KiD CuDi, Rostam Batmanglij & Bethany Cosentino – All Summer

Converse brings together Kid Cudi, Rostam Batmanglij from Vampire Weekend and Bethany Cosentino from Best Coast to create this song; All Summer. you can see more about the project HERE.

Kid Cudi, Rostam Batmanglij & Bethany Cosentino - All Summer by Hypetrak

In related news Vampire Weekend is currently getting sued by the girl on their album cover... apparently they got scammed on the rights to the photo.

Andy

A Little Skateboard History

A collection of skateboards over time HERE

Skateboard photo exhibit, NYC skateboard history HERE

Examples Below,





Andy

Standard Films: The Storming

So last year Standard Films' Black Winter was epic... and this season, they added more crazy Scandinavians and even better filming.... looks pretty decent, check it out.



Andy

PS sorry about the lack of content, there will be lots to come very soon.

Happy Summer Solstice!!

Today is officially the first day of summer, it is also Go Skateboarding Day, so what better way to celebrate then remind everyone that winter is on it's way with a snowboard video teaser, here is Let's Make Better Mistakes Tomorrow by Peepshow.

Let's Make Better Mistakes Tomorrow from peep show on Vimeo.

Okay Okay, here is some skateboarding too.



Now go shred something.

Andy

Szeto

So a close acquaintance of mine, Andrew Szeto, has been doing some work lately. A few months ago he was featured in the March issue of Concrete Skateboarding Magazine, shortly after he had one of his pictures of Richard Sarrazin used for a Satori Wheels ad in the May issue of Concrete Skateboarding Magazine. And most recently was killing it at Battle at the Barrics. So here is a big high five to Szeto for being so rad, check more of his doings HERE.

Battle at the Barrics - Andrew Szeto vs Caro Farrell from pete williams on Vimeo.

Andy

Mercer Quality of Living Ranking

Every year Mercer (some big consulting company) uses all the data they collect over the year so make a list of the top 50 cities to live in. The ranking is judged on everything from social stability to education to climate with everything in between. I think an interesting thing to note is that 5 Canadian cities (I think they only included 5 in the ranking) are above any US city. New Zealand also did quite well with Auckland and Wellington (4th and 12th respectively) both in the top 15. Vancouver (4th) is the top Canadian city, with Ottawa (14th) and Toronto (16th) just behind. Anyways, here is the list, or check out the whole article here.

Base City: New York, US (=100)

Rank 2010	City	Country	Qol index 2010
1	VIENNA	AUSTRIA	108.6
2	ZURICH	SWITZERLAND	108
3	GENEVA	SWITZERLAND	107.9
4	VANCOUVER	CANADA	107.4
4	AUCKLAND	NEW ZEALAND	107.4
6	DUSSELDORF	GERMANY	107.2
7	FRANKFURT	GERMANY	107
7	MUNICH	GERMANY	107
9	BERN	SWITZERLAND	106.5
10	SYDNEY	AUSTRALIA	106.3
11	COPENHAGEN	DENMARK	106.2
12	WELLINGTON	NEW ZEALAND	105.9
13	AMSTERDAM	NETHERLANDS	105.7
14	OTTAWA	CANADA	105.5
15	BRUSSELS	BELGIUM	105.4
16	TORONTO	CANADA	105.3
17	BERLIN	GERMANY	105
18	MELBOURNE	AUSTRALIA	104.8
19	LUXEMBOURG	LUXEMBOURG	104.6
20	STOCKHOLM	SWEDEN	104.5
21	PERTH	AUSTRALIA	104.2
21	MONTREAL	CANADA	104.2
23	HAMBURG	GERMANY	104.1
24	NURNBURG	GERMANY	103.9
24	OSLO	NORWAY	103.9
26	CANBERRA	AUSTRALIA	103.6
26	DUBLIN	IRELAND	103.6
28	CALGARY	CANADA	103.5
28	SINGAPORE	SINGAPORE	103.5
30	STUTTGART	GERMANY	103.3
31	HONOLULU	UNITED STATES	103.1
32	ADELAIDE	AUSTRALIA	103
32	SAN FRANCISCO	UNITED STATES	103
34	PARIS	FRANCE	102.9
35	HELSINKI	FINLAND	102.6
36	BRISBANE	AUSTRALIA	102.4
37	BOSTON	UNITED STATES	102.2
38	LYON	FRANCE	101.9
39	LONDON	UNITED KINGDOM	101.6
40	TOKYO	JAPAN	101.4
41	MILAN	ITALY	100.8
41	KOBE	JAPAN	100.8
41	YOKOHAMA	JAPAN	100.8
44	BARCELONA	SPAIN	100.6
45	LISBON	PORTUGAL	100.3
45	CHICAGO	UNITED STATES	100.3
45	WASHINGTON	UNITED STATES	100.3
48	MADRID	SPAIN	100.2
49	NEW YORK CITY	UNITED STATES	100
50	SEATTLE	UNITED STATES	99.8

Andy