Ian Browning
@ibrowning.bsky.social
Griptape bubbles in the rays of the sunset.
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
Groundbreaking sartorial update from 9am at Brower Park
August 15, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Groundbreaking sartorial update from 9am at Brower Park
We have Tiagos at home etc etc
Do I or Don’t I
I mean I’m over the brand (I think)
But he is a a local (ish) & I did watch him skate when he was a pup.
I mean I’m over the brand (I think)
But he is a a local (ish) & I did watch him skate when he was a pup.
August 13, 2025 at 8:31 PM
We have Tiagos at home etc etc
Bombed a hill lined with thatched roof fishing cottages and then swam next to jellyfish in the Irish Sea — the Atlantic Drift song’s gonna be in my head for at least the rest of the day.
July 22, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Bombed a hill lined with thatched roof fishing cottages and then swam next to jellyfish in the Irish Sea — the Atlantic Drift song’s gonna be in my head for at least the rest of the day.
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This week, @ibrowning.bsky.social on @heat1995viewer.bsky.social’s new photo book "Bumper," Skate Mental on Sports Junkies and grappling with our innate impermanence, SLS goes to Brasilia, Aleka Lang goes PRO, and more.
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Contributing to the soup
Ian Browning on Owen Basher's new photo book "Bumper," Skate Mental on Sports Junkies and grappling with our innate impermanence, SLS goes to Brasilia, Aleka Lang goes PRO, and more.
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July 18, 2025 at 4:06 PM
This week, @ibrowning.bsky.social on @heat1995viewer.bsky.social’s new photo book "Bumper," Skate Mental on Sports Junkies and grappling with our innate impermanence, SLS goes to Brasilia, Aleka Lang goes PRO, and more.
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Two martinis deep at EWR and introducing my children to one of life’s simple pleasures: pushing around on airport ground.
July 17, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Two martinis deep at EWR and introducing my children to one of life’s simple pleasures: pushing around on airport ground.
Good morning, I have used the word “festooned”before 10am.
July 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Good morning, I have used the word “festooned”before 10am.