In an effort to educate ourselves and any other skateboarders who don’t qualify for “O.G. New Yorker” status, we’re visiting some of the city’s most iconic spots with local skate historians and asking them to walk us through the timelines of these architectural blessings. What we came up with is a new series on the “Evolution of…” New York City’s skate spots.
For our third installment we headed to D7, the long, crusty six block set in the middle of the Jacob Riis Houses on the east side of Lower Manhattan. We hit up Tombo Colabraro, a now-retired NYC-based skate filmer, and Richard Quintero, a currently-active NYC-based filmer to give us the rundown of everything they’ve seen at the spot from the early 2000s to today.
D7 is a kind of proving ground for locals and out-of-towners looking to “get buck” at a chunky New York spot, so there was a lot of history to dig through. Tombo and Richard reminisced about all the sketchy encounters with annoyed neighbors, quick missions, and lengthy battles they’ve been a part of.
Nerd out in the video above and yell at us below if you’ve got a spot you want us to profile. (Just make sure it’s not only available in THPS.)
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October 30, 2018 4:21 pm
Really enjoy these. Robert Lim switch flipped this over a decade ago…
https://youtu.be/1yuuhtEtU1Y?t=148
October 30, 2018 4:39 pm
Nick Dompierre Roll Forever ender tre flip
https://youtu.be/4OhtOHxVEIo?t=156
October 30, 2018 8:52 pm
more evolution of ny spots
October 30, 2018 10:47 pm
Tyshawn jones SW BS Flip!!!!!
October 31, 2018 5:08 am
Didnt Dollin front heel this in the friends section of a consolidated video