Skateboarding has never followed a rulebook, which means that on some level, a piece about learning how to skate probably defies its countercultural roots. And though it’s fostered the growth of a ...

Jordan Calhoun is Editor in Chief at Lifehacker and author of Piccolo Is Black: A Memoir of Race, Religion, and Pop Culture. He holds a BA in Sociology and Criminal Justice, a BS in Psychology, and an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Whoever said, "You can't teach an old dog new tricks," obviously wasn't familiar with skateboarding. Our beloved pastime isn't ...

Most of my friends and family thought I was "off the wall," but on my 35th birthday, I gifted myself my first skateboard. I've wanted to learn to skate since I was a kid, but most of my time and ...

The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. For locals, by locals. In this series, called “The Pandemic Made Me Do It,” we ask our staffers, our freelance writers, and everyday ...

Grandmother-of-two Karyn Bennett is a fixture at skate parks in her native Sydney. The 57-year-old took up skateboarding less than two years ago. She broke her foot and her shoulder in two places but ...

I was 15, dithering at the top of a mini ramp as my friends egged me on. I leaned forward hesitantly and dropped in. Wham. The board shot out from under me, and I slammed backwards into the ramp. That ...

Skateboarding has a storied local history, from the Evening Tribune reporting in 1962 that San Diego youths “invented the skateboard” — early versions added wood planks to roller skates — to two San ...

A Mini Australian Shepherd puppy learning to skateboard is the kind of fearless content we did not know we needed today. Willow, a 4-month-old Mini Aussie, is already attempting to conquer a ...