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Art Auction Brings Artists & Surfboard Shapers Together for NYC Nonprofit
Art Auction Brings Artists & Surfboard Shapers Together for NYC Nonprofit Author Photographer 10 one-of-a-kind surfboards to be available on Artsy, with proceeds supporting Laru Beya's year-round youth programming in Far Rockaway, Queens Published: 09-30-2026 Copy URL for Sharing Among th lot, standouts include Mickalene Thomas’ Petals and Waves, which brings her bold use of color and pattern to a single-fin glider shaped by New York’s Drew Austin.
How the Tern HSD S11 E-bike Got a Longtime NYC Bike Commuter to Go Electric
How the Tern HSD S11 E-bike Got a Longtime NYC Bike Commuter to Go Electric One year on the utility-focused, feature-loaded e-bike made our writer abandon her analog dogma and reconsider how to move through NYC Published: 07-21-2026 Copy URL for Sharing Field Mag may receive a minor commission from purchases made via affiliate links.
How Climbing Footwear Inspired Skateboarding's Most Exciting New Shoe Brand
How Climbing Footwear Inspired Skateboarding's Most Exciting New Shoe Brand Based between Paris and the Alps, French brand Village PM is borrowing from climbing to build something skateboarding hasn't seen in decades Published: 03-31-2026 Updated: 04-02-2026 Copy URL for Sharing Village PM's 1PM skateboard shoe Founders Basile Lapray and Bram De Cleen met through skateboarding, though each brings a different perspective to the brand.
Studies in Conservation, Volume 71, Issue sup1 (2026)
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“In a Dream You Saw a Way to Survive”: Obsolescence as Ensemble in Jenny Holzer’s Survival: UNEX Sign
ABSTRACT This paper examines the conservation of Jenny Holzer’s Survival: UNEX sign (1983), held in the collection of the Leeum Museum of Art in Seoul, Korea. It is the last surviving example of its kind to retain its original electromechanical configuration. Once part of a broader network of scrolling text signboards fabricated by the American Sign & Indicator Corporation, the UNEX sign embodies technological obsolescence and artistic preservation.
US Olympic Climber Jesse Grupper Wants to Lead a Life of Service
Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. When Climbing interviewed Jesse Grupper in October 2021, he was working full time in a robotics lab in Boston, helping to design a hand-rehabilitation exoskeleton for post-stroke patients.
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Three years ago, Jesse Grupper was climbing outside and working full time. He wasn't sure he wanted that to change. Here's how it did.
Yes, Zip-Offs are Back, and Here's 9 of the Best Original
Leah Balagopal Leah Balagopal is a Brooklyn, NY-based climbing coach, surfer, art conservator, and Field Mag Contributor. Field Mag may receive a minor commission from purchases made via affiliate links. Well, it happened: hiker dad chic has come full circle and convertible zip-off pants for hiking are back in style and trending in a big way. We don't hate it, either.
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