A 13-year-old just became the first female in skateboarding to land a 720 in competition – a trick that has the boarder completing two full rotations in the air. Arisa Trew of Australia achieved the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Skateboard pumping on transitions is a fundamental skill that allows skaters to generate speed and maintain momentum while riding ...

Australian teenager Arisa Trew has become the first female to land a 720 – a skateboarding trick involving two full rotations while in the air – as she competed in the Tony Hawk Vert Alert event on ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Michelle Bruton covers action sports and the Olympics and Paralympics. It was a narrative so perfectly scripted that it seemed ...

However, the nearest Olympic-standard bowl to his Westgate-on-Sea home in Kent is in Calais, and the closest vert ramp – a ...

Bucky Lasek is by no means shy to the vert game, but for someone whose knees have seen YEARS of skateboarding he still lays it down heavy on the vert ramps, and it is quite on par with the younger ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Reviving a piece of Jacksonville’s history. That’s the goal of two young skaters, with the help of their mom of course. Kona Skatepark in Arlington has been a staple in ...

Reese Nelson sort of just came out of nowhere one day when Tony Hawk happened to post a clip of her skating his vert ramp. From there, it didn't take long for Reese to blow up! After officially ...

With the help of social media, a new generation is resurrecting the sport’s most spectacular form. Tony Hawk hopes Olympic organizers are paying attention. By Lindsey Adler Tony Hawk took ...

Skateboarding is in the spotlight as X Games completes its three-day weekend in Ventura on Sunday. Four of the five events left are skateboarding events, which begin at 9 a.m. with the Women's ...