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The former dentist who turned into the world's most extreme action man

This is Atomic Ant — To celebrate 10 years of Huck, we're digging through the archives to unearth our favourite stories about inspiring people and movements who have graced the magazine's pages. Kicking things off: a story from the first issue, penned by then-editor, now publisher, Vince Medeiros.

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  • Vince Medeiros

A Finnish skateboarder's snow-covered sanctuary

Winter wonderland — In the frozen heartland of Finland, Jaakko Saavalainen’s do-it-yourself skatepark proves anywhere can become a skate utopia - if you’re willing to put in the work.

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In the West Bank town of Qalqilya skateboarding reigns supreme

The Z-Boys of Palestine — Situated on the West Bank of Palestinian territory, Qalqilya is a city surrounded by walls. Within this confinement though, SkateQilya is offering a place for a new generation of skateboarders to explore artistic expression.

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  • Max Gayler

Putting disposable cameras in the hands of London's skaters

Capturing the everyday — Craig Jackson and Jonny Grant’s London Skate Journal is a community project inspired by growing frustration with the glitz and glamour of how the skateboard community is portrayed. Disposable cameras are their weapon of choice.

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  • Max Gayler

Revisiting the '80s Santa Monica scene with skateboarding legend Natas Kaupas

Inventor of the No-Comply — From pioneering tricks with his buddy Mark Gonzales, to inspiring each new generation of groms: Natas Kaupas has never fallen out of love with the feeling of rolling around.

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  • Oliver Lunn

The inspirational legacy of disabled skate legend Jon Comer

Living beyond your limits — In the mid-nineties, adaptive skateboarder Jon Comer made a name for himself in skate circles around the world, proving that having a prosthetic limb cannot hold you back from pursuing what you love. Filmmaker Ben Stoddard looks at Comer’s legacy in this tender, short documentary which follows skater Oscar Loreto Jr.

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  • Christopher Saunders

Skate O.G. Chris Cole on competitive skateboarding

Keeping the young guns at bay — Chris Cole proves that you can combine competitive skating with a relevant contribution to the culture. We get his take on Street League and Olympic skateboarding.

  • Skate
  • Hannah Bailey

Honest, intimate portraits of London's skaters

Shooting people, not the tricks — Skate photography all too often glorifies the technique, the tricks, the board, over the community in which all three exist. Organic and personal from the start, skater and photographer Ian Kenneth Bird’s first exhibition features soft black-and-white portraits of his friends and fellow skaters.

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  • Jack Richardson

Skating through the pain and prosthetics

Meet skateboarding’s bionic behemoth — Clément Zannini has a prosthetic leg, but he’ll be damned if that’s going to stop him skating.

  • Skate
  • Jack Richardson

Huck's top ten skateboarding projects that are changing the world

#GoSkateboardingDay — Videos, articles and photo essays on the raddest skateboarding cultures from around the globe, from the Mongolian steppes to South Africa’s Zulu heartland.

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