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Culture

Can a skatepark transform a troubled community?

Oakland’s Town Park DIY skatepark gets a concrete makeover — Beautiful new short documentary Skateboarding in Oakland shows how a skatepark can be a force for positive change.

Written by: Alex King

Photography

Ed Templeton photos in new book Wayward Cognitions, like you've never seen them before

20 years of stray thoughts — A different side to the youth culture documentarian is revealed in stunning new book spanning his 20-year archive.

Written by: Shelley Jones

Surf

Andrew Kidman on his remake of 1970s surf hippie movie Morning of the Earth

Stephanie Gilmore, Mickey Smith and Sam Yoon — A nostalgic exploration of the relationship between (wo)man and sea.

Written by: Tetsuhiko Endo

Photography

Glen E. Friedman brings his US counterculture to London for first time in twenty years

A world as seen from within — The golden years of punk, hip hop and skateboarding.

Written by: HUCK HQ

Culture

Talia Herman captures rural California life

Answers On A Postcard — Documentary photographer Talia Herman digs through her personal archives to capture a snapshot of Sonoma County creek life.

Written by: Andrea Kurland

Music

Tomorrows Tulips on why the flop of the surfing and music industries is a good thing

You gotta embrace mistakes — Backstage with Orange County surf punks Tomorrows Tulips.

Written by: Shelley Jones

Art

What happens when you paint a canvas every day for a year?

365 slices of pop-culture flavour — Artist Scott Patt’s Bigger. Smaller. Funnier. project sees him painting one piece per day to create a visual record of an entire year.

Written by: Alex King

Travel

A girl from Bordeaux at large in California

Marion Monier travels to the Golden State — National parks, Indian reservations, skate lodges and hotel pools.

Written by: HUCK HQ

Top Picks

California Dreaming

Group Show — Paul Loya Gallery presents four artists lost in dreams of the Golden State.

Written by: Alex King

Film

Ed Templeton Scrapbook: Skateboarder for life

Part One: Skate — In the first part of our new video series The Ed Templeton Scrapbook, Ed reflects on how the culture he loves has changed before his eyes and his early memories of skating the streets of Huntington Beach.

Written by: HUCK HQ

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