For years, skateboarding was male-dominated. A sport where legends like Andrew Reynolds, Tony Hawk and Steve Caballero helped ...

When park skateboarder Jordyn Barratt drops in at Lauridsen Skatepark in Des Moines for Dew Tour Friday, it will mark her first contest since August 2021, when she and 19 other women made history in ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) – The 12 members of the first U.S. Olympic skateboarding team stepped on their boards and skated through a corridor of tall American flags in a joyful pack, headed toward an outdoor ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The women’s skateboarding park competition wrapped up on Tuesday with Hawaii’s Jordyn Barratt competing in heat two. Barratt took eleventh ― with only the top eight moving ...

Who knew there were so many nuances in skateboarding? Well skateboarders, of course. But for many unknowing observers, it’s just riding on a board with wheels. Thankfully we have U.S. Olympic ...

VISTA, Calif. >>Heimana Reynolds of Honolulu and Jordyn Barratt of Haleiwa are among the 22 named to the U.S. national skateboarding team today. The 22 skaters in men’s and women’s park and street ...

Japan dominated the finals, but Jordyn Barratt was also part of Olympics history today in Tokyo, competing in the first-ever park division event of skateboarding. Sakura Yosozumi and Kokona Hiraki won ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Hawaii’s own Heimana Reynolds and Jordyn Barratt are on their way to the Tokyo Olympics to represent Team USA in the park skateboarding competitions. On Wednesday, Reynolds ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Michelle Bruton covers action sports and the Olympics and Paralympics. This week’s Dew Tour in Des Moines, Iowa—a new location for ...

Tony Hawk talks to with Brazilian skater Rayssa Leal ahead of the Olympics Games. Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Skateboarding is making its Olympic debut at the 2020 Tokyo Games.

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Skateboarding is new to the Olympics this year, and skating icon Tony Hawk told Reuters that he's glad the sport is finally being recognized — ...