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Swimmer's Ear Magazine

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Swimmer's Ear is a skateboarding, snowboarding and music magazine from Minneapolis.Here is what TWSnow had to say about Swimmer's Ear:"...Swimmer's Ear hypes up the scene in Minnesota, and not only does this little low-budget mag celebrate the brotherhood among Midwest snowboarders and skateboarders, it also gets across the goodwill fostered between all local scenes. SE has great photos-now all it needs is a high-octane color printer to do itself justice." -Jennifer Sherowski, Nov 2003

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Swimmer's Ear Issue 25 Done, download now!!!


The End of an Era: Minnesota's longest running independently published skate/snow/music magazine has finally come to an end after 10 years in print. This issue features an interview with artist Michael Seiben and interviews with bands; Birthday Suits, Knife World, Mystery Palace, To Kill a Petty Bourgeoisie, Junebug, Daughters of the Sun, Ice Palace, Building Better Bombs and UltraChorus.
Past Issues Swimmer's Ear 24
A long time in the works, Swimmer's Ear Magazine #24 finally hits the streets. This issue features interviews with bands; Pomegranates, Auxes, and Now,Now Every Children, an interview with artist and musician Horsebites, as well as a look into the portfolio of Akron, Ohio based artist Robindale330. If that wasn't enough, there's more, we take a peek into Randy Laybourne's 20x20 project and we invade the workspaces of four of skateboarding's top artists, Andy Jenkins, Mark Fos, Michael Sieben and Patrick Jilbert.

Open publication - Free publishing - More mn


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Swimmer's Ear 23
This issue of Swimmer's Ear features interviews with bands; Dance Band, Vampire Hands, professional snowboarder T.J. Schneider, and photographer Nick Wosika. This issue is also a photo issue with portfolios by Adam Bubolz, Laura Austin and Michael Stenerson.
Get your own - Open publication

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Swimmer's Ear 22
For the 22nd issue of Swimmer's Ear, we've got an interview with skateboard designer Randy Laybourne, Six Degrees with Tucker Gerrick, Industry Insider with Turf Skateboards and band interviews with Mannequin Men and Georgie James. Plus all the things you've learned to love like music/product reviews and photos.
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Swimmer's Ear 21


Who says it not hip to be square.

In this issue of Swimmer's Ear, we've got a band interview with MN's own The Great Physician, interview with artist Charlie Kraft. Articles about Burnsville MN's Zombie Skateshop and the newest skate park in MN, Renegade. Add in some sweet artwork done on broken boards in the "Rebirth" feature and a butt load of awesome photos, both skate and artsy fartsy, and you've got yourself one hell of an issue.
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Swimmer's Ear 20
This issue features interviews with pro skateboarder Emeric Pratt, snowboarder Erich Dummer, artist Mike Kershnar, and griptape artist Stencil Steve. Also, articles; Etnies GVR, Handjob, and Featherproof Books. Plus great skateboarding photos by Sam McGuire.
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Swimmer's Ear 19


This issue features interviews with skateboarder Jeff Bauman, bands; Everest, DMRE, and The Plastic Constellations. There is also an article written by pro snowboarder Pat Milbery entitled "Heartaches & Handrails."  
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Swimmer's Ear 18


This issue features an interview with photographer Shad Lambert, bands; The Grey, and Love of Everything, and artist Russ Pope . There is also an an extensive article about Etnies 20 years in business, plus a Familia skate shop profile.
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Skateboarders, snowboarders, musicians, zine makers, and independent publishers. Everyone and Everyoned.

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Paul's Swamp Jump 2002

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Snowskating 1998-2000

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c-bone needs a beer!

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Mel Gibson and the Pants Interview

How did you guys form? Did you have a plan for what you wanted to soundlike or did it evolve after you started playing together?Most of us began playing together around 1999 in Wisconsin. Initially,we...
Posted by on Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:24:00 GMT

How to get Swimmer’s Ear

Here's how you can get the latest issue of Swimmer's Ear:If you live in Minnesota, pick up a free copy at your local skate shop or park. orSend two bucks to the address below and have it mailed direc...
Posted by on Sat, 23 Aug 2008 16:11:00 GMT

NEW CONTEST!!!

Here are the rules:Take a picture with a copy of Swimmer's Ear in the photo, just like the Lloyd Kaufman and U.S. Soldiers photos in our photo section.Send your photos to [email protected] and we...
Posted by on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:02:00 GMT

New Address

Send all fanmail, cookies, CDs and skate products to review to our new mailing address: Swimmer's Ear PO Box 1616 Monticello, MN 55362
Posted by on Sun, 05 Aug 2007 15:34:00 GMT

Swimmer's Ear in Iraq

We recently sent some issues of Swimmer's Ear in a care package to our family member serving in Iraq. Him and his fellow troops were kind enough to pose with the issues we sent and send them to us. Cl...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 19:43:00 GMT

Swimmer's Ear Issue 20 Done!!!!

After 6+ months, 2 computer crashes, and thousands of hours in front of the computer monitor, the 20th issue of Swimmer's Ear is finally done. Paper copies will be available sooner or later in skate s...
Posted by on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 01:01:00 GMT

contest winner

Congratulations to Ross from Hutchinson MN.  Ross won our issue 19 contest and recieved a set of Bones wheels and an Etnies wallet.  Check out future issues for more giveaways.
Posted by on Sat, 07 Oct 2006 13:45:00 GMT