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Posted by NYSB on 05/22/2013

Q&A: Mighty Healthy’s Ray Mate (2013)

OG New York skateboarder and founder of Mighty Healthy – Ray Mate spent some time with us to answer a bunch of questions at his midtown, garment district office. Check his answers accompanied by some old school photos below in another NYSB Q&A feature. Intro: Full name? Raymond Mate’ Where r u living currently? Bayside Queens What year did you start skating? I would say it was like 1988....

Posted by NYSB on 05/20/2013

Photo Recap: Felipe Lara “Rampage” Opening (2013)

Photographer Felipe Lara had an opening for his “Rampage” show at Leftfield Bar & Gallery down in the LES. We headed down in support and shot some photos, check them below. Photos via Peter Pabón: ...

Posted by NYSB on 05/10/2013

Event Recap: Bum Rush the Spot BK #2 (2013)

The second Bum Rush the Spot skate jam went down at the Williamsburg monument spot this past Sunday (5/5/2013). BRtS is an unique skate event where a location is selected, spread via word of mouth and everyone shows up to skate on a specific date. It’s truly a skate jam for the homies by the homies… no pressure, just skate! The goal of Sunday’s BRtS was to bring NYC brands together,...

Posted by NYSB on 05/06/2013

Closer Look: Planetree Skate Park – Woodhaven, Queens (2013)

It’s been a few months since we did a First Look of London Planetree Skate Park (aka 88th St Park) in Woodhaven, Queens. It’s not officially open yet but we headed over to 88th Street at Atlantic Avenue to check it’s progress. The skate park itself looks to be done with the exception of some of the fencing around the park area. By the looks of everything we can definitely see it opening...