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 ...
As skateboarding becomes an Olympic event, “Drop In” chronicles the women, nonbinary, and queer skaters who have made the sport more equitable. History, it is said, is written by the victors. And so ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Michelle Bruton covers action sports and the Olympics and Paralympics. It was a narrative so perfectly scripted that it seemed ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Michelle Bruton covers action sports and the Olympics and Paralympics. The 900—the skateboarding trick that catapulted Tony Hawk ...
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 ...