Skate Code
11/18/2014
Words and art by Michael Sieben
Anybody who has ever ridden the rails or cooked a can of beans over a trash fire knows about hobo codes: little pictograph scrawlings that clue you in to danger and/or free lunch in your surroundings. But did you know the same thing exists for skaters? Next time you’re at a spot keep your eyes open. Skate code is all around you; all you gotta do is look.
As seen in the November 2014 mag.
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