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.

August 16, 2023/ Ben Komins/ ARTICLES/ Comments: 14

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.

August 9, 2023/ Ben Komins/ ARTICLES/ Comments: 6

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?

July 31, 2023/ Ben Komins/ INTERVIEWS/ Comments: 10

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.

July 21, 2023/ Ben Komins/ INTERVIEWS/ Comments: 16

A VERY SCIENTIFIC LOOK INTO WEIGHT LOSS THROUGH SKATEBOARDING

Our newest contributor wanted to conduct an experiment to see if skateboarding could help him lose a bit of drinking weight.

July 10, 2023/ Ben Komins & Van Eggers/ ARTICLES/ Comments: 13

BUILDING CUSTOM SKATE VANS WITH TJ GASKILL

After living out of a van for two years, TJ has started a business converting vans for skaters and their sponsors.

June 28, 2023/ Ben Komins/ INTERVIEWS/ Comments: 7

THE WORST CASES OF SWAMP ASS CAUGHT ON FILM

Summer’s quickly approaching, and nothing is more synonymous with a mid-day summer skate than swamp ass.

May 15, 2023/ Ben Komins & Wilson Lucas/ ARTICLES/ Comments: 11

CAN SKATEBOARDING HELP PEOPLE DEAL WITH TRAUMA?

Meet Joel Pippus, a counselor who is exploring if skateboarding can effectively help children heal from trauma.

May 5, 2023/ Ben Komins/ INTERVIEWS/ Comments: 3