Skate
Joel Rice
Contest — Joel Rice is a skateboarder and journalist who writes FLIP, a skate-related column for McSweeney's featuring in-depth interviews with everyone from Thrasher editor Michael Burnett and that video-game guy Tony Hawk to professional colourer-inner Ed Templeton. This short story is an experimental piece of factual fiction, inspired by events that may or may not have happened, about a day in the life of a skateboarding hack.
Written by: Joel Rice
Full Backing
Legit & The New Self-Regard — Why nothing or no one can be cool anymore, but we can all pray to be 'legit'.
Written by: Niall Neeson
Brian Lotti
The Unfolding Landscape — Pioneering street shredder and impressionist painter Brian Lotti is switching up the way we see skate.
Written by: Niall Neeson
Mark Gonzales Paints
Finishing Touches — A homemade video by The Gonz of him painting a new piece of art.
Written by: HUCK HQ
Billy Ruff
Making It In Skate — Billy Ruff was one of the best vert skateboarders of the 1980s. And he puts it down to hard work.
Written by: Ollie Pelling
Jeremie Daclin
Keeping It European — French skateboarder Jeremie Daclin created an antidote to California cool.
Written by: Ed Andrews
Mark Gonzales Art
One Week, One Show — Artwork from the pop-up exhibition, One Week, One Show, by the renowned skate legend and artist Mark Gonzales.
Written by: HUCK HQ
Jocko Weyland
‘Zines, ‘Zines, ‘Zines — Artist, writer and skateboarder Jocko Weyland is still championing the art of the Xerox machine.
Written by: Shelley Jones
The Gonz & Jocko Weyland
The DIY Interview — In true DIY style, Mark Gonzales interviews artist, writer and long-time skate buddy, Jocko Weyland.
Written by: HUCK HQ
Skateboarding
& The Cult of The Hipster — Kingpin magazine founder Niall Neeson shows how to upset an entire youth culture by pointing out what is hiding in plain sight: skateboarding created the hipster.
Written by: Niall Neeson
