At the Social Skate Summit, the joy was the whole point
“What emerged was a global gathering of people who believe, to varying degrees and in many forms, that skateboarding has the power to change the world.”
Story and photography by Lee Dubin
Brad Cromer’s Lonesome Crowded Florida
“What’s so inspiring about watching Brad Cromer skate flatground alone, without a soundtrack? Why do I get hyped watching him water his lawn?”, asks Finn Anderson, in a new essay about Brad Cromer’s YouTube videos, sound and skateboarding in solitude.
By Finn Anderson
Photography by Matt Price
“It’s just me, in my truck, with my skate stuff.”
“It’s so simple. Maybe it’s ‘therapeutic’ [to viewers], but it’s therapeutic for me.
“Maybe that shows naturally. That’s what gets me out to do them.”
— Brad Cromer. Footage and still from rain later (March 2024)
Dylan Rieder: Style Was Soul
“Orson Welles had it that, ‘If the camera doesn’t like an actor, it just stares at him.’ Cameras loved Dylan, but skateboarders loved him better. Eventually,” writes Kyle Beachy in this chapter from The Most Fun Thing: Dispatches From A Skateboard Life.
By Kyle Beachy
Photography by Anthony Acosta
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“I wanted it to breathe. I really wanted to see Dylan riding up, riding away. I wanted to really see everything … When you watch Dylan skate, everything around him was so interesting too.”
— Greg Hunt
Design, Photography, Publishing
An Endless Supply demystify design with a publication of Shari White’s photography
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Featuring Dustin Henry, Una Farrar, Efron Danzig, Nick Michel and more, an experimental print project by design studio An Endless Supply explores how reprographics can serve skate photography, free of the constraints of magazine publishing.
by Farran Golding
“Wuthering Heights”, Nick Jensen in Eleventh Hour and Kate Bush’s The Kick Inside.
Bring down the house with ‘The Eleven O’Clock Number’ —our talk show about the sleeve notes of skate video soundtracks
TJ Rogers Posts Like A Professional
When TJ Rogers posted about being diagnosed with testicular cancer on social media in 2022 his vulnerability was unusual for a pro skater, even in an era when Instagram makes pros more accessible than ever. Fresh off of a year in the spotlight, he spoke to Skate Bylines about balancing the personal and professional when it comes to posting on social media.
by Ian Browning for The Rules of Skateboarding
The Brooklyn Banks Restoration Is A Cross-Generational Comeback Story
“It’s a huge part of skateboarding history and a huge part of New York history … It’s becoming a true community spot again, like it once was,” says Brooklyn Banks local, Elisa Martini.
by Tyrese Alleyne-Davis
Wicked Smart: An Introduction to Skateboarding Studies
“How, exactly, do academia, research and skateboarding studies connect with the everyday act of skateboarding? What could thinking and writing contribute to skateboarding writ large?”
by Brian Glenney
Preserving Memory and Material: Love Park, Love Malmö and Skateboarding as “Spolia”
When a spot is destroyed, how is its legacy preserved in a way that goes beyond images and stories?
Making the Big Leagues: How to Pitch to Skate Magazines and Brands
With Cole Nowicki of Simple Magic, Norma Ibarra (she’s everywhere), Ian Browning of ‘The Rules of Skateboarding’, Greg Navarro of Quartersnacks and Jenkem, and others.
Making the Big Leagues, Part II: Landing Pitches with Magazine Editors
With Raisa Abal of Dolores Magazine, Will Harmon of Free Skate Mag, Marcus Walrdon and Noah Halpern-McManus of Skate Jawn and Jessie Van Roechoudt of Mess Skate Mag.
The long made short
Essential takeaways and highlights from Skate Bylines stories in video form.
“Focused in a different way” — Andrew Reynolds and the story of ‘Stay Gold’
Listen to: A Puzzle of Andrew Reynolds with Kyle Beachy
“A way to know a person without ever meeting him” — Kyle Beachy on Greg Hunt and Dylan Rieder
Nick Jensen, Kate Bush and Stranger Things with Geoff Campbell
Watch: The Eleven O’Clock Number: Kate Bush with Geoff Campbell
Talking Interviews with Eric Swisher of ‘The Chrome Ball Incident’
To decipher what, exactly, makes for a good skateboarding interview the script was flipped on Eric Swisher of The Chrome Ball Incident.
by Farran Golding
Photography by Jaime Owens
Momiji Nishiya: Bursting the Olympic Bubble
Momiji Nishiya’s debut video part for adidas Skateboarding showed there’s more than medals awaiting the generation of skateboarders who rose to prominence from the Olympic podium.
Behind Closed Paws: At Home with Professional Skateboarders and Their Pets
“Maybe while they’re skating they’re portrayed with a certain image. When you meet them outside of that … they’re a little bit more comfortable and, with their guard down, are very normal.”
by Farran Golding
News Desk
In Dreams: Nick Jensen on the end of Isle Skateboards
“Being enthusiastic and getting carried away … that’s what compelled the company.”
by Farran Golding
‘Ranked & Filed’ — A Simple Magic and Skate Bylines co-production
The headline story from Simple Magic’s ‘Simply Ranked’ newsletter in video and audio form
Courthouse drop: Tyshawn Jones sues Supreme
Tyshawn Jones is suing his former sponsor Supreme to tune of a million dollars (and then some). Cole Nowicki takes the stand and delivers the details of an unprecedented case.
by Cole Nowicki, Farran Golding
Tom Schaar: The best of what’s left
Tom Schaar told the world “Vert’s Not Dead” in his new video part for Thrasher Magazine. Cole Nowicki discusses his vert prowess and the future of the discipline.
by Cole Nowicki, Farran Golding
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Listen to Skate Bylines
With original podcasts, narrated articles and news broadcasts, you can listen to Skate Bylines in our audio journalism section or stream our stories on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and SoundCloud
Reprographics, Shari White and demistying design with An Endless Supply
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Dylan Rieder: Style Was His Soul — A reading from The Most Fun Thing
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A Puzzle of Andrew Reynolds
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“The Boss became “The Boss” because at some point he stopped being the guy you were worried about and he started being the guy who people were guided by. He was a north star for all of these other skaters.”
by Farran Golding, Kyle Beachy
LES Skatepark: The Civic Center of New York City Skateboarding
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An exploration of park space in New York, and the city’s rise to prominence in skate culture, through the lens of the Lower East Side skatepark with Ian Browning, author of the Quartersnacks story ‘Civic Center — A Profile of the L.E.S. Park at Ten Years’.
The Rules of Skateboarding
Mark Suciu is at His Wits’ End with Enders. Ipso, Facto… Verso?
“Jake Johnson in Mind Field, I love that part so much, but I’m not crazy about that ender … Jake Johnson in Short Ends though; switch flip back tail at the Temple rail? That was pretty sick.”
by Ian Browning
James Rewolinski Lays Down the Etiquette of Lurking at Labor Skate Shop
“Don’t bring food in here … Especially not coffee drinks that are always overflowing. Which they almost always are. I hate it.”
Dave Caddo says Spots with Flavour are the Recipe to a Good Video Part
“That’s where you get something new and different, and something that stands out besides trick difficulty. That’s where the creativity in skating kind of comes from.”
Josh Stewart Cuts Through the Static on Music in Skate Videos
“It’s on your conscience, you know? Did you really not know that that song had already been used? Usually it’s an absolute no, because you’re hurting yourself.”
‘Everybody’s got an opinion about minutia’ — Ian Browning on Bringing the ‘Rules’ to Skate Bylines
Ian Browning discusses unpacking the nuances of skateboarding with its notable characters.
Lurker Lou Legislates on Spot Hunting
Nick Boserio Blew Up His Wheels At Some Point
Tony Hawk Took on Corporate Sponsorship and Won
Fred Gall talks Bondo, Rub Bricks and Breaking in Spots
Bobby Puleo on the Riding the Wave of Wallrides and Wallies
Giovanni Reda Pulls Focus Skate Photography and Social Media
Briana King is a Sounding Board for Advice
“It’s hard for a lot of people to socialise outside their circle. And it’s not necessarily that they don’t want to, it’s just difficult when they’re very comfortable within their own circle.”
Press Desk
Skate Bylines is heading to Slow Impact 2026
Drawing on research from the Skateboarding Media Demographics Survey, Skate Bylines will shine on a ‘Prose Spotlight’ on the skateboarding media industry at this year’s Slow Impact.
Working Draft: An Update on the Skateboarding Media Demographics Survey
A stocktake on the findings so far, ahead of the full 2026 report.
by Skate Bylines
First Light: Creative Culture and Media Making
In partnership with Skate Nottingham, Skate Bylines are proud to present a panel on journalism, photography, videography and creative media as part of ‘Skateboarding In The City III’.
by Skate Bylines
Library
Skate Bylines began, in part, with a simple idea: “What if there was a skateboarding version of Longform.org?”
Although that quickly snowballed into publishing original features, we archive quality stories about skateboarding, new and old, which are in published in skateboarding and non-skateboarding magazines worldwide.
Got a suggestion for a good story or a piece of work you’re proud of? Get in touch and we’ll take a look.
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Editor’s Picks
Matt Price on Critcism, Photography and the State of Skate Media
Anthony Pappalardo • Artless Industria
February 19, 2024
Civic Center — A Profile of the L.E.S. Skatepark at Ten Years
Ian Browning • Quartersnacks
August 10, 2022
Granite Cathedrals (on Bobby Dekeyzer and Grand Prairie)
Michael Barker • Village Psychic
September 1, 2021
Favorite Spot with Anthony Van Engelen on The Green Bench
Farran Golding • Quartersnacks
May 5, 2021
Civic Center — A Profile of the L.E.S. Skatepark at Ten Years
Ian Browning • Quartersnacks
August 10, 2022
Skate Bylines
Skate Bylines is a spot for skateboarding journalism. We publish long-form stories about skateboarding culture across written features, podcasts and video stories.
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