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The Skate Shop Will Never Die
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (143+ words) Skateshop Day 2026 will be held on February 21, and sees the crew teaming up with ImageComics, Deluxe Distribution, and featured artist Brett Parson (best known for his work with DC/Vertigo, Tank Girl, and his "80s skate comic Grommets). So you can…...
‘As They Crested the Peak, the Skater Let Go and Swooped Left’
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (856+ words) I was cycling through Downtown Brooklyn on a rainy night, weaving between brake-lit bumpers and horns crying out for free passage home. Stopped at a red light, I jockeyed for space among the riders on e-bikes delivering dinner, batteries duct-taped…...
Tony Hawk skates his way into ‘Nutcracker’ for San Diego show: ‘You just have to say yes’
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (327+ words) Tony Hawk, the skateboarding legend synonymous with daring tricks and modern skate culture, over the weekend faced an experience "WAY outside" his comfort zone: performing in a ballet. The San Diego native and "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater" namesake, 57, made his…...
Roll with GrlSwirl, the group changing skateboarding culture in Venice Beach and beyond
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (866+ words) Steph Sarah recalls a time in Venice Beach's mythical skateboarding history " long before the sandy expanse on Ocean Front Walk became the world-famous skate park, a concrete playground where pro skaters are born. "It was all boys," says Sarah, a…...
A Skateboarding Demon’s Grinding, Gratifying Quest
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (560+ words) Skate Story is a video game about a skateboarding demon who makes a bargain with the devil so it can go on a journey through several levels of the underworld in order to eat the moon. As expected, there is…...
Skateboarding ‘Mecca’ under Brooklyn Bridge reopens after 15 years
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (449+ words) Skaters are kickflipping with joy. Two acres of "The Arches," named for the 53 arches under the historic bridge, reopened Thursday with the legendary "Brooklyn Banks" skateboarding site, which was shuttered in 2010 to serve as a contractor staging area during the…...
Rolling Joints Is Now a Spectator Sport: Are You the Next Speed Champion?
9+ mon, 4+ week ago (686+ words) It's just you against the clock. Your nimble fingers gently nestling the flower into a sausage shape. You coat the outside of the paper with a lick of saliva. With your fingertip, you smooth down the cone and twist the…...
The ‘Deathracers’ key to staying young? Skateboarding into your 60s and beyond
10+ mon, 1+ day ago (1400+ words) Chad Rivera gingerly makes his way to the edge of what looks like an emptied out swimming pool, a lime-green skateboard in one hand, a white cane in the other. At 58, he's legally blind, but he's been skateboarding since he…...
Tony Hawk pulls off new trick: getting Bam back in Pro Skater 3 and 4
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (391+ words) The upcoming remaster of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 and 4 will welcome skater Bam Margera back into the fold, The upcoming remaster of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 and 4 will welcome skater Bam Margera back into the fold, Activision announced Thursday. Margera…...
Tony Hawk shreds Bay Area’s newly expanded skatepark in unannounced visit
11+ mon, 6+ hour ago (383+ words) San Francisco's newly expanded skate park recently got a stamp of approval from the Birdman himself. Skateboarding legend Tony Hawk was in San Francisco on Tuesday to try out the new and improved U.N. Skate Plaza in the city's Civic Center,…...