The idea for Skate Bylines began, in part, with a simple thought: “What if there was a skateboarding version of Longform.org?” Although that quickly snowballed into publishing original features of our own, our Journalism Library is an archive of quality stories about skateboarding, new and old, which are in published in and by skateboarding and non-skateboarding publications worldwide.
Got a suggestion for a good story or a piece of work you’re proud of? Get in touch by emailing skatebylines [at] gmail [dot] com and we’ll take a look.
Architecture
Embarcadero Plaza is a living shrine to skateboarding history — don’t desecrate it
Ted Barrow • San Francisco Standard
August 15, 2024
Dancing In The Park (on Silas Baxter-Neal and ‘Open Sequence’
Michael Barker • Village Psychic
March 6, 2023
Civic Center — A Profile of the L.E.S. Skatepark at Ten Years
Ian Browning • Quartersnacks
August 10, 2022
Granite Cathedrals (on Bobby Dekeyzer and Grand Prairie)
Michael Barker • Village Psychic
September 1, 2021
Favorite Spot with Anthony Van Engelen on The Green Bench
Farran Golding • Quartersnacks
May 5, 2021
Tony Hawk breaks down skateboarding’s legendary spots
Estelle Caswell, Christophe Haubursin • Vox
July 27, 2020
Arts
Stacking the shelves, come back soon.
Culture
‘Skateboarding, Power and Change’ — An Interview with Indigo Willing & Anthony Pappalardo
Jono Coote • Vague Skate Mag
October 30, 2023
A Shop for All Seasons & Forever: Memories of Autumn
Galen Dekemper • Quartersnacks
January 3rd, 2012
Education
Stacking the shelves, come back soon.
Media
‘It Feels Like You’re Both Getting The Clip’ — A Reappraisal of Fisheye Cinematography
Farran Golding • Quartersnacks
September 4, 2024
The Making of Dylan Rieder’s Gravis Part With Filmmaker Greg Hunt
Andrew Murrell • Jenkem Mag
March 22, 2024
The 90s skate video that changed the face of counterculture
Mackenzie Eisenhour • Huck Mag
March 8, 2024
Matt Price on Critcism, Photography and the State of Skate Media
Anthony Pappalardo • Artless Industria
February 19, 2024
Name Dropping — Four Videographers On Putting Skaters’ Names in Videos
Mike Munzenrider • Quartersnacks
April 13, 2022
Bicycle Mags to ‘Bunny Hop’: Skate Media’s BMX History
Anthony Pappalardo • Slam City Skates
February 18, 2022
‘You’re Ruining The Aesthetic’ — Five Videographers On Skate Video Music Supervision
Snackman • Quartersnacks
March 20, 2019
Design
Jeff Mikut on Designing Andrew Reynolds’ New Balance Shoe
Templeton Elliott, Patrick Kigongo, Jason Berlovitz • Mostly Skateboarding
April 27, 2025
Three Years Ago, Alexis Sablone Skated in the Olympics. Next Up? Designing Team USA’s Uniforms
Farran Golding • GQ Sports
July 25, 2024
Fashion
Stories About Shirts — Skate Shop Tees And The Meaning Of Life
Mike Munzenrider • Quartersnacks
March 15, 2023
Interviews & Profiles
Music
Curating Skate Video Soundtracks With The Founder of Pass~Port, Trent Evans
Josh Sabini • Jenkem Mag
September 6, 2022
‘You’re Ruining The Aesthetic’ — Five Videographers On Skate Video Music Supervision
Snackman • Quartersnacks
March 20, 2019
Reading Lists
Skateboarding Studies of 2024: The Peer Review Highlights with Sander Hölsgens
A starting point for digging into academic reading on skateboarding courtesy of Pushing Boarders co-director and Anthropology Professor, Sander Hölsgens.
January 25, 2025
A Consensus By and For The Crowd — The Quartersnacks Readers Poll
An annual writing exercise in documenting the year’s most significant skateboarding media.
December 24, 2024
Ian Browning Writes The Rules of Skateboarding (But Doesn’t Make Them)
Ian Browning’s interview series for Village Psychic lays down skateboarding’s unwritten laws then decodes what makes them or breaks them.
December 20, 2024
The Chrome Ball Incident’s Favorite Chrome Ball Interviews
“His little bit about Starship’s “We Built This City” remains one of my all-time favorite CBI answers.”
November 8, 2024