F! Archive: Can you do a 360 kickflip?
A few thoughts on trick choices, trick groups, and over-standardisation from Lillis Åkesson in 2001.
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F! Archive: What’s in a name?
Lillis Åkesson and Angela Lamadrid give some thought on how you should name new tricks back in 2004.
F! Archive: How do I get sponsored?
In this article from 2001, Bill Robertson tackles a question that young kids have been asking seasoned skaters since the dawn of time.
F! Archive: The brilliance with freestyle skateboarding
Rijal Mbamba shares his thoughts on the nature of freestyle skateboarding back in 2003.
F! Archive: The True Art of Freestyle
This article written by Mark Emmoth in 2002 is one of the more “academic” articles ever published on F!, and we’re glad to be able to drag it out of the archives.
F! Archive: The Importance Of Trick Names
Even in the mid-2000s, Tony Gale had strong thoughts on these things. He hasn’t changed much.
F! Archive: The Roots
A lot of the F! Archive consists of “Thinkpieces” from Lillis, who, as the webmaster and founder of F!, often used it as a personal blog of sorts – making them unique little snippets of freestyle in the early 2000s .