Posts Tagged essays
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REMEMBERING THE FIRST WOMEN’S SKATE MAG, “CHECK IT OUT”
“This magazine meant the world to me. It gave all women [and] young girls an insight to what was going on in the women’s scene."
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COULD PRO SKATEBOARDERS USE A LABOR UNION?
We examined whether a union could provide the financial security and benefits that sponsored skaters often go without.
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CREATING REALITIES: COMPARING PRO SKATEBOARDING TO PRO WRESTLING
"Professionally made skate videos are really just jacked-up steroidal versions of street skating."
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IS ZUMIEZ GOOD FOR THE SKATE INDUSTRY?
An honest look at one of the most taboo questions in skateboarding today.
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THE SCIENCE BEHIND OVERCOMING FEAR IN SKATING
We talked with doctors and performance psychologists to get tips on how to become the next Hometown Hucker.
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THE HISTORY OF SKATEBOARDING’S MOST TABOO TRICK: THE BENIHANA
If you’ve ever wondered how far back the anti-benihana sentiment stems, you’re not alone.
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HOT TAKE: SKATEBOARDING IS NOT ART
Feedback Ted tries to put an end to the age-old question of whether skateboarding is art.
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HOW EUROPEAN SKATE BRANDS ARE TAKING OVER
"We always felt as if we were just some Euro trash. We were like, fuck that, let's just do our own shit."
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REMEMBERING THE MALL RAT SHOE: THE ETNIES CALLICUT
A look at the shoe that flooded malls, skateparks, teenage girls' ankles everywhere.
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THE RISE AND FALL OF PRO MODEL SKATE SHOES
While there are still some exceptions, the signature shoe has largely evaporated from the skateboard industry. But, why?
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A CHAT WITH LUDVIG HAKANSSON, THE OLDEST SOUL IN SKATEBOARDING
The man loves to read Nietzche, skates in some expensive vintage gear, and paints in his own neoclassical-meets-abstract-expressionist style.
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A LOOK THROUGH THE GLASSES OF VINCE PALMER, AKA CHICKEN LITTLE
Get to know the 18-year-old German repping Baker and Supreme in Milan.
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WHO ARE THE SKATERS RESURRECTING ROCK CLIMBING IN UPPER MANHATTAN?
We met up with Joel Popoteur, an employee at Supreme and long-time skater to learn about his outdoor movement.
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GOT OLD WHEELS? THIS GUY IS MAKING MINI FINGERBOARD REPLICAS WITH THEM
Honey, I Shrunk The Spitfires.