time to time: you might play something for a bit pre-release, not feel it at all, and then see a bunch of your respected peers start lauding it with praise. You expected this game to come and go with minimal chatter, but now people you know and trust are assuring you it's worth seeing through. That's what happened to me
Skate Story is two very different things simultaneously. On the one hand, it's a visceral take on skateboarding, providing a tight, fast, ground-level view as you brute-force your way through tricks and combos. But it's also a surrealist trip through the underworld where you control a skateboarding demon who faces off against the devil. Think of it like Dante's Inferno meets Thrasher magazine, and you're most of the way there.
A mobile skatepark moving between displacement camps in Gaza is providing rare mental health support to children trapped in one of the world's most severe humanitarian crises, where trauma and grief are rife. Amid the wreckage of Gaza City, where collapsed buildings and twisted concrete dominate the landscape, a group of young Palestinians has transformed the destruction into an unlikely playground.
Built in 1895 as a public swimming baths, Manor Place in Elephant & Castle was also used a boxing venue (the Kray twins and Henry Cooper fought there) before falling into disrepair. Now Nike and Palace are giving the venue a new lease of life, featuring three zones for football, skating and creativity. The Park and The Cage will be the main sports spaces.
The Venice boardwalk is great for skateboarding, obviously, but I always love skating through Hollywood, especially along the Walk of Fame because it's such a weird vibe. It almost feels like a video game.
I distinctly remember being a kid, rolling around town in the back seat of my mom's car not long after I discovered skateboarding, and feeling like the world had fundamentally changed. The familiar landscape had become a newly discovered sea of spots: I'd count the stairs of every set we passed and take note of every handrail. Benches became ledges, grass patches became gaps, and the world unfolded before me in an entirely new way-one spot at a time.
During the project, the skateboarder hit a speed of 103 kph, skating from a height of 70 meters with a drop of 60 meters, measured from the lowest point of the ramp to the platform. Safety was integrated into the ramp design. At the end of the ramp, MotoGP crash pillows were installed, and these devices, normally used in motorcycle racing, helped stop a speeding Sandro Dias after hitting above 100 kilometers per hour.
The original Tony Hawk Pro Skater changed everything. It popularized a new and exciting genre. It introduced a generation to music they otherwise wouldn't have been exposed to. It even helped popularize a classic sport on the cusp of going mainstream. Just a few short months after its 1999 release, it was clear that Neversoft's skateboarding game had become a phenomenon that transcended gaming and penetrated pop culture at large.
We're continually growing and changing, but we also preserve a lot of what makes this city architecturally distinct and unique, from different periods over literally hundreds of years,
Cheetah stands out with its bold animal print and signature Mowalola cursive lettering splashed across the base. It's fierce, raw, and impossible to ignore.
