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A New Skateboard Discipline Gains a Foothold
08/08/2008 07:52 PM
In the days leading up to the first skateboard SuperPark finals at the X Games, several prominent skaters were critical of the course. But in the aftermath of the event’s final, some seemed to soften their tone.
Rising to the Defense of Vertical Skateboarding
08/08/2008 07:52 PM
When ESPN tried to eliminate vertical skateboarding to accommodate six new events, professional skateboarders responded with threats of a boycott.
Hawk Grows Rich and Stays Relevant
08/08/2008 07:52 PM
Tony Hawk, the skateboarding pioneer and innovator, is 40 but is as relevant as ever because he never veered from what got him here: riding a skateboard.
Another Gold Medal for a Modest Trailblazer
08/08/2008 07:52 PM
Elissa Steamer won her fourth gold medal in five years in the skateboard street women’s final at the X Games on Friday.
A Huge Win in Big Air, and Another Scary Fall
08/08/2008 07:52 PM
For the second straight year on the 62-foot-high, 293-foot-long Mega Ramp, one of the skaters had a crash of cartoon-violence proportions.
Skater Seeks Another Outcome on Ramp
08/08/2008 07:52 PM
After a 45-foot fall in the X Games last year, Jake Brown, a professional skateboarder, rode the 62-foot-tall, 293-foot-long Mega Ramp again.
A Lord of Dogtown Re-emerges
08/08/2008 07:52 PM
Jay Adams, whose skateboarding career has been the subject of two major films, has been released from prison, where he was serving a four-year drug trafficking sentence.
Travelers, Yes. Skateboards, No.
08/08/2008 07:52 PM
The time is gone when Tony Hawk, a professional skateboarder, could take his skateboard on a plane as a carry-on.
To a Middle School’s Three R’s, Add an S: Skateboarding
08/08/2008 07:52 PM
A skateboarding class at the Merrick Avenue Middle School on Long Island is part of a new wave of individual sports instruction designed to make physical education fun.
On Ramps and Off, Free-Falling Through Time
08/08/2008 07:52 PM
“Paranoid Park” is a haunting, voluptuously beautiful portrait of a teenage boy who, after being suddenly caught in midflight, falls to earth.
Extreme Sports Vault Onto the Big Screen
08/08/2008 07:52 PM
Thousands of low-budget films of skating, skiing and surfing have become a world unto themselves.
Skateboarding Rolls Out of the Suburbs
08/08/2008 07:52 PM
What was once a mostly white activity expands its audience.
The Island of Black Jeans
08/08/2008 07:52 PM
Back in F. Scott’s day, the city’s 17-year-olds met under the Biltmore clock. Today, they’re doing halfpipes on the smooth pavement of Union Square Park.
For Skate Parks, It’s a Material World
08/08/2008 07:52 PM
Dozens of skate parks have sprouted in the last several years, but one problem is to design them to be good alternatives to the street.
No Snow, but White Still Provides the Sizzle
08/08/2008 07:52 PM
Shaun White won the skateboard vert event in the X Games, and appears ready to dominate in skateboarding the way he has in snowboarding.
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