Monster Skateboard Magazine #324 is the Fashion Issue, diving deep into the crossroads of skateboarding and style. From the first glance, it’s clear this issue celebrates the skater as both athlete and style icon — a look at how clothes, attitude, and board control blend into a single expression.
It opens with QUICKSNAP featuring Daniel Pannemann, followed by an Editorial titled “Alles ist Mode” (Everything is Fashion), setting the tone that skate culture has always defined its own trends. News becomes a runway report with “Neues vom Laufsteg”, and Best & Worst gives Jason Dill the floor — the perfect subject for a raw, opinionated take on style.
Sections like Style Judging and Style Timeline run through who’s hot, who’s not, and how figures like Muska, Gonz, Dill, and Greco shaped skate aesthetics over decades. There’s an Inside Out look at Civilist, the Berlin hub where fashion and skate scenes meet, followed by a Momente feature and a profile on Heath Kirchart.
The centerpiece interviews carry the issue’s theme: Kai Hillebrand discusses low-budget flair in Low Budget & High Fashion, Chad Muska reflects on staying power in Hier um zu bleiben, and Des Skaters neue Kleider traces the evolution of skate fashion. The tone continues with The Original Style Icon, offering six perspectives on Mark Gonzales, and Fall Collection, an artful piece about the aesthetics of falling.
Rounding things out, there’s Dylan Rieder, the cover star, in Alles für die Ladies, Kate Bellm’s dreamy Fotostory, and Elijah Berle in Junger Hund und alter Hase. The back pages blend playful and practical: Products, a How-To Batik, an Adidas Busenitz ADV shoe test, and Drucksache for printed style inspiration. It closes with Shops and a Next feature on Lucas Puig.
With Rieder on the cover — embodying effortless elegance in a look that blurs skate and couture — this issue captures a moment when skateboarding isn’t just a sport, it’s a living, breathing fashion movement.
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