The Skateboarder's Companion

Me too. I’ve loved watching him reappear.
Proper life-affirming stuff.

Hyped on Alice’s interview too - if there’s something missing from your scene don’t waste time complaining, make it happen. Respect.

Haven’t delved further than that yet but hyped.

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Yep - those are the two I’ve read so far. Good stuff.

Slowly making my way through the new issue was a seriously cathartic and nostalgic experience for me. The weight, the smell, the Sidewalk-esque feel. Proper happy place stuff. Even seeing a Fracture ad again was like bumping into an old friend.

I’d pay a silly amount for a monthly release, but between this, Vague and Free, I’m really happy with my print media subscriptions right now.

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Just pre-ordered issue 3. Still need to read the first two properly. Have a couple of free evenings this week will hopefully sit in the hammock, and catch up on the names I should know in all these dope clips with no names!

Looking forward to it.

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I bought issue two then the week after another copy turned up with a new deck :man_facepalming:

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Rad but a very Sidewalk’ish cover layout, no?

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I mean, it’s all the Sidewalk staff aside from Beeps, so…yeah, of course.

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I thought they’d be looking to bring a whole new identity to a new project is all.

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Skateboard mag covers generally consist of a big photo and a big title on the top. Swap the title logo out and they’re all the same aren’t they?

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Some have writing on the front, some do not.

This looks exactly like a skateboard magazine, and that’s a good look when it’s sitting in WH Smith.

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Especially after this morning. Should hopefully smash it.

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Sorry, late to this thread, but can one pick this up at WH Smith? I’m never near a skateshop these days due to my hermetic student life. Sounds really good though and I’d like to support it.

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Yes you can. From next week.

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Thanks dude. Legend.

I don’t know I always think of the border/frame as being a heavily Sidewalk thing (though not used all the time) in it’s own look.

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I know what you mean, it did become a recognisable cover layout for them. Especially as so many American mags at that time (transworld, skateboard Mag etc) were doing full bleed images with a ton of text laid over the top.

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Yeah, I 100% agree.

I think Horsley is doing the layout again, and he did all the Sidewalks…so, thats why it makes even more sense it would look the same.

But in a bigger picture sense - I think that there has been a Sidewalk shaped hole in the UK mags since those guys stopped print. So, even if it were a different crew, emulating it as a demonstration of intent is no bad thing. You know what you are getting, that way…

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In Smith’s today!

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Cool, will grab one on way home

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