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skate

  1. Globe Record

    Find out if Chris Haslam, Ryan DeCenzo and Mark Appleyard survived their attempt to set a record for Most Parks Skated in a Single...
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  2. Shazam

    'Trust' Matt Patafie to make you laugh, make you paranoid and make you a believer in his talents on a skateboard. Ottawa represent....
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  3. Mr. Lowkey

    Nestor Judkins picks Kevin Lowry's brain and finds out how to keep it simple and steezy in the age of information overload. "We have...
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  4. Served Warm

    The first beer-sponsored skate team in Canada heads South for some Arizona heat and a few cold ones. "On the last day of our trip...
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life

  1. Randy Pandora

    Discover one of Canada's most influential and intriguing punk icons wandering around Vancouver's DTES. “I never left music, music...
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  2. NEXT / BEST

    Nardwuar squirms his way through this difficult and rare interview with the quirky Canuck. Doot doola doot doo... "Nardwuar the Human...
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  3. TATTERED TEN

    Get blackout drunk with Chris Connolly and hear all of his best jail tales. "Our decision to throw Chris into the Tattered Ten gauntlet...
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art

  1. Disaster Therapy

    We bring the chaotic pop culture collages of TOP8FRIENDS to print for the very first time. Can you handle the madness or will your...
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  2. Crows Nest

    Take a walk through Sean MacAlister's latest exhibition inside Calgary's Haight Gallery. "Deepthroat, masking tape, magazines, breakfast,...
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  3. Sonic Something

    Navajo noisemaker Raven Chacon composes a silent symphony using elk antlers and some complicated gadgetry. "His long, black hair blocked...
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fashion

  1. Arizona Bark

    PHOTOGRAPHY MOLLY STONE Stylist ANNIE CASTALDI & BRITTNY MOORE Model ABBY BROTHERS
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music

  1. The Inevitable Troubadour

    Catch up with Dirty Beaches and find out how he makes such great music despite not having a real studio to record in. "In 2011, Dirty...
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  2. Truth or Die

    Nü Sensae drink a case of beer and answer some tough questions culled from a Christian teen website. "Two is a party but three is...
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film

  1. Natural Phenomenon

    Unpacking Danny Way's new documentary "Waiting for Lightning" and an exclusive interview that goes inside the mind of this living legend. "Danny...
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Editor's Letter

Record-setting achievements are woven into the very fabric of our imaginations; the epitome of what if? Think back to your childhood, long before you were ever a citizen of the world, when you’d spend endless summer days competing with your friends on most laps up and down the fireman’s pole, or how many marshmallows you can stuff in your mouth and still say “chubby bunny.” For many of us, we carry these personal records with us throughout our lives. Maybe you are that guy who once did 40 consecutive Fireball shots, or that girl who can touch her tongue to her forehead. Sometimes even, the magnetic draw of infamy is so great that we risk our health above all else to satisfy the taunts and cheers of our audience.

Yet more powerful still than the addictive rush of public recognition, is the personal gratification that comes from knowing there might just be one thing you can do that nobody else on Earth can. With just over 7 billion people currently living on this planet, sometimes this might mean chugging 4L of chocolate milk while hanging upside down from the wing of an airplane, but isn’t that what

it’s all about? Don’t we all, at some point during our race from start to finish, in that measly gap of time between life and death, strive to find that one thing that nobody else can do?

Some call it talent or a natural ability to excel at one thing in particular—be it music, art, skateboarding—but not everyone is convinced. Often what separates one person from the rest isn’t talent, but a strong work ethic and the desire to be the best. Maybe it is that encouragement of friends, family and fans that steers us towards greatness doing something we would otherwise never know was possible.

Whether you believe in talent or not, one thing is for sure: we all possess the desire to rise above the minuteness of human existence. Whenever we follow our passions, no matter how trivial they may seem, we make a proclamation of our unwillingness to simply fade into the background. And even if setting a seemingly ridiculous world record is but a mere footnote to the vast history of mankind, there is satisfaction in knowing that, against all odds, you were able to accomplish even this.

Dan Post, managing editor