Skateboarding

"The police said we had to put up no skateboarding signs or there was nothing they could do," said Reverend John Fulcher. The signs are up and the message is clear but at First Baptist Church in Uptown Martinsville the point hasn't gotten across. "I...

Skateboarding in Uptown Martinsville could soon be illegal. City council wants to ban the sport on public and private property because of damage. Skateboarders like Andrew Fulcher don't like the idea. "I don't particularly like parks. My history is...

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'...

Skateboarders generally view their activity as more of an art than a science. They don't worry about things such as inertia, force or velocity. It's more about creating while in the moment and pulling off another trick. But it doesn't hurt for the...

Before skaters recorded tricks on their phones and ESPN began airing the X Games or "extreme sports on TV," a Hollywood Hills High kid so slight that he looked more like a sixth-grader leaned back on his board and popped it into the air — without...

To celebrate its new traveling exhibit, “Tony Hawk: RAD Science,” the Museum of Discovery and Science will put on a two-day RAD Science SkateFest May 25 and 26 presented by Ramp 48 and Island Water Sports. The event will feature Create-A-...

STANFORD — Local government officials may begin looking into the possibility of building a skate park after a Stanford grandmother brought attention to the lack of space for skateboarders. Brenda McFerron told Stanford City Council members last...

CLERMONT — Competitors from 6 to 62 will take part Saturday in the first in a series of skateboarding contests that aim to promote sanctioned longboard racing in Lake. Lake County is co-sponsoring the event with the Ian Tilmann Foundation, a...

Driving along Cliff Drive on a recent Monday, Laguna Beach civilian officer Alfred Casas spotted a 19-year-old holding a skateboard. Casas, 6-foot-4 and burly, calmly approached the man and respectfully asked if he knew about a city ordinance that...

The risks and rewards of forging one’s own path were displayed Wednesday night at a screening of perhaps the most surprising film on this year’s Film Forward program of movies. “Bones Brigade: An Autobiography” is the story...

Ashley O'Gorman loves skateboarding enough to want to do it all year, even when it's bitter cold outside. "I really like the adrenaline rush," Ashley, 15, says. So her mother, Debbie, drives from Pawling, N.Y., to Bristol as frequently as she can, so...

The zombies in "Warm Bodies" lurch, groan and eat human flesh like any others, but horror fans will notice something different about them. "They're romantic," 26-year-old Aussie Teresa Palmer says. "They have feelings and they have personalities. And...