A Blog About Skateboarding and Ageing, and Other Stuff

  • School’s Out (No More Words?)

    School’s Out (No More Words?)

    It’s nearly the end of August right now, and I’ve been away a bit, but I’ll be upfront about this. I’m not the best at…

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  • I ♥ Car Parks

    I ♥ Car Parks

    Architecturally speaking, is there anything more dull than a car park? Structures have many reasons to be standing, but it stands to reason they should…

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  • Skateboarding and ‘Late Style’

    Skateboarding and ‘Late Style’

    In 1981, the Canadian pianist Glenn Gould returned to the piece that made him world famous as the precocious age of 22: Bach’s Goldberg Variations.…

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  • Bertlemann Forever

    Bertlemann Forever

    Let’s give it up for the Bert. The Bertlemann slide, to give the move its full name, is a turn you make by crouching low…

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