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Developers are closing in on Dalston’s local communities
Reportage

Developers are closing in on Dalston’s local communities

Save Gillett Square — As well as being London's largest and most proactive DIY skate spot, Gillett Square is also a sanctuary for people living on the fringes of society. But with plans to redevelop the area currently in the pipeline, these communities face an uprooting.

Written by: Bruno Rinvolucri

New London exhibition steps inside the city’s skate scene
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New London exhibition steps inside the city’s skate scene

Skate and destroy — Winner – which celebrates skateboarding’s ongoing love affair with DIY culture – opens this week at Deptford’s Curve.

Written by: Dominique Sisley

Meet the artist bringing queer culture to skateboarding
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Meet the artist bringing queer culture to skateboarding

Welcome to Unity — Through zines, boards, art and parties, Oakland-based artist Jeffrey Cheung is making skating more inclusive – creating a safe, judgement-free community for young outsiders.

Written by: Dominique Sisley

Mapping the spread of skateboarding across the world
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Mapping the spread of skateboarding across the world

A truly global phenomenon — Language barriers don't matter when you can speak skate, as nomadic photographer Jonathan Mehring discovered.

Written by: Jonathan Mehring

The dark, gritty underbelly of the post-Soviet east
Photography

The dark, gritty underbelly of the post-Soviet east

Absurd in Abkhazia — After finding his first camera in a skip, Petr Barabakaa has been photographing the streets as only a skater could: fleeting and accident prone.

Written by: Ellie Howard

Is this the future of skate footwear?
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Is this the future of skate footwear?

HUCK x VANS UltraRange Pro — Curren Caples is the ultimate postmodern skater, hailed as the future of the game. Now there’s a shoe that can finally keep up with him, thanks to some new tech from Vans.

Written by: Zachary Drake

Celebrating the women of skateboarding, in photos
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Celebrating the women of skateboarding, in photos

Yeah Girl — This month, Copenhagen played host to Yeah Girl – an exhibition celebrating the best female skate photographers from around the world.

Written by: Hannah Bailey

A Palestinian skater’s struggles in Israel
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A Palestinian skater’s struggles in Israel

Partying without papers — Last December, Hasan left his hometown of Qalqilya – a small city in Palestine’s West Bank – to enter Israel on a one-day visitor’s permit. He hasn’t returned since. Now living illegally next to one of the most troubled borders in the world, he shares his stories on skateboarding, filmmaking, and falling in love with the enemy.

Written by: Graham Liddell

How a self-taught skate nerd became Toy Machine's go-to filmmaker
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How a self-taught skate nerd became Toy Machine's go-to filmmaker

Apt pupil — Ed Templeton gave a random fan the chance to become the visual voice of his skate brand, all because of two simple words: Fuck it.

Written by: Kevin Duffel

For the skaters of Myanmar, boards are a symbol of hope
Skate

For the skaters of Myanmar, boards are a symbol of hope

Pushing Myanmar — As dictatorship declines, filmmakers James Holman and Ali Drummond go back to Yangon, documenting the community built around its DIY skatepark.

Written by: Biju Belinky

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