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10 minutes with skate legend Tony Alva

‘We were revolutionary’ — As he dropped into London to celebrate his 60th birthday, we sat down with the seminal skateboarder and original member of the Z-Boys for a whirlwind chat on his life and legacy.

  • Skate
  • Niall Flynn

Skate filmmaker French Fred talks 30 years of breaking rules

Huck x Element — Few possess the same level of instinct as the photographer known as Fred Mortagne. A former skate rat who's become a maverick photographer, he refuses to switch his style up for anyone or anything.

  • Skate
  • Niall Flynn

Piss Drunx: The legendary skate crew lucky to be alive

Chronicle of chaos — In 1998, a mob of young skateboarders descended on an ordinary street in Huntington Beach, California. Spread across four apartments, they quickly gained notoriety not only for their on-board antics, but for embracing a lifestyle of excess. The Piss Drunx, as they came to be known, adopted a ‘fuck everything’ attitude that turned them into skateboarding icons within just two years. But looking back, many of the original members have mixed feelings about their legacy.

  • Magazine
  • Oliver Pelling

From skateboarding prankster to extreme endurance athlete

Huck x HOKA ONE ONE — Dirty Sanchez made the Jackass crew seem like the Brady Bunch. But after so much partying, co-founder Matthew Pritchard cleaned up his life with a new passion. His story kicks off our new Huck x Hoka One One series, looking at mavericks who found a new perspective through running.

  • Outdoors
  • Sam Haddad

Capturing West Coast skaters, the Victorian way

Stay very still — For the past seven years, Berkeley-based Jenny Sampson has been capturing the skaters of California using tintype – a century-and-a-half old photographic process.

  • Photography
  • Biju Belinky

Lockwood51: The bold brand making queer-friendly skate wear

Skateboards and jockstraps — After dealing with homophobia all his life, the anonymous designer behind Lockwood51 took action – creating their own playful, provocative label for LGBT skaters.

  • Culture
  • HUCK HQ

Capturing the hedonistic lives of Parisian skaters

Talking shit, wasting time — TalkShit is a mixed-media zine by Yedihael Canat and Arthur Hun, giving readers an intimate look at the everyday lives of young skaters looking for fun and freedom.

  • Zine Scene
  • Biju Belinky

Developers are closing in on Dalston’s local communities

Save Gillett Square — As well as being London's largest and most proactive DIY skate spot, Gillett Square is also a sanctuary for people living on the fringes of society. But with plans to redevelop the area currently in the pipeline, these communities face an uprooting.

  • Reportage
  • Bruno Rinvolucri

New London exhibition steps inside the city’s skate scene

Skate and destroy — Winner – which celebrates skateboarding’s ongoing love affair with DIY culture – opens this week at Deptford’s Curve.

  • Skate
  • Dominique Sisley

Meet the artist bringing queer culture to skateboarding

Welcome to Unity — Through zines, boards, art and parties, Oakland-based artist Jeffrey Cheung is making skating more inclusive – creating a safe, judgement-free community for young outsiders.

  • Skate
  • Dominique Sisley

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