Skate Update: Foy, Loy and a Whole Lotta Joy!

Daewon Song is arguably the greatest skateboarding talent to have ever lived, Mark Suciu isn’t far behind him, so this Day in the Life style piece from adidas had us hooked from the moment the Insta teaser dropped.
Kicking off a new series from the footwear kings, Parallels explores the personalities and relationships of team riders rather than simply showcasing their talent on a board. Though Mark’s recreations of some legendary ’90s Daewon hammers more than tick the box on the trick front.
Filmed by master lensman Greg Hunt, this is peak skate cinema and thoroughly engaging from start to finish. The fact that it exists to promote the new Glenburn shoe is mentioned only in the YouTube description. Instead adidas lets the creative talent do the talking - and the skateboarding world is all the better for it.

Last April, Thrasher published a 47-minute-long rough cut from Curren Caples and we thought they’d damn near lost their minds. We live in a world where we’re constantly told our addiction to our phones - and the quick serotonin hit of TikToks or Insta Reels - means nobody has an attention span beyond 20 seconds anymore.
But of course we watched it. As did 400,000 other people. And it was great. So now New Balance have stepped up and asked their mate to hold their pint…
Jamie Foy’s Selects (read rough-cut) from his Interval part clocks in at an hour and nine minutes. An hour and nine minutes! We’ve seen cinema releases shorter than that! But here’s the thing - it’s Foy. So of course we watched it, of course we enjoyed it, and of course you will too.

David Loy has always taken a bit of stick, and it’s probably not fair. Sure, he was part of Nyjah and Sinner’s party circle BITD, but the lad has been clean for a good couple of years, and the Birdman wouldn’t be offering him brand representation two decades in if he wasn’t holding it down for the company.
His latest part for Birdhouse popped up online last week, and for a man approaching the midway point of his 30s, he’s still going in like the hungriest of ams.
Straddling two songs and stretched over seven minutes, this is Loy’s first full-length part in the best part of five years. It’s heartening to see he’s still taking it seriously and not afraid to put it down when the time is right. Give it a watch if painted fingernails and board-snapping lipslides are your kind of thing!