THE SKATE QUESTION.
Skateboarding beyond the tricks: stories and questions about society, history, public space and skate culture.
A publication built to connect skateboarding culture and rigorous research.
Why this project?
Skateboarding is more than a sequence of tricks. It is shaped by people, institutions, local environments, social relationships and the meanings assigned to particular spaces. The Skate Question examines those relationships through accessible, evidence-based editorial stories.
How we work
Questions first. Every story begins with an investigable question, not a predetermined conclusion.
Evidence with context. We distinguish scholarly findings, historical records and interpretation, without treating one study as proof of a universal claim.
Attribution and image permissions. An image appearing online does not establish permission to reuse or transform it.
Corrections. When evidence changes or an error is identified, we aim to explain the correction transparently.
Full editorial standards and corrections ↗Who curates The Skate Question?
The Skate Question is curated by Athanasios Tsipis, a researcher working across skateboarding, urban culture and society. His peer-reviewed 2025 article, co-authored with Sepandarmaz Mashreghi, examines skateboarding and decolonial placemaking in Nairobi, Kenya.
The Skate Question is an independent editorial project. It does not speak on behalf of any university, organisation or researcher whose work it discusses.
Meet the curator ↗