Here's a little Stoney video of the leftover footage from All The Days Roll Into One, the Volcom documentary of their skate team's adventures through New York City. For more on the Volcom skate team click here.

On day two of my New York adventure, it was time to go Back to the Banks. This is the event I was looking forward to the most of this past NYC skate weekend. The Brooklyn Banks are just such a rad place. They've been a legendary skate spot forever, and the actual banks have withstood numerous renovation threats from the city. Even though the place has changed over the years due to construction, the heart is still there, and will always be there, thanks to the NYC skate warlords that protect them.

One in particular is 5 Boro founder, NYC skate legend and Brooklyn Banks protector, Steve Rodriguez. He's been able to have the place turned into an actual skate park, free from the greedy hands of developers. Steve also is the man behind the Back to the Banks contest, so stay tuned for an interview with him about 5 Boro, The Banks and NYC skateboarding in general.

Alright, back to the contest. It goes like this: four obstacles, four winners, one overall winner and five $2,000 cash prizes. The obstacles are as follows: bank to wall, bank to ledge, bump to spine and the rail. In the end it was just a super stoney kind of day, with all but one of the cash prizes going to a Volcom rider. Huntington Beach's own, Colin Provost, was the most consistent spot killer, and the overall winner. Willy Akers slayed the actual banks so hard he took home both the bank to ledge, and bank to wall. Then on to the none bank sections, Chris Blake won on the rail, and David Gonzales took it on the bump to spine.

Like always, it was a great event, it seemed like the whole damn NYC skate scene was there. The kids had a great time, the adults had a great time and the bums had a great time. It seemed like the only ones not having a great time were the bicycle riders, who having a tough time getting through the crowd.

Here's some shots from the day most taken by me, except the three labeled Remy Stratton:


Colin Provost with a noseblunt on the bump to spine.


Colin with the Southern Californian mean mug after sticking the blunt.


Neckface and Braden Szafranski getting their bank on.


Steve Rodriguez pumping everyone up.


David Gonzalez getting his blunt on. Photo: Remy Stratton.


David amped after sticking it.


Willy Akers ruling the actual banks. Photo: Remy Stratton.


Yeah Willy!


Colin with a f/s 3 over the rail. Photo: Remy Stratton.


The man behind some of these shots, Remy Stratton, and an injured, Caswell Berry.


Mark Nardelli was pumped on how it went down.


So was Felix Arguelles.


And so was Billy Rohan.


Of course Reda was there.


A statue of George Washington on the walk back to Kadillac's place.


And George's camel toe.


The banks are directly under the Brooklyn Bridge, hence the name the Brooklyn Banks,
even though they're technically in Manhattan.

Slap has an interesting interview with Caswell Berry over on their site. He talks about his rough childhood, the rare disease that he is now living with, and of course, skateboarding. Click here to check it out. Photo above: Whiteley

Caswell Berry sat down with Thrasher and gave his top 10 songs to play in Guitar Hero. Click here to check it out.

Check out Caswell, Louie, Felipe, Remy and Dennis kill it at the Volcom skate facility.



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