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In prison, painting is freedom

Huck Film: Prison Da Vinci — When denied freedom and everyday conveniences, people's resourcefulness grows. Chris Wilson shows us how prison taught him to free his mind, and his talent, in Huck's latest short film.

  • Film
  • HUCK HQ

Cult ‘80s NYC graffiti documentary Stations of the Elevated is re-released

A jazz tribute to street art’s early pioneers — Director Manfred Kirchheimer reminisces about his underground graffiti hit and laments how New York has since been cleansed of its colour and creativity.

  • Film
  • Sam Warner

Into The Deep with Finland's Greatest Freediver

Finlandia x Huck — He’s almost 50, he's got asthma, he’s about 235 pounds, and he's also a world-class athlete. Meet 'Kraken', the sea monster – a Finnish freediver who only realised he had the makings of a national champion in his late 30s.

  • Film
  • Shelley Jones

Five things we learned from Adam Curtis in Berlin

A 21st Century prophet — Filmmaker Adam Curtis spoke at HAU Berlin about the invisibility of modern power, the failure of progressive politics and how technology is suffocating our humanity.

  • Film
  • Antonia Harris

The world’s most unusual watermen and women: Watch our new 4-part doc series

Finlandia x Huck presents… Journey From The Source — Get ready to meet ‘Kraken, the sea monster’ – a man who uses special breathing techniques to dive to record-breaking depths in the icy waters of Finland – and other amazing characters.

  • Film
  • Shelley Jones

Skate video series Parisii maps each of Paris’ twenty arrondissements

Parisii XIV: The penultimate episode — Europe's top skaters leave their mark on every neighbourhood in Paris with a killer edit in each one.

  • Culture
  • Alex King

Skate artist Jacob Ovgren talks about… cocks

We need to talk about sex — Hilariously explicit Polar Skateboards artist Jacob Ovgren invites the LB Project into his studio in Malmö.

  • Skate
  • Alex King

Behind the balaclava: artist Sketchy Tank speaks

Video profile: Rights Refused — Artist Sketchy Tank opens up to KR3W about his life and process.

  • Art
  • HUCK HQ

Big wave icon Paige Alms is pushing for surfing to take women seriously

“It’s about fucking time” — Paige Alms caught a killer barrel at Jaws, Hawaii this year and surfed her way into history. But she’s just getting started, she told Huck at the UK premiere of her documentary profile The Wave I Ride.

  • Surf
  • Alexia Stamatelatou

Checking in to Japan’s first Android Hotel

The future is closer than it appears — Motherboard and KAYAK check in to Japan’s robot-staffed Henn-na Hotel. Are they in a for a great night’s sleep or a nightmare vision of the future?

  • Film
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