Skateboarding
‘There were no rules down here’: New York resurrects popular skate park
The Brooklyn Banks, known for being a ‘melting pot’ of skaters, bikers and artists like Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat, were closed off over a decade ago – until now
Edward Helmore in New York
28, May, 2023 @10:00 AM
UFC-backed skateboarding tour leans into right-wing media ties
The execs who steered the UFC from freak show to billion-dollar property are trying the same with a new skateboarding league – by partnering with the go-to streaming site of the right
Karim Zidan
10, May, 2023 @8:00 AM
Halfpipe heaven: listed status for stately home of Scottish skaters
Livingston skatepark, built in 1981, is put forward for accolade normally reserved for castles and churches
Eve Livingston
07, May, 2023 @5:00 AM
‘It’s an incredible feeling’: the Greek skateboarders getting girls and refugees onboard
A grassroots charity in Athens is giving lessons in skateboarding to children of refugees and to increasing numbers of girls across the city
As told to Katy Fallon in Athens
04, May, 2023 @7:15 AM
What makes me feel happy? Falling flat on my face off a skate ramp | Nikesh Shukla
I got cocky, fell and hurt myself in three places. But the pain was a reminder that I was alive and living in the moment, says author Nikesh Shukla
Nikesh Shukla
09, Apr, 2023 @11:00 AM
‘Hopefully people don’t think I made a shrine to myself’: a portrait gifted to a fellow skateboarder
In our series on artworks in Australian homes, Morgan Campbell shows a piece by a renowned street artist that’s steeped in skating nostalgia
Doosie Morris
04, Mar, 2023 @7:00 PM
Sports quiz of the week: Super Bowl, Sky Brown, Six Nations and sackings
Who went on holiday? Who won a world title? Who lost his job?
Paul Campbell
17, Feb, 2023 @4:03 PM
Chloe Covell: skateboard prodigy, 13, targets Paris Olympics after taking world silver medal
Up and coming street skater tipped for big things as ex-NRL player dad Luke encourages ‘hard work and dedication’
Mike Hytner
07, Feb, 2023 @2:00 PM
Black skateboarders on the life and death of Tyre Nichols: ‘He was one of us. That could have been me’
Three skaters address their own experiences, activism and the police response to their communities
Niloufar Haidari
07, Feb, 2023 @6:00 AM
I’m on a skateboard! Now it’s time for action. Or at least … movement | Jennifer Wong
Tony Hawk and I approach skateboarding in exactly the same way, except that he is right-footed and also he is Tony Hawk
Jennifer Wong
03, Feb, 2023 @2:00 PM
‘My board shoots off, like in the ad’: Sam Wollaston goes skateboarding
Our writer had a head start on the dad in the John Lewis ad: he’d skated a bit back in the day. How hard could it be to get back on a board?
Sam Wollaston
11, Nov, 2022 @6:49 PM
‘It won’t tell you anything useful’: how Palace turned product descriptions into art
The co-founder of British skate brand on why he’s turned his product details into a book – and what they tell us about everything except fashion
Lauren Cochrane
27, Oct, 2022 @11:52 AM
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