Most of my friends and family thought I was "off the wall," but on my 35th birthday, I gifted myself my first skateboard. I've wanted to learn to skate since I was a kid, but most of my time and ...

Skateboarding has never followed a rulebook, which means that on some level, a piece about learning how to skate probably defies its countercultural roots. And though it’s fostered the growth of a ...

Ever wondered what it takes to learn how to skateboard? How about to do the most simple skate trick? In this episode of 30 Days to Greatness, Alexandria learns how to skateboard from Skate Kitchen's ...

Jordan Calhoun is Editor in Chief at Lifehacker and author of Piccolo Is Black: A Memoir of Race, Religion, and Pop Culture. He holds a BA in Sociology and Criminal Justice, a BS in Psychology, and an ...

(KGTV) - Learning how to skateboarding in 2018 is a lot more user-friendly than in the past. Today, kids have countless skate shops around the country and, of course, the wealth of the internet to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Skateboard pumping on transitions is a fundamental skill that allows skaters to generate speed and maintain momentum while riding ...

Skateboarding has a storied local history, from the Evening Tribune reporting in 1962 that San Diego youths “invented the skateboard” — early versions added wood planks to roller skates — to two San ...

I was 15, dithering at the top of a mini ramp as my friends egged me on. I leaned forward hesitantly and dropped in. Wham. The board shot out from under me, and I slammed backwards into the ramp. That ...

Sander Hölsgens received a 'starting grant' from OCW, The Netherlands. He is affiliated with Pushing Boarders, a platform tracing the social impact of skateboarding worldwide. At a school in Malmö, ...