Pushing Boarders wants to start a conversation

‘The best #@£!ing conference’

Now in its second year, Pushing Boarders is combining skate culture with academic rigour to push the scene forward.

Outdoor > Skate

New London exhibition steps inside the city’s skate scene

Skate and destroy

Winner – which celebrates skateboarding’s ongoing love affair with DIY culture – opens this week at Deptford’s Curve.

Outdoor > Skate

Meet the artist bringing queer culture to skateboarding

Welcome to Unity

Through zines, boards, art and parties, Jeffrey Cheung is making skating more inclusive – creating a safe, judgement-free community for young outsiders.

Art & Culture > Art

Blondey McCoy announces new London art show

‘Us and Chem’

The Palace skater’s latest exhibition blends antidepressants, mental health and a collaboration with Damien Hirst.

Art & Culture > Photography

The dark, gritty underbelly of the post-Soviet east

Absurd in Abkhazia

After finding his first camera in a skip, Petr Barabakaa has been photographing the streets as only a skater could: fleeting and accident prone.

Outdoor > Surf

The best new surf and skate films Northern Europe has to offer

SoCal skate docs meet North Sea DIY surf movies

Hamburg's Nord Nordwest Surf Film Fest is a chance for the Northern European surf and skate community to come together and be counted.

News & Politics > Reportage

The Brussels teenagers defying cultural divisions

Terror, division, skateboarding and unity in Brussels

Anti-terror raids put Brussels at the centre of Europe’s debate on radicalisation. But at Les Ursulines skatepark kids from all backgrounds skate together in peace.