This week, @skateorphi.bsky.social returns to talk Bachelard and little miseries, I declare myself the only living PSL beat writer, a woodpecker pecks, and more. www.simplemagic.ca/i-gotta-star...

A story true of a “gift economy”

The skate studies community dropped some academic hammers last year. @skateorphi.bsky.social takes us on a comprehensive journey through their work, the trends found within it, and reveals the 2025 SSSOTY. www.simplemagic.ca/the-state-of...

At the ICE raid and subsequent community resistance in Paramount, California this morning, this skater kid ate dozens of munitions from Border Patrol agents, walked away slowly and flipped them off.

When a spot is destroyed how is its legacy preserved in a tangible form, beyond images and stories? The answer may be “Spolia”, an architectural concept which reincorporates materials, “Turning rubble into something both relic and resurrected," writes Dom Teoh 📝 — skatebylines.com/2025/04/08/p...

“Let’s get into good trouble” @booker.senate.gov

I’m calling it, spring is here! @peejayohhsee.bsky.social in Rotterdam

Indoor session while it’s 0 outside in Vermont

New Special Issue of Sport & Society on Surf and Skate scholarship. Papers on surfing mixed in with work on skate scenes in Tijuana and Northern Ireland, a paper on skaters of colour, and our own ( @skateorphi.bsky.social @texturologies.bsky.social ) on sound. www.tandfonline.com/toc/fcss20/2...

Summary of Taj’s talk

“The best spots in the world are not built for skateboarding” -Hanson at Slow Impact

Weekend chauffeurs

Hyped to see this project in (much) use at ASU @arizonastateuni.bsky.social

Every slow impact skater rn