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Birdman’s Blood Board: Tony Hawk Releases Skateboard Made With His Blood

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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 […]

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Jesse | August 27, 2021
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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: […]

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VIDEO: Legend Tony Hawk Talks Us Through the 21 Levels of Skateboarding Difficulty

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13-Year-Old Momiji Nishiya Wins First-Ever Gold Medal in Olympic Street Skateboarding

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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, […]

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Jesse | July 28, 2021
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VIDEO: Check Out this Unbelievable Freestyle Skateboard Edit From Isamu Yamamoto

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San Francisco’s Dolores Hill Bomb Could Be Done For Good

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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 […]

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Spencer Cox | July 24, 2020
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Woodward Opens Camps for Summer 2020 Despite COVID-19 Surge

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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
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VIDEO: These Are the Top Skateboarding Moments in the 25-Year History of the X-Games

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VIDEO: Watch Skateboarder’s Insane First Descent of the World’s Gnarliest Hill

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VIDEO: World’s Greatest Skateboarding Quarantine Worthy of Winning ‘Murder Your House’ Contest

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Spotlight On: Sky Brown, Eleven-Year-Old Olympian

With skateboarding coming to the Olympics, 11-year-old Sky Brown is the face of the sport.

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 […]

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Lucy Ferneyhough | February 28, 2020
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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.

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VIDEO: LA Rams Running Back John Kelly Says Skateboarding is Harder than Football

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Jon Roubik | April 19, 2019
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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 […]

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Jon Roubik | March 14, 2019
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Spot Check: Skatepark Algorta – Where Mountains Meet The Sea

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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 […]

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Jon Roubik | October 19, 2018
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Shaun White Officially Announces Skateboarding Focus this Summer and 2020 Olympics Intent

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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 […]

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VIDEO: Skateboarding in Russia in the Dead of Winter | Weather is No Excuse

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Is Shaun White Planning on Competing in Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics on a Skateboard?

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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 […]

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Steven Agar | May 22, 2018
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Play, Don’t Practice: 9 year-old Sky Brown Playing in Venice

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Jenah MacGrain | May 18, 2018
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VIDEO: 45MPH Longboarding in Mammoth, CA

After skiing Mammoth on Saturday, we drove down from the Main Lodge to the Village. On the way down, we pulled up to these two guys ripping down the road into town. We were blown away. These guys were killing it. At times they went up to 45mph and were often railing turns at over 40mph.
It was a helluva multi sport weekend with people bikini skiing, snowboarding, mountain […]

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Miles Clark | May 27, 2014
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