Where is Quartersnacks based?
New York City
Celebrating skateboarding’s debut as an official Olympic sport, Nike has joined forces with New York City-based skate magazine Quartersnacks to rework the SB Dunk Low.
What are Quartersnacks?
Originating from the era of dial-up internet in 2005, Quartersnacks is an online skate blog out of New York. It informs the hilarious, the banal and sheer insanity that skateboarding can bring.
When was Quartersnacks made?
Quartersnacks was founded in 2005 by a generation of New York skaters who grew up with the internet-sharing spots on message boards, and meeting people online to go skate with in other parts of the city.
Who founded Quartersnacks com?
Konstantin Satchek
Among them was Konstantin Satchek, the 27-year-old founder of Quartersnacks, a revered blog that chronicles the New York skate scene.
What was Quartersnacks originally?
Quartersnacks began in 2005 in the same tradition. We were a group of friends who had been skating together for a long time, who finally had a serviceable camera, and a vague notion of HTML. Every crew was cool with each other. There were no ‘turf wars’ or animosity about who showed up where.
Can you still skate the Brooklyn Banks?
In 2010 New York City turned the space into storage for a restoration project on the bridge. This effectively closed the area skateboarders had used for over twenty years.
What happened to Brooklyn Banks?
The Brooklyn Banks are an original New York City skate spot, popular amongst the city’s skateboarders and BMXers for its unique brick banks and other skateable features. Since the mid 2010s, the Banks have been inaccessible due to the area being used as a storage site for construction on the Brooklyn Bridge.
What snack food brand makes the zebra cake that inspired this new SB Dunk design?
Little Debbie’s
On Nike SB’s Instagram teaser, the brand notes the inspiration comes from “grab-and-scarf bodega sweets” (think Little Debbie’s zebra cake snacks). As opposed to regular fat SB Dunk tongues, the “Zebra” features a thin silhouette.
What snack food brand makes the zebra cake that inspired this new SB Dunk Design *?
Courtesy of the online magazine dedicated to skateboarding in New York City, the sneaker takes inspiration from Little Debbie Zebra Cakes, the snack of choice for skaters on the go. The leather upper features black-on-white zebra stripes on the toe box, quarter panel and collar.