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Shredding South California’s abandoned pools

Party in the Back — Photographer and skater Tino Razo documents and shreds abandoned backyard pools across Southern California in Party in the Back, embodying care-free and youthful expression without even trying.

  • Skate
  • Paden Vaughan

The sobering splendour of the hottest place on Earth

An ode to the desert — Filmmaker Patrick Fraser’s new short film follows the Europeans who travel to California’s Death Valley each July to experience the searing heat that once broke world records.

  • Culture
  • Paden Vaughan

Surf legend Chris Christenson on blazing your own trail in life

The shape of things to come — After opting against medical school and turning his back on convention, surfboard shaper Chris Christenson dedicated himself to a path of creative restlessness.

  • Culture
  • Cian Traynor

Do Valley Girls still exist?

Like, whatever... — What’s up with that whole Valley Girl shtick? Was Clueless for real? Huck grabs a frappé at Topanga Mall and finds that stereotypes are, like, so passé.

  • Culture
  • Mike Fordham

California's dirty little secret: What's in the water used to grow your all-American fruit?

Oil wastewater — Details have recently emerged of Californian agriculture’s dirty little secret: for the last twenty years, oil companies have been selling their wastewater to farmers, used to water crops for some of America’s best known food brands.

  • Activism
  • William Warrener

The artist who spent nine years illustrating a Qu’ran set in modern America

Art and understanding in the face of rising Islamophobia — Los Angeles-based artist Sandow Birk reimagines historical paintings with a contemporary political critique. His latest project is a Qu’ran illustrated with images from today’s America.

  • Art
  • Alex King

Jazz legend Gregory Porter on the art of the protest song

Fighting to be heard — Breakout star Gregory Porter explains how jazz and soul’s history of protest informed his new album, Take Me To The Alley.

  • Music
  • Alex King

From Here to Here: A surfer's ode to California

What you see along the way — No matter how often and where we travel, the heart will always remain at home. Filmmaker Morgan Maassen and surfer Nole Cossart took a road trip through their home state of California. Out of the city, into nature – and always looking for waves along the way.

  • Culture
  • Morgan Maassen

Long Read: Ed Templeton’s Suburban Scenes

A day in Huntington Beach — Artist, photographer, skateboarder and chronicler of Southern California Ed Templeton gives Huck an access-all-areas insight into his creative world. Here is our four-part interview from The Ed Templeton Issue, guest edited by the Tempster himself, featuring his own artwork and iconic photography sitting alongside fresh illustrations, created exclusively for Huck.

  • Skate
  • Michael Fordham

The Defiance Issue

Out Now — This year Huck is all about attitude. The energy, emotions and lenses on life that create connections across the divide. The Defiance Issue traces a jagged line across the globe, picking up voices of rebellion along the way.

  • Culture
  • HUCK HQ

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