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Skate Bylines @skatebylines.bsky.social · Jul 16

The restored Brooklyn Banks stand as a monument to contemporary street skateboarding: the act itself and the culture’s emergent civic guardianship. We checked in to hear what the space means for the generations of New York skaters localising the Banks once again 🧱 — skatebylines.com/2025/07/15/b...

The red brick Brooklyn Banks underneath the Manhattan side of the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City. The Banks are cast partially in shadow and a skater walks up one of their inclines.

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Skate Bylines @skatebylines.bsky.social · Jul 4

Dolores focuses on women, gender minority skateboarders and inclusive skateboarding projects. “We focus on stories and milestones that have to be told by featuring skateboarders who inspire and empower community, the industry and future skateboarders,” says Abal.
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Skate Bylines @skatebylines.bsky.social · Jul 4

Dolores Magazine's editor-in-chief, creative director and photographer Raisa spoke about her approach to expanding on submissions and broadening the landscape of skate media for our editors’ roundtable on pitching. Live now at Skate Bylines 📝 — skatebylines.com/2025/07/01/p...

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Skate Bylines @skatebylines.bsky.social · Jul 1

Skate Bylines spoke to the editors of a handful of today’s most notable skateboarding publications — Free, Dolores, Skate Jawn and Mess — for their perspectives on a good story and how to make a pitch land.
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Landing Pitches with Skateboarding Magazine Editors: Making The Big Leagues, Part 2

Skateboarding magazine editors of Free Skate Mag, Mess Skate Mag, Skate Jawn and Dolores Magazine share what they're looking for in a pitch.

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Skate Bylines @skatebylines.bsky.social · Jul 1

History, as the cliché goes, is written by the victors.

Journalism, historical record of the published word, is written by successful pitchers.

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Skate Bylines @skatebylines.bsky.social · Jul 1

“They spur the losers of the world to take heart — to rise and lose again,” writes Veeck. “Without losers, where would the winners be? So who, in the final analysis, is most entitled to historic memory?”

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Skate Bylines @skatebylines.bsky.social · Jul 1

The New York Mets of 'Can’t Anybody Here Play This Game?' were record-making losers. They were significant, however, not only for their failure on the field but the inspiration which can be found in such failure.

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Skate Bylines @skatebylines.bsky.social · Jul 1

Such descriptors can feel all too familiar for the writer (or any creative) who finds themselves striking out on a failed pitch or, worse yet, the deafening silence of unresponsive editors.

And what is “failing”, but a close cousin of “losing”?

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Skate Bylines @skatebylines.bsky.social · Jul 1

In the introduction to Jimmy Breslin’s 'Can’t Anybody Here Play This Game?', an account of the New York Mets’ historically bad first year, baseball luminary Bill Veeck frames the story as “a history of the Mets, preserving for all time a remarkable tale of ineptitude, mediocrity and abject failure.”

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Skate Bylines @skatebylines.bsky.social · Jul 1

We're back with the baseball analogies for another story on pitching, this time from the perspective of magazine editors. To unpack what makes for a good story and effective pitch we spoke to the editors of Free, Mess, Skate Jawn and Dolores ⚾️ 💨 — skatebylines.com/2025/07/01/p...

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Skate Bylines @skatebylines.bsky.social · Jun 29

As we endeavour to improve the accessibility of our editorial and expanding across formats, you can also listen to an audio version of the story read by @kylebeachy.bsky.social on SoundCloud, Spotify and Apple Podcasts and within the article itself at Skate Bylines.
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Skate Bylines @skatebylines.bsky.social · Jun 29

"I wanted it to breathe.I wanted to see Dylan riding up, riding away. I wanted to see everything, like the board going under
the bus, you know? When you watch Dylan skate, everything around him was so interesting too," says Greg Hunt 📷 Anthony Acosta — skatebylines.com/2025/05/26/d...

Dylan Rieder boardslides a long handrail on his skateboard, backdropped by a large green bush covering the exterior of a red building. Set within the image is a black and white portrait of Rieder, smiling, pointing his skateboard towards the camera with it's truck axle crack after being ran over by a bus.

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Skate Bylines @skatebylines.bsky.social · Jun 29

Dylan Rieder and Greg Hunt and frontside ollie during the making of 'dylan.' by Anthony Acosta whose work we're honoured to publish alongside this chapter from @kylebeachy.bsky.social's 'The Most Fun Thing'.
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Dylan Rieder: Style Was His Soul

Few, if any, impacted skateboarding as Dylan Rieder did during the 2010s. In this essay from 'The Most Fun Thing', Kyle Beachy explores how.

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Skate Bylines @skatebylines.bsky.social · Jun 29

"Orson Welles had it that, 'If the camera doesn’t like an actor, it just stares at him.' Cameras loved Dylan, but skateboarders loved him better. Eventually," writes @kylebeachy.bsky.social of Dylan Rieder. — 🌹https://skatebylines.com/2025/05/26/dylan-rieder-style-was-his-soul/

Professional skateboarder Dylan Rieder and Greg Hunt sat smiling looking at an Apple Macbook laptop, reviewing footage from Rieder's 2010 short film, 'dylan.' by Hunt. Rieder has tussled and style brown hair, is wearing a white oxford shirt, and holds a cigarette in his hand. Hunt, a years his senior, has short hair, a trimmed beard and wears a blue corduroy shirt.

Dylan Rieder ollies on a white quarterpipe. He is floating high in the air against as a dark evening sky.

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Skate Bylines @skatebylines.bsky.social · May 26

"Whatever the change he caused, it was not language that did it. Dylan Rieder was no rhetorician, was not inspired to speak a movement into existence ... No, the revolution of Dylan was not linguistic. It was formal, visual, and spiritual." writes Beachy.
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Dylan Rieder: Style Was His Soul - Skate Bylines

Few, if any, impacted skateboarding as Dylan Rieder did during the 2010s. In this essay from 'The Most Fun Thing', Kyle Beachy explores how.

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Skate Bylines @skatebylines.bsky.social · May 26

In a heartfelt essay on Dylan Rieder, @kylebeachy.bsky.social considers style, skateboarding, and how skateboarders come to know those whom we admire from our distances. Live now at Skate Bylines and available as read by Kyle wherever you get your podcasts 🌹 — skatebylines.com/2025/05/26/d...

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Skate Bylines @skatebylines.bsky.social · May 21

Sarah Anderson on creating small but meaningful change from her inspiring Beyond Boards interview which covers her work with Deckaid, as an English teacher, and many more uplifting things, and is one of Quentin Delille’s highlights from Beyond Boards 🎙️ — skatebylines.com/2025/05/06/b...

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Skate Bylines @skatebylines.bsky.social · May 20

'Ranked & Filed' brings you the headline story from Simple Magic’s weekly ‘Simply Ranked’ newsletter in multimedia form courtesy of Skate Bylines. Watch the video article at Skate Bylines or find the audio version wherever you get your podcasts. 🤝 @colenowicki.com
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Courthouse drop: Tyshawn Jones sues Supreme - Skate Bylines

Tyshawn Jones is suing Supreme to the tune of a million dollars (and then some). Cole Nowicki takes the stand.

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Skate Bylines @skatebylines.bsky.social · May 20

Tyshawn Jones is suing former sponsor Supreme to the tune of a million dollars. @colenowicki.com takes the stand to dispatch for Ranked & Filed, playing at Skate Bylines and wherever you get your podcasts 🎬 @farrangolding.bsky.social ⚖️ — skatebylines.com/2025/05/19/c...

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Skate Bylines @skatebylines.bsky.social · May 16

Anthony Van Engelen on ‘The Hat’, a ten-gallon crown of honour passed amongst the Alien Workshop team during the making of ‘Mind Field’ as discussed in the 100th episode of Beyond Boards🤠 We spoke to host Quentin Delille about his highlights from show 🎙️ — skatebylines.com/2025/05/06/b...

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Skate Bylines @skatebylines.bsky.social · May 13

"My goal was to get a mix of well-known and lesser-known people from all areas of skate culture that you didn’t see or hear in other skate podcasts,” says Delille of the show’s initial intention. 📝 @farrangolding.bsky.social
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'Beyond Boards' Hits A Hundred Episodes - Skate Bylines

Beyond Boards host Quentin Delille shares his highlights from the podcast dedicated to skateboarders' interests beyond skateboarding itself.

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Skate Bylines @skatebylines.bsky.social · May 13

Beyond Boards, the most well-researched podcast in skateboarding recently reached its 100th episode. Host Quentin Delille shared his highlights from thoughtful conversations with writers, photographers, videographers, artists and other interesting folks 🎙️ — skatebylines.com/2025/05/06/b...

Quentin Delille, host of the podcast Beyond Boards, holds a glass of water. He have a shaved head and sandy beard. On top of the image appears the headline 'Beyond Boards Hits A Hundred Episodes' and the quote: "It has been the same since the very beginning: what I want first and foremost is to have inspiring conversations with people I admire."

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Skate Bylines @skatebylines.bsky.social · May 1

'Ranked & Filed' brings you the headline story from Simple Magic’s weekly ‘Simply Ranked’ newsletter in multimedia form courtesy of Skate Bylines. Watch the full article at Skate Bylines or find the audio version wherever you get your podcasts. 🤝 @colenowicki.com
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Tom Schaar: The best of what's left - Skate Bylines

Tom Schaar told the world "Vert's Not Dead". Cole Nowicki discusses his vert prowess and the future of the discipline.

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Skate Bylines @skatebylines.bsky.social · May 1

Tom Schaar told the world “Vert’s Not Dead” with his new video part. @colenowicki.com considers what that means for the future of the discipline to introduce ‘Ranked & Filed’, a Simple Magic and Skate Bylines co-production edited by @farrangolding.bsky.social ✨ — skatebylines.com/2025/05/01/t...

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Skate Bylines @skatebylines.bsky.social · Apr 27

Full version of the above highlight from the show, with Kyle's commentary on The Boss in 'Baker Has A Deathwish Part 2', playing below and catch the full episode where you get listenin' 📻
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Andrew Reynolds and the Wholesomeness of 'Baker Has A Deathwish Part 2' with Kyle Beachy

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