The Year That Was
SSOTY (Skateboarding Stories of the Year) 2025
An incomplete collection of the year's best writing.
Cole Nowicki
Author of a couple of books and a newsletter called Simple Magic.
Essays, longform, etc.
A world where things matter
Digging up, resurrecting, and celebrating the history of forgotten skateparks.
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Gooooooaaaaaaaalllllllll
Tom Schaar off the crossbar, Chris Joslin takes his tarp off, is this skateboarding? Vol. 48, Tim Pool quits again, and more.
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A new, better champion
What does SOTY mean? Transworld is back? Olympic qualifiers good? Gabriel Summers? Yes.
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Steve Caballero and the stupiding of the skateboarder's mind
Antonio Durao plays a sick game of mid-air patty-cake, Cab makes some sickening social media posts, FA goes sicko moto-mode, and more.
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Seeking help from molluscs
Titillating roster goss, Mike Arnold is playing games, Distinctly Generated Kontent, Eetu Toropainen is centimetres away, and more.
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🚨🚨🚨 WARNING: SEASONAL CONTENT DELUGE 🚨🚨🚨
A lot of videos, a Jake Ilardi video, a frictionless future, a nollie-hardflip-boardslide, and more.
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Smoother plateaus
Rest in Peace, Kevin Wilkins. Baekkel wins SSOTY, if you must collab pt. 3, a shoutout to autumn, and more.
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Two 2001 Toyota Corollas racing across a barren salt flat toward a land speed record
Tom Schaar vs. Chris Joslin, Tampa Amnonymous, now is the time of bullshitters, Dyrdek makes millions... for now? And more.
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A lovely person who can also rock a fedora
There's "Ripped in Half," a wellness check on Flip, the precision of Aleksi Suovaara, Connect Festival, and more.
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Throwing $20 beers on the course
Deathwish's life extension, SLS in Paris, the SBA has gone and made some shit up again, postcards from Bordeaux, and more.
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Crushing Monsters at Oscar Wilde's tomb
RIP Roger, low-effort travel blogs, a Vans wellness check, and more.