Updates
Annual Johnny Strange Legacy Skate Competition Draws Crowds as Milk-Centric Skaters Descended Upon Malibu Chili Cook-Off Event to Raise Funds in Support of Boys & Girls Club of Malibu
Sept. 5, 2024
Science & Medicine
Physics researchers discovered that the mechanics for good skateboarding technique can be surprisingly simple. At least, on paper.
Aug. 5, 2024
Sports
U.S. skateboarder Nyjah Huston says the Olympics needs to ‘step up the quality’ of medals. His bronze from Paris is showing wear and tear after 10 days.
Aug. 9, 2024
California
Hermano Drive snakes up a steep hill in Tarzana. The tucked-away enclave is the only one in L.A. where a city ordinance specifically bars skateboarding.
Jan. 11, 2024
Christopher Hernandez received an 18-month sentence for conspiring to violate the civil rights of a 23-year-old man who yelled at him and his ex-partner to stop picking on a group of teens at a park.
Jan. 23, 2024
Christopher Hernandez and his former partner, Miguel Vega, were both charged in federal court earlier this year on a five-count indictment. Vega is still headed for trial in October.
July 21, 2023
Business
California-based Future Motion has received dozens of incident reports involving its Onewheel skateboards, regulators say, with injuries including paralysis and traumatic brain injury.
Oct. 2, 2023
The crime former Deputy Miguel Vega will plead guilty to is a felony that carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in federal prison.
Sept. 5, 2023
Partygoers set fire to what appeared to be a decommissioned police car before officers arrived and declared an unlawful assembly.
Sept. 10, 2023
Entertainment & Arts
After Tyre Nichols’ death in Memphis, an Alexander Hamilton High School class used a skateboard design assignment to create a memorial for the skateboarder.
June 21, 2023