God Bless skater owned brands, been a rough decade so far for them, We all should be thankful the roots of core skateboarding is some what intact… this video has a good amount of Chicago footage, as well as SoCal footage from Spanky, Leo Romero, Justin Figueroa & and the Illini connect, Jon Dickson! Enjoi!
HUF SKATEBOARDS BACK WITH ANOTHER BANGER! Mostly Chicago footage, and some Lower Wacker Drive action, the famous federal plaza of course, as well as some crusty spots mixed in, they definitely put in work downtown in this Vid! Shout out to HUF Worldwide, Nick Matthews, Dick Rizzo and the whole team! Enjoi !!!
Its summertime, that means clips galore!
Fa skateshop’s final video turned out really good, very solid part from Steffen Watts who’s been killing it for years in the scene, very strong part from Tylor Horton as well, very fun vibes in the video! Levi Miller from MN made it out to the Chi to get a Kickflip manual kick flip out, on the main Ledge at the P.O. Jake Smith Got a sick Varial Flip into the street from a ledge, those guys seemed to have came to the city and turned up fr in that video, its that time of year in the city where things are ripe for skating, and me being injured I might have to turn up next year myself unfortunately but theres always next year, and I know the homies will be right there too. Shout out to Fa skateshop crew and Filmer Austin DePiano! Enjoy the summer guys!
-Miles
As a fan of what was once the skate shop I hope this edit means they are coming back with a new location to be honest, if not its cool for sure, might me like a “last bash” or “go out with a bang” type of situation with this video in that this video may be a goodbye, whatever they decide to do, i whole heartedly wish all the crew good luck – Miles
features footage of Tommy Handzel goin off at grant, those rails at grant, he’s deff putting in work thats for sure, Cheers & happy summertime chi!
For this back in the days were going back to the mid 2000s, where 411 showed an ad for Affiliate Skateboards . Affiliate skateboards was rad, Because from an outsider looking in, it was a similar vibe to like I would say maybe ipath shoes maybe, interms of the ads and art direction. The team had og chicago skaters such as Johnny Fonseca & Neen Williams as well as SF legends like Lavar Mcbride who rode for world industries in the 90s… and Pat Washington who I think rode for a company called Western Edition from SF
Skateboard companies really do feel like bands sometimes or maybe like a rap group, where each brand has their own vibe and different skaters vibe with one brand more than other brands, and just like rap groups and metal bands, they have their place and time and just the magic of the right ingredients and the right time can fade away,
Affiliate skateboards may not be around today, but they are definitely a chapter in the Scene of chicago skateboarding and have paid their dues that ppl after the fact like my self even know about it and loved the raw street skating vibes
Much love to Johnny Fonseca and everyone involved in Affiliate, legendary shit! – Miles
Eventful week indeed!
Sapient stunned midwest skaters with their New video with the chicago crust we all know and love
Randy Benko was getting tech on the east coast in a New Theories vid
And of cant forget about the little homies getting their clips in at the Post Office! This kid will have pop for days when he grows up, bro will be unstoppable! shout out My guy lil shortie On insta!
