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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.
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Paved with desire
Ted Barrow on listening for meaning in the negative space.
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All this for some shoes?
Nardwuar vs. P-Rod, Tyshawn vs. Supreme, tradition vs. modernity, Simple Magic vs. Dirt, and more.
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Under the overpass
Skateboarding among the dirt and grime, there’s a smell, a feeling divine.
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An economy of tricks, a surplus of style
Lil Dre does a lot with a little, a bloodbath at VF Corp, SLS sinks lower, ppl rrll good at skating now, and more.
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The NEIFM rule
Plus: Vincent Milou on... Element? Joslin's blunt appraisal of life, Fievel the cat has moved, an experimental co-production, and more.
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The best of what's left
Tom Schaar assures us that vert is not dead, Muska trademarks himself, I come to grips with a new superpower, a really annoying part of a superpower in decline, and more.
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Limited edition garbage
#AndrewReynoldsWeek, Torey Pudwill skated a Cybertruck and wants your money, the shifting mood of the pedestrian, everyone really does have a podcast now, and more.
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Sitting around, seeing the world
Secular opinions of Supreme, W.G. Sebald enters Tampa Pro, Skechers, you downlow dirty dogs, and more.
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Puffed up, ready to square up against god
Remembering some D3 guys, introducing some Village PM guys, Tony Hawk's vert charm offensive, Cab doesn't know what Clickhole is, and more.
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Falling or failing
Making sense of the skateboarding industry’s present and making way for its future.
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Not OSHA certified
Swamp Fest, Nelly is PRO(!!!), Matheus Mendes is one talented child, Jagger Eaton innovates in the field of mandatory brand placements, and more.
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Of existence?
The SLAP messageboards are down, Jaakko Ojanen and Josh McLaughlin are up, Vincent Alvarez desecrates a barrier, squeezing 33 minutes out of one, and more.
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This ain't it
Plus: EDGLRD's "Point Cloud" happened, Barney Page blessed us, more sponsored skateboarders lose sponsors, IPath might be... onto something, and more.