Tony Hawk dissects skateboarding films for GQ Sports
When Tony Hawk speaks, you listen. Especially when it's about skateboarding.
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5 ways skateboarding culture inspired modern art
Skateboarding culture might seem like a pastime for delinquents but its influence on modern art cannot be understated. Picture a modern art museum. Perhaps one like MoMA with all those white paintings nobody understands. Now think of skateboarding culture. How well do you think those worlds complement each other? Very well, in fact. Artists like …
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Nike SB’s Gizmo opens the skateboarding community to all
Elissa Steamer leads in "Gizmo", a video aimed to promote the inclusivity of Nike's skateboarding brand. As the first woman to become a professional skateboarder, Elissa Steamer was a trailblazer from early on. The Floridian lent her nickname (given to her by her father) to Nike SB's new all-women's film. Steamer features alongside other women …
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An interview with “Theo Huxtable”
Not *that* Theo Huxtable but close enough. What is your favourite city in the world? That's actually a hard question to answer. It have to be New Orleans & Chicago. What's the most unusual item you take everywhere you go? Fortune cookie fortunes that I keep in my wallet. Why do you do what you …
Corey Johnson’s Top 5 Skateboarders
In a new series, we ask people of the internet for their top fives. We kickflip things off with Corey Johnson and his top five skateboarders. I've had the pleasure of getting to know Corey via Twitter and Instagram over the years and I'm a big admirer of his aesthetic and the aesthetics he admires. …
An Empty Water Park In Dubai Makes A Dope Skateboarding Venue
Three skateboarders got the chance to skate at Aquaventure Waterpark in Dubai during a maintenance day. Imagine having an empty waterpark all to yourself. And when I say empty, I mean without any water. That's what a group of skateboarders had at their disposal during a maintenance day at Aquaventure Waterpark in Dubai. So that …
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READ: Thesis Discussing Hip Hop, Skate Culture & Web Culture In Tyler, The Creator’s Music
As someone who wrote a thesis for my music technology degree, I'm a sucker for music academic papers. This one piqued my interest. It relates to the multicultural facets of controversial rapper Tyler, The Creator. The thesis, written by Brazilian producer and musicologist Gustavo Souza Marques, discusses the ways Tyler, the Creator "shifts, but also maintains, some frames of gangsta …