The Year That Was

SSOTY (Skateboarding Stories of The Year) 2024

An incomplete collection of the year's best writing.

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Cool Marketing Trick

Plus: Jamie Foy is your SOTY, Lakai counts down, good/weird gifts, a necessary evil, "Triple or Nothing," and more.

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Masterful gambit, sir

Plus: pick your SOTY, Alexis Ramirez puts up numbers, LFG!!, Tim Pool cuts his losses, and more.

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In search of GLORY

Plus: Zach Harris on SK8MAFIA's magic, Shari White and Angelo Fajardo on "Antisocial Summer," Christmas collabs gone wrong, can you be SOTY if you don't bomb the hill switch, and more.

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Hey, fuck you (doesn't that feel good?)

Plus: Emile Laurent, Momiji Nishiya, Jereme Rogers' liking spree, is this skateboarding? Vol. 32, and more.

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Big video feeling

New Balance Numeric's "Intervals," José Vadi on Tiago and The Supremes, Ian Browning on who chipped in for Westgate's tow-in, Simple Magic’s pound-for-pound #1 four-eyes Fall 2024 update, and more.

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I want love to be the law of the universe

Plus: Vitória Mendonça's poetry, Crailtap bids farewell to Lakai, SOTY likely decided at 9am PST today, guys you thought were gone were just out of sight, and more.

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A matter of faith

The Barrier Kult finds and makes meaning.

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A deal that would change the future of skateboarding forever

Plus: Lakai gets acquired, X Games "Real Street" asks us to consider voting again, Wes Kremer's legal name, and more.

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Day drinking, smoking, and skating flat in Tony Hawk's vert ramp

Plus: Jimmy and Shea go "Under, Over," Mike Munzenrider talks to Jimmy about switch-360-flips, Daniel Empey reviews life, save Projet 45, and more.

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Atmospheric content river

Plus: Seasonal content storms, Converse CONS "Evergreen," Monster makes good video, Deedz grinds all, Pool steps back and onto own dick, and more.

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The pioneering vision of ⌐◨-◨

Plus: Kasso is back, an RDS tour video(?), Alex Willms and the reality behind our entertainment, New Balance Numeric's "Intervals" is coming, and more.