Posts by Ben Komins
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BREAKING THROUGH WITH WKND’S SARAH MEURLE
Talking priest cheese, Jante, Allemansrätten, and other Scandinavian shenanigans.
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LAST MINUTE HALLOWEEN COSTUMES FOR THE BROKE SKATER
With $20 at the thrift and a sense of humor, you too can look this stupid.
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DUMB PARTY PRANK IDEAS THAT YOU MAY FIND ENTERTAINING
Most of these will get you shunned or punched, but all will be sure to liven the night’s mood.
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MEET THE 400 POUND PHENOM, JOEY WALDER
"The people who want to see the slams need to realize that shit takes a toll."
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SOME FLICKS FROM THE THE PALACE “BETA BLOCKERS” PREMIERE
Despite the momentous occasion and the video's proper 40 minute runtime, the event felt pretty intimate by NYC standards.
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A COLLECTION OF TRICKS MADE BETTER BY SKATE STOPPERS
Knobs? No problem. Everyone here dug deep and got creative to bring some life out of these "dead" spots.
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THE LASTING LEGACY OF TONY HAWK’S PRO SKATER WITH AUTHOR COLE NOWICKI
20+ years later, people are still talking about how the THPS games affected pop culture, so much so that Cole Nowicki wrote a book about it.
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WHAT IS 2? TALKING RISER PADS WITH ROBERT BLAZEK
The brand is taking advantage of something we all overlooked: who TF has a riser pad sponsor?
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A CONVERSATION WITH BLACK NINJA, THE ORIGINAL SKATE YOUTUBER
In the early days of YouTube, Black Ninja was pulling in millions of views every month, creating iconic moments like rapping over his own video parts.
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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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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."
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GOT OLD WHEELS? THIS GUY IS MAKING MINI FINGERBOARD REPLICAS WITH THEM
Honey, I Shrunk The Spitfires.