Simple Magic (Page 2)

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The Skate Board Association, the future of professional skateboarding, is here.

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She's a small fry

Natalie Porter on Beth Fishman, matriarchs, and new friends.

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Look at this. No, really, take a good, hard look.

Dime's glory is the friends we made along the way, hello Kento, a reverse RVCA, a shoe that looks like a football, and more.

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When you find your price

José Vadi provides some forward-looking music supervision, Gustav Tønnesen delights, Jason Ellis puts a dollar amount on his dignity, a Saturday morning omen, and more.

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Sci-Fi's fantasy

The visual language of Sci-Fi Fantasy's "Endless Beauty," VANSZA, FUCT, the best wheel-brand video ever? and more.

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This one is for the kids

Supreme looks to dismiss Tyshawn Jones (again), Dyrdek creates a framework for processing information into understanding and applying that understanding to develop knowledge, Paul Rodriguez is on Airbnb, and more.

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Endless fantasy

Ryan Lay on Sci-Fi Fantasy's "Endless Beauty," the TJ Rogers world tour, Nick Matthews is (finally) PRO, some rolled ankles, and more.

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Beef! Drama! Shoes!

Stevie flames Koston, a case for freeing Jiro Platt from the tyranny of his Red Bull hat, a Simple Magic book review, Disorder's distress, and more.

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Infinite loop (thank you, Stephen)

Plus: GUESS what, Midler? GIF appreciation, Marina Gabriela appreciation, bigspins and the crumbling of big spin, and more.

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Contributing to the soup

Ian Browning on Owen Basher's new photo book "Bumper," Skate Mental on Sports Junkies and grappling with our innate impermanence, SLS goes to Brasilia, Aleka Lang goes PRO, and more.

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I'm not trying to steeze it out, dude

Plus: "Barking at the Knot", Andrew Allen stuns in "Hockey IV", AI disgusts in daily life, Antisocial forever, and more.

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He's not just driving, he's dropping in

Plus: the X Games bring action-sports themed excellence and oddities, the Berrics is back(?), Walker Ryan is cross-promoting careers, and more.

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Who's the real animal?

Plus: Gabbers on Thames, Lakai on its replicant tip, TJ Rogers' new shoe leaked on LinkedIn? A low-effort travel blog, and more.

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Decentralized... science

Plus: An upstart Papal sports pundit, Burnquist merges ancestral knowledge and... the blockchain, Yurin Fujii commits, a poem for my Grandmother, and more.

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Finger lickin' good

Plus: Skateboarder vs. the state, Baker stays fresh, Pat Coghlan searches for the "where," spending time in a KFC parking lot, and more.

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WAXING POETIC #2: “Slam, Dunk, & Hook”

Christian N. Kerr goes one-on-one with Yusef Komunyakaa’s poem about basketball and blocking out life’s trash talk.

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Vertically integrate or die

Marc Roca acquires Tactics to help sell Lakai, Tony Hawk takes the PJ to BC, Erick Winkowski goes big on big boards, and more.

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We are old (sung to the tune of the 2011 hit single "We Are Young" by Fun. ft. Janelle Monáe)

Zach Harris on skateboarding juicing every last drop from its aging legends, Joslin and Lakai had a good Friday, Estonia bankrolled Jerry Gurney's travel expenses, and more.

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The unknown radius

Sophie Yanow on the embodied practice of skateboarding and moving forward a millimetre at a time.

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An alley-oop to god

Plus: Vans splurges on caviar while 82 former employees update their LinkedIns, Tacky produces the rarest of resources, Simon Bannerot reaches up to a higher power, and more.