Legendary skateboarder Tony Hawk lands one last 900 at age 48
In 2016, 17 years after becoming the first skateboarder to land a 900 — the completion of two-and-a-half mid-air revolutions above the ramp — […]
Sports stars on sandwiches is back with James Harden on a grilled cheese
Sandwiches have fueled at-home sports spectating since the advent of the television, and the language used by sports commentators subconsciously feeds the hunger. In […]
Turns out that Aladdin’s magic carpet is just a tricked out skateboard
Aladdin had a number of items on his to-do list (e.g. detailing his magic carpet, giving Abu a bath, pawning off the genie’s old […]
Silver Surfer Jesse Wellens has New Yorkers rubbernecking during Halloween prank
Jesse Wellens of the PrankvsPrank channel made a big splash in New York City a couple years ago as he skated/surfed the streets dressed […]
Monday Motivation: Skateistan uses skateboarding to elevate education in Afghanistan
Oliver Percovich first skated in an empty pool, while growing up in Papua New Guinea. In 2007, as a young adult, he moved to […]
Skater kids Sky and Ocean impress with skateboard ramp skills on ‘Little Big Shots’
Almost a year after appearing on the Steve Harvey show, then eight-year-old Sky Brown and her four-year-old brother Ocean were invited to show off […]
La La Land: Meet the skater, BMXer and freerunner featured in “Another Day of Sun”
Among the six Academy awards won by the 2016 musical La La Land was one for Best Cinematography, and perhaps no scene exemplifies the […]
You make it, Braille Skateboarding skates it: LEGO skateboard edition
For some time now, Aaron Kyro, the mastermind behind Braille Skateboarding, has been inviting his YouTube channel subscribers to send in skateboards (or parts […]
Skateboarders from Roope Tonteri to Andrew Schrock put new spin on ice skating
When one thinks of ice skating, names like Katerina Witt, Yuzuru Hanyu, Brian Orser, and Michelle Kwan come to mind, but the legendary Olympians […]
Hyojoo Ko discovers the incredible lightness of being through longboard dancing
Hyojoo Ko, like many tech workers, is frequently compelled to work overtime and weekends staring at the pixels arrayed on her computer monitor. What […]
Kings of Instagram: Rob Dyrdek, Tony Hawk, Nyjah Huston tops among skateboarders
Skateboarders, unlike many of the stars from much older sports, were quick to embrace Instagram after it debuted in 2010. As a result, the […]
Aaron Homoki nails jaw-dropping skateboard jump down Lyon 25-step stairs
The quickest way down a flight of stairs, albeit fraught with danger, is to simply jump over them on a skateboard. Aaron “Jaws” Homoki […]