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A new, better champion
What does SOTY mean? Transworld is back? Olympic qualifiers good? Gabriel Summers? Yes.
Special Correspondence
Kyle Beachy on being there, Good Medicine, and the branching paths of 1,800 skateboards on the Navajo Nation.
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Antonio Durao plays a sick game of mid-air patty-cake, Cab makes some sickening social media posts, FA goes sicko moto-mode, and more.
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Christian N. Kerr navigates the widening gyre of society and skateboarding through William Butler Yeats' post-war poetry.
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Christian N. Kerr goes one-on-one with Yusef Komunyakaa’s poem about basketball and blocking out life’s trash talk.
Special Correspondence
Ted Barrow on listening for meaning in the negative space.
Essays, longform, etc.
Making sense of the skateboarding industry’s present and making way for its future.
Essays, longform, etc.
The Barrier Kult finds and makes meaning.
Essays, longform, etc.
Don Luong on Toy Machine’s "Real Life Sucks" and making skate videos with heart.
Essays, longform, etc.
A special investigation.
A weekly newsletter about skateboarding, the internet, and other means of escape.
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Titillating roster goss, Mike Arnold is playing games, Distinctly Generated Kontent, Eetu Toropainen is centimetres away, and more.
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A lot of videos, a Jake Ilardi video, a frictionless future, a nollie-hardflip-boardslide, and more.
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Rest in Peace, Kevin Wilkins. Baekkel wins SSOTY, if you must collab pt. 3, a shoutout to autumn, and more.
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Tom Schaar vs. Chris Joslin, Tampa Amnonymous, now is the time of bullshitters, Dyrdek makes millions... for now? And more.
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There's "Ripped in Half," a wellness check on Flip, the precision of Aleksi Suovaara, Connect Festival, and more.
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Deathwish's life extension, SLS in Paris, the SBA has gone and made some shit up again, postcards from Bordeaux, and more.
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RIP Roger, low-effort travel blogs, a Vans wellness check, and more.
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A swagiversary, a triumph of the human spirit, Antonio Durao goes vertical, Pinson goes Proe, and more.
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Mike Munzenrider talks to Michael Burnett about Chris Joslin's cover, Monster put out another good video, the X Games is going all-in on the future of action sports, it's gonna take a lotta love to change the way things are, and more.
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Chris Joslin does it, ASICS goes on (a guided) tour, Swim Skateboard Co. is buoyant, a reminder of some good things, and more.
Essays, longform, etc.
The Skate Board Association, the future of professional skateboarding, is here.
Excerpts
Natalie Porter on Beth Fishman, matriarchs, and new friends.