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Sitting around, seeing the world
Secular opinions of Supreme, W.G. Sebald enters Tampa Pro, Skechers, you downlow dirty dogs, and more.
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Puffed up, ready to square up against god
Remembering some D3 guys, introducing some Village PM guys, Tony Hawk's vert charm offensive, Cab doesn't know what Clickhole is, and more.
Essays, longform, etc.
Falling or failing
Making sense of the skateboarding industry’s present and making way for its future.
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Not OSHA certified
Swamp Fest, Nelly is PRO(!!!), Matheus Mendes is one talented child, Jagger Eaton innovates in the field of mandatory brand placements, and more.
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Of existence?
The SLAP messageboards are down, Jaakko Ojanen and Josh McLaughlin are up, Vincent Alvarez desecrates a barrier, squeezing 33 minutes out of one, and more.
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This ain't it
Plus: EDGLRD's "Point Cloud" happened, Barney Page blessed us, more sponsored skateboarders lose sponsors, IPath might be... onto something, and more.
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I hope you have a router, bro
Plus: Trade wars, Dern Bros. go PRO, Santa Cruz does rollcall, potential organ-level impalement in Prospect Park, and more.
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The pants report
Plus: Ian Browning talks to Slow Impacters about their lives and bottoms, Bufoni is in and Ream is out at World Skate, Tyshawn Jones leaks, Alexis Ramirez has shoes, and more.
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The fourth McClung's three-peat
Plus: José Vadi on big dunks, more All-Star stuff, silly and/or serious stuff, a low-effort travel blog, a beautiful 360p Canadian Flyout, and more.
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A chemical taste
Plus: Natalie Porter on Worble, Evan Smith on IPath, a round-up of nice things, Valentine's Day, and more.
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Exhibiting faint signs of life
Plus: the PSL takes a tentative first step, Fritte Söderström take a bow, EDGLRD keeps us on edg, DGK x BA. KU.??? and more.
Special Correspondence
Waxing Poetic #1: “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”
In this series debut, Christian Kerr breaks down a T.S. Eliot classic to see what the Modernist icon can tell us about grinding through the skate-stoppers of the mind.
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Monday, Monday, Monday
Plus: Roger Bagley contains multitudes, EDGLRD teases the "anti-skate video," Cyrus in Parus, someone sponsor Roman Pabich, and more.
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Cooler content
Plus: Luis Mora "owns" Lakai, the Professional Skateboarding League, some Jimmy McDonald appreciation, and more.
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Some intractable force
Plus: Gerwer leaps at the half-century mark, measuring the value of public space, Shawn Hale, Lakai's rebound hook-ups, and more.
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Doubles: the state of skate videos
A tête-à-tête with Andrew Murrell.
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Please, sir, I want less
Plus: Asta loséS a sponsor, our own personal Ben Kadows, two griptape brands get stuck together, a swamp thing, and more.
The Year That Was
I’ve got $5 (CAD) on it: betting on the future of skateboarding in 2025
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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.