Nice little story by Steve Rodriguez, who's done a lot to help build and shape the New York skate scene. As you will see it's an urban story of recombinant elements rooted in early 90's skateboarding, providing good insights into the current state of the U.S. youth market.

Back in the day in 2002, Kerel Roach (ABC crew) and Bryan Chin (Metrospective.com/ Officialnewyork.com) came up with an idea for the “All City Skate Jam.” Basically bringing it back to the early 90’s when skating was more about skating all day with all your homies(and anyone else who was out) and less about cliques and spots that no one wanted to share. So the ABC crew and Metrospective.com picked Sunday, July 14, 2002 as the day it would go off. The flyer was made and the info was posted online, and that Sunday was the first real mass skate/takeover of the city.

Mark Gonzalez was one of the first skaters from California to recognize New York as a skating mecca. This clips explains the impact his visits had on the skaters of New York and beyond.

Recombinant cultural forces at play here...

Beer brand Dos Equis is celebrating Cinco de Mayo by bringing the ‘Feast of the Brave’ taco truck to New York City from today (Friday, April 29th) through May 7th. The truck will serve tongue, ostrich, veal brain and even cricket tacos created by Chef Domingo Garza to pair along with Dos Equis. The taco fillings are considered Mexican delicacies, and will be served at no cost – though adventurous foodies will be limited to three per person.

This event already happened. But this image represents a unique mash-up of creative concepts I've been working on as of late, had to document it...

A sign of snow sports blurring into urban mindset...

Presented by the NYC Parks Department, Prospect Park Alliance, and the Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA), Winter Jam NYC is a free annual winter sports festival that encourages New Yorkers to get out and enjoy the outdoors in the colder months! Our partners at ORDA will be blowing lots of fresh snow, so there will be plenty to go around!