Skateboarding

The Extreme Future of Olympic Sports

Alex Layman | Posted 05.16.2012

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The IOC has done well to adapt to modern trends, adopting sports like snowboarding and BMX for the winter and summer games, respectively. With that said, here are five sports that should make their way into the Olympics sooner rather than later.

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LA's New Skateboarding Speed Limit

The Huffington Post | Lucy Blodgett | Posted 05.03.2012

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In a unanimous vote on Wednesday afternoon, the Los Angeles City Council has decided to move forward in drafting a speedlimit ordinance for skateboard...

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Early Skateboard Pioneer Dies

AP | ANDREW DALTON | Posted 03.27.2012

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LOS ANGELES -- Larry Stevenson, a skateboard maker who helped take the sport from an early 1960s kid's gimmick often compared to the hula hoop to a re...

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WATCH: Manhattan Skateboarding In The 1980s

Posted 03.22.2012

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We've already seen the stylish, Central Park skateboarders of the 60s and the slow-mo, high-def Brooklyn gliders of the aughts. Now, let's take a time...

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Nate C. Hindman

The Segway And The Skateboard Just Had A Baby

HuffingtonPost.com | Nate C. Hindman | Posted 03.16.2012

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AUSTIN, Texas -- The past month has been one wild ride for Ben Forman and Geoff Larson, the creators of a weight-sensing electric skateboard called th...

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PHOTOS: NYC Skateboarders In The 60s

Posted 02.28.2012

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Before cities everywhere built skate parks, and skaters strapped GoPro cameras to the bottom of their boards, the May 1965 cover of LIFE magazine fea...

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'Lite-Brite' Meets Skatepark

Posted 01.30.2012

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Architectural mapping has its practical purposes, but where's the fun in that? Brazilian architectural lighting collective 3DM appear to agree with th...

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Pro Skateboarder Accused Of Naked NY Hotel Rampage

AP | Posted 03.07.2012

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NEW YORK — A professional skateboarder has been accused of ripping pictures off the walls at a New York City hotel in a naked rampage. Jereme (...

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Jason Lee Talks Getting Fit, Skateboarding With Son

Posted 02.20.2012

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There's no secret to Jason Lee's slimmed down physique, apparently. On "The Late Late Show" (Weeknights, 12:37 a.m. EST on CBS), he cited cutting out ...

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PHOTOS: Vans Shoes Creator Dies At 72

The Huffington Post | Marielle Bingham | Posted 01.07.2012

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The co-creator and co-founder of the iconic Vans shoe, James Van Doren, has passed away at age 72 after a long battle with cancer, according to the AP...

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'It's A Place For Druggies': Neighbors Up In Arms Over Golden Gate Skate Park

Aaron Sankin | Posted 01.07.2012

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For a city as rich in skateboarding culture as San Francisco, there are shockingly few places to actually skate. Not counting a converted parking l...

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WATCH: Skateboarder Flips From One Board To Another

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 12.19.2011

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It may not be as cool as a skateboarding dog, but this guy's backflip and landing is certainly close. Upon further inspection, however, it's also ...

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Rod Kurtz

You've Got... Rob Dyrdek

HuffingtonPost.com | Rod Kurtz | Posted 08.13.2011

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Rob Dyrdek, a professional skateboarder, serial entrepreneur, MTV star and member of our Board of Directors, shares the secret to his entrepreneurial ...

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Sporting Good: Of X Men, X Women and Families at X Games 17

Wyatt Closs | Posted 10.01.2011

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Wyatt Closs

While television created ESPN X Games, it's a whole other thing when seen up close. Few sports combine athleticism, artistry, and outright danger as much as the X Games 17 in Los Angeles.

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ESPN X Games 17: Up. Side. Down. And All Around. The Hot Pics!

Wyatt Closs | Posted 10.01.2011

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PHOTOS: Action-Packed X Games Kicks Off In LA

Posted 09.28.2011

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The summer X Games started Thursday in Downtown LA, and already there have been injuries, crashes, and phenomenal feats. While the action sports ev...

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AJ Barbosa

Tony Hawk, Rob Dyrdek And Steve Rodriguez Save The Skatepark

HuffingtonPost.com | AJ Barbosa | Posted 09.27.2011

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This weekend in Los Angeles, 20 professional skateboarders will take turns speeding down steep ramps into the tortuous terrain of a skatepark. In fron...

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WATCH: 76-Year-Old Skateboarder Shows Off His Moves

The Huffington Post | Sara Gaynes | Posted 09.14.2011

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Lloyd Kahn started skateboarding at age 65, and he's still going strong. The 76-year-old San Francisco resident shows off his moves -- stressing the i...

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WATCH: A Completely Skateable Home In Malibu

The Huffington Post | Eliza Fisher | Posted 09.11.2011

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LA has long been known as a mecca for skateboard culture, and soon it will be the site of the ultimate shrine to skate lifestyle. A house that is f...

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WATCH: D*Face Paints Pool With Skateboards

Posted 09.05.2011

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UK Street artist D*Face realized a dream of combining his two loves of skateboarding and street art into one crazy project. D*Face spent years figurin...

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WATCH: Skateboarding Is A Crime -- Even On Go Skateboarding Day

Posted 11.15.2011

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Skateboarders Going Green

Kevin Duffel | Posted 06.08.2011

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Skateboarding gear wears out quickly and needs frequent replacement. When there are upwards of 13 million active skaters in America, that's a hell of a lot of gear to be manufactured only to subsequently end up in a landfill.

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6-Year-Old Skateboarding Prodigy Shows Off Incredible Moves

Posted 05.25.2011

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Most young boys who take up skateboarding generally master the ollie, maybe a kickflip, and then retire their boards as they realize they've reached t...

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GALLERIST SPEAKS: Andrew Roth On His Diane Arbus Skateboard Show

ARTINFO | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the current issue of Modern Painters, we wrote about a forthcoming show of Asher Penn's work at Andrew Roth Gallery in New York. The focus of that ...

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BLOG WATCH > Today And Tomorrow

today and tomorrow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Skateboard Art, Stop-Motion Animation, Skateboarding, Video, Arts News

Remember those x frames per second photo series in skateboard mags? I guess they still exist. Anyway, Tilles Singer used those to recreate the shots w...

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