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adidas’ new campaign spotlights Latine skateboarders

Nuestra Cultura Al Mundo — It focuses on Jenn Soto and Diego Nájera in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, at a time when ICE arrests continue to ramp up across the USA.

  • Sport
  • Isaac Muk
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Inside the shadowed, stomach-churning world of night climbing

Don’t look down — For nearly a century, the secret Night Climbers society have scaled and traversed Oxford’s dreaming spires in search of freedom. We meet members under the cover of darkness to hear about their love of the twilight sport.

  • Sport
  • Sam Mumford
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Slap fighting is having a moment. But is it safe?

BritSlap — The booming underground sport sees two competitors take turns striking each other without defending themselves. Critics warn of concussion and long term brain damage, but its devotees see it as a release. George Nash reports from a Liverpool meet, which includes the first ever female fight.

  • Sport
  • George Nash
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Revenge of the nerds: Inside the Microsoft Excel Championships

The Obsessives — The revolutionary software turns 40 years old today, and since launching has transformed businesses across the world. But it also has a competitive underbelly, where behind the spreadsheets lies a world of brains, brawn and all-out bloodsport.

  • Sport
  • Ginnia Cheng
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Sandro Dias breaks a skateboarding record, dropping in from a skyscraper

The Skate Ramp Building — The 22-storey CAFF building, shaped perfectly like a skate ramp, is located in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Huck’s founder and publisher Vince Medeiros explains what Mineirinho’s feat means to locals.

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  • Vince Medeiros
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How Munich’s inner-city surfers saved their beloved river wave

The Eisbach spot — Caused by underwater concrete blocks, a wave along the Eisbach canal has been a surfing destination for decades. But a tragic accident led to authorities banning the sport, seemingly permanently, until the local community rallied.

  • Sport
  • Sam Haddad
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Inside the UK Bus Driver of the Year Competition

Terminating here — The annual tournament takes place in Blackpool, where over 100 bus drivers from around the UK are invited to show off their proficiency behind the wheel, from bus stop manoeuvres and the dreaded ‘tailswing test’, to a notoriously hard theory quiz. George Francis Lee reports.

  • Sport
  • George Francis Lee

Meet the fishing collective reclaiming the sea for Black Brits

We Are Black Fish — Black people have long been excluded from Britain’s rural and coastal spaces. Speech Debelle and Alexis Lee’s community “hook up” events are changing that – one gathering, one cast, one fire at a time.

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  • Naomi Clarke
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Eric Cantona calls for boycott of Israeli football at Together for Palestine

More than sport — The legendary striker took to the stage at Brian Eno’s benefit concert at Wembley, which raised around £1.5 million for Palestinian charities working on the ground in Gaza.

  • Sport
  • Isaac Muk
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The UK’s oldest weightlifting gym is under threat. Can it weather gentrification?

The weight of history — The Bethnal Green Weightlifting Club has been open since 1926. Emma Fowle meets the people fighting to keep the East End institution, the history it preserves, and the community it serves alive for the next generation of strength stars.

  • Sport
  • Emma Fowle

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