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@colenowicki

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Wrote some books, publish others @fineperiodpress. A weekly newsletter about skateboarding, the internet, and other means of escape:

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New longread: From Alberta’s icy industrial parks to Arizona’s sun-baked parking lots, skateboarders Oria and Ryan Lay have found shared ground and a new audience thanks to a leisurely, contemplative cinematic style.

Link in bio. by @colenowicki

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4 months ago

Brickbanklunchbreak 2025

A year of skating this brick bank-to-curb (mostly) on my lunch break, presented (pretty much) in order from January to December. Features fellow brickbanklunchbreakers, Will, Simon, Stew, Stefen, Joe, Mark, and Corey.

Thanks to @transition_construction for the obstacle.

Music:
Walt Dickerson Quartet - “Alone in the Park, Part 1”
Nicholas Krgovich - “thank u, next (Ariana Grande cover)”
Chad Vangaalen - “hands inside hands inside hands” by @colenowicki

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Say “show me your clips” to a room full of people and the ones most eager to share will be skateboarders and writers. That depravity must be recognized.

It’s time for the fourth annual SSOTYs (Skateboarding Stories of the Year), an incomplete collection of 2025’s best skateboarding-related writing, and an effort to catalogue and celebrate those writers and their clips.

Thank you to @scorpiondagger for the fantastic and animated Wordy trophies. If you’re on this list, you’re SSOTY [s-suh-oh-tee]. Congratulations. DM me and I will mail you a print of a Wordy of your choice (seriously).

Link in bio. Happy reading.

(Post 3/3 due to tagging limit.) by @colenowicki

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Say “show me your clips” to a room full of people and the ones most eager to share will be skateboarders and writers. That depravity must be recognized.

It’s time for the fourth annual SSOTYs (Skateboarding Stories of the Year), an incomplete collection of 2025’s best skateboarding-related writing, and an effort to catalogue and celebrate those writers and their clips.

Thank you to @scorpiondagger for the fantastic and animated Wordy trophies. If you’re on this list, you’re SSOTY [s-suh-oh-tee]. Congratulations. DM me and I will mail you a print of a Wordy of your choice (seriously).

Link in bio. Happy reading.

(Post 2/3 due to tagging limit.) by @colenowicki

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Say “show me your clips” to a room full of people and the ones most eager to share will be skateboarders and writers. That depravity must be recognized.

It’s time for the fourth annual SSOTYs (Skateboarding Stories of the Year), an incomplete collection of 2025’s best skateboarding-related writing, and an effort to catalogue and celebrate those writers and their clips.

Thank you to @scorpiondagger for the fantastic and animated Wordy trophies. If you’re on this list, you’re SSOTY [s-suh-oh-tee]. Congratulations. DM me and I will mail you a print of a Wordy of your choice (seriously).

Link in bio. Happy reading.

(Post 1/3 due to tagging limit.) by @colenowicki

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From Kelvin Wheelies in Glasgow, The Turf in Greenfield, to Inglewood in West Vancouver.

Here’s a big, long piece about a series of old skateparks, the people who love them, the efforts made to preserve them, and why they matter.

Thank you to everyone who took the time to speak with me and help out with this one.

Link in bio. by @colenowicki

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@colenowicki gets philosophical about barriers from issue 87. 📸 by @somewheretodance_ of @river___time skating various Canadian “k-rails”. Full article now on skatejawn.com by @colenowicki

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Please join us at the @vancouverpubliclibrary SEPT 23. Register for seats in advance. Skateboarding can have a profound impact on one’s life, and not necessarily of the variety that involves Olympic fame or board sponsors. Cole Nowicki (Laser Quit Smoking Massage) will host a conversation with Amy Mattes (Late September) and Natalie Porter (Girl Gangs, Zines, and Powerslides: A History of Badass Women Skateboarders) to explore the influence of skateboarding on their writing. Amy and Natalie first met in 2001, forming a game-changing girl gang in Montreal called The Skirtboarders with a crew of locals while finding their own unique outlets for writing and research. All three authors continue to skateboard today and live in BC. @colenowicki @womxnsk8history taken in Vancouver Public Library by @colenowicki

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@tomschaar told the world “Vert’s Not Dead” with his new video part. Considering what that means for the future of the discipline to introduce a new column, ‘Ranked & Filed’, is an co-production that brings you the headline story from Simple Magic’s weekly ‘Simply Ranked’ newsletter in visual form, courtesy of Skate Bylines.

Playing at skatebylines.com and available to listen wherever you get your podcasts (link in bio.)

📝 + 🎙️ written and read by @colenowicki
🎬 edited by @farrangolding
🎥 “Vert’s Not Dead’ by @tweestopher for @thrashermag by @colenowicki

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Episode 94 with Cole Nowicki (@colenowicki), skateboarder, writer and publisher based in Vancouver, BC.

Together we discussed his life and career, from growing up and picking up his first skateboard in Lac La Biche, Alberta to releasing his most recent book “Laser Quit Smoking Massage” in 2024 and everything in between through surprise questions from friends of his: Nathan Mader (@nathan_mader_), Mike Munzenrider (@mmunzenrider), Jen Sookfong Lee (@jensookfonglee), Carleigh Baker (@carleigh_bakes) & Sean Cranbury (@cranbury), Paul O’Connor (@peejhk), Dina Del Bucchia (@delbauchery), Farran Golding (@farrangolding), Sarah Berman (@sarahberms), John Dahlquist (@semesterskate), Alicia Tobin (@aliciatobin), Stew Klein (@stew.k_), Deer Man from Barrier Kult (@barrierkult), Patrick Kigongo (@pkigongo), Aaron Read (@clear.dog.food), Will Pearson (@wpearson_), Stefen Ursulan (@latent.spud), Nikola Racan (@nikolaracan), Michael Christie (@michaelchristie), Ian Browning (@ibrowning), Hiller Goodspeed (@hillergoodspeed), José Vadi (@vadiparty), Indigo Willing (@goodwillinghunting), Norma Ibarra (@lapir0), Matt Bowes (bowes.matt) and Kyle Beachy (@themostfunthing). I’d like to thank them all for contributing questions for Cole!

Thanks again for a fun and inspiring conversation Cole.

Available as usual on Deezer, Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Youtube (link in bio).

Photo by Grady Mitchell (@gradycmitchell) Background by Tiffany Cooper (@tiffanycooper_) Music by Brightest Color (@brightestcolor)

*I’m posting on Quentin’s behalf as his Beyond Boards Instagram account is frozen and can’t make public posts. Unfreeze the man, IG.*

#skateboarding #podcast #colenowicki #vancouver #britishcolumbia #canada #rightdownpluscircle #tonyhawksproskater #laserquitsmokingmassage #barrierkult #writing #essays #postradical #simplemagic #newsletter #carharrtifyourelisteningtothishookcoleup #kitty #castlevaniasymphonyofthenight #jeremerogerslikingspree #mysteriousbalconypee #pallidlightningofgassyskies by @colenowicki

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2 years ago

It’s that time again. As December draws to a close, Year End Content flourishes. We’re soon to be awash in efforts to put the last 12 months into perspective via listicles, “of the Year” awards, and so on.

At Simple Magic, we’ve long been at the forefront of Year End Content Innovation, which means we don’t trade in the standard listicle or award — we provide a listicle that is also an award.

These are the third annual SSOTYs (Skateboarding Stories of The Year), an incomplete collection of 2024’s best skateboarding-related writing. Consider this an effort to catalogue and celebrate said work and the people compelled enough to write it.

Big thanks to @fayemoorhouse for the wonderful illustrations of Wordy, our SSOTY trophy. If you’re on this list, you’ve won. Congratulations. DM me and I will mail you a print of a Wordy of your choice (seriously).

Link in bio. Happy reading.

(Post 2/2, as I can only tag so many people.) by @colenowicki

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2 years ago

It’s that time again. As December draws to a close, Year End Content flourishes. We’re soon to be awash in efforts to put the last 12 months into perspective via listicles, “of the Year” awards, and so on.

At Simple Magic, we’ve long been at the forefront of Year End Content Innovation, which means we don’t trade in the standard listicle or award — we provide a listicle that is also an award.

These are the third annual SSOTYs (Skateboarding Stories of The Year), an incomplete collection of 2024’s best skateboarding-related writing. Consider this an effort to catalogue and celebrate said work and the people compelled enough to write it.

Big thanks to @fayemoorhouse for the wonderful illustrations of Wordy, our SSOTY trophy. If you’re on this list, you’ve won. Congratulations. DM me and I will mail you a print of a Wordy of your choice (seriously).

Link in bio. Happy reading.

(Post 1/2, as I can only tag so many people.) by @colenowicki

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