Skateboarding
Always moving: a whirlwind week with Mark Gonzales
The Lockdown Longread — Mark Gonzales and The Gonz are two sides of the same fable. There is the man and the myth, the artist and the skateboarder. And then there’s the enigma that somehow binds it all.
Written by: Andrea Kurland
Jeff Grosso: 'I just ride skateboards, that’s what I do'
From the archive — When we spoke to skate legend Jeff Grosso in 2011 he was about to embark on the great second act of his public life.
Written by: Ed Andrews
The young skateboarder smashing stereotypes in India
Kamali power — For six-year-old Kamali, skateboarding has become a way of creating major positive change – breaking down barriers that have held women back for generations.
Written by: Eva Clifford
Jamaica desperately needs more skate parks – here’s why
‘It’s nurturing’ — In an effort to tackle youth unemployment, sports charity Flipping Youth is raising funds to open Kingston’s first ever skate facility.
Written by: Emma Finamore
Pro skater Alex Decunha is Britain’s big Olympic hope
‘If you don‘t like it, look away’ — Following his appearance at NASS 2019, we speak to the young skateboarder about his journey from wide-eyed kid to 2020 hopeful.
Written by: Huck
Life lessons from skate legend Chad Muska
All or nothing — In a searingly honest interview, artist and skater Chad Muska shares the highs and lows of an extraordinary career.
Written by: Cian Traynor
How one guy's hoard of skate mags grew into a global library
Look Back Library — When Kevin Marks turned his skate archive into a free reading resource, it developed into a network of libraries determined to preserve skate culture, promote literacy and celebrate community.
Written by: Cian Traynor
Huck: The Hedonism Issue
Out now! — This issue is a celebration of pleasure-seeking at its purest: the lessons learned when ‘excess’ and ‘extreme’ become a way of life.
Written by: Huck
London skateboarders on masculinity and mental health
Minding the Gap — Camaraderie, catharsis, and angry white boys: UK skateboarding collective I Should Not Be Here review Bing Liu’s Oscar-nominated doc, Minding The Gap.
Written by: Beth Webb
‘Jake Phelps was abrasive, just like skateboarding’
Ed Templeton pays tribute — Thrasher’s Editor-in-Chief Jake Phelps, who died last week aged 56, was one of skateboarding’s most influential characters. Under his stewardship, the magazine and the brand it spawned became the summation of skateboarding’s commercially canny, fuck-you essence. Ed Templeton mourns and remembers.
Written by: Ed Templeton
