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The YMCA’s Krause Family Skate Park in Clairemont celebrated their 20 year anniversary with the relaunch of their vert ramp. “The vert ramp is so beautiful” Olympic Skateboarder Bryce Wettstein said. Olympians like Wettstein and iconic skateboarders Andy MacDonald and Bucky Lesky joined the celebration. Construction on the vert ramp began in April and finished in May with the ram…

To celebrate a big year for skateboarding, several pros are hosting a 2021 wrap party and are inviting the public to join.

The Exposure X Competition calls on skaters around the world to grab their boards, cameras and riding tunes

SoCal skateboarding pro (and Olympian) Nyjah Huston has teamed up with Black Plague Brewing in Oceanside to create a craft beer.

The Chicago-based froSkate is a skating group welcoming BIPOC, queer, trans and nonbinary skateboarders into the scene, teaching them and creating a safe space.

“A lot of us grew up skating alone, because we were the only ones who looked like us in the skate park.” Feeling that skateboarding was dominated by white men, skaters in Chicago formed the group froSkate. The group hosts meetups at local skate parks to welcome skaters with marginalized racial and gender identities into the scene. NBCLX Storyteller Jalyn...

Cory Juneau says it’s still “surreal” that he took home the bronze medal for park skateboarding from the Tokyo Olympics. As the 22-year-old San Diego native looks to the future, he stopped by NBCLX to look back at his experience — and attempted to show us how to do one of the trickiest kickflips he nailed in Tokyo.

After years of being dismissed as just a hobby for “rebels,” skateboarding made its Olympic debut this year in Tokyo — and the cherished Southern California pastime is quickly turning into a popular phenomenon wowing the world.

Gus Kenworthy talks with legendary skateboarder Tony Hawk about the significance of skateboarding’s Olympic debut before trying out some new tricks on the board.

Team USA’s Cory Juneau won bronze in the first-ever Olympic men’s park skateboarding event. Australia’s Keegan Palmer took gold, and Brazil’s Pedro Barros took silver.

Here’s a look at 5 events to watch at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 5, 2021.

Here are five things to know about champion skateboarder, Zion Wright.

American Cory Juneau won bronze in the men’s park skateboarding event at the Tokyo Olympics.

Thirteen-year-old skateboarder Sky Brown of Great Britain won bronze in women’s park skateboarding. Team USA’s Bryce Wettstein finished in sixth place.

Youth ruled the skate park as 19-year-old Sakura Yosozumi took gold with Cocona Hiraki, 12, and Sky Brown, 13, close behind for silver and bronze, respectively.

Here are five things to know about Great Britain’s Olympic skater, Sky Brown.

Japan’s Kokona Hiraki and Great Britain’s Sky Brown made history in the women’s park skateboarding final at the Tokyo Olympics.

Skateboarding icon Tony Hawk is at the Tokyo Olympics, serving as a correspondent for the skateboarding events. He shares what it’s like to finally see his sport make its debut on the world’s biggest sports stage.

NBC 7’s Steven Luke speaks with legendary San Diego County-born skateboarder Tony Hawk on the sport making its debut in the Tokyo Olympics.

As the Olympics continues to add emerging sports to its program, the Tokyo Games will feature several brand-new sports