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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A GLIMPSE INTO THE PECULIAR WORLD OF GNARLS AND STEVE ROSEN
An unfiltered exploration of fatherhood in modern skateboarding and the drive of a young skater.
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HANGING OUT WITH ANDREW HUBERMAN, SKATEBOARDER TURNED NEUROSCIENTIST
Curious what it would be like to hang with this guy outside of a stuffy podcast studio? Us too.
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BEHIND THE BAIL WITH GABRIEL SUMMERS
DUMBASS DISCLAIMER: Due to Gabriel Summers being a nutta, this interview and the images within are not for the faint of heart.
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ANGELA WHITE IS BRINGING SKATING’S MOST ICONIC CAMERA BACK INTO PORN
Her 2000s, gonzo-inspired tour de force was filmed completely on the sleek, sexy, grainy VX2000.
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GETTING KINKY WITH DANIEL VARGAS
Daniel Vargas' philosophy on whips, chains and getting choked out.