Skateboarding
Teenage Utopia: Skating Through the Lockdown
Skateboarding and unity in Brussels — The Paris attacks pushed Brussels into the centre of Europe's debate about immigration, intolerance and radicalisation. Ursulines skatepark offers a refreshing counterpoint, here kids from all backgrounds skate together in peace.
Written by: Alex King
Video: Skateistan's new year's resolution is to bring skateboards to kids everywhere
Become a 'Citizen of Skateistan' — Groundbreaking NGO Skateistan has shown how skateboarding can be a force for social change in Afghanistan, Cambodia and South Africa. Now they need your help to keep moving forward.
Written by: Alex King
Mimi Knoop is paving the way to gold for women’s skateboarding
Our day will come — The potential inclusion of skateboarding in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics divides opinion. But the potential benefits for women’s skateboarding could be huge, explains Mimi Knoop.
Written by: Hannah Bailey
Meet the pioneers of Palestine’s skateboarding scene
Skateboarding knows no religion — Can non-profit project Skatepal help unite the youth in a divided land?
Written by: King Adz
Common Strangers brings together the best emerging skate photographers
Always pushing — Photographer and curator Lola Paprocka on how skate and DIY culture unites her showcase of emerging photographers.
Written by: Alex King
Outspoken skater turned writer Scott Bourne on living by your own rules
No Authority But Yourself — He rejected America for Paris and gave up skateboarding to write. Scott Bourne refuses to follow the pack.
Written by: Benjamin Deberdt
Photographer Gabe Morford captures skateboarding’s perfect moments
Ready for Anything — Documenting those that are inherently unpredictable is a skill that SF-based Gabe Morford has honed over a lifetime shooting from the hip.
Written by: Anthony Pappalardo
Nothing can keep nomadic skater Pat Moran still for long as he shreds across the USA
In The Zen Zone — Oregon-born Pat Moran follows his skateboard around the West Coast on a one-man mission of discovery.
Written by: Maxwell Klinger
Why heavily state-controlled Shanghai is one of the world's most liberating places to skate
Charging Through China — Meet Tommy Zhao and the skate family nurturing an exciting DIY scene in the midst of Shanghai’s retro-futuristic skyscrapers.
Written by: Charlotte Middlehurst
The constant reinvention of skateboarding’s dark genius Scott Bourne
New book: Orgy Porgy: Short Stories and True Tales — Former pro-skateboarder Scott Bourne on his new chapter as a poet, novelist and father based in Paris.
Written by: Alex King