Posts by Ian Michna
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BRINGING SKATEBOARDING INTO GALLERIES WITH ART DEALER JEFFREY DEITCH
Jeffrey and his team were some of the pioneers in bringing skateboarding into the fine art world.
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WE TALKED TO THE ENGINEER BEHIND THE DIME GLORY CHALLENGE OBSTACLES
"Our general rule with Dime is that we’ll build to the maximum size, and then we’ll build two more levels..."
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MEET TANNER NAPPER, THE HILL BOMB AND STUNT EXTRAORDINAIRE
"I can’t sit still. I’m always thinking of new ideas. I have a list on my phone of shit I’m preparing to do. I can’t stop."
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HANGING OUT WITH… SHEEZY
We visited a sunken city, skated a classic DIY skatepark and shot some guns.
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SCOPING OUT ROOSEVELT ISLAND WITH THE CITI BIKE BOYZ
We headed back to Roosevelt Island for another mission (on two wheels this time).
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JOSH WILSON OPENS UP ABOUT HIS COME UP, BALANCING CAREERS AND THE BRONZE CREW
"I feel like I got into the industry at this weird cut-off time. A year or two after I would've had to be an Instagram person or something like that."
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WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON WITH ILLEGAL CIV?
The Illegal Civ stuff feels like an ongoing soap opera, so to air out any confusion we talked to a few key characters.
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TRACKING DOWN BRENT ATCHLEY
Brent opened up about his newfound career and reasons for dipping out of the global limelight with Element in the '00s.
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JENKEM’S END OF SUMMER PHOTO DUMP
Personal highlights from a very nomadic and contest-filled summer.
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RANKING 10 OF THE BEST SKATE SHOP VIDEOS EVER MADE
As always, this is a scientific, peer reviewed essay and is absolutely the be-all-end-all list of worthwhile shop videos.
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ANGELA WHITE IS BRINGING SKATING’S MOST ICONIC CAMERA BACK INTO PORN
Her 2000s, gonzo-inspired tour de force was filmed completely on the sleek, sexy, grainy VX2000.
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JENKEM MIX 151: BILLY STRINGS
Bluegrass heavyweight Billy Strings takes over for Mix 151 and answers a couple of questions about his skate past.
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WHERE DID THE SKATEBOARD EMOJI COME FROM?
With a little help from Tony Hawk we now have a decent skateboard emoji.
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SKATERS AND THEIR RAPPER EQUIVALENTS
Who would be the Drake of skateboarding? Has any skater ever dealt enough drugs to be compared to Pusha-T?