The ARK · skate culture, kept
Skateboarding’s
archive.
Skaters, decks, magazines, books, videos and tricks, catalogued and linked. Facts and links; the videos, pages and photos stay with the people who made them.
The search runs on your device. Nothing you type leaves it.
What’s in it
Everything,
catalogued.
Tricks
505Tricks
What each trick is, how it works, and the pros who teach it on camera.
Skaters
14,222Skaters
Skaters and filmers with their video parts. 79 wear a pixel portrait, made with code from a credited photo.
Decks
7,420Decks
Graphics since the 70s, by company, artist and rider, with photos and notes from the collectors who keep them.
- Toy Machine417
- Santa Cruz409
- Zero Skateboards361
- Powell Peralta348
Magazines
59Magazines
1,219 issues catalogued, with the publishers’ own links. No scans: the pages stay theirs.
- ThrasherUS · 1981–2021308
- TransWorld SkateboardingUS · 1983–2019112
- SkateboarderUS · 1964–201280
- CemporcentoSKATEBR · 1995–201264
Books
2,977Books
Books about skateboarding, with where to read or borrow each one.
Videos
5,333Videos
Full-lengths, parts and classics since 1976, linked and never hosted.
Spots · the map
Every park,
one map.
Public skateparks in 143 countries, with the water fountains, free Wi-Fi and skate shops around them. The map lives in the app.
- Spots
- 32,069
- Countries
- 143
Gear · the real board
Your board,
part by part.
Current decks, grip, wheels and trucks from the shops, on a real 3D board you can turn any way.
- Parts
- 5,005
- Brands
- 188
Where it comes from
Sources: the SKATE ARK, Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons, deckslog, sk8collector, Open Library, the Internet Archive, YouTube, Vimeo, OpenStreetMap and the publishers’ own sites. Pixel portraits are pixel art made with code from credited photos.
Photo credits
Next up
The ARK,
in your pocket.
The app carries the whole archive, with your spots, your board and your games.