Skate Jawn 82

Skate Jawn 82 barrels through another beautifully scruffy collision of skateboarding, photography, road-life philosophy and East Coast weirdness. This issue features ripping coverage from skaters like KJ Thomas and Alberto Olivier alongside Enzo Kurmaskie’s unmistakable energy, while “King of the Worm” and “Skating is Like Dancing” drift into the kind of poetic, off-centre storytelling that gives Jawn its cult identity. There’s the usual grime-coated texture of DIY spots, crusty sessions and human moments hiding between tricks, making the magazine feel less like a polished skate product and more like a battered notebook passed around in a van at 2AM.

Elsewhere, Peter Sutherland brings his photographic eye to the chaos, the Vladimir Film Festival coverage taps into underground skate cinema culture, and oddball fragments like “Buffalo Chicken Sweet Potatoes” and “Tick Farm” keep the issue gloriously unhinged in the best possible way. Neil Herrick’s grind to wallie photographed by Sam McKenna lands with that classic Jawn feeling: rough concrete, awkward beauty and total commitment. Issue 82 feels handmade, restless and deeply connected to the idea that skateboarding is still an artform best experienced slightly sideways.