourednik, Grant Amspacher, Aaron Grisham, Tyler Manley, Cory Bittle, Trey Hill, Nick Weiss, Mitch Bonadies, and associates. 

Nester Suki - Spoonful

Ten minutes go by quick in Nester Suki's Spoonful part. From the SOS Facebook page it looks like the full length is bangin'.

Angel Dust

It's alway interesting to see what Glen Fox's quick feet are up to. He is joined by Dillon Catney, Luka Pinto, Ryan Gabison, and Dom Sauvage in Angel Dust from Ryan Gabison.

Michael Mieruszynski in Trophy Room

Michael Mieruszynski comes through with the ender in the Sydney based video, Trophy Room. Via: Slam Magazine.

Genuine Street Flavour - VENETO

Italy's Chef Fam went through Venice, Mestre and Castelfranco Veneto with Diego Garcia Dominguez, Andrea Di Liddo, Gabriele Ferrari, René Olivo, Giovanni Lobbia, Alvin Francescato, Fabio Montagner, Tom Caridi, and Gianluca Miotto and came back with this video.

Mickael Germond x Nuk'em Part

Between Paris and Lyon, Mickael Germond rips France a new one in his Nuk'em part. Via: Soma.

Drew Windon in The World Is Our Garbage Can

Drew Windon will make you want to skate with his part from The World Is Our Garbage Can.

JP Dantas Blaze Supply Pro Part

Add JP Dantas to the list of Brazilians who fuckin' rip.

Deuxième Vague

Deuxième Vague is the 21 minute companion video to De Paris Yearbook, an examination of the Paris skate scene in 2014. The video features pretty much any Parisian you'd want to see in a video, Remy Taveira, Sam Partaix, Joseph Biais, Oscar Candon, Juan Saavedra, The Blobby's,  Steve Malet, Max Geronzi, and plenty more.

Bleak

Jersey's (England) Subterranean brings us Bleak featuring Damen Garcia, Dillon Catney, and Luka Pinto.

Leftover Scratches

Vienna's Yama/Cornerstore crew brings us a solid bit of footage leftover from their latest production, The Cornerstore Movie.

Kevin Tshala For Homemade Skateboards

Kevin Tshala is one to watch check this new clip from Homemade Skateboards to get familiar.

Bounced

Whenever I see the name Hugo Maillard, I know I'm in for a treat. He kicks things off in Bounced, a 20 minute French video with Jo Dezecot and Alexis Jamet among others.

Kento Takahashi Que B-Sides

I'm not a fan of seeing the B-Sides before the edited video but that's the price I pay for not buying the DVD. Japanese board concern, Lesque just released their video Que on DVD and the Kento Takahashi's B-Sides are the first bit of footage from the film to hit the web.

Heat

Lots of cool skating by Will Blakley and Dylan Fulford at well worn NYC spots in Heat by Antosh Cimoszko.

Jake Collins for Witchcraft Hardware

Witchcraft brings us a rad one from Jake Collins. 

Evisen Video Trailer

Tightbooth has been responsible for the best video out of japan for years and they are taking on the new Evisen video. Peep the trailer and get excite for the 2016 release.

Simo Makela in SLP World Order

Europe's Free Skate Mag brings us more Scandinavian ripping in the form of Simo Makela in SLP World Order.

Luxury Vehicle Promo

There aren't a lot of makes in the Luxury Vehicle promo but there's enough to get me stoked for the October release.

¥¥¥SYSTEM ERROR¥¥¥ - KP Tokyo Street Boomers 16

Japan's Tokyo Street Boomers come through with a very #ontrend new montage called System Error.

Raccoon Alley

Blue Tile Lounge brings us a new montage called Raccoon Alley featuring Nolan Waller, Pat O'rourke, Morgan Smith, Joe Yates, Nugget Moore and Bobby DeKeyzer

John Cardiel Mostly Skateboarding Podcast #010

After last episode's story about John Cardiel, I was able to make contact with Cardiel himself and get a couple of great stories out of him. Listen here and subscribe in iTunes. If you like the podcast rate and review it in iTunes. That really helps people find the podcast. 




Below is footage of the carwash session (starting 39 seconds in) and the resulting Spitfire ad.

For this episode I recommended a Time Magazine slideshow featuring the work of Stuart Palley who has been photographing wildfires at night for the past two years.

Outer Limits Premiere This Friday

Seattle will play host to the premiere of Outer Limits, a northwest skate video of classically paired VX-1000 and 16mm footage. So roll out to the Northwest Film Forum at 1515 12th Ave Seattle, WA this Friday, August 28th at 8PM with $5 in hand to get in and see what's up. 

Brian Downey In Local Express

Cafe Creme brings us Brian Downey's part from Local Express and a full interview at their website. Get the full video here.

Dude Life

Watch Dude Life, Chicago internet friends and friends of friends and their St. Louis friends.

Romain Grobety and Greg Wicky in Yes Papa

Swiss board concern, Thanks Skateboards just put Romain Grobety and Greg Wicky shared part from in Yes Papa online. With all the guests, it feels more like a montage with Romain as the star. 

Meet At The God Hour

The 4 Skateboard Company's initial offering, In Good Company, still stands as one of the best internet skate promos ever so I get excited whenever something new pops up from these Australians. Meet At The God Hour isn't quite as good as their first video but still gets the blood going in a good way. Check out a nocturnal journey through the city with Louie Dodd, Casey Foley, Ricky Watt, Morgan Campbell, Mike Martin, and Harry Clark.

Building

Filmer Colin Heindel brings us Building, a montage in two parts. It starts with raw east coast city shit then ends with a suburban hammer fest. It's kinda the best of both worlds of east coast skating. Featuring Brian Powderly, Justin Damer, Tyler Thomas, Christian Miller, Corey Huber, and Colin Heindel. Via: Recordings Of Boardings.

Manchester Mondays #4

Manchest Mondays comes in hot on Tuesday with their Joe Gavin's forth installment featuring: Ben Rowles, Matthew Nevitt, Dom Henry, Harry Lintell, Joe Gavin, Bruce Pouncey, Ben Grove, Neil Worthington, Jim Craven, Gary Woodward, John Bell, James Foster, Pablo Aresu, Ben Irvine, Victor McMahon, Zak Gold, Keanu Robson, Josh Collins,
and Nick Stansfield.

#VIDLAB Detroit

I don't check WiSkate nearly enough as evidenced by my linking to a video from May, but it only has 179 views and it pretty gnarly despite being a bro cam edit. See photos from the video over at WiSkate. Those guys kill it harder than most.

Ten Years Of Mostly Skateboarding

I've been thinking about this post for months. The ten year anniversary of a blog seems like a big deal. Most people abandoned blogs years ago. I've never been one for celebrations or making a big deal of things so I'll just take this opportunity to say thanks to all the people out there putting skate videos on the internet for me to share, thanks to everyone who looks at this blog. Thanks to my wife for understanding my need to do this. Thanks to people who have given me a chance based on what they see from Mostly Skateboarding. Thanks to anyone who has shared Mostly Skateboarding with their friends or readers. I am just so thankful to be a part of skateboarding in my own little way. Hopefully Mostly Skateboarding has done something for you, gotten you stoked or informed maybe... Like I said, I'm not one for making a big deal of things so carry on and Mostly Skateboarding will carry on too.

Poorsport

Poorsport is some Florida shit. With Jean Aguilar, Tommy Bohn, Jesse Turley, Jake Goodrich, Dalton Dix, Billy Dunn, Tanner Tinsley, Caleb Hook, Chris Hardy, Ben Eubank, Travis Grant, Lam Le, Ethan Dupont, and Taylor McCrary.

JAH(RULE)

This one came in on a Tumblr ask. JAH(RULE) is a 19 minute video out of Oklahoma by Trevor Owens with full parts from Athen Mccrary, Jesse Rhodes, and Mason Colleti. Good spots, good filming, good skating. Everything you could want from a skate video. 

SmoothieXchange

Michael Sommer, Hermann Stene, and Didrik Galasso star in the SmoothieXchange promo out of Norway.

Ain't No Fun from Sloppy Days

So rad seeing the homies in Virginia put it down. Peep game in the new one from Sloppy Days called Ain't No Fun.

Celian Cordt-Moller In Yes Papa

Swiss brand, Thanks Skateboards brings us Celian Cordt-Moller's opening part from their video Yes Papa.

Ayrton Boot Bro Files

New Zealand's Irrom brings us another rad Bro Files video, this time with Ayrton Boot.

Tycho Henskes for sml. Wheels

The guys at sml. Wheels know how to pick good dudes. Tycho Henskes is on the team for the Netherlands and doing lots of rad tricks in his one minute welcome video.

School Holidays Trailer

Some serious fire in this trailer for School Holidays in Australia. Not a surprise with this lineup: Jarrad Carlin, Simon Frazzetto, Adam Davies, Rob Schmitt, Caeylen Norris, Jake Darwen, Casey Foley, Tim Williams, Quayde Baker, Max Couling, Mitch Cunningham, Bryce Golder and Dean Johnston.

Bust Crew (brick) .trash1

The Bust Crew has some leftovers from the Brick video for you to snack on. You can still cop the DVD for just $10.

Vladik Scholz Tightass Part

Germany's Titus Skateboards has released Vladik Scholz' part in their video, Tightass.

***FLAMINGO***

My favorite kind of video is one with rad skaters I've never heard of skating cool spots I've never seen. ***FLAMINGO*** is exactly that kind of video. Out of France with Gregoire Paoletti , Nicolas Gisonno , Léo Lancelin , Quentin Boillon , Thomas Gouillon , Lillian Fev , Adrian Poncet , Kevin Deschamps , Wener Sandoz , Julien Morin, Jerry Docteur

Leif Hauge

Even though I was desperate to leave Tidewater Virginia, I still have a soft spot for any footage coming out of that zone. Leif Hauge says goodbye to the area too with this banger of a video part. Photo below by Blake Crocker from Leif's Instagram.

Domingo II Trailer

Melbourne, Perth, and SF come together for Domingo II. Peep the trailer and pre-order here.

Mario Wirnsberger in Cornerstore

Mario Wirnsberger's part from Cornerstore is online now thanks to Yama Skateboards. FYI, Chris Pfanner rode for Yama before getting on Anti-hero. 

Sprung

Austin's scene seems awesome. Sprung is a 7:40 minute video shot in Spring of 2015 and features: Marshal Manuel, Drake Flores, Tyler Tutaj, Ed Rodriguez, Jacob Guillory, Guru Khalsa, Chris Luhring, Tim Seoung, Dharam Khalsa, Chandler Williamson, Garrett Young, Terell Robinson, Reese Barton, Brandon Marlin, Jeff Rasp, Max Taylor, and Ryan Thompson. 

Crewsing with Lurk Cologne

Solo Skate Magazine brings us Crewsing from the Lurk Cologne crew.

Muska & Gonz on Podcasts

Today is an epic day for skate podcasts. Chad Muska is on The Shetler Show and Mark Gonzales is on The Tim O'Connor Show. Both are embedded below.

Drought

Justin Henry has the curtains in Drought, a 7 minute video out of Ohio with Alex Deweese, Dan Charlton, Nate Horn, Wyatt Duboe, Seth Zwick, and Jake Lemonds. Street Canoe has a good interview with Justin from a while ago if you wish to get familiar.

Rob Pace For Scram

Hard charging Rob Pace throws down for Australia's Scram Skateboards. 

Three Germans in The Netherlands for Vans

Vans Germany's Jan Hoffmann, Julian Ruhe, and flow rider Valentin Cafuk went to the spot porn paradise of the Netherlands and came back with this montage. Be advised, the music is awful. Place has photos and a full write up from the trip. Via: Kingpin.

Fool's Gold Vol. 2

Enjoy some Melbourne street ripping by Mitch Robertom, Jacob Hayes, Bibi Bradbury, Hamid Monis, Sam Atkins, Sakazi Omar, Aarron Winter, Ricky Davidson, Ray Macken, Connor Benich, Tim Barling, James Hall, Jayden Bauer, Kristian Wild, and Harry McEvoy in Fools Gold Vol. 2.

Günes Özdogan in CHARDONNAY

One time Habitat International rider, Günes Özdogan is now riding for XXIV Skateboard Co. and his part in their new video, CHARDONNAY is here for your viewing pleasure. The full video can be seen at Free Skateboard Magazine.

Yarborough Welcomes Chucky Berls

Upon Kyle Beachy's recommendation, I checked out Chuck Berl's welcome video for Yarborough and was quite pleased. Word is it was filmed in just two days.

The Homies From Brown Bag Special

As a still fairly new resident of Oregon, this homie section from the Portland based Brown Bag Special is especially relevant to my interests. Via: Curb Cut.

Mikey Mendoza for Precinct Skateshop

Australian Mikey Mendoza comes through with a banger video part for Precinct Skateshop in Queensland. Via: Slam Skate Magazine.

Tobin Yelland talks John Cardiel Mostly Skateboarding Podcast 009

I usually end up talking to my podcast guests for around an hour so lots of great stuff ends up being left out of the final edit. This John Cardiel story from my conversation with Tobin Yelland was just too good not to share plus I didn't have another story lined up for this month. Listen here and subscribe in iTunes. If you like the podcast rate and review it in iTunes. That really helps people find the podcast.




In this episode I recommended new listeners check out the Mostly Skateboarding Podcast archives which can be easily streamed from our SoundCloud page. I also mentioned Tobin's Chrome Ball Incident interview which is a great read. 

As promised, here is a photo of a 1982 Honda Prelude like the one from this episode.

Danny Gluskie For Siren

Australian, Danny Gluskie made his way to America and into the pro ranks at Siren Skateboards. I'm sharing this mostly for that wild 5-0. 

Review: Incase Halo Courier Backpack

From time to time I am asked to review products. Most of the time I don't bother with it because most of these products are lame. Every so often, a company making rad products, like Incase, will hit me up and I will gladly take one of their backpacks in exchange for an honest review on Mostly Skateboarding. There had been some delays in my agreeing to do this review which turned out to work in my favor because the Halo Courier Backpack just came out and suited my needs better than any of the other packs available earlier.

The Halo Courier is a big backpack, perfect for travel. It's size clocks in just under most airline's carry on dimensions. The 30L main compartment gives you ample space for a long weekend's worth of gear. A smart traveler could probably go to Europe for a month with just this pack. There are plenty of stash pockets and organizing schemes to make it easy to find everything. The secret pocket on the back panel would be great for a passport, extra cash, or elicit substances. As with any good bag these days, there is a separate padded laptop compartment which for the past week has taken good care of my MacBook. The big compartment is lined in white making it easy to find what you are looking for deep inside the cavernous main compartment. Incase has a lot of these small, smart features that show Incase is really thinking about the person using the bag.

Many of those small design features are aimed at cyclist. There are dedicated straps for bike locks and safety lights plus reflective detailing throughout. It would have been nice to have some board straps too. You can easily carry your board crossways under the lid but doing this repeatedly would likely cause severe wear damage. Beside's the lack of a board specific carrying system, my only other minor complaint is with the straps. They twist quite easily when you put the bag on. This is so minor it is hardly worth mentioning but every morning it frustrates me so it might frustrate you too.

If you are looking for a bag for traveling or school this is a great option. It may be a little bit big for daily cruising and commuting. Incase makes great bags and even if the Halo Courier does not become your daily bag it will be a trusty travel companion that will last just about forever. At $249.95, it better.

A-3BO

At leat one of the guys in this montage are on their way to becomign a big deal in british skatebaording so remember these names: James Bush, Manny Lopez , Conor Charleson, Joe Roberts, Charlie Birch, Vaughan Jones, Sam Bottenberg, Michael Sommer, Douwe Macare , Daryl Dominguez , Nai Sukanant, Robin Lambert, and Chris Mann

RATATA Signal 001

Belgium's RATATA Skateboards comes out of the gates swinging with Signal 001 featuring Fries Taillieu, Timothy Deconynck, PJ Claeys, Arthur Bultynck, and Pablo Delaplace and lensed by the talented Willy Crank.

Shuhei Tsubakizaki

Isle's Japanese representative, Shuhei Tsubakizaki puts it down in this rad minute and a half video part.

Super Ape

Snack and ASCO teamed up on a board and video called Super Ape. The video features skating in Panamá, Lima, and Buenos Aires. ASCO has photos and some more information.

Edwin Massold Bro Files

Enjoy 60 seconds with New Zealand skater Edwin Massold in this Bro Files video from Irrom Distribution. 

Daniel Pannemann in Propeller Island

Good filming, cool spots, and rad skating. What more could you want? Daniel Pannemann's name should be familiar to longtime readers. His Propeller Island part is awesome.

Tallboy Trailer

With names like Ben Rowles, Kyron Davis, Daryl Dominguez, Sam Bottenberg, and Manny Lopez in the line-up, you know Tallboy is gonna be a good one. For now enjoy the trailer. 

Bite It

Bite It is the latest clip from Scumco & Sons. Friend of the blog, Stan Karbine joins Ty Baell, Zach Funk, Kyle Nicholson, and others in this rugged romp around the east coast. Via: Recordings Of Boardings.

Mob's Postcard From Alicante

Mob Skateboards went to Alicante and came back with this postcard featuring Laif Draasch, Danny Sommerfeld, Alex Ullmann, Alex Denkiewicz and Kerem Elver. Place has an article with photos and words as well.

Brandon Bonner in Close To Gross

Brandon Bonner is the guy who ollied the Canadian Embassy 22 stair in DC so his recently online part from Close To Gross is a must watch. Bonner is more than just a huck baby with plenty of variety to keep everyone interested. 

Olli Ilmonen in Viimeinen Otos

Olli Ilmonen turns in a stellar part in the Finnish video, Viimeinen Otos. The nollie flip 50-50 FS 180 out get me.

For The Record Promo

Check the new For The Record promo by my homie Clem at Recordings Of Boardings. Also be sure to follow Recordings Of Boardings. Clem is constantly posting sick clips in the same vein as what I post. 

Colin Kennedy Mostly Skateboarding Podcast Episode 008

This was one of the first episodes I recorded for the podcast but due to a hard drive failure I lost the edit and kept putting off re-editing it until now. Filmmaker, Colin Kennedy tells a story about sketchy happenings on a van ride in Costa Rica with the DVS team.


In this episode I recommended the Sundance Channel show Rectify. The first two seasons are available on Netflix and the new season starts July 9. 


Also mentioned on the podcast is Colin's latest film project, Some Girl's Mother. Which he is currently crowd funding for. Below are a few of my favorite videos from Colin Kennedy. I recommend you check out his Vimeo page for more. 

Jezza X Fuknoath

Fuknoath Magazine comes through with another heater of a video part. This time from Jezza. I don't know his real name... His name is Jeremy Corea.

Jed Anderson in Squad Massage

Jed Anderson rip in his part from Squad Massage by Cory McNeil.

All Engines, Cons Benelux

All Engines is the new clip from Cons in Benelux, that's Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg. Alex Raeymaekers, Noah Bunink, Jeremy van der Eijk, Willem van Dijk, Billy Hoogendijk and Othmar van Rijswijk kill it with some very on trend skating at rad spots plus plenty of surprising tricks. Hats off to Sami El Hassani for also being a really good filmer. Noise Magazine will have a write up in their next issue.

Pat Gallaher in Bae

I'm not sure about the Dido soundtrack, but the skating is undeniable. Pat Gallaher in Bae.

Ryan Wilson Sunday Hardware Remix

Sunday Hardware presents a remix of Ryan Wilson footage that you've probably never seen before. Lots of rad tricks at cool spots in this one.

E U R O P E 007

Supply your own music for this raw German clip called E U R O P E 007. Lots of cool spots in this one and some very understated editing. 

David Wollmann in Moiré

Solo Skate Mag brings us David Wollmann's part from the Cologne based video, Moiré. 

Side Two

Side Two is a heater out of Canada by Antosh Cimoszko with Dylan Fulford, Mikey Ray, Ty Peterson, Will Blakley, and other Canadian street rippers.

Rémy Taveira in Out Of The Blue

Lots of very rad shit in this Rémy Taveira part from the Antiz video, Out Of The Blue.

Jonathan Ettman in Local Express

Lots of rad skating and cool looking spots in Jonathan Ettman's part from Local Express. Get the DVD for $12.99, right here, right now.

Kris Vile in Get 3

There is no doubt in my mind that Kris Vile will go pro one day. Peep his Get 3 part and you'll see why.

Hugo Liard in Out Of The Blue

Hugo Liard turns in some serious hammers in the new Antiz video, Out Of The Blue.

Dom Henry for Politic

We've been backing Dom Henry since 2011. It's good to see his new part backed by Politic Skateboards.

The Yeah Video

Upon a friend's recommendation, I watched the Yeah Video from Chicago's Yeah Boardshop and you should too.

A Banker's Diary

I'm not sure about the poetry but the skating and filming is top notch in A Banker's Diary out of Frankfurt, Germany. See a photo story from the production with Valentin Cafuk, Alex Ullmann, Daniel Pannemann, and Jonas Heß at Place Magazine. 

Dominik Dietrich in Out Of The Blue from Antiz

Out Of The Blue is the new Antiz video with parts dropping online periodically. Dominik Dietrich just brought his part to light and it's a banger. 

.PRELIM.

Straight from New Zealand, .PRELIM. features Chris Young, Jesse Abolins, Salem Essahaty, Jesse Egden, Brett Band, Ben Morice, Chey Ataria, Simon Thorp, Andrew Haeata and Mohi Paul.