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SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — It’s a sport that gained popularity in the 1950s when kids took the wheels off roller skates and nailed them to a 2x4 and hoped for the best. Hit a pebble and off you go! So ...

Donnie Crist was something of a legend on the Phoenix skateboard scene, where he was better known as Don or Donnie Ho. A sponsored skater as a young man in the ‘70s, he appeared catching air in the ...

DON'T TELL Russ Howell skateboarding is just for kids. The 51-year-old Howell climbed on his first board in 1958. He went on to skate professionally during the 1970s, when his flying blond hair and ...

Skateboard: The Movie, a cult classic from the 70s, is returning to theaters in a restored format, allowing fans to revisit the height of the skateboard craze and indulge in nostalgia. Directed by ...

SAN DIEGO (CBS 8) - San Diego skateboarding legend Victor Earhart was killed last Friday when his motorcycle was struck by a Toyota Prius on Route-79. Earhart was traveling at about 55 mph on ...

Are surfing and skateboarding separate sports and separate cultures? Or did wave-riding begat “sidewalk surfing” of the 60s while skate tricks and aerials of the 70s brought innovation to surfing? A ...

A sponsored skater as a young man in the ‘70s, he appeared catching air in the pages of Skateboarder magazine and went on to produce, direct and write a 2020 documentary on the local scene that meant ...