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Skateboarding through China’s Wild West

Bandits, badlands and Beijing's iron grip — Xinjiang is China’s most western frontier, portrayed as a badlands and hotbed for religious extremism by state-controlled media. But for photographer Terry Xie, it’s simply a place to skate with like-minded friends.

  • Skate
  • D'Arcy Doran

Skating South Africa’s Valley of a Thousand Hills

Zulu skate paradise — Indigo skate camp is giving Isithumba's very first generation of young skaters a deeper connection with each other and their divided country.

  • Huck Docs
  • Alex King

Ephemeral Space of Time: RVCA’s longboarding muse

Surf, art, garms — French artist and surfer Marqaux Arramon-Tucoo takes us on a journey of her creative inspirations in this ethereal video from RVCA.

  • Art
  • Saoirse O'Leary

Holy Stokes! A Real Life Happening: The skate film even non-skaters need to see

Volcom’s first feature film in nine years — On the afternoon of the Holy Stokes! London film premiere, we talk to industry riders – Chris Pfanner and Daan Van Der Linden – about van stories, gnarly spiders, and the future of skateboard cinema.

  • Skate
  • Taylor McGraa

Skate 'n' shoot: Pro legend Jerry Hsu on fusing passions

Capturing the little details in life — For the man known as 'cool breeze', photography and skating are complementary pursuits: they're both about following your gut to find the things you love. We spoke with the San Jose icon about solitude, risk taking and how dream jobs aren't always so magical.

  • Skate
  • Julia Martincic

SkateYou: The app connecting skaters across the globe

Social media by and for skaters — SkateYou founder Jerry Tsagamilis explains how the app helps skaters share spots, tricks, win prizes and build community.

  • Skate
  • Alex King

Blondey McCoy talks old skate videos ahead of hyped Adidas Away Days London premiere

Classics on eve of new classic — As Adidas gear up to premiere their first full-length skate video in London, local team member Blondey McCoy gives us some insider info on the film and remembers some of the greats that came before.

  • Skate
  • Shelley Jones

Video: Skateboarding through Italy's modern ruins

Discovering abandoned places — Trailing across Italy in search of unchartered skate territory the Italian Vans team stir dust clouds, improvise skateable constructions and risk getting crushed by a collapsing wall.

  • Skate
  • Hanna Duggal

Video: Artist Sam Taylor on skate, scribbling and satire

Cruising through Camberwell — Check out this video profile of Sam Taylor, one of the twenty artists and photographers involved in transatlantic skate art initiative the LB Project.

  • Skate
  • HUCK HQ

Video: Skating through a waterpark on lockdown

Quarter pipes on the water pipes — What do you do when it’s time to drain a waterpark of hundreds of thousands of litres of water and shut it down for maintenance? Invite three world-class skateboarders in for some epic dry runs and slides, of course.

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  • HUCK HQ

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