In an attempt to expand QS beyond international borders, we recently made a trip to an underwhelming city known as Montreal, some 350 miles north of Quarter Snacks Headquarters. It made me really proud of America, and made me never want to leave this country ever again, aside from maybe a trip back to the motherland, since they did in fact sustain the longest war with America in its history, making it undoubtedly the only other country I’ll tolerate. Here’s a blogtastic photo update, that should inform you of the horrible food, the really unforgivably sordid hotel rooms, and the country’s habit of serving shots smaller than a child’s dose of robotussin. Best of all, they’re taken on the best forty-dollar camera ever. Your Leica sucks.

I found this text file on my old computer containing this article that I had saved from the original Zoo York website. It’s a fairly detailed and interesting chronicle of the early days of skateboarding in New York City, and definitely worth a read. Especially since it doesn’t claim that Bobby Puleo pioneered skateboarding in New York.

Some dude ARTIST named Tom Sachs made just about the most perfect quarterpipes ever in Midtown. The problem (there always has to be one, right?) is that they are located within a gallery space of a bougey Park Avenue office building. Furthermore, they are ART and made out of bronze. Best of all, “If it’s made in bronze, it’s no longer this menacing object of noise and liability but now something that has to be protected.” People who talk out of their ass in the name of “art” are great.

The people responsible for Deathbowl to Downtown told me that the documentary should be available on DVD as late as the Fall, so that would probably be your first chance to see it, if you missed the premiere.

Late, but Police Informer posted this good vintage Thrasher article.

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