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Remembering the riotous heyday of Asbury Lanes

Lightning in a Bottle — In a rundown seaside town, the bowling alley turned punk and rock destination helped transform the fortunes of its surroundings. A new retrospective book and exhibition from Mike McLaughlin revisits its grit and glory of its ’00s peak.

  • Music
  • Jon Coen

The Black surfers paddling out for the love of the ocean

A Great Day in the Stoke at Huntington Beach is a celebration of Black surfing and a call to make surfing inclusive for all.

  • Outsiders Project
  • Jon Coen

The underground filmographer capturing protest & punk

Meet Sunny Singh — The Philadelphia local also known as Hate5Six has made a name for himself capturing the hardcore scene – and over more recent years, he’s been ramping up his coverage of the fight for social justice.

  • Culture
  • Jon Coen

Looking back with the surf crew who inspired a generation

Gathering momentum — In 1992, Taylor Steele made waves with Momentum – a 35-minute film about young surfers in Hawaii. Now, two decades later, a new doc is exposing the whole story.

  • Surf
  • Jon Coen

'I shot Tupac and chilled with Thom Yorke'

Epic encounters — Danny Clinch has captured some of music's most iconic moments, from downtime with the Beastie Boys to cataloguing Bruce Springsteen's never-ending ride. These are the stories behind his favourite stills.

  • Culture
  • Jon Coen

Joe Sib is finding humour between the cracks

Don't take yourself too seriously, punk — Poking fun at indie culture and meeting heroes along the way. Joe Sib has found the funny side of punk.

  • Culture
  • Jon Coen

Chuck Ragan on his journey from hard times to Hot Water Music

Passion, wrong turns, and punk rock — Before Hot Water Music became a pillar of punk rock, frontman Chuck Ragan found himself doing time.

  • Music
  • Jon Coen

Sincerely Sandy

After the Hurricane — When Hurricane Sandy hit the Jersey Shore, she sank homes, bashed businesses and left the coastline in a mess. But what happened after the headlines stopped? New Jersey writer Jon Coen meets some local faces – surfers, musicians and families – who came together in Sandy’s wake.

  • Reportage
  • Jon Coen

Dan Draisin

Sunday Bloody Sunday — At what point did the Beats put down their pens and start chanting along to protest songs? Some say it happened in the space of a day: Sunday, April 9, 1961.

  • Activism
  • Jon Coen

Handmade Boards

A Better Blank — From the dust-covered workshops of New England, two homegrown board companies are shaping an antidote to our plastic-coated shred world.

  • Surf
  • Jon Coen

Shepard Fairey

Obey — He may have lived through criticism, court cases and commercial success, but the skate punk-turned-street art entrepreneur is now ready to back his own campaign.

  • Art
  • Jon Coen

John Joseph

Bold, Crazy, Dead — Cro-Mags frontman John Joseph wants to take you on a stroll through the Lower East Side to rediscover its down ‘n’ dirty roots.

  • Music
  • Jon Coen

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