ASUPREMENEWYORKTHING

Crowd outside before going in

Coan Nichols and Rick Charnoski

Packed theater

Deathbowl to Downtown

I thought the documentary was interesting. Its discussion spans between 1970s - 1990s and begins with a little introduction of skateboarding from its Californian roots. The emphasis is on how New York is an anti-skateboarding city but the skateboarders adapted to the surroundings during NY’s economic ups and downs. There are a lot of skateboarding videos, cameos by well known artists, skateboarders, the original Zoo York team, SHUT Skateboarding company during the 90’s, there’s a New York City map by artist Neckface, voice over by Chloe Sevigny, the development of NY’s prevalence for freestyling, the saturation of skateboarding in culture, tv, commercials, etc. The documentary took between 2-3 years to complete but personally I don’t think you can tell. I have never skateboarded in my life but I thought it was interesting.

Neckface

I like his work. The pulling up of the jacket to the face is instinctual. I think he was being courteous because he had a cold, and he didn’t want to pass it on to me. He’s just a nice guy, what can I say?

Mountain Dew Sponsored After-Party @ Waterfront


Yo I’m on the internets Aron Downtown Don

There was a skate ramp @ Waterfront





The meat in the burgers tasted like tuna

Skateboarding




DJ Paul Sevigny, in relation to Chloe Sevigny? Maybe?



Tonight was just the beginning. Photographic History of Skateboarding in New York City Reception on May 9th, 2008 @ Etnies Showroom 29 Greene St., NYC, NY. PUBLIC VIEWING starts Saturday May 10th 12-6PM. Visit their site.