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Of all the bad words, nothing beats “fuck.” Fucking A. What the Fuck? Fuck you, you fucking fuck. For a kid it’s the ultimate curse, but as you grow up a far more powerful F word floats to the surface… Forgotten. As a skater, a brand, or just a regular person, it’s the last thing…

Old condoms. Empty six-pack of Bud. Petrified poop. These aren’t uncommon sights at any street spot. And hell, sometimes this “ambiance” even makes the spot more rewarding, by keeping the less willed skaters away. Artist Sam Keller seems to operate with a similar mindset. I’ve been following his work for a while, and what I…

For over 25 years, Baker has given us some of skateboarding’s most memorable videos and, with that, some of our favorite songs and soundbites. From Lou Reed and The Cramps to Andre Nickatina and Ludacris, their video soundtracks span decades, genres, styles, and sounds. And through rejecting what everyone was “supposed to like” and never…

Everyone in the industry keeps saying it: “Skateboarding is in a funny place right now.” DVS, a skate shoe brand whose heyday was firmly in the 2000s, making a comeback in 2026 feels like a testament to that. While the brand wasn’t that near and dear to me, their 2005 full-length Skate More was one…

Despite its roots in skateboarding history, Boston’s largely seen as a “little brother” to New York. Sure, it’s smaller and less populous, but the history is there, I mean, fuck, it’s where Jake Phelps became Jake Phelps before he bailed to work at Thrasher. However, the city’s never been able to establish an industry presence.…

No one knows when they’re going to wake up and capture history. Most of the time, you’re just doing what you do. That’s what happened to skate photographer Mike O’Meally on September 12, 2001. The morning after 9/11, he walked down six flights from his New York apartment with a camera around his neck and…

Milan, Italy. By now we’ve all seen the clips. The waxed to hell, long ass granite ledges. The flip ins. The flip outs. It’s hard to believe that six odd years ago most of the skate industry paid no mind to Italy, let alone knew Milano Centrale. Kicked off by the Rat Ratz and skaters…

If you keep up with skateboarding in New York City, chances are you’ve seen something about the Tompkins Square Park Hell Ride over the past month. Built by John Francomacaro and friends, it began as a humble quarterpipe with a janky extension built from scraps. But quickly, it ballooned into something more: an icon that…

Anyone who’s skated a street spot knows that it can be sensory overload. Dogs barking, pedestrians rambling, cars honking. So consider this for a moment: What if you took away your hearing? Well, that’s exactly how Austin Oertel skates. Austin is a deaf skateboarder from Pennsylvania who just dropped an impressive part in Bill Simpson’s…

RING! RING! RING! “Hello? Oh, Skullcandy, hi, how nice of you to call. You’re going to be in New York soon? That’s cool. Wait, wait, who’s on the team? And they’re all going to be skating? Shit, twist our arm, we’ll stop by.” What you just read is a mainly fictitious account of how we…