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Home » skateboarding

Tag: skateboarding

Posted inArts & Culture

For Kyle Beachy, skateboarding is The Most Fun Thing

by Dmitry Samarov May 18, 2021August 18, 2021

The author takes a deep dive into the culture of the lifestyle and his personal connection to it.

Posted inFilm

Betty will make you want to shred

by Cody Corrall May 6, 2020August 18, 2021

The new HBO series dives even deeper into the world of the Skate Kitchen collective.

Posted inMusic

Celebrate Go Skateboarding Day on the (fantasy) gig poster of the week

by Salem Collo-Julin May 6, 2020August 18, 2021

This week’s featured gig poster was created by Chicago artist Erik Sanchez.

Posted inBlogs

An interview with Bing Liu about his powerful documentary Minding the Gap

by Ben Sachs August 27, 2018August 18, 2021

The 29-year-old filmmaker reflects on skateboarding videos, making documentaries, and what he learned about his hometown of Rockford, Illinois, during filming.

Posted inBlogs

Skaters and BMXers from all over the U.S. descend on Grant Park

by Logan Javage June 30, 2015August 18, 2021

Earlier this month, the Dew Tour came to town.

Brooks Golden, in August 2012, with the owl mural he painted along the 16th Street viaduct in Pilsen
Posted inArts & Culture

The life and death of Brooks Golden

by Jake Malooley July 16, 2014August 18, 2021

Even in death, street artist Brooks Golden continues to make a mark on Chicago.

Posted inBlogs

Low Down Hoe Down celebrates its tenth anniversary this weekend with Sweet Cobra and Canadian Rifle

by Luca Cimarusti August 29, 2013August 19, 2021

The Low Down Hoe Down, a skateboarding and punk rock party in Manteo, is celebrating its tenth year this Saturday.

Posted inBlogs

New York Times: A newspaper for the one-percenters

by Steve Bogira June 7, 2012August 19, 2021

In the New York Times, stories about the rich lead nicely to ads for the rich

Posted inNews & Politics

Dr. Titus Chiu, the healer

by Chicago Reader December 22, 2011August 19, 2021

The People Issue: Dr. Titus Chiu, skateboarding chiropractic neurologist

Yung Tae Kim
Posted inNews & Politics

The Way of Dr. Tae

by Ryan Smith November 11, 2010August 19, 2021

This disillusioned physics professor couldn’t fix the education system—so he fixed a Tony Hawk video game instead.

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