Is this magazine worth the $20... I'm down to support but dang! $20 is a lot of scratch! I would like to know how many pages, and what's the content/articles like? I'm sure the photos are top-notch. This could be totally awesome or just mediocre... anyone have a copy in hand and willing to offer a review?
I'm a subscriber and, I have to be careful how I phrase this, but I'd say it's worth it to the right person.
If you have an eye for high quality, printed media, photography and writing, it's definitely worth it.
The quality is such that it's almost more like a coffee table book than a magazine.
It's definitely a passion project. Jaime was sending out regular emails leading up to the first issue, I responded to one to ask him "is it CLOSER as in nearer, or CLOSER as in the opposite of opener?". He actually responded quickly with a very cool, friendly email explaining that it's CLOSER as in nearer, "getting closer to that raw skate action" haha.
So, yeah. It's a bit pricey, but what you're getting is a badass, grassroots passion project.
And that's the kind of project I like to put my money behind.