Cool Hunting Summer 2009 Reading List

With the dog days of summer just around the corner, our thoughts turn to languid afternoons spent in the park, on the beach or the backyard—if we're lucky enough to have one. Few activities are better for the slow life than a quiet summer read. With that in mind, we asked Cool Hunting contributors to offer up their suggestions for this season's most enjoyable and …

Debacle HD Skateboarding Video

For a limited time (only eight more days) the first ever high-definition skateboarding video, Nike's "Debacle", can be downloaded for free at 720p, 480p or for the iPod. Featuring incredible footage, shot and edited in a mere 10 months, the 24-minute video features amateurs Justin Brock, Daryl Angel, David Clark, Grant Taylor, Shane O'Neill and Theotis Beasley. To see what went into making "Debacle," check …

Photographer Carlos Alvarez Montero

by Alison Zavos for Feature Shoot Born and raised in Mexico City Carlos Alvarez Montero now lives and works as a photographer in New York and Mexico City. His work focuses on the relationship between appearance and the creation of identity. This series, M (of Michoacan), and a lot of your work in general, deals with street life and counterculture. How did you become fascinated …