CAN SKATEBOARDING BE A RELIGION? A SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE

A sociologist investigates the overlap between church and skate (zing!).

December 18, 2019/ Paul O'Connor/ ARTICLES/ Comments: 22

HOW “BAKER 3” BANGED US OVER THE HEAD

We overanalyzed the most straightforward skate video of the 2000s.

November 25, 2019/ Alexis Castro/ ARTICLES/ Comments: 10

LIFE LESSONS FROM BEING A PRO SKATER

"Hopefully this piece will be an opportunity to pull the curtain back on things that too often go unsaid."

October 24, 2019/ Ryan Lay/ ARTICLES/ Comments: 30

HOW SHOULD BRANDS BE RELEASING THEIR VIDEOS?

And is our video distribution model broken?

October 16, 2019/ Alexis Castro/ ARTICLES/ Comments: 31

A SERIOUS REVIEW OF MARK SUCIU’S SERIOUS “VERSO”

Verso asks that we pay it a kind of attention many of us automatically do not. Knowing this, we choose to either look more closely or let it pass before our eyes the way the rest of skating does.

October 3, 2019/ Kyle Beachy & Zander Taketomo/ ARTICLES/ Comments: 73

THE STORY BEHIND TAIL DEVIL, THE FORGOTTEN MILLENNIAL SKATE TOY

Sparks + skateboards is a no-brainer. So why did this toy go away? We talked with the inventor to find out.

August 21, 2019/ Nic Dobija-Nootens/ ARTICLES/ Comments: 16

STEFAN JANOSKI IS THE MOST CURIOUS PERSON IN THE ROOM

I followed Stefan Janoski around for five days to try to see into his mind.

July 23, 2019/ Nic Dobija-Nootens/ ARTICLES/ Comments: 35

HOW MUCH LONGER CAN SKATEBOARDING STAY TRENDY?

We tried to map the most recent rise and fall of skateboarding as a "trend."

July 16, 2019/ Alexis Castro/ ARTICLES/ Comments: 29