May 29—Near the center of Foster Skate Park, there's a red bank of concrete with a curb on top of it. For many young skaters at the park, it blends in with the park's aesthetic of plain concrete with ...

On a crisp, sunny morning here, a dozen or so teenagers in baggy jeans do their best to defy gravity. At a newly built skateboard park, they zip through the gray-white hills and valleys with abandon, ...

VISTA, Calif. — The skateboard ramp made headline news 45 years ago, when it was just 8 feet wide. It was the creation of Tom Stewart, who lived in Encinitas at the time. In 1977, a reporter from CBS ...

Before taking off, toddler Gus Rosa glanced over his shoulder with a grin. He was standing on his brother’s skateboard at one end of a newly-constructed half pipe in his backyard. With his dad’s help, ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A skateboarding revolution is rolling forward at Ray High School. What started as a student-led idea is now CCISD's first-ever official skateboarding club. Not only that, the ...

SANTA CRUZ — In a studio twice as tall as it is wide, Adam Reber was building tables that fold up against the wall. He needed to make sure there would be enough room for the half pipe. Last week, ...

Jake Phelps, the esteemed editor of the skateboarding magazine Thrasher and an iconic legend in the skating subculture, has died. He was 56. No cause or location of death has been released. Phelps’ ...