Tessera

Cole Nowicki@colenowicki.com · 3w ago

For the late afternooners: Pope quotes and tricks that float

The primary theme of this week's skateboarding newsletter: faith www.simplemagic.ca/if-you-get-b...

The primary theme of this week's skateboarding newsletter: faith www.simplemagic.ca/if-you-get-b...

If you get birdies, you're flying

Jace De Tomasso soars, Ryan Sheckler stars in an anti-child trafficking motion picture, SLS becomes irredeemable, Primitive does GOOD collab, and more.

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Old clip Thursday: more drop than two-block. ‘05, maybe ‘06.

Cole Nowicki @colenowicki.com · 4w ago

Checking in on the job market again

Job post for a "Creative Writing & Content Expert" that reads:

Do you love to write? At TELUS Digital, we are teaching Al to speak with the heart and nuance of a human. As a Writing Specialist, you are the "Voice" of the Al. Your job is to take robotic text and turn it into something that sounds natural, professional, and culturally relevant.

For the afternoon crowd: a bit of a freewheeling dispatch

Cole Nowicki@colenowicki.com · 4w ago

This week, I had a great time watching the new Polar vid, David Reyes does it big for what might be his 7th or 8th board sponsor, the Dern Bros. are on the Zumiez rack, my cousin is on the podium at the Calgary Stampede, and more. www.simplemagic.ca/a-free-assoc...

Cole Nowicki @colenowicki.com · 4w ago

This week, I had a great time watching the new Polar vid, David Reyes does it big for what might be his 7th or 8th board sponsor, the Dern Bros. are on the Zumiez rack, my cousin is on the podium at the Calgary Stampede, and more. www.simplemagic.ca/a-free-assoc...

A free associative review

Let the new Polar video wash over you, David Reyes has been doing this a long time, Dern Bros. merch is now available in select Zumiez stores, is this skateboarding? Vol. 57, and more.

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Cole Nowicki @colenowicki.com · 4w ago

Tonight I nearly finished this skateboarding-related book proposal I’ve been working on, but got distracted trying to find a skate spot on google maps

Olivier Jutel 🇵🇸@ojutel.bsky.social · 4w ago

Love to be on my pal @colenowicki.com 's blog alongside news of Palace's 313 video www.simplemagic.ca/turns-out-it...

Turns out it's banging

Seven years in Detroit with Palace, Chloe Covell dominates, Juni Kang wows at MoonPay X Games League Monster Energy Men's Skateboard Street Best Trick, Alec Majerus continues, and more.

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Natalie Porter @natalieporter.bsky.social · last mo.

Calling all skater nerds! Submissions open...

Also, Skateboarding and Urban Cultural Ecologies (SAUCE), a new "DIY journal dedicated to the cultural, social, aesthetic, and athletic contributions of skateboarding," is now open for submissions. www.saucejournal.org

For the afternoon crowd: there's more to this newsletter than the greatest/worst hero image of all time, there's also the pressing question of what qualifies as a "270 out"

Screengrab of Juni Kang beginning his 270 out of a nollie-backside-270-heelflip-boardslide, with over 180 degrees of that 270 out spent with all four wheels on the ground.

This is either the best or the worst hero image I've ever made for the newsletter www.simplemagic.ca/turns-out-it...

dylan @gropeforluna.myatproto.social · last mo.

Also, Skateboarding and Urban Cultural Ecologies (SAUCE), a new "DIY journal dedicated to the cultural, social, aesthetic, and athletic contributions of skateboarding," is now open for submissions. www.saucejournal.org

Kyle Beachy @kylebeachy.bsky.social · last mo.

An honor to be on the editorial board of SAUCE, "A DIY journal dedicated to the cultural, social, aesthetic, and athletic contributions of skateboarding." Submissions open now: www.saucejournal.org

SAUCE Journal

A DIY academic journal dedicated to the cultural, social, aesthetic, and athletic contributions of skateboarding.

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SAUCE masthead is STACKED

Editor-in-Chief
Brian Glenney

Lead Editors
Thom Callan-Riley
Bethany Geckle
Thomas Kemp

Web and Copy Editor
Cole Nowicki

Also, Skateboarding and Urban Cultural Ecologies (SAUCE), a new "DIY journal dedicated to the cultural, social, aesthetic, and athletic contributions of skateboarding," is now open for submissions. www.saucejournal.org

SAUCE Journal

A DIY academic journal dedicated to the cultural, social, aesthetic, and athletic contributions of skateboarding.

saucejournal.org

This is either the best or the worst hero image I've ever made for the newsletter www.simplemagic.ca/turns-out-it...

Turns out it's banging

Seven years in Detroit with Palace, Chloe Covelle dominates, Juni Kang wows at MoonPay X Games League Monster Energy Men's Skateboard Street Best Trick, Alec Majerus continues, and more.

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Content endgame: Guys on a video podcast not knowing the basic facts of their topic of discussion and referencing an AI summary of your work mid-show

Screengrab from a podcast feature guys reading a Google AI summary of various articles, some from Simple Magic

Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · last mo.

Sundays are for sloppin around

My writing app wants me to know that one does not simply cum on the Birdman.

a block of text that includes the words "cums on tony hawk" then a style note that says that expression is informal, perhaps i would prefer to write it as "ejaculates"

For the afternooners: It's a weird time in the business of skateboarding

This week, the many business follies of Marc Roca, including Lakai's imminent demise and a conversation with a former Tactics employee about what's happened behind the scenes at the PNW skate shop chain. Also, Nyjah Huston goes scrupleless, and more. www.simplemagic.ca/jdb-just-doi...

This week, the many business follies of Marc Roca, including Lakai's imminent demise and a conversation with a former Tactics employee about what's happened behind the scenes at the PNW skate shop chain. Also, Nyjah Huston goes scrupleless, and more. www.simplemagic.ca/jdb-just-doi...

JDB (Just Doing Business)

Lakai is splayed out on death's stoop, Tactics is on the ropes, Jamie Foy's on earnestness, Nyjah Huston signed a global ambassadorship with the devil, and more.

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Checking in on the job market

LinkedIn screengrab of job post that reads:

Operational Details

• Location: Fully Remote.
• Schedule: On-call 7 days a week (Requires high flexibility to align with real-time product
shipping windows and global engagement surges).
• Payment: All compensation is processed in digital assets (USDC/USDT)

Job post for Technical Writer at Raytheon, lol