Taji Ameen has a new Taji’s Mahal post up on Vice, this time it’s an interview with Galen Dekemper about his latest vid “MMM”. Watch “MMM” embedded below, read the interview here.

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:

Continuing with classic Zoo York ads via Vert Is Dead. This 1997 ad features Hamilton Harris in a photo shot by Eli Gesner. Click the ad to view larger.

Head up to the Bronx this morning, this year’s Battle For The Bronx contest is kicking off around 10AM. Then around 9PM head over to Brooklyn for LURK NYC’s CCTV video premiere. For more info view the flyers below, for upcoming events visit our Events Calendar.

Rochester Business Journal linked up some renderings and a video fly-through of the proposed massive looking ROC City skate park. The park will be located next to the Genesee River under the Susan B. Anthony Memorial Bridge near South Avenue and has been budgeted in the city’s 2015 capital improvement budget for $2M. Unfortunately the project has not yet been fully approved for construction so please help support the Rochester skate community make this park a reality. More detailed info about the project in the original article.

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House of Vans invited some friends over for a BBQ last night and of course some skateboarding. We had a great time seeing everyone, thanks to Vans once again! Peep the photos below.

Photos via Peter Pabón

4/20/2013
5BORO NYC COMMERCIAL #011

4/29/2013
MMM

5/1/2013
“Sunshine” LES Skatepark Montage

5/2/2013
Andy Bautista & German Nieves — New Thirsty (2008)

5/8/2013
Slappy Sunday (1920 x 1080)

5/9/2013
Ariel Perl -am edit-

5/10/2013
Chapman x Zoo York | 20 Years Of East Coast Skateboarding

5/10/2013
Billy McFeely – Canarsie IV (COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW [CSO]

5/11/2013
2NTR x Element-No Board Left Behind Jam

5/12/2013
NY Part 4: $QREET$ 2

Washington Heights crew – Mira CoNYo has an interview via Uptown Collective. Find out how they got into skateboarding, injuries, what skateboarding means to them, being a skateboarder in the hood and how skateboarding has shaped their lives. Watch the full interview embedded below and make sure to follow Mira CoNYo on Tumblr.

Belief skate shop (Astoria, NY) just put out a new lookbook for their 2nd drop of Spring 2012 apparel. Flip through it below.

Came across this 2009 interview on [a visual sound] with Eli Gessner discussing Zoo York Mixtape in depth. You might have read the original interview in Kingpin mag but this is the uncut version.