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News Articles: Skateboarding

A portrait of Tyre Nichols is displayed at a memorial service for him on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023 in Memphis, Tenn. Nichols was killed during a traffic stop with Memphis Police on Jan. 7.

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Sacramento will rename a skate park after its former resident Tyre Nichols

The late 29-year-old Sacramento native will be posthumously honored with a bronze plaque that will be installed at the newly renamed park.

March 30, 2023
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  • Jonathan Franklin
Lady Rippers member Kate skating just before facilitating a conversation on abortion in the wake of Roe v Wade being overturned.

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  • News

Abortion rights conversation ramps up at skate parks

The overturning of Roe v. Wade was a shock to many. People have been working through that shock in a lot of different ways since then. That includes the The Lady Rippers, an LGBTQ-friendly club of skateboarders who got together recently to talk — and skate — through their feelings.

August 03, 2022
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  • Amanda Andrews
Brit Oliphant connected with her fourth-grade student, Seth Snyder through skateboarding. Brit was shocked to find out Seth was so passionate about skating but didn't have a skateboard of his own. She started an organization, Boards 4 Buddies, to change that.

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A teacher in Hawaii is rehoming surfboards and skateboards to underprivileged kids

A schoolteacher in Hawaii connected with a student through skateboarding, only to find out he couldn't afford a board of his own. She started a grassroots organization to fix that.

June 21, 2022
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  • Dustin Jones
Members of the all-female skate crew ImillaSkate in Cochabamba, Bolivia. The athletes wear <em>polleras</em>,<em> </em>skirts traditionally worn by Bolivia's Indigenous Aymara and Quechua women, when they skate at tournaments. "Many girls who see us skating feel proud to see us dressed [this way]," says skater Fabiola Gonzales. "Even our own families feel proud we're showing our traditions."

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PHOTOS: How this Bolivian all-female skate crew is celebrating their Indigenous roots

The young women skateboard while wearing polleras, colorful, layered skirts worn by their country's Indigenous Aymara and Quechua women. They want to show girls and women it's OK to be themselves.

April 18, 2022
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  • Malaka Gharib
Sakura Yosozumi of Japan competes in the women's park skateboarding finals at the Summer Olympics on Wednesday. She won gold and continued Japan's dominance in the new sport.

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Japan Is Golden Again In Tokyo Olympic Skateboarding Competition

Japan won its third skateboarding gold in the sport's Olympic debut. 19-year-old Sakura Yosozumi earned gold and 12-year-old teammate Kokona Hiraki won silver. Britain's Sky Brown, 13, won the bronze.

August 04, 2021
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  • Mandalit del Barco
Momiji Nishiya of Team Japan celebrates during the Women's Street Final on day three of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on Monday at Ariake Urban Sports Park.

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  • Sports

Teenagers Win All 3 Medals In Women's Street Skateboarding Event

Two of the winners are 13; the other is 16. It "could very well be the youngest Olympic podium ever," the official Olympics news outlet says.

July 26, 2021
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  • Leila Fadel
Yuto Horigome of Team Japan practices on the skateboard street course before winning a gold medal at the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games at the Ariake Urban Sports Park on Sunday.

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Japan's Own Wins First Skateboarding Medal At Tokyo Olympics

Yuto Horigome won the first ever Olympic Gold medal in skateboarding. He dazzled as he soared, flipped and glided in the very neighborhood in Tokyo where he grew up.

July 25, 2021
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  • Mandalit del Barco
The U.K.'s Sky Brown is one of the youngest athletes who will compete at the Tokyo Olympics.

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'Rebel' Skateboarding Is Ready For Its Olympic Debut in Tokyo

Skateboarding is one of four new sports added to the Olympics this year. For skateboarders who have long loved their rebel status, performing in the mainstream Olympics is just a bit different.

July 24, 2021
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  • Mandalit del Barco
Asha Gond, 21, with her skateboard. She tried the sport when a skatepark was set up in her rural village and is now one of India's top female skateboarders.

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Skateboarding Gives Freedom To Rural Indian Teen In Netflix Film — And In Real Life

A new Netflix movie called Skater Girl chronicles the journey of an Indian teenage girl who discovers a life-changing passion for skateboarding. It's also the story of Asha Gond.

June 11, 2021
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  • Sushmita Pathak
Ruby Medina is part of a community of skateboarders on TikTok, and at her local skate park in Venice, Calif. Social media is driving a huge demand for boards at her family's skate shops.

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  • Business

How TikTok And Skater Girls Are Sending Skateboard Sales Off The Wall

The streets are full of skateboarders these days, and skate shops can hardly keep up with the demand. Why now? The answer might put a smile on your face.

April 19, 2021
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  • Claire Miller

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