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 ...

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 ...

Andy Kessler, who put sport on the map, died Monday after being stung by a wasp. Andy Kessler, a trailblazer during New York City’s nascent 1970s skateboarding scene and a designer of skate parks who ...

Skateboarding has been a staple of American counterculture for at least 60 years, carving out a niche as one of the world’s most popular “extreme sports.” Popularized in Southern California in the ...

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 ...

Skateboarding recently completed its Olympics debut, and several of those who participated and medaled hail from San Diego. KPBS Midday Edition on Wednesday spoke to skateboarding innovator Frank ...

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 ...

Interplay of environmental and social factors at the rise of professional skateboarding. A) First covers of the Skateboarder journal from October 1965 when pools were still filled with water, and ...