The skateboard has had a wild ride. From its DIY beginnings in the 1950s to its counterculture heyday in the ’80s and ’90s to its inclusion in the 2020 Summer Olympics, skateboarding has been ...

Why did professional skateboarding arise in southern California in the 1970s? Was it a coincidence, or was it a perfect storm of multiple factors? It's fairly well-known that a drought in southern ...

Andy Kessler, who put sport on the map, died Monday after being stung by a wasp. Andy Kessler, a trailblazer during New York City’s nascent 1970s skateboarding scene and a designer of skate parks who ...

Coming out of one of our favorite countries in Eastern Europe, and home of the venerated Simple Session contest, check out this documentary on Estonian skateboarding. Tap in to the journey of ...

With more participants under the age of 18 than baseball, skateboarding is undoubtedly ingrained in our culture. And as the sport continues to grow in popularity, it's fun to look back on the early ...

NYACK - A community skatepark served as a backdrop for a special outdoor screening of the documentary, "Virgin Blacktop," which showcases a group of kids from Rockland's rivertowns who taught ...

Iain Borden does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

Interplay of environmental and social factors at the rise of professional skateboarding. A) First covers of the Skateboarder journal from October 1965 when pools were still filled with water, and ...