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We write about the things we love and the things that piss us off. Skateboarding, subculture, the industry around them,
and everything in between.

Forever 41
Nov 8, 20267 min read
Forever 41

Are skate shops really turning into nothing more than time machines for dudes who have to pop an Ibu 600 before dropping in and wonder if their health insurance is gonna cover a meniscus tear? Betw...

Why Gatekeeping in Skateboarding Is a Good Thing
Nov 1, 20264 min read
Why Gatekeeping in Skateboarding Is a Good Thing

This Is Not Your Mom’s Book Club Skateboarding is an inherently painful activity that requires absurd amounts of failure and grit to achieve even basic competency. Every skateboarder can remember t...

Illustration for how to remove skate stoppers guide on street skate spots by Bonkers Skateshop
Oct 25, 20262 min read
How to Remove Skate Stoppers

The Call of Civic Duty Your city hates skateboarding? The buzzkill Parks and Rec department “secures” urban spaces with skate stoppers to prevent you from skating otherwise pristine ledges and rai...

No Future, Again?
Oct 18, 20267 min read
No Future, Again?

Youth culture has always sucked at standing still. Action triggers reaction. Bourgeois pettiness gives rise to a counteraction, and the second that counteraction becomes the new normal, the next ge...

How to Make a Bong (Out of Your Old Skate Shoes)
Oct 11, 20263 min read
How to Make a Bong (Out of Your Old Skate Shoes)

Times are tough. Shit gets more expensive every day, including skate shoes and cannabis paraphernalia. Since many skateboarders a) tend to need shoes to skate, b) need to be at least a little bit h...

Old People Ruin Skateboarding
Sep 18, 20264 min read
Old People Ruin Skateboarding

Skateboarding used to piss off old people. By and large, old people love rules, and what they love even more than rules themselves is enforcing them. Skateboarders, conversely, by and large love to...