Skateboard

Tokyo will be the first time skateboarding is being added to the slate of summer Olympic sports, and at first glance Team USA is the 10,000 pound elephant in the room. However, there’s a lot more going on that could surprise anyone assuming gold is a foregone conclusion for the…

The legend of Nyjah Huston began before he turned 10 years old. There were rumors of a kid skating like he was twice his age, destined to be the next “great one” in the sport. Huston made his debut at the 2004 Volcom Damn Am. A stunned crowd watched as…

He has hosted Justin Bieber at his private skate park and guest-starred opposite Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson in the TV show Ballers. Now, Nyjah Huston is aiming to become an Olympic champion as skateboarding makes its debut in Tokyo. Medals are on offer in two disciplines at the Ariake Urban…

TOKYO (AP) — At the Tokyo Olympics, it’s best to distinguish salad grinds from stalefish. Not tasty Japanese delicacies, but choice morsels from the rich lexicon of skateboarding. The new Olympic sport — competition starts Sunday — comes with a language all of its own. For skaters, the jargon these…

The 2024 Summer Olympics may seem like they're ages away — after all, we still have to get through the upcoming 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing — but the Games have already been making headlines since France was confirmed as the host nation in 2017. We took the liberty of…

The team that revolutionized the sport of skateboarding in the 1970s may have been known as the Z-Boys, but they had one girl member: Peggy Oki. Her skating style, and that of the Z-Boys as a whole, was graceful, powerful, and unprecedented, emulating the effortless flow of a surfer on…

THANKS! YOU'RE NOW SUBSCRIBED Customize your newsletter. Please select the topics you're interested in: Weight Loss Yoga Working Out Running Read More

After being delayed by a year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics are finally taking place, with the opening ceremony scheduled for July 23. But even as many people around the world hope to use these Games to take a mental break from real-world anxieties and recapture some…

Just four years ago, Zhang Xin was a trainee cheerleader who had never ridden a skateboard. Now, she’s preparing to skate for China at the Tokyo Olympics. The 22-year-old, who will compete in the women’s park event, is one of two skateboarders representing Team China at the Games, which kick…

Photo: Jordan Calhoun When I committed to skateboarding in June, I had ambitions for it to last longer than my one-month Lifehacker Fitness Challenge. I mostly kept my goals to myself, though, as not to jinx my probability of getting through the month successfully. Even so, comments came in from…