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Gates of steel
Autonomous AI agents spam skateboarding media and the world. Who is behind it and what, if anything, is the point?
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The cozy, slow-living middle
From Alberta's icy industrial parks to Arizona's sun-baked parking lots, skateboarders Oria and Ryan Lay have found shared ground and a new audience thanks to a leisurely, contemplative cinematic style.
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A world where things matter
Digging up, resurrecting, and celebrating the history of forgotten skateparks.
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Relax and watch qualified sports businessmen give skateboarding what it needs
The Skate Board Association, the future of professional skateboarding, is here.
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Under the overpass
Skateboarding among the dirt and grime, there’s a smell, a feeling divine.
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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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A matter of faith
The Barrier Kult finds and makes meaning.
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Complex phenomena
On brand relationships and loyalty.
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Here we are, where we have always been
Chris Cole and skateboarding’s foundational inability to hold itself — and its heroes — to account.
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Real life happens in between
Don Luong on Toy Machine’s "Real Life Sucks" and making skate videos with heart.
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Mythologizing Failure
On lessons real and imagined.
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Building momentum
Everything is moving in the right direction for TJ Rogers.