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- ↑ "Why the best skatemags died?". Love Skate Mag. April 8, 2018. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Color Magazine Interview". Steez Magazine. Archived from the original on 2019-12-20. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
- ↑ Rice, Joel (August 31, 2013). "Canadian skateboard quarterly Color's humble beginnings". X Games. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
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