Friday morning news drop and videos of the week
Tensions mount in Victoria's parks as the end of 24/7 sheltering arrives Temporary shelters are being rejected by some campers despite investments to move everyone indoors (Capital Daily)
Is the $1 Trillion Coastal Housing Market a Future Financial Crisis? A decade or two from now — perhaps much sooner — we may be parsing the early signs of the Coastal Housing Crisis, brought on by climate change and its rising seas. If present trends continue, that crisis would also involve soaring home prices and mortgage debt in the most flood-vulnerable zones, and regular, if not catastrophic, flooding that makes once-prized areas undesirable, if not unlivable. (UCLA Anderson Review)
Dogecoin Is Surging Again Because Elon Musk Is Going on SNL, and It’s Glorious So here we are. Professional analysts being forced to write things like “Dogecoin is surging because many cryptocurrency traders do not want to miss out on any buzz that stems from Elon Musk’s hosting of Saturday Night Live” because that’s a genuinely important development in the global markets right now. (Slate)
The battle for 1042 Cutler Street As landlords and tenants go broke across the U.S., the next crisis point of the pandemic approaches (Washington Post)
The Booming U.S. Recovery Is Leaving Some Communities Completely Behind The U.S. economy is on a multi-speed track as minorities in some cities find themselves left behind by the overall boom in hiring, according to a Bloomberg analysis of about a dozen metro areas. (Bloomberg)
Bike shops, customers left spinning their wheels as supply dries up In his 30-plus years selling bicycles in Ottawa, Rami Aroosi says he's never seen anything like what's happening this spring. "It's so bad. Normally, I'd probably have close to 1,000 bikes in the shop," said the owner of Foster's Sports Centre on Bank Street. "Now, I don't think I have 20 bikes. And it's not just bikes — we can't get anything that has to do with bicycles." (CBC)
The Republican War Against Trans Kids Chase Strangio, who has won a series of landmark court cases in his role as ACLU deputy director for transgender justice, explains why states across the country are suddenly targeting the freedom of trans youth with a wave of new laws. (GQ)
And the Videos of the Week
Danny MacAskill and Kriss Kyle - "This and That" Danny MacAskill and Kriss Kyle - "This and That" - Presented by Endura After a frustrating few months of making and cancelling projects it was amazing to finally get back on the road with my good friend and BMX legend Kriss Kyle. In six days we managed to squeeze in a whole lot of riding on the Mountain Bikes as well as the Trials Bike and BMX and had a lot of fun along the way. A massive thanks to Endura for getting behind this project last minute and allowing us to go out and make this fun film.
ORIGIN ft. Bienvenido Aguado - Utah
Garibaldi Gold with Matt Bolton Matt Bolton isn't afraid to get his hands dirty while tuning up a trail. As a citizen, rider, and trail builder of Squamish, BC he's also not afraid to send it.
CULTCREW/ COREY WALSH/ 2019 Corey's been shredding all year. most the this video was filmed through out his travels.he sent us the clips and this is what turned up. Not a bad way end the year!
DEMOLITION BMX: Kris Fox - "Mental Exodus" We're proud to present to you, "Mental Exodus". A full length web video part from Kris Fox...
Eithan Osborne and "The Worst Handshape Ever" One of the worst looking surfboards I've ever seen, chunky soft rails, thin and shitty, but Eithan somehow managed to make it look like magic. He also stuck one of the biggest airs on it first session... to be seen in the Snapt 4 movie. Enjoy some surf content
Andy Anderson: a Short Skate Film “Balance - the flow of water, and the consistency of concrete. The ground, and the spaces in between. The simplicity of instability, and the complexities of flat ground. Riding the board, face down, face up, and face out. The purposeful objects of the city, plus the joy of play. The corners, sharp and round. Forwards, backwards, and spinning, all coming together.” - Andy Anderson
Jordan Taylor's "WKND 2021" Part Wall rails, roof rides, film skits and obscure spots, Jordan concocts the quintessential WKND part. Stay tuned past the credits for more fun.
Manny Santiago's "California" Part Manny's mission was to check off NBDs at iconic CA spots—from LA to SF—and he sure as hell came through. This part slays.
REAL Skateboards presents Patrick Praman REAL’s newest am unleashes a barrage of bangers on a host of notorious spots, as his teammates back him up. Congrats, Pat. This is well deserved.
Grosso Forever: Loveletter to Jeff Grosso | SKATE | VANS We all miss Jeff Grosso. It's been a year since Jeff passed so Grosso's long time co-creators, Buddy Nichols and Rick Charnoski of Six Stair Productions, put together this special birthday Loveletters episode to celebrate his life in his own words.
Experience the world's first ski descent of K2 with Andrzej Bargiel
Kevin Backstrom: REAL SNOW 2021 | World of X Games Watch Kevin Backstrom and filmer/editor Markus Wetterberg’s entry into Real Snow 2021, the all-video snowboarding contest brought to you by ESPN's World of X Games.