On the opening day of Tony Hawk’s Vert Alert at the Delta Center last year, 13-year-old Arisa Trew of Australia became just the third woman to perform a varial 540 on a skateboard. In a showcase the ...

A 13-year-old just became the first female in skateboarding to land a 720 in competition – a trick that has the boarder completing two full rotations in the air. Arisa Trew of Australia achieved the ...

Skateboarding has been progressing rapidly in recent years, thanks to improved infrastructure, increased financial support and a growing pool of talented athletes. Nowhere is that more true than on ...

National Geographic's Extreme Sports series gives a behind the scenes look at athletic adventurers. Climb! by Pete Takeda covers everything from ""bouldering"" (""the essence of freeclimbing no ropes, ...

With the help of social media, a new generation is resurrecting the sport’s most spectacular form. Tony Hawk hopes Olympic organizers are paying attention. By Lindsey Adler Tony Hawk took ...

Tony Hawk had already logged 10 attempts to land a 900 when the clock expired in the X Games Vert Best Trick finals on June 27, 1999. But the event’s TV director urged Hawk to keep going, and so the ...