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Alternative bike culture’s heroes and zeros come together for Dirt Quake IV

Start your engines — Sideburn Magazine editor Gary Inman on his raucous Dirt Quake event, which descends on Kings Lynn for a weekend of two-wheeled madness at the Adrian Flux arena, July 17-18.

Written by: Mike Fordham

Travel

OH DAWN are crafting boards for Copenhagen's cold water surf crew

Rad Copenhagen: Insider's Guide Part I — In 2013, we headed out to Copenhagen's CPH Pro to put together this alternative city guide on the city's thriving creative community. First up, Mathias Rosendal founded OH DAWN to shape boards perfect for his home break on Denmark’s North Shore.

Written by: Natalie Davies

Print

Thomas Morris learned how to write by writing a horrible first book

Things I Learned Along the Way — Huck’s Fiftieth Issue Special collects lessons learned and creative advice from fifty of the most inspiring people we know. Each day we’ll be sharing a new excerpt from the magazine. Today, writer Thomas Morris shares how it took him three years to write the book of his dreams. Then he scrapped it, sat down, and wrote the truth.

Written by: Huck HQ / Thomas Morris

Bike

Spokes of radicalism

Bikes as a force for change — As a new exhibition at the Smithsonian draws on cycling's tradition of radical social change, we gather together some of the best left-field bike happenings in the world right now.

Written by: Alex Robert Ross

Music

Huck’s intergalactic sounds playlist

Space jams — As Nasa’s New Horizons probe beams back images from its Pluto flyby, we dig out the artists cruising the outer reaches of the sonic universe - featuring Gil Scott-Heron, Sun Ra and more.

Written by: Michael Fordham

Zine Scene

Celebrity-spotters beware: Hollywood Star Trekking will melt your mind

Zine Scene — Josh Jones' new photo zine Hollywood Star Trekking takes readers on a surreal and subversive celebrity-spotting tour of Los Angeles.

Written by: Alex King

Music

Twin Shadow finds musical inspiration in his most uncomfortable moments

Things I Learned Along the Way — Huck’s Fiftieth Anniversary Special collects lessons learned and creative advice from fifty of the most inspiring people we know. Each day we’ll be sharing a new excerpt from the magazine. Today, George Lewis Junior shares how he found his voice as Twin Shadow when he tapped back into his own vulnerability.

Written by: Huck HQ / Sophie Monks Kaufman

Music

Looking back on the early years of California punk duo The Bots

Groundbreaking music reportage — In 2013 photographer Dan Wilton spent months hanging out with brothers and California punk duo The Bots. Back then they may have been fresher-faced than your little bro, but they’ve never been babies in the world of punk. As Dan's shots go on display at We Want More: Image-Making and Music in the 21st Century at the Photographer's Gallery, we pulled this photo story from the Huck archives.

Written by: Oliver Pelling

Surf

Behind the scenes on Surfer Magazine’s ‘Big Issue’

Words, waves and works of art — Surfer Magazine's Art Director James Newitt on their fantastic new Geoff McFetridge illustrated cover and if surf magazines still shape the culture.

Written by: Michael Fordham

Culture

The ruthless democracy of Channel 101

Our favourite 5-minute shows from the ongoing LA-based pilot festival — With the second season of cult animated TV show Rick and Morty released next week, we look back at the strange world of Channel 101 that spawned it, where the viewer is the executive and the drama is always cut short.

Written by: Alex Robert Ross

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