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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KEITH HUFNAGEL ON THE FUTURE OF HUF
We heard a rumor that HUF was going out of business, so we talked with boss man himself to find out.
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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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GETTING KINKY WITH DANIEL VARGAS
Daniel Vargas' philosophy on whips, chains and getting choked out.
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CASTLE BAM TO LIL JERRY SPRINGER: A JENKEM TRAVEL DIARY TO RICHMOND
Armed with the Genius skate crew, we hopped from DIY to DIY, leaving a graveyard of crushed cans along the way.
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CHECK OUT THE ZINE IMMORTALIZING EARLY ONLINE SKATEPARK FIGHTS
Filled with altered screenshots, Colton Abernathy’s zine distills these fight videos into a single moment.