QuickStrike: Nike SB’s Raw Skateboarding Showcase

QuickStrike, Nike SB's newest skate video, dropped right after the 2024 Olympics. It was a raw, street-level reminder of what the past 40 years have shaped skateboarding into. At 44 minutes, with an enormous talent pool pulled together from four continents and multiple generations of skaters, it provided a very real portrait of what skateboarding looks like in 2024. Right off the bat, the video opens with an incredible part from Antonio Durao, who explodes off the screen with his spring-loaded style and the generally joyful approach toward skateboarding. This section is NUTS for him—really, this makes for a high bar, turning him immediately into a front-runner in this year's Thrasher Skater of the Year race. It doesn't stop there, though—it just floors it right into a barrage of top talent from all across the globe, notably led by Denmark's Hugo Boserup. Boserup's contribution to this video may be the most understated, sandwiched between several others in the tightly packed section, but his footage stands ou