The Skateboarder's Journal 19

Issue 19 dives straight into the chaos of competitive skating with The Sky is Falling, asking whether gallons of booze are the only way to survive the scene. Quayde Baker opens up about his love of hip hop and kung fu, and the RVCA Tour brings the heat across Australia. Justin Brock wades through bogans, pies, sickness, and bunnies, while the Thick as Thieves crew survives a shoestring tour across New Zealand with nothing but boards and stubbornness.

Photography gets a spotlight in The Carcinogenic Emulsion, a moody portfolio by Gourlay, while Aaron Nannup shares how skating took him from Big Deadly to fired-up legend. Andy Peters links up with the Shake Junt squad for a gritty, full-throttle deep dive. Jack Fardell crushes flat rails in the rain, Brad Vine throws down in Corio circa '84, and The Skaterat column reminds us that every town’s got its own. Add in Nieratko musing on wasted talent, a proper gallery, and a dose of teenage angst in Culture Vulture, and you’ve got another properly stacked issue — raw, rowdy, and unapologetically skate.