Raising a family looks different for everyone. For some, it’s a life calling. Others, it’s a wake up call. Regardless of where you land on the scale when the water breaks, it’s time to get that ass in gear. Darren Harper’s ass is in gear. Once known for his street lifestyle, insane pop and enigmatic personality that highlighted Washington D.C. and Freedom Plaza, Darren left the spotlight behind to embrace a job and kids. He’s passed his love for skateboarding down to his daughters, and the spotlight is returning to the Harper family, only this time for his eldest two daughters Tink and Demi ..read more

Akin to traveling salesmen pushing knife sets or caffeine pumped truck drivers, skateboarders spend a lot of time in the air and on the road. It’s one of the beauties of the job, but it’s not always sunshine and roses. If you’ve traveled, you know it comes with a lot of headaches. Think security, injuries abroad and long flights. Have you ever wondered what would happen if you shit your pants in the TSA line? Have you ever been lovestruck by a flight attendant and wondered the proper way to shoot your shot? Me too. Because there’s so much to know, I brought some of my burning questions up to ..read more

Photo: Kyle Seidler Mapping the long career of Matt Militano makes me think of Dr. Seuss’s classic “Oh The Places You’ll Go.” Turning and swerving through skateboarding, he’s taken detours at companies you’d never guess and has seen the highs and lows similar to someone 20 years his senior. You might know him from his viral ledge clips, show stopping parts in Zach Sayles underground video series or a prepubescent cameo in SLAPs infamous One In a Million. He’s a skater’s skater, with a deep rolodex of stories with everyone from Heath Kirchart to Lurker Lou. Matt recently joined the Sci-Fi Fa ..read more

Every skate event has a unique obstacle to rely on. We’ve seen heart-shaped sunglasses, volcanos that erupt, ledge-sized shoe boxes, and countless others. They usually last for the duration of the event before getting ripped to pieces, but what if those obstacles were built to last in, I don’t know, say a permanent skatepark? Well, then you’d have Bacon and Eggs skatepark in Wilkeson, WA. Consisting of a pair of sunny side ups and a piece of bacon within a frying pan shaped park, this complete breakfast functions as a skateable art piece. Because we couldn’t believe this place existed we went ..read more

[full] Photos: TLB RAD Magazine, aka Read and Destroy, was a staple of British skate culture from 1987 to 1993, six immensely important years in skateboarding. It was an era of rapid trick progression, a time where names that would go on to run the industry were discovered and new companies like World, Blind and Girl were reinventing street skateboarding. Unfortunately for the Brits, most of the reinvention was focused around the far, far away lands of California. They were often left in the dark, moving at their own pace and developing style all their own. RAD smartly took advantage of thi ..read more

Photo: Rowan Liebrum Pinning down the aesthetic of the New York City skate scene is an impossible task, and like the driving pattern of a Dodge Challenger Hellcat on a busy freeway, it loves to haphazardly switch lanes. However, there are certain crumb trails you can follow, one of them being the Late Nite Stars. While a collective of minds, Late Nite Stars and their distinct look of moth-holed, graffiti ridden industrial dystopia can be partly traced back to Zak Anders. Zak, originally from San Antonio, Texas, inadvertently sets trends and consistently puts out visceral, clever video parts ..read more

Before there were committed skate nerds with YouTube channels and shit talking forums, skateboarding relied on print media to document and distribute the good, bad and the ugly. And if you didn’t have $30,000 to start your own magazine, your best bet was to hit your local library and create your own fan-made magazine, commonly referred to as zines. Zines serve a diverse set of purposes, ranging from an easy, cheap way to yell into the void to documenting history, critiquing culture, and disseminating anything from scribbles to world class art. They are an important part of skateboarding, and ..read more

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Marco of Stunt 365, in the Jenkem Universe, is one of the standout creatives. We’ve done a collaboration with him, interrogated him in a podcast and have periodically checked in with his endeavors to keep the art of screen printing alive. And alive it is. In Detroit of all places, Marco has spread his inky wings, expanding his studio space to fit more equipment, knick knacks and friends. He’s printing Stunt full-time, stocking skate shops worldwide as well as keeping big websites like CCS happy with board graphics. Because we like to see our friends expand their craft and are of course hyped ..read more

There’s something to be said of the winner’s mindset. We’ve all felt it after picking the fastest checkout lane at the supermarket or opening a stubborn jar of spaghetti sauce. It’s that sweet success, that cheeky pat on the back. Yuto Horigome probably feels this way 24/7. We couldn’t help but wonder what music is amping the stoic contest killer up, and our only sign until now was a confused reply of “Future” when asked about what he was listening to at Tampa Pro. Of course, Yuto went on to win that contest. Talk about a 2-peat. Since we enjoy ending these mix talks with suggested listening ..read more