Skateboarding

1/19/2023 |  LA Department of Recreation and PlayLA Host Adaptive Skateboarding Classes (SportsTravel) The City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks PlayLA Adaptive Youth Sports Program recently concluded its adaptive skateboarding classes, a first for the city’s youth sports program.
Throughout the program, youth with disabilities participated in learning adaptive skateboarding and wheelchair motocross with support from the Challenged Athletes Foundation.

12/6/2022 |  Skateboarders head to Philly for Red Bull Cold Bowl (AXIOS Sports) Calling all amateur skateboarders: Here's your chance to take on the pros.
What's happening: The Red Bull Cold Bowl returns to South Philly this Saturday.

• Some of the world's best, including Devin Flynn and Jordan Santana, will compete inside the Wharton Street Warehouse for the top prize of $5,000 in their divisions.

The intrigue: Amateur boarders are invited to show off their skills for a chance at qualifying for the main event this Thursday. 

11/2/2022 |  Nora Vasconcellos Reflects On Becoming First Woman Rider To Receive Adidas Signature Pro Skate Shoe (Forbes SportsMoney) With all the strides in diversity and inclusivity professional skateboarding has made in the last few years, it may come as a surprise that one of the industry’s major players, adidas Skateboarding, just launched the first signature Pro silhouette for a woman rider. 

10/4/2022 |  Skateboarder And TikTok Star Anthony Ferraro, Who Is Blind, Is Pushing Forward Inclusivity In Action Sports (Forbes SportsMoney) When Anthony Ferraro and his then-girlfriend, Kelly, made a video in January 2021 about his daily life as someone who was born blind and posted it to TikTok, neither of them had very high expectations. 

8/3/2022 |  Dew Tour Shines A Spotlight On Midwest Skateboarding With Unlock The Spot And Battle Of The Shops Events (Forbes SportsMoney) The heart of skateboarding is alive and well in the heartland.
Compared to the endemic skateboarding communities on the West Coast and East Coast, anchored by L.A. and New York, Midwest skateboarding hasn’t always enjoyed its fair share of time in the sun. (And with only about half as many warm and sunny days each year as Southern California, it’s fair to say Midwest skateboarders deal with unique obstacles to getting out on their boards.)