Heyo! The long-awaited Traffic video Look Left is finally available in shops and online, and we’re excited to bring you the premiere of Luke Malaney’s standout part.
For those who aren’t familiar with him, Luke grew up on Long Island alongside Keith Denley—who’s got a couple guest tricks in here—and got his start alongside the Chapman Skateboards crew back in the mid-2000’s. He had one of his early parts in their video Short Ends (which also features a lesser-known Jake Johnson part) where he takes on a number of New York spots that are now staples across any little NYC edit you come across on YouTube.
Luke’s also a custom woodworker and makes a bunch of one-off furniture pieces and unfortunately even chopped his own finger off working in the shop one day. According to Josh Stewart, “he’s like a giant slab of muscle and is pretty much as blue collar as it gets in skateboarding. He probably should be driving a semi across the country and fighting in some sketchy back alley prize-fighting ring on his time off.” The dude has even hiked up the Appalachian Trail…
Enjoy the part in the player above, and head over to Theories of Atlantis for an extended interview with the man himself or buy the full video here.
The Shop
Related Posts
-
WATCH KENNY KAMIL AND HIS CREW LEAD THE SKATE SCENE IN SINGAPORE
When researching Singapore, we found one consistent thing travel guides want you to know: leave your damn chewing gum at home.
-
MEET CHRIS MATHIS, AN IRONWORKER WHO FILMED HIS PART IN “DEVIL’S POCKET” ON THE WEEKENDS
It’s not often you find a guy who picks a day job that is equally, if not more, dangerous than skateboarding.
-
PREMIERE: VIVIEN FEIL AND SOY PANDAY IN MAGENTA’S “JUST CRUISE II”
We hope to skate half as good as these dudes when we are in our 40s.
-
PREMIERE: ELI WILLIAMS AND FRIENDS IN “OVERLOAD”
Overload doesn’t follow any of the current trends you see in most videos, i.e. there are no dramatic slow-mo zoom-ins or 16mm B-roll clips here.
-
PREMIERE: YAJE POPSON’S “BELO HORIZONS” PART
Yaje spent 2021 down in Brazil connecting with local skaters and filmers to produce this project in his beautiful home country.
-
PREMIERE: SHAUN PAUL FOR HODDLE
Big fits, big emotions, and one very dipped smith grind.
-
PREMIERE: LEO VALLS IN “BORDEAUX EXPOSURE 3”
After helping make Bordeaux a skate-friendly city, Leo took a victory lap and filmed his whole part at the iconic Terrasse Koenig plaza.
-
PREMIERE: 5BORO “APT. 5B”
Check out 5Boro's latest video offering & a quick update on one of New York's most prolific brands.
Comments
Popular
-
KEITH HUFNAGEL ON THE FUTURE OF HUF
We heard a rumor that HUF was going out of business, so we talked with boss man himself to find out.
-
HANGING OUT WITH ANDREW HUBERMAN, SKATEBOARDER TURNED NEUROSCIENTIST
Curious what it would be like to hang with this guy outside of a stuffy podcast studio? Us too.
-
GETTING KINKY WITH DANIEL VARGAS
Daniel Vargas' philosophy on whips, chains and getting choked out.
-
CASTLE BAM TO LIL JERRY SPRINGER: A JENKEM TRAVEL DIARY TO RICHMOND
Armed with the Genius skate crew, we hopped from DIY to DIY, leaving a graveyard of crushed cans along the way.
-
CHECK OUT THE ZINE IMMORTALIZING EARLY ONLINE SKATEPARK FIGHTS
Filled with altered screenshots, Colton Abernathy’s zine distills these fight videos into a single moment.
October 1, 2017 10:14 pm
beast.
October 2, 2017 4:28 pm
Fucking gnarly grizzly man
October 16, 2017 1:26 pm
Anyone have the music ?