This Photographer Set Out To Prove Skateboarding’s Global Reach — The Results...
Skateboarding has gone global. Marble ledges, untouched plazas and lenient security in China and Russia beckon pros. Skatistan in Afghanistan encourages kids, girls specifically, to utilize a...
View ArticleWatching This Guy Break A Skateboarding Speed Record Will Make You Appreciate...
Mischo Erban likes to go fast. How fast? Officially, 59.55 mph. On a modified longboard. In Piran, Slovenia. The 32-year-old recently set the world record for the fastest speed on an electric...
View ArticleA Taste Of What To Expect On This Year’s Skateboarding Street League Tour
If you caught the progression of the 2015 Street League Super Crown Championship, you now know that the return of this circuit is not to be missed. Still in its infancy as far as skateboard history...
View ArticleAn Empty Water Park Looks Like The Coolest Place To Go Skateboarding
Growing up playing the various Tony Hawk games makes you think of every place as a possible skate park. Every construction site, middle school, and mall suddenly turns into a place full of things to...
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Watch This Skateboarder Come Shockingly Close To Getting Hit By An Oncoming Car
The thing about skateboarding is that it has the potential to shift from a beautiful piece of art to a horrifying splattered canvas in the blink of an eye. Take, for instance, this street skater. This...
View ArticleJonah Hill Stars In An Absolutely Ridiculous Ad For A Skateboard Shop
Palace is a London-based skateboard company. Reebok is an athletic-wear company that makes, among other things, shoes. These two companies, both alike in virtue, have joined forces for a new shoe, the...
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Local Hero Gets A Flat Tire, Replaces It With A Skateboard
What do you do when you blow out a tire on your car and all you’ve got is a skateboard handy? The answer for most people would be to ride the skateboard and find someone who can provide assistance —...
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The Olympics Are Going To Get Extra Gnarly With The Additions Of...
Getty Image You know all those guys and gals who you watched compete at the X Games in skateboarding and surfing back when you were a kid? Well guess what: starting in 2020, those folks will get the...
View ArticleCould Skateboarding Be The Secret To Helping Kids Stay Out Of Trouble?
When Dustin Valdez was a boy, he struggled to stay on the straight and narrow. His parents had immigrated to the US from El Salvador, and his neighborhood was plagued by drugs and violence. Dustin was...
View ArticleThis Skateboard Photographer Found An Unexpected Gem At A Boy Scout Camp In...
West Virginia isn’t the first location you’d think of for skateboarding… or landscapes worth photographing. Born and raised in the forgotten state, 26-year old Mick Posey is a photographer and...
View ArticleA Single Tweet Has Finally Made ‘Skate 4’ A Reality And Gamers Are Thrilled
With a hashtag and six characters, Daniel Lingen, EA’s Senior Community Engagement Manager, has officially unofficially announced the revival of one of gaming’s most beloved franchises — Skate....
View ArticleThe Joy And Agony Of Making A Movie About Skateboarding On Frozen Sand
People who love board sports are known for manipulating their surroundings. A swell that brings perfectly rolling waves, a storm that creates a layer of fresh powder, or a city full of curbs and...
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How Eli Morgan Gesner Went From NYC Skate Kid To Streetwear Icon
“Hey,” Eli Gesner calls across his kitchen to me, “you can’t write about any of the tech stuff I do.” I look around Gesner’s apartment. A phone charger with an aerospace logo is plugged in by the...
View ArticleCan This Skateboarding Legend Bring Denim Production Back To The U.S.?
If you know the history of skateboarding, then you know about George Wilson. The man is a straight legend — one of the famous Z-Boys who marauded across the sport’s competition circuit in the late...
View ArticleA Skateboarding Revolution Is Helping Palestinian Kids Find Hope
Most of us come in contact with concrete thousands of times each day. It forms underappreciated and forgotten pathways that ease our daily routines. Roads and sidewalks make our commutes simple, but...
View ArticlePhotos From A Day In The Life Of The Venice Boardwalk
The streets are alive. Not just with the sound of music (deep cut Rodgers & Hammerstein reference), but with the sound of feet scuffling, hawkers hustling, and skaters shredding. Or at least...
View ArticleHow One Renegade Pro Skater Changed Shoe Design Forever
Don’t you dare limit Chad Muska. Not even for a second. Don’t pigeonhole him or give him a job title or try to put him in a box. Because he’ll smash out of that box, then stomp on it, then burn it...
View ArticleDocumenting The Style And Culture Of A Small Town Skate Crew
My salad days, When I was green in judgment: cold in blood… -Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare There’s a camaraderie to being young and carefree. The knowledge that you can be a...
View ArticleTalking With Leticia Bufoni — One Of The Most Important New Voices In Skating
Brazilian-born Leticia Bufoni is probably the most badass person you’ll read about today. She took up skateboarding at age 9 and by 14 she’d convinced her father to let her stay in Los Angeles after...
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Shaun White’s Air + Style Festival Lineup Includes Phoenix, Zedd, Gucci Mane,...
ANNOUNCING SPECIAL GUEST GUCCI MANE, BADBADNOTGOOD & MORE March 3 + 4 at Expo Park in DTLA / Get Tickets → https://t.co/e0n4Wi5Mnl#AirandStyle #LosAngeles @gucci1017 @Badbadnotgood @togetherpangea...
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The Story Behind A New Doc On Skate Style Icon Nora Vasconcellos
When you talk about beloved skate documentarians, one of the first names to come up is Giovanni Reda. His doc on the legendary Brian Anderson coming out as gay was an absolute revelation for the...
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Adidas Skateboarding Announces A Collaboration With Pro Team Rider Na-kel Smith
adidas Skateboarding/UPROXX When we think of skateboarding and apparel, we’re most likely to recall brands like Vans, Thrasher, and DC Shoes. But Adidas has had a big presence in the skate shoe and...
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Nick Cave Is A Real Grinderman Thanks To His New Skateboard
Getty Image When Nick Cave started his band Grinderman in 2006, the name was inspired by the Memphis Slim song “Grinder Man Blues.” Let’s imagine, for a minute, though, imagine that the name came from...
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The Coolest Supreme Collaborations In The Brand’s History
Unsplash/Supreme/UPROXX Supreme has a cult following. Or whatever is more frenetic and impassioned than a cult following. Their fans don’t just drink the Koolaid, they run an IV drip of the stuff....
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Vans And Marvel Have Joined Forces To Celebrate Your Favorite Superheroes
Vans/Marvel/UPROXX One myth that we have tried to dispel through our coverage of skater life is that all skate shoes look the same. Sure, they often take on the same style and — because Vans and DC...
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The Growth Of Women’s Skateboarding Is On Display At The Summer X Games
ESPN Back in February, Chloe Kim entered the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang as “The Future of Snowboarding.” It turned out calling her the future sold her short, as Kim came out of those games...
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Lakai And Swanski’s End-Of-Summer Capsule Collection Has Hit Stores
Mountain Dew/Uproxx Skate shoes and apparel are among the cooler side of style meeting urban life — with Supreme, Vans, and other notorious streetwear styles leading the way. Lakai Limited Footwear is...
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Supreme Is Bringing Back The Vans Sid Pro Collection
Uproxx/Byron Hawes Supreme is officially back from its hiatus and has swiftly gotten to work releasing new pieces and collections from its FW18 line. Per usual, we can expect the freshest of the fresh...
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The Freshest Supreme Hats In History
Supreme/Uproxx Okay, so we’ve been through the best Supreme shirts. We’ve covered the best Supreme collaborations. But being that the company is one of the OG streetwear brands and so prolific that...
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Vans Is Getting Fancy With New Embroidered, Floral, Satin Slip-Ons
Uproxx/Vans Whoever first said “I can’t wait till it gets cold so I can really start dressin’!” must have had Vans in mind. The skate shoe company has definitely gotten fancy on us with their latest...
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The Freshest Supreme Drops Of The Day
Uproxx And we’re back like we never left! It’s Supreme Drop Day…can you feel the excitement in the air? Okay, maybe that’s just the cold front moving in, so allow us to warm you up with these hot new...
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Vans Is Releasing A Vibrant New ‘Patchwork’ Pack
Vans/Uproxx Sneakers are always a source of joy for sneakerheads and skaters, but Vans has taken exuberance to another level with this super colorful new “Patchwork” sneaker pack. The company has...
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Vans Celebrates Led Zeppelin’s 50th Anniversary With A New Sneaker Collection
Vans/Uproxx Led Zeppelin is one of those classic rock bands that’s maintained its cool factor through multiple decades. It’s easy to find both kids and parents alike who have heard “Stairway to...
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All The Ways New Tech Is Revolutionizing Action Sports
UPROXX “I remember the first time I caught the ‘reef’ wave at NLand Surf Park, in Austin,” Uproxx Travel and Adventure editor Steve Bramucci tells me. “You drop in, it’s slightly different from an...
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In Memory Of Jake Phelps, Editor Of Thrasher Magazine And Someone Who...
Getty / Thrasher / Uproxx Jake Phelps, the editor of Thrasher Magazine, was found dead yesterday. Phelps coined the phrase “skate or die” and was instrumental in defining the look and feel of skate...
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Pass On Cliche Attractions And Check Out These Iconic Skate Parks
Uproxx Switching Scenes is brought to you by Boost, a brand that knows the best experiences come when you change things up. There’s a camaraderie amongst skaters — usually a motley crew of young...
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The Best Streetwear On Display At This Year’s X Games
Ashley Osborn It’s a question that fills us rabid festival-goers with anxiety anytime we’re venturing into uncharted waters: “Just what the hell am I supposed to wear to this thing?” Music festivals...
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Lesser-Known Streetwear Brands That You Need On Your Radar
Getty/Uproxx Streetwear is currently at the very forefront of cultural influence. Cutting edge. The skateboarding-meets-hip-hop-inspired aesthetic is beloved by the tastemakers of today and its...
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For Street Style Inspiration, Follow These Skaters On Instagram
Unsplash/Uproxx Fashion has long been obsessed with skateboarding. Every season, authentic gear is dragged from skate parks and city streets into high fashion spaces. Biting streetwear style isn’t...
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Legendary Streetwear Label Zoo York Is Back, Thanks To ‘Old Management’
The legendary skatewear label Zoo York is back. Not just in name but in spirit, execution, and look. Born in 1993, as a brand for and by the graffiti-bombing, hip-hop listening, skateboarding kids of...
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Skater Nora Vasconcellos Shares Her Personal Style And Talks About Designing...
“I love designing boards and graphics,” says pro skater Nora Vasconcellos, speaking about her new line with Adidas. “But this is the pinnacle of what I’ve ever designed product-wise.” In 2012, Nora...
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Pro Skater Alexis Sablone Talks About Her New Sneaker Line With Converse, And...
Converse/Uproxx Despite a healthy sense of self-doubt — the hallmark of any artist (and I don’t use the term “artist” lightly) — as an art director, animator, musician, videographer, director,...
View ArticlePlease Enjoy Werner Herzog Discussing The Beauty Of Failure In Skateboarding...
Werner Herzog is a legendary filmmaker and actor who is known for taking risks and making art that is specifically interesting to himself, but the German director is not exactly known for his ties to...
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How Leveling Up His Fitness Game Made Neen Williams A Better Skater
Getty Image/Ralph Ordaz Since kicking off his skating career at the tender age of 13 years old, Neen Williams has put his body through a lot. The first move he landed was a heelflip, a trick he has...
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Skateboarding’s Debut At The Olympics Has Already Given Us A Guy Crashing...
NBC Olympics Skateboarding made its debut at the Olympics on Sunday in Tokyo (Saturday here stateside) in a moment that few ever thought would happen. Tony Hawk was on hand for the start of the Street...
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Jagger Eaton Wouldn’t Let A Broken Ankle Stop Him From Living A Dream At The...
Getty Image As a professional skateboarder, Jagger Eaton doesn’t fear much in his life. He’s been doing this on the biggest stage since the ripe old age of 11 when he became, at the time, the youngest...
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Tony Hawk Tried To Do Olympic Skateboarding Commentary On IG But Got...
Getty Image Tony Hawk is the most important skateboarder of all time. This crown is pretty unassailable, as Hawk was the person who is viewed as being most responsible for helping the sport break into...
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Legendary Skateboarder Tony Hawk Will Be The Subject Of The Duplass Brothers’...
Getty Image When it comes to skateboarding, there is perhaps no one more well-known (and universally adored) than Tony Hawk, which makes the fact that there hasn’t been an official documentary about...
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‘Betty’ Has Been Canceled By HBO After Two Seasons
Stephanie Mei Ling/HBO HBO is jumping off Betty. Yes, that’s a skateboarding pun—which you’d know if you’d been watching Betty. As Variety reports, HBO issued a statement on Thursday announcing that...
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Watch 9-Year-Old Ema Kawakami Hit Three 900s In A Row With Tony Hawk On...
Tony Hawk's Vert Alert via X/shatteredjaw Skateboarding is one of a few sports where very young competitors can compete with adults (gymnastics might be the ultimate example) and we’ve seen some young...
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