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The Mongolians turning skateboarding dreams into a new scene in Ulaanbaatar

Young Blood — More than half the population of Mongolia is under 30. Caught between the expectations of their parents and a future only they can see, skateboarders in Ulaanbaatar are breaking from convention to prove their vision is more than just a dream.

Written by: Bejan Siavoshy

Photography

The radical career of skate photographer J. Grant Brittain

The good, the rad and the gnarly... — When J. Grant Brittain turned his camera on his skateboarder friends, he helped kids like Tony Hawk become icons of their time. But it wasn't just action that kept his lens transfixed.

Written by: J. Grant Brittain

Film

Video: Life as an illegal tattoo artist in Havana

One foot forward... — A free-market economy is transforming Cuba... but one skateboarder feels torn over his country's changing identity.

Written by: HUCK HQ

Art

How a skater’s lustful scribbles on cardboard are helping opera to evolve

Defiant scrawls of love — Progressive composer Shinji Eshima collaborates with skater-turned writer Scott Bourne to update contemporary opera with modern musings on love.

Written by: Alex King

Skate

The pioneering kids behind Ethiopia's emerging skate scene

Skating beyond borders — Documentary photographer Daniel Reiter has captured images of Addis Ababa's emerging skate scene. The sprawling Ethiopian capital is home to a new generation dreaming big, here Daniel explains how he got involved.

Written by: Jason Nicco-Annan

Skate

Dos jovenes Cubanos, y sus grandes sueños de patinar

El precio de sueños grandes — Para ser un skater en Cuba, necesita imaginación. A causa de las embargos comerciales, no hay tablas decentes ni materiales. Este es la cuenta de dos skaters con lo mismo sueño.

Written by: Carlos Álvarez Rodríguez / Juan Cruz Rodriguez

Culture

In Pictures: The evolution of Mongolia’s fledgling skateboarding scene

From Dirt to Dust — Meet the skateboarders building a new community and fighting for space in a rapidly changing country.

Written by: Alex King

Skate

Video: Skate artist Mr Penfold on work, play, graffiti and skateboarding in Bristol

“I just didn’t stop” — Check out this video profile of Mr Penfold, one of the twenty artists and photographers involved in transatlantic skate art initiative the LB Project.

Written by: Alex King

Skate

Video: A culture-shocked tour of Japan by skateboard

Lost in Translation — Skaters Ishod Wair, Peter Ramondetta, Raven Tershy and Kevin Terpening rip through three Japanese cities with little sleep and plenty of confusion.

Written by: HUCK HQ

Skate

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.

Written by: Alex King

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