Articles
The Dying Magic of Legendary Skate Spots
Ema Ostřížková deconstructs iconic first-wave street spots.
Essays
The “Real Non-Fiction” of Magic Skate Spots
Ted Barrow on demystifying skate spots of lore.
Articles
This Old Magic: Disenchantment and the New Skate Urbanism
Brian Glenney on the risks of sanctioned skate spaces.
Articles
New-Traditional Skateboarding
Harry Meadley traces how a tradition of exclusion became, however partially, a tradition of inclusion.
Essays
John Locke and the Skate Pirates: Property Rights and Their Limits
Thomas Kemp on labor, private property, and the public will of DIY skateparks.
Articles
The Skateboarding Spot as an Urban Heterotopia: Preservation Challenges and a Skaturbanism Perspective
Juliette Evon and Jean-Sébastien Lacam on an alternative framework for understanding, recognizing and integrating skateboarding into the production and governance of urban space.
Essays
The Magic of Skate Media
Paweł Madaliński on ethical presentations and hybrid skate spots.
Issues
Issue 1: Magical, Realism
Welcome to the inaugural issue of SAUCE, a journal for skate studies. Skate studies is a field of serious academic research that covers the activities, cultures, and institutions of skateboarding, averaging over 150 published articles and a few books a year. That seems like a lot of activity spent studying