Posts by James Lee
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THE BUSINESS OF GROWING SKATEBOARDING IN CHINA
What attracts someone to skateboarding in a Communist country? And will China ever try to engineer a Nyjah Huston of their own?
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REBUILDING CHRISTCHURCH AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE WITH AL PARTANEN
We caught up with Al Partanen to hear about about traveling and skateboarding New Zealand after a 6.3 magnitude earthquake.
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GRILLING REAL’S NEWEST PRO, ROBBIE BROCKEL
We asked Robbie some normal (and not so normal) questions to celebrate him turning pro for Real Skateboards.
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MEET SKATEBOARDING’S FORMER DEMON CHILD, KNOX GODOY
"I caught Reynolds in Chicago with a $100 sack of crack and I punched him in the mouth and he started crying..."
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SEX AND SKATEBOARD ART WITH SEAN CLIVER
"I didn’t make any of the sex between 1989–1998."
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JUSTIN BROCK ON BEING BROKE, ADDICTIONS & THE SOUTH
"The place I lived at was just gross, at one point I got all this fungus on my hands and feet."
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HOW NYJAH HUSTON REALLY LOST STREET LEAGUE NEWARK
While most people think Nyjah's sloppy foot positioning led to his heavy bail, the coverage we caught on our cameras says otherwise.
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INTERROGATING KYLE WALKER
We harassed Real's newest pro to find out what makes him tick.
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AN INTERVIEW WITH THE GUY WHO ONE UPPED JUSTIN BIEBER
We talked to the dude who showed up Justin Bieber at the skatepark. Thug life!
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WILL TIKTOK BE THE NEW HOME FOR SKATEBOARDING ON THE INTERNET?
We called up some "skate TikTokers" to find out what they've learned and seen so far.
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PLOTTING THE LIFECYCLE OF A TRENDY TRICK
"Pressure flips are cool again. Actually, their second act has lasted longer than their first did."
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CHECKING OUT A HIDDEN DIY FINGERBOARD PARK IN QUEENS
When we heard about a mysterious concrete fingerboard park hiding in Brooklyn, we knew we had to go find it.
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WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON WITH ILLEGAL CIV?
The Illegal Civ stuff feels like an ongoing soap opera, so to air out any confusion we talked to a few key characters.
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INSIDE THE 20 YEAR ANNIVERSARY PARTY OF EMERICA’S “THIS IS SKATEBOARDING”
We stopped by to pay our respects and see if we could squeeze a few stories out of the crew.