Skateboarding

Culture

Skate legend Tommy Guerrero on why 'busy' is bullshit

No skills, no problem — As a loose-legged skate rat, Tommy Guerrero owned the hills of San Francisco and made history in the Bones Brigade. Now he's pushing himself as a musician, living the DIY dream. As he tells Dave Carnie – Jackass co-creator and self-proclaimed snoot – there's just one principle to follow: do your stuff.

Written by: Dave Carnie

Skate

Learning the universal language of skateboarding

Skating as a passport — Having spent the past 15 years travelling the globe, photographer Kevin Métallier has witnessed firsthand how skateboarders from all corners of the earth are establishing strong communities, despite the obstacles presented to them.

Written by: Paden Vaughan

Film

The Saudi women challenging sexism with skateboarding and song

‘God rid us of men’ — A viral music video calls for gender equality and ridicules the absurd restrictions and male domination of women in the Middle East.

Written by: Alex King

Skate

Always pushing forward: Huck's best skate stories of the year

Nothing can stop us — Whatever's happening in the rest of the world, skateboarders will always keep pushing forward. Here are some of the best skateboarding stories from 2016.

Written by: Paden Vaughan

Skate

The skaters breaking down barriers in the West Bank

A peaceful form of resistance — Three years after the country got its first mini ramp, skating has changed the lives of young Palestinians, providing a much-needed outlet with no winning or losing.

Written by: Paden Vaughan

Culture

Huck 58: The Offline Issue

Out Now! — After a year of shit-storms, The Offline Issue gets back to basics by unplugging from the internet and diving into the real world.

Written by: HUCK HQ

Photography

The insurgency of Californian youth captured on film

Get schooled right — Behind the scenes at SST Records, producer and sound engineer Spot helped some of punk’s most iconic records spring to life. He’s worked with the likes of Black Flag, Hüsker Dü, Minutemen, Descendents, Misfits and Minor Threat. But it was an encounter with an unknown musician in the ’70s that ended up leaving the biggest mark. His new photobook, Sounds of Two Eyes Opening, captures the insurgency of his Californian youth – and the surfers, skateboarders and frontiersman punks who shaped his unique lens on life.

Written by: Spot

Skate

Cuba’s first skate team are ready to take on the world

Have board, will travel — As Cuba’s emerging skateboarding scene opens up to the world, Toda Fuerza is the first brand with ambitions to sponsor artists, skaters and compete internationally.

Written by: Alex King

Culture

Venice: How a forgotten corner of ‘70s LA gave birth to modern skateboarding

Raising the ghosts of Dogtown — Writer Joe Donnelly’s essay ‘Venice Bohemia: From Abbot Kinney To The Z-Boys’ explores how the crumbling, surfer’s mecca of Venice in the 1970s gave rise to the legendary Z-Boys and skateboarding as we know it. It appears in ‘Los Angeles in the 1970s: Weird Scenes Inside The Gold Mine’, a collection of essays and short stories that attempts to fill a gap in the literature about culture during one of the City of Angels’ most vibrant decades. It also includes the ‘Cruising Van Nuys’ photo essay by Rick McCloskey, featured here.

Written by: Joe Donnelly

Culture

The Atlanta skate park that fought back against gentrification - and won

Disunited States: Black Blocks — Built in 1996 in time for Atlanta to host the Olympic Games, Black Blocks was a small urban square designed to spruce up the highway, but it quickly became an important spot for Atlanta’s skaters. Gentrification is in full swing in the city, and when the authorities tried to shut it down earlier this year, the community rallied together to save it, explains Andrew Murrell.

Written by: Andrew Murrell

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