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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Whoever said, "You can't teach an old dog new tricks," obviously wasn't familiar with skateboarding. Our beloved pastime isn't ...

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 ...

"It's completely secluded. You can skate with no shame here." How many people tried skateboarding when they were a kid? And how many gave up quickly after trying? Has this kind of "giving up" ...

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 ...

The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. For locals, by locals. In this series, called “The Pandemic Made Me Do It,” we ask our staffers, our freelance writers, and everyday ...

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 ...