Cole Nowicki

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Retired AF

Lee Yankou calls it a (great) career, thinking in an emergency, PSL debuts, The Legend of Phil Shao, and more.

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Some of your faves are name-searchable

Parallels between Daewon and Lutzka content, consideration of a PR pitch, a 20-year job anniversary, Tony Hawk did not get married on Little Saint James, and more.

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Action sports is in full growth mode 🚀

Introducing the MoonPay X Games League, the beautiful thing about hobbies, it came from the comment section, Griptape beta, and more.

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At the crossroads of history

Independent Trucks flirts with its past and the present, Jhancarlos Gonzalez crosses paths with my physiotherapist, the spirit of skateboarding, and more.

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Uncs at the end of the world

An all-time meeting of the mind (noses?), PSL draft dodgers, Polar swipes at Heroin, writing about some bullshit at a time like this, and more.

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Life and death at the speed of content

New year, old stuff. Fabiana Delfino and Braden Hoban lose sponsors, we gain an understanding. Nyjah Huston fractures his skull, and more.

The Year That Was

I’ve got $5 (CAD) on it: betting on the future of skateboarding in 2026

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The Year That Was

SSOTY (Skateboarding Stories of the Year) 2025

An incomplete collection of the year's best writing.

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.