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WHAT’S IT LIKE RUNNING AN INDOOR SKATEPARK IN 2024?
Three owners weigh in on the biggest challenges of running an indoor skatepark and offer insights on everything from finances to masonite boogers.
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LOCALS: FRANK THE MAGICIAN
Meet Frank, a magician and dedicated maintainer of the sandy, trash-accumulating Venice Beach Skatepark.
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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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INTRODUCING JENKEM HOME GOODS
We put our collective heads together to curate some premium, skate-centric goods for you to role play as an interior designer with.
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JOHN GARDNER ON STEPPING AWAY FROM PRO SKATING AND HIS NEXT CHAPTER
"I’m sure I could have kept my career going for a while, and it was tempting to do that because I was making really good money, but I felt strongly I needed to do something else."
August 21, 2013 12:38 pm
Carjack is right, Hensley for the cargo shorts. Mike Vallely making the move to the cargo pant (see Public Domain). Maldonado was a revival not an origin.
August 21, 2013 2:29 pm
I’m sure this hasn’t been fully thought about like it’s all that serious, but I feel like Ed templeton kinda pioneered the flooding chino thing.
August 23, 2013 11:20 pm
Looks like this was imagined by someone born about 1990. Some of it’s almost on target, but the rest is just plain ignernt.
August 23, 2013 11:32 pm
No bellbottoms, no ’60s chinos, no 501s, no ’70s surf trunks, Rectors, Mad Rats, Mollys or SIOs, etc. Whether serious or not, thought through or not, the sad thing is that most people who look at the “history” won’t know any better anyway. Devo was right.