Tag: skateboarding
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The Greatest Skateboarding Photos Ever Taken
Click or not: The Greatest Skateboarding Photos Ever TakenJay Adams, Teardrop, 1976. Glen E. Friedman’s first-ever published photograph, original full-frame color. They sum up a whole culture, a period of time, puts you (back) in a place you may never have been, but lived through it vicariously, when boys became men and shaped the future of a sport, themselves, and the paths they… …
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One Night In New York
Click or not: One Night In New YorkBrandon Kuzma shoots Aaron Herrington and Brian Delatorre skating in New York City in a video so freakin’ stylish I don’t care it’s a Converse ad. The lonely saxophone with grainy black and white footage makes me ache for a visit (via Monster Children). She’s the prettiest girl you’ve ever laid eyes on that you… …
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Trip Apache
Click or not: Trip ApacheThe BMX scene, generally, has always felt more than a little discomforting to me. Purportedly counter-cultural, BMX was once a reaction to the inherently confining nature of racing bikes more or less in straight lines but now seems vague and muddied under a fog of self-conscious 808 beats, ironic video editing and an overwhelming volume… …