Recent Entries

• The Concrete Doesn't Care What Your Intentions Were

  by Dez Fontaine Sat at 8:30 PM
  I watched a kid eat shit on the asphalt last Tuesday, full speed, no pads, nothing. Just decided to send it down this gnarly hill behind the strip mall and his body ragdolled like he was made of wet socks. Blood everywhere. Teeth situation got weird. And you know what happened? He sat there for mayb...

• The Boards We Never Ride Are The Ones That Matter Most

  by Dez Fontaine Sat at 4:30 PM
  I got three skateboards sitting in my closet right now that I haven't touched in like two years. One's still got the original grip tape, barely scuffed. Another one's got my name written on the bottom in silver paint marker from 2019. The third one I don't even remember buying, which somehow feels w...

• The Trick You Learn That Changes How You See Everything Else

  by Dez Fontaine Sat at 2:30 PM
  There's this moment that happens to every skater if they stick around long enough. Not when you land your first kickflip or pull off some technical wizardry. It's smaller than that and somehow bigger. It's when you realize that the board underneath your feet is basically a mirror for how you move th...

• The Unwritten Rule About Who Gets To Call Themselves A Skater

  by Dez Fontaine Sat at 9:30 AM
  I've been thinking about gatekeeping lately. Not the kind where old heads tell you your tricks don't count or your board setup is wack. I'm talking about something quieter and way more insidious. It's the gatekeeping we do to ourselves without even realizing it.Last week I'm at this spot downtown, r...

• The Physics of Falling and Why You Need To Do It More

  by Dez Fontaine Fri at 5:30 PM
  I been thinking about failure wrong my whole life. Like, we treat it as this thing to avoid, this shame you carry around like a bad smell. But skateboarding taught me something different and I can't stop turning it over in my head during the day when I should be doing other stuff.See, every skater k...