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RIP Sidewalk mag (in print)
20 years of UK skateboarding — Britain's oldest skateboarding magazine draws the curtain on its print edition.
Written by: Shelley Jones
How do you feel about Paul McCarthy's poo-smeared skateboards for charity?
The Skateroom project — Conceptual American artist lends his subversive images to social project The Skateroom, which raises money for charity through high-profile deck collaborations.
Written by: Shelley Jones
Skateboarding, sunsets and psychos in Los Angeles
Pacific Palisades Full-Length — London-based filmmaker Josh Church creates surreal tone poem in tribute to skateboarding and the streets of LA.
Written by: Shelley Jones
Artist Keith Watts pays tribute to London skateboarding
Flowing through the city — Keith Watts’ series of London illustrations capture the fluid motion of skateboarding through the city.
Written by: HUCK HQ
Skate photographer Jake Darwen bombs around beautiful New Zealand
The Element Perspective — Element Advocate Jake Darwen teams up with Element to produce a T-shirt collection and releases this cruisey video.
Written by: Shelley Jones
No 'industry' can ever keep up with culture
Can skateboarding save Silicon Valley? WTF? — When any 'industry' tries to co-opt a culture, it's like watching a clown car chase through a hall of mirrors. Look away, Michael Fordham says, and just focus on what you do.
Written by: Michael Fordham
Is Zambia Africa's new skate hotspot?
Zambian skating is blowing up — Elijah Zgambo may be responsible for the evolution of skateboarding in Zambia, but it was dodging skinheads as a black skater in Russia where he first discovered his passion.
Written by: Alex King
An insider’s guide to the City of Angels
I shouldn't share this... — Prolific skate illustrator Todd Francis on art, where to score the best tacos, secret camping spots and how to avoid assholes in Los Angeles.
Written by: Isaac McKay-Randozzi
Haroshi's incredible skateboard sculptures go on show in NYC
Still Pushing Despite the Odds — Japanese sculptor Haroshi builds insane structures from discarded skateboard decks. Check out his new show at Jonathan Levine Gallery, NYC.
Written by: Alex Taylor
A coming-of-age novel that puts skateboarding on the literary map
If I Fall, If I Die by Mike Christie — Former Color Magazine senior editor Mike Christie delivers a dramatic debut that doesn't trivialise skateboarding as 'dumb' or 'extreme'.
Written by: Shelley Jones
