The first time I stood on a skateboard, I was in high school. I was transferred from an all-Black school in Detroit to a predominately White one, and learning to navigate a new cultural ...

Jordan Calhoun is the Editor in Chief of Lifehacker and author of Piccolo Is Black: A Memoir of Race, Religion, and Pop Culture. He’s been featured in places like The New York Times, Kotaku, The Root, ...

Skateboard pumping on transitions is a fundamental skill that allows skaters to generate speed and maintain momentum while riding half pipes, bowls, or vert ramps. In this step-by-step article and ...

The first day I wore my oversized Volcom hoodie to school, a floppy-haired boy with torn-up shoes told me I couldn’t wear it. He asked me, Do you even skate? No, I didn’t skate. When I got home, I put ...

After a year spent largely indoors, adults are regaining a sense of balance on roller skates, bikes and skateboards. By Roxanne Fequiere First came the walks — and then, seemingly all at once, the ...

SOUTH HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- No matter what age, if you're into skateboards, then you're probably familiar with Southside Skatepark. From bowls to their street course, for over 25 years, this indoor ...

Not much positive news tends to come out of Afghanistan, but a pocket of it shines through in one of this year’s Oscar-nominated documentary shorts. Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You’re a ...