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Aerial view of concrete skate park with blue, white and red curved surfaces, surrounded by trees and dirt paths.
© Marcelo Marangi

Sandro Dias breaks a skateboarding record, dropping in from a skyscraper

The Skate Ramp Building — The 22-storey CAFF building, shaped perfectly like a skate ramp, is located in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Huck’s founder and publisher Vince Medeiros explains what Mineirinho’s feat means to locals.

  • Skate
  • Vince Medeiros
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The Delhi basement forging India’s top skaters

Below deck — In a supermetropolis with little to no infrastructure for skaters, an underground academy is leading the city’s development of elite athletes, as well as providing a space for boarders of any level to try out and train.

  • Sport
  • Paridhi Badgotri
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Aram Sabbah: “The whole world is hypocritical”

To a Land Unknown — One of Palestine’s first ever, and most prominent skaters has made his acting debut, playing a refugee in Athens in Mahdi Fleifel’s new feature film. We caught up with him in our culture newsletter to hear about it.

  • Culture
  • Isaac Muk
Man in red t-shirt with white bird design stands beside weathered wooden fence; skateboard with cartoon character graphic lies on pavement.
Portrait of Ed Templeton by Deanna Templeton | Toy Machine skate deck photo by Don Luong

Ed Templeton’s new Toy Machine skate deck sets KKK on fire

Burning racism — It comes via his long running skate company and features a cartoon graphic of a klansman alight on a cross, as well as a broken swastika.

  • Sport
  • Isaac Muk
Woman in grey athletic wear roller skating on wooden floor in dimly lit venue with other skaters in background.

In London, rollerskating’s revival rumbles with the city’s soundsystem culture

Rink magic — New quad skate events around the capital are being soundtracked by a cocktail of jungle, dancehall, amapiano, UK rap and more, in a uniquely London fusion. Ian McQuaid reports on the hybrid skate-dances, and the growing pains that the scene has faced.

  • Music
  • Ian McQuaid
Black and white street scene with several people roller skating down a road between urban buildings and storefronts.
© Mike O’Meally

New documentary revisits NYC’s ’90s skateboarding golden age via the lens of Supreme

Empire Skate — The 30 for 30 documentary premiered in June, exploring how the brand evolved from a Lafayette skate shop into a global streetwear giant.

  • Sport
  • Isaac Muk
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Nottingham’s forbidden skaters are repaving the city’s landscape

Skate Nottingham — Having once been a UK skateboarding hub, a Y2K bylaw banned the sport in the city’s public areas. Now, a new generation is demonstrating the value that they bring to the local area, and recalibrating attitudes across the board.

  • Sport
  • Molly Baker
Dimly lit, derelict indoor area with wooden ramps and a lone figure in the distance.

“Moment of escape”: Maen Hammad’s defiant West Bank skate photos

Landing — Choosing to return to Palestine after growing up in the USA, the photographer found himself drawn to Ramallah’s burgeoning skate scene. His debut monograph explores the city’s rebellious youth, who pull tricks in the face of occupation.

  • Sport
  • Miss Rosen
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The Ukrainian skatepark sanctuary on the frontlines of war

Krytka — In Okhtyrka, just 50km from the border with Russia, a crew of young skaters, musicians and friends gutted out an abandoned factory, filling it with ramps and music equipment to create a shelter of community and resilience.

  • Sport
  • Isaac Muk
A group of people sitting around a campfire in a dark forest, with trees and flowers in the background illuminated by the fire's glow.
© Angelina Nikolayeva

At Belgium’s Horst, electronic music, skate and community collide

More than a festival — With art exhibitions, youth projects and a brand new skatepark, the Vilvoorde-Brussels weekender is demonstrating how music events can have an impact all year round.

  • Music
  • Isaac Muk

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