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Don't Bring Your Skateboard To China

Johnny Tang gives a tour of Shanghai, the megacity he calls one giant skatepark. — China's reputation, especially of late, is often overshadowed by censorship and state control. But it's also the site of a flourishing new skate scene. Huck explores these two disconnected worlds through the eyes of Shanghai-based pro skater Johnny Tang.

  • Skate
  • Shelley Jones

Outspoken skater turned writer Scott Bourne on living by your own rules

No Authority But Yourself — He rejected America for Paris and gave up skateboarding to write. Scott Bourne refuses to follow the pack.

  • Skate
  • Benjamin Deberdt

Photographer Gabe Morford captures skateboarding’s perfect moments

Ready for Anything — Documenting those that are inherently unpredictable is a skill that SF-based Gabe Morford has honed over a lifetime shooting from the hip.

  • Skate
  • Anthony Pappalardo

Nothing can keep nomadic skater Pat Moran still for long as he shreds across the USA

In The Zen Zone — Oregon-born Pat Moran follows his skateboard around the West Coast on a one-man mission of discovery.

  • Skate
  • Maxwell Klinger

Why heavily state-controlled Shanghai is one of the world's most liberating places to skate

Charging Through China — Meet Tommy Zhao and the skate family nurturing an exciting DIY scene in the midst of Shanghai’s retro-futuristic skyscrapers.

  • Skate
  • Charlotte Middlehurst

Michelle Pezel shows us how a skateshop can build community in Vancouver

Leader of the Gang — In the latest story from Levi’s® Skateboarding Special II: Stories of Independence — our annual Skateboarding collab with Levi’s® — skater, motorbiker and owner of Antisocial Michelle Pezel shares how independence is something you can only achieve as part of a community.

  • Skate
  • Rhianon Bader

How Michelle Pezel turned her Vancouver store into a skate mecca

Huck x Levi's Skateboarding: Antisocial — The unstoppable Michelle Pezel shows us how a skateshop can bring a community together, in one of the stories we found creating our annual Skateboarding Special, in collaboration with Levi's Skateboarding.

  • Film
  • HUCK HQ

Meet K-Dub: the hard-hustling visionary behind Oakland’s DIY skate park, Town Park

Oakland belongs to the kids — In our latest story from Levi’s® Skateboarding Special II: Stories of Independence — our annual Skateboarding collab with Levi’s® — we meet teacher-turned-DIY skatepark creator Keith ‘K-Dub’ Williams, whose relentless hard work has given the skaters of Oakland a unique space to call their own.

  • Skate
  • Em-j Staples

Born in Finland, raised in the USA: Skater Marius Syvanen on naked saunas, army duty and Arto Saari

Third Culture Kid — In the first story from Levi’s® Skateboarding Special II: Stories of Independence — our annual Skateboarding collab with Levi’s® — Cali transplant Marius Syvanen explores the importance of keeping his Finnish heritage alive no matter where he lives.

  • Skate
  • Zoe Oksanen

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