Watermelon Alex put together this clip from his recent deportation to Mexico after the feds raided his studio. Like the Ghana one from December, there’s not too much skating in it, but the cuts in it are quick enough to keep the attention of your average 17-year-old that grew up watching Ja Rule videos on TRL (Don’t lie, you have “Holla Holla” favorited on Youtube and had a crush on Ashanti even when she had sideburns).

The second piece of nonsense is a brief outtake reel from the past few weeks, containing stuff that was either filmed too bad (and believe me, I don’t have to tell you that something has to be filmed pretty goddamn bad in order for me to not use it), sketchy, not an actual trick, not actually landed, or a mysterious man lifting vegetables in a Tribeca window…

Appearantly, QS has become the skateboard-site-o-sphere’s hip-hop expert.

In 2002, it was Seaport. In 2003, it was Red Benches. In 2005, it was “that spot” across from Veteran’s Memorial. In 2006, it was “Heaven.” Now, after one week, this spot officially owns the “Spot everybody is going to rape until you get kicked out in five seconds or it gets demolished/knobbed” award. Enjoy it while it lasts, and thank Substance Skateboards.

Now before you even begin to jump to conclusions after reading this, know that my sources are not confirmed. This comes from top-secret undercover spies/informants who occupy the TF and Union both before you arrive and after you leave, so they see everything. Additionally, I’ve had some contacts in Riker’s Island investigating several cases of smuggled Little Debbies and they have alluded to various aspects of this story, but let me say this — Dave Thomas … no, the REAL Dave Thomas is in jail. Now, I’ve only heard speculation regarding the reason, the reasons went from being as crazy as him having a meth lab to just an overly excessive amount of unpaid tickets for skating flat at Union, so I cannot dwell on the actual reason. This can only lead us to conclude that the “Dave Thomas” who posts on here and Official, maintains the real Dave Thomas’ Myspace page, and claims to have moved upstate, is an imposter. FREE DAVE THOMAS! (SHIRTS COMING SOON)

I HATE ALL OF YOU WHO ARE OUTSIDE TODAY.

…the realest to run it, we just happen to uhhhh…have a website

Here are a few referrals to recent things that have been brought to my attention, and relate to skateboarding:

Victor Timofeev’s Kavorka video is on YouTube in its entirety. It’s a fun buddy-cam video filmed during 2001-2004, and it just kind of struck a chord with me because I remember being around for parts of it (Red Benches, rest in peace). You might not feel it as much on the outside looking in, but it was an era when footage at Tompkins was acceptable, and still somewhat fun to watch (bear in mind, this is coming from the same person that wrote this). More importantly, there’s plenty of old Danny Weiss appearances when he still somewhat looked like a normally-dressed person (yes, without the elf boots and the all-white outfits). Victor and Nolan Lee are the only ones with full parts, but the montages are sick and the video is short and sweet.

Kavorka: Intro & Montage #1, Nolan Lee, Victor Timofeev, Montage #2 & the credits.

The 9-minute New York City montage from Pat Wallner’s My Point of View video featuring Pryce “Jail Rapist” Holmes, Mike “Late-Nite Murderer” Gigliotti, and other various Quarter Snacks affiliates.

Miles Marquez and Galen DeKemper present: Nollie Flips and Jump Shots - The Official Promo

Sho Ma 1982 - 2007: A short film commemorating the life of Sho Ma by Jeremy Scott and Friends…

If you want to give me money or anything like that, let me know. We can set up a time to make the transaction as it best suits you. And if you were planning on robbing me anytime soon, as you can see, it’s probably not worth your time.

The Alex Mosley Relapse Clip: [Download to your harddrive or stream / YouTube] starring Alex Mosley, Lou, Zared and Thando. Be sure to visit Watermelonart.com.

My father said Rogaine doesn’t work.

“How long did it take you to achieve a look that was that vintage?”

Somebody probably did something stupid at Riverbank recently, which would explain why they decided to start enforcing a No Skateboarding rule there. Now, you can’t walk in through the 137th or 145th street entrances holding a skateboard.

Old Jeezy stays doing it for the hood.

With this crazy-ass weather, it’s doubtful we’re going to be seeing any consistent warmth soon, so this may be worth a $200 investment.

More unrelated than usual: This is why Duke sucks. Miles Marquez co-signed.

The best thing on You Tube.

Speaking of YouTube, you can pretty much say goodbye to it as we know it.

New Flipmodeism.