TF at 1 10 Years of Quartersnacks

Whenyou'reakid，allyouwanttodoisskate.Jobs，rent，relationships，studentloans，"yourfuture，"whetherornotthedoorpersonatthebaryou'regoingtoafterskatingwillletyouinwithyourboard--noneofthesethingsmatter.Asyougetoldertherearemorethingstoworryaboutandlesstimetotakecareofthemall.Everyonereachesapointwhentheycannolongerskatefor10hoursstraight.Beingakidpushingaroundthecitywithlittleconcernfortime，youlearntomakeyourmoneystretch.Whenyourpocketsonlycontainsomeloosechange，aMetrocard，andnuggetsofwax，thequartersnackfromthebodegaisthemostviableoption.OnceyoucanaffordactualmealsandoverpricedNewYorkrent，thequartersnackbecomesasymbolofasimplertime，backwhenyouwerecontentwithskatingonadietthatcouldleadtodiabetesifnotphasedoutby19.That'swhenthingswerealotmorefun.Quartersnacks，anonlineepicenterfortheskatecultureofdowntownNewYork，nevercaredabout"best-of-the-bestskateboarding."Instead，withacuteself-awarenessandbitinghumor，itchroniclestheexploitsofeveryoneboundtogetherbyacommoninterestinskateboardinginNewYork.Lifeisn'tahighschoolmoviewhereacrewofthebestskatersintownexclusivelyskatestogetherandterrorizesthelosers.InNewYorkeveryoneskateswitheveryoneelse--"talent"issecondary.Quartersnackscapturestheenergyofasessioninthecitywithyourchildhoodfriends，someyoungerkidsyoujustmetjustlastyearwhentheymovedhereforcollege，theirfriendsvisitingfromoutoftown，andsometokenpros，allskatingtogether.InthetenyearsthatQuartersnackshasbeenactive，NewYorkhasbecomeanationalhubforskateboarding(atleastinthewarmmonths)andmorekidsareskatingworldwidethanever.TFat1：TenYearsofQuartersnackscollectsthebestandworstfromthesite，alongwithnewinterviews，anddocumentationofthespots，thevideos，theshops，andeverythingelsethathaschangedandremainedthesameinNewYorkskatinginthepastdecade.