skateboarding

Olympic Skateboarding’s Teen Titans Arisa Trew, Hiraki Cocona, Sky Brown Take Sport to New Heights

Turning right out of the park skateboarding arena, located on the historic Place de la Concorde, over an hour after…

1 year ago

Encinitas skateboarder targets Paris Olympics

San Diego’s coastal north county is unofficially known as the skateboarding capital of the world, but Bryce Wettstein is one…

1 year ago

Watch: Teen makes skateboarding history with 720 trick

Teenager Arisa Trew becomes the first female skateboarder to land a 720 in a competition.

2 years ago

Tokyo 2020: Meet Tokyo’s youngest Olympic champion

Teenagers dominated the podiums in both the women's street and park events in skateboarding

4 years ago

Sky Brown: How 13-year-old British skateboarder was urged on to bronze by gold medal winner Sakura Yosozumi

With three gold medals from three events, Tokyo's Ariake Urban Sports Park has been a home from home for Japanese…

4 years ago

They’re Olympic gold and silver medalists. And they’re 13 years old.

A lifestyle long dominated by young white men in a closed culture defined by the dual pursuits of freedom and…

4 years ago

A First Chance at First Place

With five new sports debuting at the Tokyo Olympics, these female athletes are entering uncharted territory.

4 years ago

How Skateboarding Can Help Fight Racism

Thursday: A recent U.S.C. study about the sport takes on new urgency.

4 years ago