Posts by Matt L. Roar
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WE CHECKED OUT SOME BOOKS PENNED BY SKATERS
There’s a lot of bad skate books out there but our friend Matt recommended a few that passed his smell test.
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THE RESURRECTION OF SAN FRANCISCO’S PIER 7
Now that Pier 7 is skateable again, it's like the gap between skateboarding’s past and present has vanished.
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THE BACKYARD MINI RAMPS CREATED DURING LOCKDOWN
We talked to a few folks who turned their backyard pipe-dream into a reality during the pandemic.
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’90S SKATE LEGENDS SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES LEARNING TO SURF
We hit up some older pros to hear about the struggles and pleasures of picking up skating's older cousin: surfing.
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A CHAT WITH LUDVIG HAKANSSON, THE OLDEST SOUL IN SKATEBOARDING
The man loves to read Nietzche, skates in some expensive vintage gear, and paints in his own neoclassical-meets-abstract-expressionist style.
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HANGING OUT WITH ANDREW HUBERMAN, SKATEBOARDER TURNED NEUROSCIENTIST
Curious what it would be like to hang with this guy outside of a stuffy podcast studio? Us too.
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GROWING UP, MOVING OUT, AND BREAKING BOARDS
A personal essay recounting a love affair with something we're all too familiar with.
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INTRODUCING THE NEW JENKEM COLLECTION, JUST IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAYS
Air fresheners, bumper stickers, a shirt with a gun on it and a bunch of other stuff.
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HOW CHAD CARUSO SKATED ACROSS AMERICA
Chad did it the way most skateboarders would: independently and without much of a plan.