Green Bay’s “Skateboard Cop” patrols city on tricked-out longboard
On the not-so-mean streets of Green Bay, Wisconsin, Officer Joel Zwicky is better known by the sobriquet: “Skateboard Cop”. While his departmental peers patrol […]
Brad McClain leads skateboarding quintet’s quest for the Blu Enigma
Word of a mystical bowl skating experience on a small Greek island had been circulating in skating circles for some time. Like Sir Walter […]
Queens of Instagram: Leticia Bufoni, Sky Brown, Lizzie Armanto tops in followers 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 […]
Skateboarders fly from Chengdu to Lhasa, before skating their way to Mount Everest
For adventure seekers lacking climbing skills or the bankroll to finance a team of porters, making the trek to Mount Everest’s base camp often […]
Who the heck is Tomas Moravec, and what in the world is palletboarding?
Tomas Moravec is an avant-garde artist from the Czech Republic. Surfing on a wooden pallet down tram lines is one of the ways he […]
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 […]