Huh?
Simple Magic is a newsletter about skateboarding, the internet, and other means of escape. It's written by me, Cole Nowicki. Every week I publish the "Simply Ranked" Friday post along with monthly longform pieces. Those are usually out on a Monday, but sometimes Tuesday. And every so often, Wednesday.
Who? (In the third person)
Cole Nowicki is a writer and publisher living in Vancouver. He was a columnist for King Skateboard Magazine, lead writer and researcher for the skateboarding documentary series Post Radical, and he wrote a book about the history and cultural impact of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater called Right, Down + Circle. His work has appeared in Thrasher Magazine, Closer, The Walrus, Quartersnacks, the Toronto Star, VICE, and elsewhere.
Subscriptions
Simple Magic is free to read and nothing is behind a paywall, but who am I to stop you if you want to support the newsletter with your hard-earned monies?
There are two paid subscription tiers, Custodian of Simple Magic and Champion of Simple Magic, that you can sign up for monthly/annually for $2.5/$25 or $5/$50.
If you get tired of me, you can unsubscribe at any time.
Contributors
One thing that becoming a paid subscriber does is help pay for Simple Magic's growing roster of contributors, who are some of the best writers in (and out of) skateboarding today. So far, that includes Max Harrison-Caldwell, Mike Munzenrider, José Vadi, Ian Browning, Zach Harris, and Andrew Murrell.
You can find their special correspondences here.
Other fun stuff with friends
Cole Nowicki
Contact
Email: colenowicki [at] gmail.com
Instagram, Bluesky, Twitter: @colenowicki
Sparrow logo by Allan Khorsheed. Newsletter name inspired by this totally real book title from Hiller Goodspeed.