Skateboarding
The Saudi women challenging sexism with skateboarding and song
‘God rid us of men’ — A viral music video calls for gender equality and ridicules the absurd restrictions and male domination of women in the Middle East.
Written by: Alex King
The skaters breaking down barriers in the West Bank
A peaceful form of resistance — Three years after the country got its first mini ramp, skating has changed the lives of young Palestinians, providing a much-needed outlet with no winning or losing.
Written by: Paden Vaughan
Huck 58: The Offline Issue
Out Now! — After a year of shit-storms, The Offline Issue gets back to basics by unplugging from the internet and diving into the real world.
Written by: HUCK HQ
The insurgency of Californian youth captured on film
Get schooled right — Behind the scenes at SST Records, producer and sound engineer Spot helped some of punk’s most iconic records spring to life. He’s worked with the likes of Black Flag, Hüsker Dü, Minutemen, Descendents, Misfits and Minor Threat. But it was an encounter with an unknown musician in the ’70s that ended up leaving the biggest mark. His new photobook, Sounds of Two Eyes Opening, captures the insurgency of his Californian youth – and the surfers, skateboarders and frontiersman punks who shaped his unique lens on life.
Written by: Spot
Cuba’s first skate team are ready to take on the world
Have board, will travel — As Cuba’s emerging skateboarding scene opens up to the world, Toda Fuerza is the first brand with ambitions to sponsor artists, skaters and compete internationally.
Written by: Alex King
Venice: How a forgotten corner of ‘70s LA gave birth to modern skateboarding
Raising the ghosts of Dogtown — Writer Joe Donnelly’s essay ‘Venice Bohemia: From Abbot Kinney To The Z-Boys’ explores how the crumbling, surfer’s mecca of Venice in the 1970s gave rise to the legendary Z-Boys and skateboarding as we know it. It appears in ‘Los Angeles in the 1970s: Weird Scenes Inside The Gold Mine’, a collection of essays and short stories that attempts to fill a gap in the literature about culture during one of the City of Angels’ most vibrant decades. It also includes the ‘Cruising Van Nuys’ photo essay by Rick McCloskey, featured here.
Written by: Joe Donnelly
The Atlanta skate park that fought back against gentrification - and won
Disunited States: Black Blocks — Built in 1996 in time for Atlanta to host the Olympic Games, Black Blocks was a small urban square designed to spruce up the highway, but it quickly became an important spot for Atlanta’s skaters. Gentrification is in full swing in the city, and when the authorities tried to shut it down earlier this year, the community rallied together to save it, explains Andrew Murrell.
Written by: Andrew Murrell
The skateboarding sculptor bringing endangered species to life
A city of wild cats — Artist and skateboarder Arran Gregory is interested in the place where urban and rural landscapes clash and collide. His newest work is a natural evolution on a theme.
Written by: Shelley Jones
Surfin’ USSR: The troublesome evolution of skateboarding in Russia
This is our revolution — The Cold War may have initially stagnated skateboarding in Russia but, over time, it encouraged Russian skaters to develop a style and aesthetic that is totally unique from its American roots. This is a first-person account of how the contemporary generation is beginning to capture the world’s imagination.
Written by: Kirill Korobkov
Tributes to skate phenomenon Dylan Rieder
Rest in Power — Skateboarder and model Dylan Rieder has passed away at age 28 after losing a battle with Leukemia.
Written by: HUCK HQ
