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The article presents a narrative from the author about the 13-day skate trip of the Converse CONS Team to Brazil. It highlights skate locations, from the city of Salvador in Bahia to Brasilia and Sao Paulo. Photographs from the trip are presented, which feature skateboarders and their skate tricks, including Biano Bianchin, Felipe Oliveira, and Aaron Herrington.

An interview with skateboarder Chima Ferguson is presented. He talks about the state of skate, the changes on the sport, and his plans for tackling the next decade. Chima comments on the resurgence of puffy skate shoes and high fashion's sampling into skateboarding culture as well as discusses the link between skating with music and fashion.

The author recounts the filming for the "Nike SB Medley" video, which features Australian skateboarders in North Carolina. It presents information about Australian skateboarders, including Charles Robertson, Rob Pace, and Sam Sutton, based on three questions on topics of American skaters, American films, and American slang words. Photographs of the skateboarders are also offered.

An interview with skateboarder Adrien Bulard, is presented. He shares his interests in doing physical activities including skating, running and exercise. He discusses the time he spend to make skateboarding a career wherein he wants to be recognized in the world of skateboarding. He mentions his participation in skateboarding contests.

An interview with skateboarder Carlos Ribeiro, is presented. He shares his interests in skateboarding. He discusses the influence of his father to his skateboarding wherein his father was a soccer player and his father supports him in skating. He stresses of watching videos of the influential skateboarder.

The article presents an interview with skateboarders Tony Hawk and Riley Hawk. Topics discussed include Riley's upcoming videos and the handrail trick in skateboarding, the challenges that the skateboarding industry is facing including the closure of several shops and companies, and the father-and-son bond between the two.

The article discusses the importance for the skateboarders and skateboarding enthusiasts to attend events particularly for women. It mentions that attending the said events can caused one to develop camaraderie with other fellow women skateboarders. It recommends tips on the way one can attend skateboarding events despite being low on budget, which include volunteering one's time.

The article offers information on the Skatecross, a skateboarding competition held in San Diego, California on June 25, 2016 and the innovation that its skateboard ramp has. It mentions that the skateboarding event was spearheaded by style master Andy Macdonald and is considered to be an alternative for the infamous Clash at Clairemont. It adds that the megatrack was designed and constructed by Live Wire Construction.

An interview with skateboarders Chima Ferguson, is presented. Topics discussed include the cool trend for rebellion through conformity in skateboarding, the longevity of his video with Vans, and his position on body varials, a freestyle skateboarding trick. Also mentioned his music for skateboarding, his view on the involvement of apparel companies in skating such as Nike and Alva, and the last time he skated with his brother.

An interview with skateboarder Tony Hawk is presented. Topics discussed by Hawk during the interview include his being cool in life, his growth, his consideration of the White House as his most amazing skating site, his dreamed skating stunt, and his realization of making skateboarding as his own career.

An interview with Lisbon, Portugal-based professional skateboarder Thaynan Costa is presented. Topics of the interview include the sponsorship of skateboarding company Enjoi to Costa's career, his skating video "De La Calle/Da Rua," and the influence of his interest in watching old videos on his skateboarding tricks.

The article focuses on several street skateboarders and skateboarding spots in Texas. Among the skateboarders mentioned include Jake Johnson, Adrian Adrid, and Jake Hayes. It discusses the skateboarding techniques and styles of several skateboarders including Peter Hewitt, Auby Taylor, and Vincent Alvarez.

The article offers information on the skateboarding tour conducted by a group of skateboarders in Georgia. It mentions that group include Walker Ryan, Pat Duffy, and Madars Apse along with Gosha Konyshev and Barney Page. It features several places in the state where they conducted skateboarding techniques including Dubya Highway, Stalin, and Abkhazia.

The article reports on skateboarding team Bro Style also known as Sickness Brothers team trip with members including Leo Romero, Dakota Servold and Matt Bennett. Information about the team's participation in the Eswic trip skateboarding event with skater pros, is mentioned. The team also collaborated with other skaters such as Jono Sinclair, Nick Gibson and Shawn Rogers.

The article discusses the Asphalt Yacht Club (AYC) 2013 West Coast Tour that was held in the U.S. It states that participation of skateboarders Riley Hawk, Derrick Wilson and skateboarding team Shep Dawgs in the skateboarding competition. It highlights the skateboarding skills and techniques of skaters in the event.

The article reports on skateboarder Tom Karangelov who was known for his Skate Mental trip such as camping to Mount Rushmore in Keystone, South Dakota. It mentions the skateboarding skills and techniques of Karangelov. Also emphasized is his collaboration with other skateboarders such as Fernando Bramsmark and Dan Plunkett.

A photograph is presented of skateboarder Jordan Taylor showing his skateboarding skills.

An interview with skater and skateboarding instructor Andy Anderson is presented. When asked about the tricks he teaches to his first-timer students, he refers to pushing, slowing down and bailing. He also shares how he got involved with skateboarding, the peer pressure in the core street skating world and the importance of skateboarding basics.

Several photographs taken during Converse's One Star World Tour in August 2015 are presented, featuring various skateboarders including Zered Bassett doing a switch kickflip in Charlotte, North Carolina, Aaron Herrington doing a frontside 50-50 across and down in Omaha, Nebraska and Mike Anderson doing a method air in St. Louis, Missouri.

Several photographs of various individuals doing several skateboarding tricks are presented including Trevor Colden, Eric Koston, and Cory Kennedy.

An excerpt from the book "The Birth of the Modern Skateboard Truck" in the December 15, 2015 issue of the journal is presented which focuses on the events of skateboarding in the U.S.

The article profiles several skateboarders including Arian Chamasmany, Lynn Kramer and Troy Grenier. Information about their skateboarding styles and techniques, determination in skating and passion as skaters, is provided. An overview on their best performance during skateboarding training and competitions, is also emphasized.

The article discusses the TEDx Talk event that was held in July 1, 2015. The event featured speaker and Argentinean longboard skater Valeria Kechichian who talked about her personal experience as a skateboarder, family background and styles and techniques in skating. Also emphasized is her perspective in skateboarding, passion in skating and collaboration with other skaters.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of being a skater where he discusses about his favorite skateboarding technique like longboard dancing, participation at skateboard competitions and collaboration with other skaters in Berlin, Germany.

The article profiles several skateboarders including Jonny Miller, Bill Wennerholm and Isabelle Fried. Information about their styles and techniques in skateboarding, traumatic experiences and participation in competitions in the U.S., is provided. Also emphasized is their perspectives and passion for skateboarding since childhood.

A photo essay which documents the life of Alex Luciano, an 18-year-old longboarder from Cuneo, Italy as he lived in the place surrounded by mountains and started training skating at the age of 10, is presented.

The article offers suggestions for skateboarding instruction and techniques. It highlights the combination of tricks for a non-conformity performance and prevent accidents, mixture of elements when surfing and concept of speed in classic power surfing which are essential in building blocks. Also emphasized is the effect of some activity and state of happiness for a good outcome in surfing based on the theory of Hungarian professor Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi.

An interview with professional skateboarder Manny Santiago is presented. When asked about his decision to move to Massachusetts from Puerto Rico and his first memory of enjoying a skateboard, Santiago mentioned that at a young age he started doing skateboarding tricks at prefabricated cement ramps. He added that he decided to pursue a career in skateboarding in 2006.

The article photographs of skaters who joined the trip of footwear brand Lakai to Bay Area, California including Stevie Perez doing a Backside 50-50 and a Switch Krooked Grind, Danny Brady performing a Step-Up Noseblunt, and Jon Sciano handling a Smith Grind.

The article presents photographs of skaters who joined the trip of shoe company Converse from Sydney, New South Wales (NSW) to Brisbane, Queensland, including Sammy Baca performing a Roll-On Grind, Mike Anderson doing a Hurricane in Newcastle, and Bryce Golder making a Frontside Wallride.

The article features several skateboarders who present their views regarding various models of skateboards from different manufacturers. It includes Pam Diaz who offers information on the Jet Skateboards Black Death model and Attack-Liquid Trucks. It adds Cesar Berumen who loves to ride the Antifashion Chimp and use the 50 degree Paris 180mm trucks. It also includes Brady Brown who use Ronin Trucks with PNL Strummers, and Cult 80A Cerebrum wheels with Zealous Bearings.

An interview with professional skateboarder Elena Corrigall is presented. Topics discussed include Corrigall's proudest racing accomplishment as of March 2015, her favorite place to skate when she is not racing, and how she balances her own feelings towards competition with the expectations felt by others.

Photographs are presented of skateboarders Peter Raffin, Kevin Lowry, Brandon Lefever and Antonio Durao doing the backside 180, frontside five-0, ollie and the switch frontside flip tricks.

The article discusses the skate scene in Japan as of March 2015. Topics covered include videos showcasing the Japanese skateboarding including "Subspecies," "Overground Broadcasting" and "Lenz I and II," and photographs of several skateboarders, including Koichiro Uehara, Chris Joslin, Julian Davidson and Aidan Campbell, doing some tricks, such as the wallie frontside grab, ollie up wallride nollie, crooked grind and the kickflip tricks.

The article discusses how the sport of skateboarding has progressed since its creation in California in the 1940s. Topics covered include the evolution of sidewalk surfing in the 1940s, the popularity of street skateboarding, the essential building blocks of the classic power surfing including the concepts of speed and flow, and the difference between surfskate and downhill racing.

An interview with American professional skateboarder Ryan Sheckler is presented. Ryan talks about his trip to Japan then flying to Australia for three days, and the injury he had before an 11-day skate trip. He discusses the amount of time spend on the video he filmed for Plan B which started in 2008. He mentions his dedication to the El Toro backside flip which he plans to do.

The author reports on the events that transpired when embarked on a Northwest trip to Vancouver, British Columbia for the Vans skateboarding contest. He talks about skateboarder Chris Russell's boneless tricks at Orcas Island, linking up with another skateboarder, Ben Raybourn, in Portland, Oregon, and cites Chris Haslam who performed a over-the-top disaster to ollie back in went down.

Interviews are presented of professional skateboarders Weston Celsus Kremer, Josef Skott Jatta and Nicholas Jonathan Garcia. Jatta talks about his favorite bowl skaters, his country Gambia in Africa and his part in a video. Kremer mentions his best hippie jump flip, the YouTube skateboarding show "It's a Mad World" and his approach in his "Crusty By Nature" part. Garcia talks about Element Skateboards, his cousin and skater Julian Davidson, and how skateboarding helped him support his family.

The article offers the author's insights about the HUF US Tour. The author talks about his first encounter of the tour's crew which include Dylan Rieder, Austyn Gillette, and Peter Ramondetta in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Also offered are photographs depicting various skateboarding tricks by several skateboarders.

The article offers information on the skateboarding tricks from several skateboarders in Santa Cruz, California. The tricks from skateboarders include the kickflip by Emmanuel Guzman, the frontside pivot to fakie by Justin Strubing, and 360 flip by Shuriken Shannon. Another trick is the backside five-o revert by Sid Melvin Wallie.

An interview with skateboarder Tony Alva is presented. Alva discusses about downhill skateboarding, and learning the technique as a teenager in Santa Monica, California. He gives his thoughts on the huge growth and participation in longboarding and downhill skateboarding, and the segregation of different genre's of skateboarding. When asked about the fastest skateboarder at riding downhill, he refers to Bob Biniak.