Quickest Feet in the West

April 07, 2020 by Richard Hart

Glen Fox- b/s k/f, Roma; photo: Richard Hart

Makin’ moves at the Gino gap; this one comes from PP15 and Glen’s new video part, out now..

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Like Fine Wine

April 03, 2020 by Richard Hart

Soy Panday regularly spends ten hours drawing a skateboard graphic, so I thought it only fitting to spend ten seconds drawing his, for this new guest board on Northern Co.

I enjoy sharing a bottle of wine with Soy, though you’ll notice that my glass is half empty while his is half full..

Cheers.

-Richard Hart

P.S. Graphic tastes best on dark red board.

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April Fools' Gold

April 02, 2020 by Richard Hart

Ryan Flores / Jameel Douglas / James Sayres, SF 2017; photo: Richard Hart

The last time I hung out with San Francisco filmer Ryan Flores was exactly three years ago. At that point, his video was "nearly finished". So when he posted yesterday that it was out, I thought for sure it was an April Fools’ Joke. But no, 'MERLOT' is finally here and worth the wait; a proper SF video full of cutty spots and raw street shredding. Good soundtrack, too.

That was a long 'nearly', Ryan..

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Smooth Rubes

March 30, 2020 by Richard Hart

Ruben Spelta, Paris; photo: Richard Hart

At least there’s (currently) no shortage of skating on the interweb, including a new Ruben Spelta part on Free mag..

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Look, a Luka

March 27, 2020 by Richard Hart

Luka Pinto, Rouen; photo: Richard Hart

Luka Pinto’s new part is out now, courtesy of Free Mag.

It’s taken from the full-length ‘Pandora’s Box’ video- coming soon- which Luka (mostly) filmed and edited, showcasing the skate scene on the remote island of Jersey.

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Look Left

March 22, 2020 by Richard Hart

Pat Stiener- ollie up f/s nose, Chicago; photo: Richard Hart

To help you from going too stir-crazy, Theories just uploaded the 2017 Traffic video ‘Look Left’.

This photo comes from PP6 (and the footage is in the video, along with a couple hundred other tricks).

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Shogo A-Go-Go

March 17, 2020 by Richard Hart

Shogo Zama- ollie, Paris; photo: Richard Hart

This was shot on Shogo’s first day in Europe, and appears in PP16.

Check out his new video part introducing him to the Magenta team.

Stay healthy, everyone..!

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High Wire Act

March 14, 2020 by Richard Hart

Eddie Cernicky- ride-on grind, Paris; photo: Richard Hart

I had to stand on a fragile roof to shoot this, but it was definitely a sketchier situation for Cernicky..

From PP16, out now..

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Helter Skelter

March 13, 2020 by Richard Hart

Tony Miorana- f/s air, SF; photo: Richard Hart

This photo is from a previously unpublished roll of film documenting one night at a ramp party in San Francisco, back in 2001.

Full article in PP16. Excerpt from text:

In contests, people have ‘runs’, routines are perfected, time is called. There are pads and helmets, prominent sponsor logos. It’s all a bit stiff and serious.
But a heated ramp session with spontaneity and yelling and a keg of beer, on a ramp with a pentagram spray-painted on it, in a warehouse at midnight in a sketchy neighbourhood in a remote corner of San Francisco..? Helter skelter.

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Getting Feisty in Traffic

March 10, 2020 by Richard Hart

Josh Feist- feeble transfer, New Jersey; photo: Richard Hart

This one is from the East Coast article in PP16.

On a related note, there’s an excellent interview with Eli Morgan Gesner on the Slam City site, basically covering the history of New York skateboarding, and more..

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Jammin'

February 22, 2020 by Richard Hart

Luke Malaney- pole jam, NYC; photo: Richard Hart

Manhattan Malaney malarkey from PP16 out now.

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Zama in Paris

February 16, 2020 by Richard Hart

Shogo Zawa- b/s ollie, Paris; photo: Richard Hart

Shogo’s first trip to Europe; in PP16, out now.

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BP PJ

February 11, 2020 by Richard Hart

Brian Powderly- pole jam gap to bank, Philly; photo: Richard Hart

Here’s the cover photo from PP16. Not an easy thing to do.

More from BP and the crew exploring the streets of the US East Coast in the mag..

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PP16

February 09, 2020 by Richard Hart

Announcing PP16.

Brian Powderly gets the cover with this pole jam gap to bank.

Inside: Japanese skater Shogo Zama’s trip to Paris, In a Sentence with John Baragwanath and Eddie Cernicky; and From the Vaults has unpublished photos of an SF warehouse vert ramp party, one night in 2001 with Max Schaaf, Danny Sargent and others.

Main feature is a trip to NY/ NJ/ Philly featuring Luke Malaney, Josh Feist, Christian Maalouf and more..

Guest artist this issue is Alexis Jamet.

PP16 is on its way to distributors now; ask your skate shop. Also available here, see ‘SHOP’.

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Rocky's Water Feature

February 04, 2020 by Richard Hart

Brian Powderly- f/s ollie, Philadelphia; photo: Richard Hart

This photo (taken next to the “Rocky steps’) can be seen in the new State advert in PP16 and elsewhere.

More Powderly and more Philly (and New York and New Jersey and Paris) in PP16, very soon..

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Noseblunts, Opinions

February 03, 2020 by Richard Hart

Bobby Worrest- switch b/s noseblunt, Lisbon; photo: Richard Hart

This photo was originally published in PP8, in the article for the second Push Partial World Tour.

It’s recently reprinted in the new issue of Stand/By magazine from Costa Rica along with an interview (which is also readable/translatable here)...

Thanks to Stand/By, BiSk8Visual (Italy) and So (UK) magazines, who also featured interviews with me over the last year. Skateboard publishing is alive and well after all, it turns out..

(Speaking of which, PP16 should be out soon..)

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