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Video: Los Angeles skate culture through the eyes of photographer Jacob Messex

Analogue snaps of LA youth — The Berrics’ Hellchild video profile on Jacob Messex coincides with the twenty-year-old skate and youth culture documentarian’s solo show and Filmus zine release at Kingswell.

  • Skate
  • Alex King

Mongolia’s skate scene is blowing up: here are the videos chronicling it

Embracing a post-Soviet world — The new generation of young Mongolians are the first to be raised outside of Soviet rule since 1924. In Issue 54 – The Defiance Issue, Huck met the Mongolian skate crew determined to change their country's culture for the better. Curated here is a playlist of short films and documentaries exploring the many young people breaking from traditional Mongolian convention.

  • Magazine
  • HUCK HQ

Video: Skaters take over the deserted, midnight streets of Dresden

Meet the Nightcrawlers — Five German skaters set sparks flying as they cruise Dresden’s epic Old Town in the dead of night.

  • Skate
  • Alex King

Skate photographer Pep Kim’s journey from Seoul outsider to NYC big dog

See it, shoot it, keep it moving — Skateboarding is all about 'the tour', landing in some exotic locale and letting curiosity lead the way. But when photographer Pep Kim swapped South Korea for the States, it was the fabled kerbs of NYC that felt foreign and brand new.

  • Photography
  • Anthony Pappalardo

Video: Skating snow-peaks and endless sun in the far north

Alaska Bound and Down — Five skaters take on the vast and surreal landscape of Alaska in a breathtaking short film.

  • Skate
  • Joshua Gabert-Doyon

Don't Bring Your Skateboard To China

Johnny Tang gives a tour of Shanghai, the megacity he calls one giant skatepark. — China's reputation, especially of late, is often overshadowed by censorship and state control. But it's also the site of a flourishing new skate scene. Huck explores these two disconnected worlds through the eyes of Shanghai-based pro skater Johnny Tang.

  • Skate
  • Shelley Jones

Filmmaker Corey Adams on hustling the Hells Angels and getting caught stealing

The Spiel Sesh: No. 1 — The Spiel Sesh is a new quick-fire Q&A series with Huck's indie culture heroes. First up, Machotaildrop and Devil's Toy Redux filmmaker Corey Adams.

  • Film
  • Zach Sebastian

Inside the dreams of the skateboarding girls of Sweden

Video: Mimmi Leckius — The latest in Phil Evans' trippy Lightbox series explores the drive behind a dedicated female skater from Malmo.

  • Skate
  • Shelley Jones

Swedish skate video showcases all the best analogue photo formats

35mm, Large Format, Hassleblad — A new video by Phil Evans pays tribute to analogue photography formats and shows a slice of the Malmö street skating scene.

  • Skate
  • Shelley Jones

Emily Earring skates to avoid the traps of her First Nation reservation

Dispatches from Pine Ridge — In the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota, Emily Earring has taken skateboarding by the scruff of the neck and made it her own story.

  • Skate
  • Kevin Wilkins

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