Skateboarding

It's the kind of hobby where you either go hard or go home.     Skaters were celebrating National Go Skateboarding Day at the Roanoke Valley Skate Park Tuesday.  But even without a designated day, the guys would be out at the park anyway. "My uncle'...

Skateboarding superstar Rob Dyrdek is bringing his Street League DC Pro Tour to the Sprint Center this weekend, bringing along the world's largest skateboard with him. Some of the world's leading skateboarders will compete on on Saturday and Sunday for a...

Jacques Heim--the "Napoleon" of Diavolo dance--and his latest work....

Hundreds of skateboarders took to the streets of downtown Los Angeles in celebration of "Go Skateboarding Day" on Monday, embarking on a five-mile skate through the city. The group of skaters -– mostly teenage males -– gathered at Hollenbeck...

A 35-year-old man injured in a skateboarding accident in Santa Clarita over the weekend has died, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said Tuesday....

Should a Tony Hawk-endorsed skateboard park be a neighbor to South Los Angeles' cultural landmark, the Watts Towers? In what could become a battle between athletics and aesthetics, the answer will be up to city officials, who figure to get an earful from...

Speedboarders may be banned by a future ordinance from some of Laguna's steepest streets, but their sport did not hit a dead end Tuesday. The City Council voted for skateboarding regulations and to ban skateboarding on portions of Summit and Bluebird...

About 6 p.m. Monday, a black Mercedes Benz with a dark tint pulled out of Bounty Way and proceeded onto Skyline Drive while two Thurston Middle School seventh-graders were skateboarding on Skyline. The driver intentionally tried to hit one of the downhill...

Laguna Beach will curb skateboarding, but not outlaw it. The City Council gave preliminary approval Tuesday to an ordinance that limits speed and allows city officials to ban skateboarding on certain streets in the name of safety, despite public...

What an amazing night! Tuesday night in Laguna Beach, a town came together. Democracy was out in full force, and a community banded together around their children. It was truly a thing of beauty! I felt it only fair to write to the paper with something...

Speedboarding is dangerous for the boarders, but that is their problem — let kids of all ages have fun. It is also unfair to motorists and cyclists who pay to use the streets and must obtain licenses and insurance for the privilege. If the...

A kid broke his leg. He was writhing in pain. A host of other kids are suffering injuries they will carry with them for a lifetime. Yet, the public actually pays good money to watch these kids do this to each other. Coaches teach and beg the kids to...