Skate
Mapping the spread of skateboarding across the world
A truly global phenomenon — Language barriers don't matter when you can speak skate, as nomadic photographer Jonathan Mehring discovered.
Written by: Jonathan Mehring
The dark, gritty underbelly of the post-Soviet east
Absurd in Abkhazia — After finding his first camera in a skip, Petr Barabakaa has been photographing the streets as only a skater could: fleeting and accident prone.
Written by: Ellie Howard
Is this the future of skate footwear?
HUCK x VANS UltraRange Pro — Curren Caples is the ultimate postmodern skater, hailed as the future of the game. Now there’s a shoe that can finally keep up with him, thanks to some new tech from Vans.
Written by: Zachary Drake
Celebrating the women of skateboarding, in photos
Yeah Girl — This month, Copenhagen played host to Yeah Girl – an exhibition celebrating the best female skate photographers from around the world.
Written by: Hannah Bailey
A Palestinian skater’s struggles in Israel
Partying without papers — Last December, Hasan left his hometown of Qalqilya – a small city in Palestine’s West Bank – to enter Israel on a one-day visitor’s permit. He hasn’t returned since. Now living illegally next to one of the most troubled borders in the world, he shares his stories on skateboarding, filmmaking, and falling in love with the enemy.
Written by: Graham Liddell
How a self-taught skate nerd became Toy Machine's go-to filmmaker
Apt pupil — Ed Templeton gave a random fan the chance to become the visual voice of his skate brand, all because of two simple words: Fuck it.
Written by: Kevin Duffel
For the skaters of Myanmar, boards are a symbol of hope
Pushing Myanmar — As dictatorship declines, filmmakers James Holman and Ali Drummond go back to Yangon, documenting the community built around its DIY skatepark.
Written by: Biju Belinky
Documenting the final days of Philly’s legendary LOVE Park
The concrete playground — Skateboarding might have been banned in Philadelphia's LOVE Park, but for years it was a mecca for skaters from the city and beyond. Photographer Jonathan Rentschler captured the concrete playground in its final years.
Written by: Chris Owen
'Nobody sits you down and explains the rules. You just do it.'
Lessons from a life of skate — For Go Skateboarding Day 2017, we’ve taken a trip down memory lane through our archive to revisit lessons we've learnt from some of skating's greatest icons.
Written by: Briony Cartmell
As a girl skating was my escape. As a young woman, it was taken from me
Go Skateboarding Day 2017 — In her early years, skating provided Marianne Eloise with an escape: from anxiety, from a toxic household, the OCD that span around her head. But as she got older, all that changed; suddenly her board could no longer be a sanctuary.
Written by: Marianne Eloise
