A new city park planned for under Fuller Warren Bridge in Riverside will include a fancy, flowing skateboard attraction split into three sections depending on skill levels. That would have seemed like ...

The common belief is that the Midwest lags roughly two years behind the West Coast in terms of style and culture. It usually takes that long for the breaking fashions and societal trends to originate ...

Hot dogging, high flying, and at times airborne, "Dogtown and Z-Boys" marries the high-energy, visual scratch aesthetic of modern skate video to the documentary form. More than simply a portrait of ...

Why did professional skateboarding arise in southern California in the 1970s? Was it a coincidence, or was it a perfect storm of multiple factors? It's fairly well-known that a drought in southern ...

With more participants under the age of 18 than baseball, skateboarding is undoubtedly ingrained in our culture. And as the sport continues to grow in popularity, it's fun to look back on the early ...

Jake Piasecki used to tell his disciples that “four wheels and a piece of wood will set you free.” Known for his high aerials and tricks, the pro skateboarder from the South Bay developed a nationwide ...

In 1977, Michelle Thibodeau, left, and Ellen Moomaw skateboard shoeless on the side of an Interstate 10 overpass near McDuff and Post streets, a section dubbed "The Wedge" after a dangerous surf spot ...