Posts by Alexis Castro
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IS SKATEBOARDING “SOFT” NOWADAYS?
If you're yearning for wilder, less role model-able pros, we put together a list of the skate crews keeping that reckless spirit alive today.
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CHECKING OUT 5BORO’S HQ IN THIS TINY NEW YORK APARTMENT
We saw firsthand how to operate a 24 year-old board company out of less than 500 sq. ft.
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HOW “BAKER 3” BANGED US OVER THE HEAD
We overanalyzed the most straightforward skate video of the 2000s.
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HOW SHOULD BRANDS BE RELEASING THEIR VIDEOS?
And is our video distribution model broken?
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16 THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT HEITOR DA SILVA
We hit up Heitor and his friends to try to unearth some secrets you didn't know about the wunderkind.
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THE RESURGENCE OF PAT BURKE
"If you’re in it long enough, you either die or go to jail or rehab."
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HOW MUCH LONGER CAN SKATEBOARDING STAY TRENDY?
We tried to map the most recent rise and fall of skateboarding as a "trend."
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WHAT DOES A PROFESSIONAL SKATEBOARD AGENT DO?
Circe Wallace has represented some of the biggest pros in skateboarding, so we asked her to break down what exactly she does.
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CREATING NEW SPACES IN SKATEBOARD MEDIA
Hear from seven women on how they got their start documenting skateboarding.
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WHAT WOULD MAKE SKATERS DITCH THE BIG SHOE BRANDS?
We asked younger skaters how small shoe brands could win back their business from the big budget behemoths.
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MY EXPERIENCES IN SKATEBOARDING
"I've been terrified of garnering the reputation of 'ramp-tramp' or 'pro-ho' just from spending time with skaters."
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HOW CAN WE HELP KEEP SKATE SHOPS ALIVE?
For years brands and skaters have blindly cried "support your local," but we asked shop owners about other ways we can all provide actual help.
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8 ARTISTS REIMAGINE THE INDEPENDENT LOGO
What would an Independent rebrand even look like?
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MEET UNITY, SKATEBOARDING’S MOST PROGRESSIVE CREW
"Never has my gay life intersected with my skateboarding life. If anything, maybe I’d worked to pull them apart."