achieves serious airtime great crunched los vijay technique olympics moment street grind rogue hall event city recent told children latest pedro la channel memphis board skatepark campos catch angeles

Articles for Skatepark

Teen 'stoked' to be on board with Team Finland
5 months ago

Teen 'stoked' to be on board with Team Finland

China Daily  

Heili Sirvio competes at the Finnish championship on July 6 in Tampere, Finland. TAMPERE, Finland — Traveling to skateboard competitions around the world, 13-year-old Heili Sirvio — Finland's youngest Olympic athlete ever — leads a life unlike the average Finnish teen. Less than a month before the Olympic Games — which will be held in Paris from July 26 to …

Olympics Board Olympic California Her Father Finnish Skateboard
Since its recent inception in the Olympics, skateboarding is having a moment in India. Have you stepped on the board yet?
1 year, 10 months ago

Since its recent inception in the Olympics, skateboarding is having a moment in India. Have you stepped on the board yet?

The Hindu  

Morning joggers and evening strollers at Marina beach are often treated to acts that showcase speed, balance and defy gravity. Abhishek, with fellow skater Darius Bharucha started 100 Ramps, a professional skatepark company in 2015 and has over the years built facilities in Chennai, Hyderabad, Calicut, Udaipur, Ahmedabad, Baroda, Pune, Gwalior, and Goa. All these cities have a skateboarding culture,” …

Bengaluru Sport Board Chennai Started Vijay Park
Tony Hawk uses skateboarding to teach community organizing
2 years, 1 month ago

Tony Hawk uses skateboarding to teach community organizing

Associated Press  

Sara Campos remembers being inspired to start skateboarding after playing Tony Hawk videogames on the California family’s PlayStation 2. They’re gonna have generational knowledge that’s going to passed down and there are very few things that allow that.” The Skatepark Project – which began as the Tony Hawk Foundation in 2002, funded by Hawk’s $125,000 win on the celebrity edition …

Williams Fellowship Getting Program Tony Hawk Hawk Skatepark
Tony Hawk uses skateboarding to teach community organizing
2 years, 1 month ago

Tony Hawk uses skateboarding to teach community organizing

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. They’re gonna have generational knowledge that’s going to passed …

Community Williams Fellowship Getting Program Tony Hawk Hawk
Best trick yet: How a group of rogue skaters got L.A. City Hall on its side
2 years, 3 months ago

Best trick yet: How a group of rogue skaters got L.A. City Hall on its side

LA Times  

No one wanted to claim responsibility for the old parking lot. “It helps change the stereotype of them as slackers and outsiders who aren’t interested in the community.” San Pedro residents understood what Channel Street meant to their youth. It’s the makeup of this Pedro town that helped the skatepark survive.” — Andy Harris, skater and unofficial mayor of Channel …

City Harris Los Angeles Los Angeles San No One
Can an adventure sport like BMX also be a workout?
3 years, 3 months ago

Can an adventure sport like BMX also be a workout?

Live Mint  

The 2020 Tokyo Olympics was instrumental in making new, niche sports, mainstream. BMX is the popular abbreviation for Bicycle Motocross, a sport where riders perform stunts and tricks on special BMX bikes. “I started riding BMX almost 10 years ago because it seemed like something adventurous. Chandigarh has a tiny, but growing community of BMX riders, currently numbering a little …

Sport Riders Bmx Bmx Riders
’We had to build our own skate community in Rajasthan’: Manjari Makijany
3 years, 6 months ago

’We had to build our own skate community in Rajasthan’: Manjari Makijany

Live Mint  

Discovering the world of skateboarding and its social as well as cultural impact wasn’t enough for LA-based filmmaker Manjari Makijany. After intense research, which included meeting skater communities around India, and identifying the correct setting for her coming of age sports drama, Makijany and her producing partners, sister Vinati and husband Emmanuel Pappas, went a step further. Skater Girl, is …

India Rajasthan Children Social Social Impact Mumbai Girls