Ian Browning
@ibrowning.bsky.social
Griptape bubbles in the rays of the sunset.
It's a good one this week!
This week, anecdotes about my eccentric physiotherapist and the time a neo-Nazi showed up at the skatepark.
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At the crossroads of history
Independent Trucks flirts with its past and the present, Jhancarlos Gonzalez crosses paths with my physiotherapist, the spirit of skateboarding, and more.
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January 23, 2026 at 7:31 PM
It's a good one this week!
Ottawa and Mississauga are only 260 miles apart.
December 15, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Ottawa and Mississauga are only 260 miles apart.
Tom rips; the Statue edits are always super entertaining, even if you’ve only skated DC once and got a little too stoned before having your board shoot into a fountain by the National Archive
December 10, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Tom rips; the Statue edits are always super entertaining, even if you’ve only skated DC once and got a little too stoned before having your board shoot into a fountain by the National Archive
The last Vans skateboarding employee setting up a multi-tiered seafood tower (carved from a massive block of ice) on the first step of Wallenberg. Curren’s going for sw tre over, and then this guy will hand over a bottle of ‘08 Etienne Calsac on to saber on the rollaway. Vans paid to close school.
December 8, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The last Vans skateboarding employee setting up a multi-tiered seafood tower (carved from a massive block of ice) on the first step of Wallenberg. Curren’s going for sw tre over, and then this guy will hand over a bottle of ‘08 Etienne Calsac on to saber on the rollaway. Vans paid to close school.
One of these years we’re gonna get a face melting part that, between later-than-ever SOTY campaigns and last-minute attempts at SF proving grounds, will drop in the week after they hand off the trophy. Gonna be because of a delayed flight or music rights or something dumb too.
December 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
One of these years we’re gonna get a face melting part that, between later-than-ever SOTY campaigns and last-minute attempts at SF proving grounds, will drop in the week after they hand off the trophy. Gonna be because of a delayed flight or music rights or something dumb too.
You should always read this series when it comes up. Christian’s close reads will come on after the Ted Barrow Radio Hour on Skate NPR someday.
@cnkerr.bsky.social is back with another beauty, this time stepping into the gyre of W.B. Yeats' "The Second Coming."
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Waxing Poetic #3: “The Second Coming”
Christian N. Kerr navigates the widening gyre of society and skateboarding through William Butler Yeats' post-war poetry.
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November 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
You should always read this series when it comes up. Christian’s close reads will come on after the Ted Barrow Radio Hour on Skate NPR someday.
Honestly, having my board shoot into a puddle isn’t the worst thing to happen at the end of November. We’re heading to salt-stained griptape season, and a relatively-new-but-mildly-soggy deck is the best way to skate through the winter.
November 24, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Honestly, having my board shoot into a puddle isn’t the worst thing to happen at the end of November. We’re heading to salt-stained griptape season, and a relatively-new-but-mildly-soggy deck is the best way to skate through the winter.
I sent said guy a politely critical email that circled around “this is why the street skaters are distrustful of this process” a few times. Also, Malmo.
You know, one of the things I will say about this place: I appreciate being able to say how frustrating it is that the skatepark design process is less democratic than it often boasts to be, and probably not having to worry about getting bit in the ass because the wrong person sees it.
November 14, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I sent said guy a politely critical email that circled around “this is why the street skaters are distrustful of this process” a few times. Also, Malmo.
More spines! More curved ledges! More over-polished icy concrete that sucks to skate flat on! More THPS skatepark builder-ass crash up derbies! Why would anyone outside of San Francisco want straight, granite ledges? The world needs 8’ transition!
You know, one of the things I will say about this place: I appreciate being able to say how frustrating it is that the skatepark design process is less democratic than it often boasts to be, and probably not having to worry about getting bit in the ass because the wrong person sees it.
November 13, 2025 at 10:16 PM
More spines! More curved ledges! More over-polished icy concrete that sucks to skate flat on! More THPS skatepark builder-ass crash up derbies! Why would anyone outside of San Francisco want straight, granite ledges? The world needs 8’ transition!
You know, one of the things I will say about this place: I appreciate being able to say how frustrating it is that the skatepark design process is less democratic than it often boasts to be, and probably not having to worry about getting bit in the ass because the wrong person sees it.
November 13, 2025 at 10:09 PM
You know, one of the things I will say about this place: I appreciate being able to say how frustrating it is that the skatepark design process is less democratic than it often boasts to be, and probably not having to worry about getting bit in the ass because the wrong person sees it.
Glad to see Bluesky is on top of it today
November 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Glad to see Bluesky is on top of it today
Good one out there today
November 6, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Good one out there today
Lotta things you can say about New York, but I skated* two cellar doors while running errands today.
*Ollies; less than ten tries
*Ollies; less than ten tries
October 27, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Lotta things you can say about New York, but I skated* two cellar doors while running errands today.
*Ollies; less than ten tries
*Ollies; less than ten tries
I had some jock-ass writing news, and it turns out that I have a lot fewer jock-ass contacts in my phone to talk about hockey writing than I thought
October 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I had some jock-ass writing news, and it turns out that I have a lot fewer jock-ass contacts in my phone to talk about hockey writing than I thought
How Can I Hurt While Holding You: an exploration of the relationship between Krooked Skateboards and Neil Diamond
In this essay I will
In this essay I will
September 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
How Can I Hurt While Holding You: an exploration of the relationship between Krooked Skateboards and Neil Diamond
In this essay I will
In this essay I will
Some personal news: I am watching the Buffalo Sabres play hockey on TV
September 22, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Some personal news: I am watching the Buffalo Sabres play hockey on TV
My coworker Josh Allen will be squishing fish on TV tonight, and yet, I find myself daydreaming about Ontario accents
Man, imagine if there was a hockey game on tonight
September 18, 2025 at 7:22 PM
My coworker Josh Allen will be squishing fish on TV tonight, and yet, I find myself daydreaming about Ontario accents
The literary-forward approach is the key to market share. Lurpiv doesn’t have poetry OR a book review, and they’re leaving money on the table.
Ok, so BBS is making trucks now too. Big deal.
Wake me up when one of the truck brands that started in the past half year makes the gamble to start a magazine to sell product.
Then, I guess, offer me a job at said magazine that offers competitive healthcare for a whole family.
Wake me up when one of the truck brands that started in the past half year makes the gamble to start a magazine to sell product.
Then, I guess, offer me a job at said magazine that offers competitive healthcare for a whole family.
September 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The literary-forward approach is the key to market share. Lurpiv doesn’t have poetry OR a book review, and they’re leaving money on the table.
Ok, so BBS is making trucks now too. Big deal.
Wake me up when one of the truck brands that started in the past half year makes the gamble to start a magazine to sell product.
Then, I guess, offer me a job at said magazine that offers competitive healthcare for a whole family.
Wake me up when one of the truck brands that started in the past half year makes the gamble to start a magazine to sell product.
Then, I guess, offer me a job at said magazine that offers competitive healthcare for a whole family.
September 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Ok, so BBS is making trucks now too. Big deal.
Wake me up when one of the truck brands that started in the past half year makes the gamble to start a magazine to sell product.
Then, I guess, offer me a job at said magazine that offers competitive healthcare for a whole family.
Wake me up when one of the truck brands that started in the past half year makes the gamble to start a magazine to sell product.
Then, I guess, offer me a job at said magazine that offers competitive healthcare for a whole family.
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We also covered subconsciously emulating your heroes’ trick book, seen here via the same Kenny section and Ryan's part in Sci-Fi Fantasy's 'Endless Beauty'.
September 9, 2025 at 8:56 PM
We also covered subconsciously emulating your heroes’ trick book, seen here via the same Kenny section and Ryan's part in Sci-Fi Fantasy's 'Endless Beauty'.
If we don’t get a Jersey-based edit called “Electric Nebraska” before the end of the year, the Olympics won
Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Electric Nebraska’ (and more) is coming!
Bruce Springsteen to Release 'Electric Nebraska' -- and More -- in Surprise Box Set
The box set — timed to the 'Deliver Me From Nowhere' movie — combines E Street Band versions of most of 'Nebraska,' a live performance, and outtakes
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September 5, 2025 at 3:55 PM
If we don’t get a Jersey-based edit called “Electric Nebraska” before the end of the year, the Olympics won
Man, imagine if there was a hockey game on tonight
September 3, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Man, imagine if there was a hockey game on tonight
It brings me no joy to report that I’m maybe becoming a Wheelbase Guy.
August 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
It brings me no joy to report that I’m maybe becoming a Wheelbase Guy.
Geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez the mayor’s goons are really something
BREAKING: Eric Adams Advisor Winnie Greco Handed a CITY Reporter Cash Stuffed in a Bag of Potato Chips
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Eric Adams Advisor Winnie Greco Handed a CITY Reporter Cash Stuffed in a Bag of Potato Chips
THE CITY reported the incident to law enforcement and was promptly contacted by the Brooklyn U.S. attorney’s office.
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August 20, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez the mayor’s goons are really something