Eli Reed

Aymeric Nocus - 16/08/2016/08/20

B. B. Kings

For this Sunday's brunch, it's one savant cocktail of savors that awaits you right now under the form of this edit by legendary N.Y.C. skate filmmaker R.B. Umali (yes, the one behind "MIXTAPE" for a golden-era Zoo York, amongst many other works). As its title suggests, we're talking a retrospective of footage collected throughout the decades and video productions, nowhere but at the mythical skate spot of Brooklyn Banks. One that just so happens to be under quite the imminent threat of destruction, by the way - a decision one can still help oppose via this petition right here. Anyway, in the silly hypothesis that such a landmark would need a video resume of sorts to certify its cultural importance to the masses, then this one would have to be it, featuring a who's who of some of the most classic East Coast styles and pretty much a compilation of the most memorable moves and moments ever spent on those bricks. Just look at that roster!

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Aymeric Nocus - 13/10/1913/10/19

Romantik Salganik

If the name of Sam Salganik doesn't sound familiar to you, then maybe his work does, as the man is responsible for some of the best Krooked videos, most notably "Gnar Gnar" and "Gnaughty" (both must-haves in the pre-skate rotation). And if that doesn't ring a bell either, well, you're still in for a world of discoveries...

For a few years now, Sam has been working on Becky Factory, and their last video production (to date?) is, quite logically, one more instance of his output. As one should have expected, "Swan Song" is more experimental than your average skate commercial and comes with romance, messages, classic Dinosaur Jr. tracks that could have been very, very easily ruined, and immaculate performances by Yaje Popson, Igor Veyner, Tyler Golden, Eli Reed, Cambryan Sedlick and the homie Pat Hoblin, who runs Pats Pants.

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Sam Salganik, Yaje Popson, Igor Veyner, Tyler Golden, Eli Reed, Cambryan Sedlick, Pat Hoblin, Becky Factory

19/02/1919/02/19

Eli alert!

We dig Eli, here, you know it, and just love his skating, a rather refined mix of different eras, styles and techniques that can boil up to nugget like like switch hurricanes on tight natural transitions… And he shows up in great form in this, on top of his game, taming whatever surfaces and shapes the streets have waiting for him.

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Eli Reed, Igor Veyner, Zered Bassett, Yaje Popson, Cam Sedlick

23/11/1623/11/16

Smooth Operator…

Eli Reed, you know it, got tech pouring out easy and smooth coming naturally, and that remix of his recents Instagram footage illustrates perfectly those facts. Good stuff.

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Eli Reed

16/08/1616/08/16

A good chunk!

This week's "feel good movie"? Absolutely. Proof that getting back to the basics is, for Chocolate, the best option…

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Vincent Alvarez, Kenny Anderson, Eli Reed, Anthony Correa, Brian Brown

01/07/1601/07/16

High def'!

This clip despite being filmed on an advanced technology mobile telephone does not suffer from the "let's get this one real quick" syndrome, as the skating is quite up there, while RB Umali, thanks to his OG New York filmer status, can assemble some often too rare old timers, like Akira, and the youth of the moment, like a Yaje in fine form, and one guy named Jarrod Brandeth that –despite being Canadian– is more than at ease in those NYC streets. Let's also note an always versatile Ron Deily!

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Yaje Popson, Gavin Nolan, Eli Reed, Akira Mowatt, Rodney Torres, Ron Deily, Jarrod Brandreth

29/04/1629/04/16

Real men skate too!

Ah, Andrew Allen… The antidote to the androgynous cult! Physically, first of, as it would be difficult to be more "grown ass", well, apart from the flaming hair jobs, maybe… But, mainly, in his skating, as you will not find an ounce of frail in the way he handles those streets! Big boned, big style!

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Andrew Allen, Jerry Hsu, Eli Reed

04/02/1604/02/16

One Star World Tour

About six months on the roads, and a team stacked with styles and approaches completely different: that is one recipe that can't fail! The Converse One Star World Tour edit will not let you down, from pure street to visits to all kinds of parks, around the corner from you or on the other side of the planet! That will put you in the perfect mood for the week-end, whatever spots you had in mind for it!

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Zered Bassett, Sean Pablo, Sage Elsesser, Rémy Taveira, Eli Reed, Aaron Herrington, Jake Johnson, Louie Lopez, Kenny Anderson

02/11/1502/11/15

Musique de nuit

Sure the casting is pretty much perfect to scavenge the streets of any metropolis once the sun is gone, from Al Davis to Aaron Herrington, but, in the end, we will remember two things: how Ben Kadow tried to pulverize a curb by applying a frontside slappy to it, and mainly, mainly the sound of that very last Zered Basset line. Well, that and Kim fuckin' Gordon…

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Mike Anderson, Aaron Herrington, Nuge, Sage Elsesser, Sean Pablo, Louie Lopez, Eli Reed, Zered Bassett, Al Davis, Brian Delatorre, Ben Kadow