In “Joe Buffalo,” directed by Amar Chebib and executive produced by Tony Hawk, an Indigenous skateboarding legend overcomes addiction and trauma stemming from his years in Canada’s Church-run school system. (Source: The New Yorker)
How Skateboarding, Surfing and Climbing Became Olympic Sports
Lifestyle fads have evolved into some of the world’s fastest-growing sports. Now they are to debut on the world’s biggest stage – the Olympic Games. Step inside the journey of three new sports born on the fringes of society –…
Larry Clark and Harmony Korine on the Making of ‘KIDS’
This “KIDS” Q&A was moderated by film critic Eric Hynes and featured director Larry Clark, co-writer Harmony Korine, actors Chloë Sevigny, Leo Fitzpatrick, and Rosario Dawson, producer Cary Woods, and distribution executive Eamonn Bowles (president of Magnolia Pictures). Learn more…
THE DOG TRAP: Challenges of Writing on Skateboarding Legend Christian Hosoi
What happens to someone when the thing they love most in the world — skateboarding — is also the source of their greatest wound? When Joel Rice, a naturally bookish kid was younger he wanted nothing more than to be…
SKATEBOARD KINGS
A documentary from the 1978 showing the skateboard scene in Dogtown California. Skateboarding dominance was a path to manhood.