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Leticia Bufoni is one of the greatest skaters ever. Now she’s tearing up asphalt.

Vamos, Leticia! — The Brazilian trailblazer helped rewrite the rulebook for women in skateboarding – and now she’s setting the pace behind the wheel for Porsche. For Huck’s 20th Anniversary Issue, she reflects on shredding stereotypes, building a career in male-dominated spaces, empowering the next generation, and the lessons that defined her journey.

  • Huck 83: Life Is A Journey Issue
  • Tracy Kawalik

Jodie Ounsley: “Sometimes your biggest strength is admitting when you’re struggling”

Hard Feelings — Fury from the latest generation of Gladiators joins our column on masculinity, speaking to Robert Kazandjian about her new book, her close relationship with her late father, and being a role model for both young boys and girls.

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  • Robert Kazandjian

Capturing the spirit of the ’90s surf scene with Volcom

Nineteen 90 Nowhere — The brand’s latest Featured Artist Series collection sees them tap three surfers and artists in Gony Zubizarretta, Seth Conboy and Issam Auptel, whose neo-grunge work blends the rawness of the decade with the present.

  • Sport
  • Isaac Muk
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Why is the Amazon’s ‘great roar’ river wave shrinking?

Pororoca — Set in northern Brazil’s edge, a miles long tidal bore has become a destination for waveriders attempting its endless surf. But its future is uncertain, as landscape and weather changes have seen its power mellow in recent years.

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  • Gaia Neiman

The wild, gruelling beauty of fell running

Winner Gets Cake — With no marked route and often brutal conditions, the “quintessentially British sport” is the subject of a new joint film by TCO and Rab. Hannah Bentley explores its vertical climbs, downhill dashes and punk roots.

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  • Hannah Bentley

The Women of the Sea Film Fund is granting £10k to tell femme-focused surfing stories

Finisterre x London Surf / Film Festival — Open exclusively to women to tell stories about other women, applications are open until March 8.

  • Sport
  • Isaac Muk
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New documentary explores football ultras culture around the world

ULTRAS — Directed by Swedish filmmaker Ragnhild Ekner, the film takes an insider’s view of the terrace subculture, and the unifying power of fandom.

  • Sport
  • Isaac Muk
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Dropping in at Lahore’s first ever public skatepark

Skate Pakistan — Set right in the centre of Pakistan’s capital city, the free-to-use space has started a mini youth revolution in the country. Z. Raza-Sheikh tracks how it came to open its doors.

  • Sport
  • Z. Raza-Sheikh

The vibrant pre-Taliban ski community deep in the Afghan mountains

Champions of the Golden Valley — A bittersweet documentary by Ben Sturgulewski spotlights the unlikely rise of Bamyan Ski Club, while charting what happened next for skiers forced to flee their country.

  • Sport
  • Sam Haddad

Inside the fast and furious world of London’s oldest Scalextric Club

Buzz & whir — First opening in 1977 in north London, members meet every Tuesday to race carefully customised and handcrafted slot cars around a 34-metre plastic track. Ryan Loftus attempts to take them on.

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  • Ryan Loftus

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