For Allen Ying, skateboarding is art, and art is skateboarding. When I first really got into skateboard magazines, I was probably 16 at the time, which would have been the late 90s, says Ying, now 28.

The history of skateboarding is written in its magazines. Before the Internet and before skate videos, the broader world of skateboarding came into our homes through binded paper. Pages were ripped ...

Kevin Marks picked up his first skateboard magazine in 1986. He remembers the cover well, with seasoned pro Mark Gonzales foot-planting on a concrete bank, captivating art adorning his board. Years ...

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Jake Phelps, who helmed Thrasher skateboard magazine for 26 years during a time of unparalleled growth in the industry, died Thursday. He was 56. "Phelps was 100 percent skateboarder, but that label ...

9 boys of different ages and backgrounds formed a skateboarding team, The Wizards, in 1977 They pored over skateboard magazines and taught each other tricks Charlie Samuels, one of The Wizards, made ...

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