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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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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'.

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