The Skateboarder's Journal 18

Andrew Peters opens this issue with Big Smoke, Flat Broke, a gritty survival guide to skating New York on zero budget. Kurt Winter returns from his globe-trotting ways, pool coping gets a second life in Pool Repair, and Bryce Golder and Barry Mansfield dive into dim sum and ledges in CONS in China. Chris “Dix” Smith faces down the life-changing question of never skating again, while Kevin Metallier delivers a tight visual hit with a short but bloody good photo portfolio. The issue also lifts the curtain on 4 Skateboards’ upcoming release with The Perfect Amount of Lazy — a behind-the-scenes piece full of charm and chill.

Regulars are all in: Warning Shots x3 brings triple-sequence heat, Moments in Time goes Gold Coast with Alan Petersen, and The Skaterat checks in from the underbelly of every skate town. Feaster’s Freakout serves up gear galore, Culture Vulture goes weird with Hitler-on-the-beach media picks, and Gallery once again features heavy photos from top shooters. Chris Nieratko wraps things up with a laugh-out-loud tale in Contests, proving once again that even at its most ridiculous, skateboarding keeps it real.