San Francisco
The photographer illuminating life on the margins of society
Breaking bad — By documenting neglected stories on the edge of San Francisco, Alex Welsh came to realise that stereotypes can be created or broken in a flash.
Written by: Alex Welsh
The skater who became a shaman
A life without limits — Greg Carroll revolutionised the skateboard industry, taking him from rags to riches and back again. Now he's disrupting on another level: helping people make sense of their lives.
Written by: Anthony Pappalardo
Dan Plunkett gives us a tour of his East Bay Skatedom
Huck x Levi's® — Skate Mental lifer Dan Plunkett offers a view of SF as seen from Richmond, his adopted ’hood in the northeast corner of the Bay. Here, in the latest post from 'Lines Through The City' – a collection of skateboarding and cycling stories produced by Huck in collaboration with Levi's® Skateboarding™ – Dan shares how he and a group of friends have carved out their own nice in East Bay.
Written by: Maxwell Klinger
Mollusk take us Summer Dreamin with Corey Colapinto
One for the beach bums — California’s art/surf mecca Mollusk Surf Shop shares a sun-bleached surf short, directed by filmmaker Jack Coleman.
Written by: HUCK HQ
How a skater’s lustful scribbles on cardboard are helping opera to evolve
Defiant scrawls of love — Progressive composer Shinji Eshima collaborates with skater-turned writer Scott Bourne to update contemporary opera with modern musings on love.
Written by: Alex King
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.
Written by: HUCK HQ
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.
Written by: Maxwell Klinger
Jay Nelson transforms trucks, boats and bikes into incredible wanderlust vehicles
Build your own adventure — He makes wild contraptions out of wood that are the stuff of surfing lore. But for artist Jay Nelson, adventures only really kick off when things begin to go wrong.
Written by: Alex King
Swimming with piranhas and other stories of survival, by Dave Eggers
This is GORDITOS — A short story about a bunch of reprobates on a riverboat tour down the Amazon by San Francisco-based author Dave Eggers.
Written by: Dave Eggers
Inside the graphic mind of Chocolate Skateboards main art man Evan Hecox
Abstract landscapes — Chatting geometry with Evan Hecox, the Mission School graduate who sees abstract shapes in urban spaces.
Written by: Andrea Kurland