The sport will be making its debut in Tokyo. Skateboarding has always been as much about culture as competition. But now, that culture will have to make room for the biggest competition in the world: ...

Fall shrinks the days, and even in sunny Palo Alto the afternoons can be chilly if not quite cold yet. On a Tuesday afternoon before Thanksgiving, a lone student walks toward two basketball courts on ...

Skateboarding is ready for its time to shine at the Tokyo Olympics. Competitors will show off the skills they developed in the streets and skateparks around the world, and the hope is that they ...

Here's what you need to know about skateboarding at the 2024 Paris Olympics. When did skateboarding become an Olympic sport? Skateboarding made its Olympic debut at the Tokyo Games in 2021. Hardcore ...

One of the lasting impacts of skateboarding’s Olympic debut this summer in Tokyo has been the world reevaluating its definitions of who skateboarders are. A sport that has been maligned and othered ...

The market is driven by a growing focus on health and the enhancement of urban infrastructure for non-motorized transport.

May 24 (Reuters) - Skateboarder Sky Brown, who is hoping to become Britain's youngest Summer Olympian, finished second in a Tokyo Games qualifier on Sunday almost a year after the 12-year-old suffered ...

Skateboarding has been around since the 1940s, and over the decades it has skyrocketed to a multi-billion-dollar industry. Always a popular activity for teenagers and young adults, the sport made its ...

DETROIT – Victor Williams featured his skateboarding skills in a live standup in a story about Chandler Skatepark and that video went viral earlier this year. It was even mentioned on NBC’s “2021: ...