The 7 Best Offseason Training Activities and Their Benefits for Freeride Skiing Summer is here and, unfortunately, unless you live in the southern hemisphere or near a glacier, skiing is done until next winter. What are some off season training methods and how much will they impact your skiing come next winter? Staying active and fit is undoubtedly the most important thing you can do, but which activities will have a direct […] Climbing Zach Suffish | July 16, 2025 0 Comments
Birdman’s Blood Board: Tony Hawk Releases Skateboard Made With His Blood View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tony Hawk (@tonyhawk) Tony Hawk is arguably the world’s most famous skateboarder. In his latest move, Hawk has collaborated with canned water company Liquid Death to release a limited run of skateboards made with his own blood. Only 100 of the blood boards were made, costing $500 each, but they sold out […] Gear Jesse | August 27, 2021 0 Comments
Skateboard Legend Tony Hawk to Debut New Skate Park in Salt Lake City, UT at Competition on August 27-28 Skateboard icon Tony Hawk just finished co-hosting the debut of skateboarding at the Tokyo Olympics—now he’s coming to Salt Lake City to host a competition and introduce his new skatepark. In partnership with Vans and the Utah Sports Commission, Hawk will be hosting the Salt Lake City Vert Event from August 27 to 28 at the Utah Fairgrounds. Related: VIDEO: […] SnowBrains | August 18, 2021 0 Comments
VIDEO: Legend Tony Hawk Talks Us Through the 21 Levels of Skateboarding Difficulty [arve url="https://youtu.be/OOg-4mtA3Zo"] SnowBrains | July 28, 2021 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
13-Year-Old Momiji Nishiya Wins First-Ever Gold Medal in Olympic Street Skateboarding https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWz–lUTl5k&t=222s Currently, Japan ranks first in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic leaderboards with 10 gold medals, and the US and China closely follow with 9 gold medals each. The most interesting part of this storyline is that one of Japan’s gold medals belongs to 13-year-old Momiji Nishiya, who just won the first-ever women’s street skateboarding event. Related: Spotlight On: Sky Brown, […] Olympics Jesse | July 28, 2021 0 Comments
VIDEO: Check Out this Unbelievable Freestyle Skateboard Edit From Isamu Yamamoto [arve url="https://youtu.be/x3ici7djACc"] SnowBrains | July 31, 2020 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
San Francisco’s Dolores Hill Bomb Could Be Done For Good The skating community has lost another classic skate spot to anti-skating infrastructure. Just this week, the San Francisco city government implemented speed bumps on Dolores Hill- the location of the famous (or infamous, depending on who you ask) Dolores Hill Bomb. Related: VIDEO: These Are the Top Skateboarding Moments in the 25-Year History of the X-Games Every July, skaters from […] Crash Spencer Cox | July 24, 2020 4 Comments
Woodward Opens Camps for Summer 2020 Despite COVID-19 Surge Woodward, a well-known sports camp with almost a dozen locations across the US, announced that their summer camps will be open as of this week despite rising COVID-19 cases across the country. Related: VIDEO: Cool Video Shot at Woodward Copper, CO – Make Time To Do the Things You Enjoy Most They offer day camps or sleep-away camps for kids […] Clay Malott | July 10, 2020 0 Comments
VIDEO: These Are the Top Skateboarding Moments in the 25-Year History of the X-Games [arve url="https://youtu.be/DKh_Tf5sRLI"] SnowBrains | July 3, 2020 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
VIDEO: Watch Skateboarder’s Insane First Descent of the World’s Gnarliest Hill [arve url="https://youtu.be/DNJyAKUlqVc"] SnowBrains | June 9, 2020 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
VIDEO: World’s Greatest Skateboarding Quarantine Worthy of Winning ‘Murder Your House’ Contest [arve url="https://youtu.be/LFWAMlFY5lI"] SnowBrains | May 29, 2020 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
Spotlight On: Sky Brown, Eleven-Year-Old Olympian Sky Brown may look like the average little kid who goes to school every day and then spends her free time playing with her friends and little brother, but she’s far from normal. At only eleven years old, Sky is a world-renowned skateboarder, recently winning the Bronze medal at the World Championships in Brazil, and becoming the first woman to land […] Olympics Lucy Ferneyhough | February 28, 2020 0 Comments
VIDEO: Clive Dixon’s Death-Defying Stunt That Landed Him On The Thrasher Magazine Cover View this post on Instagram A post shared by Vans Skateboarding (@vansskate) Clive Dixon truly cheated death for his spot on the Thrasher Magazine cover. It’s one of the most epic covers that we’ve ever seen. Check out his “My War” edit to learn more about what went into this trick. SnowBrains | May 2, 2019 0 Comments
VIDEO: LA Rams Running Back John Kelly Says Skateboarding is Harder than Football [arve url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsMxg-hrdyw"] Jon Roubik | April 19, 2019 0 Likes 0 Tweets 0 Comments
Jake Phelps, Editor of Thrasher Magazine, Passes Away News broke this evening that universally-loved skateboard legend and Editor of Thrasher Magazine, Jake Phelps, has passed away. Tony Vitello, the owner of Thrasher Magazine, has issued the following statement: Jake Phelps was 100% skateboarder, but that label sells him way too short, because beyond his enormous influence in our world, he was truly an individual beyond this world. When loved ones […] Industry News Jon Roubik | March 14, 2019 1 Comment
Spot Check: Skatepark Algorta – Where Mountains Meet The Sea In the heart of Basque Country, where the Rioja flows endlessly through the lush green hills, there lies a special place for those who care to go searching. Situated between the foothills of the Pyrenees and the North Atlantic, the perfect location connects the vibrations of snow and surf just like the activity it was built for. The first skatepark […] Trip Report Jon Roubik | October 19, 2018 0 Comments
Shaun White Officially Announces Skateboarding Focus this Summer and 2020 Olympics Intent We reported a while ago that there was a possibility that Shaun White could consider skateboarding in the 2020 summer Olympics. Turns out that ‘guess’ wasn’t far off the mark as he officially announced yesterday that he will be competing in skateboarding contests this summer before making a decision whether he will compete at the inaugural skateboarding events at the 2020 […] Olympics SnowBrains | July 6, 2018 0 Comments
VIDEO: Skateboarding in Russia in the Dead of Winter | Weather is No Excuse [arve url="https://youtu.be/cOqIHExaxhY"] SnowBrains | June 6, 2018 4 Likes 0 Tweets 0 Comments
Is Shaun White Planning on Competing in Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics on a Skateboard? Shaun White is currently Down Under promoting his upcoming Air + Style event, but during an interview with Men’s Health Australia, did he just confirm he’s going to try and represent Team USA in skateboarding during the 2020 Summer Olympics? “You’d have to drag me to the mountain right now,” he said. “Skateboarding seems so appealing. I would have quit snowboarding […] Olympics Steven Agar | May 22, 2018 0 Comments
Play, Don’t Practice: 9 year-old Sky Brown Playing in Venice [arve url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lG5o7SbsODA"] Jenah MacGrain | May 18, 2018 10 Likes 1 Tweet 0 Comments
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