In local skateboard circles, the spot is known as Suicide Hill. It stands along a steep section of Winding Oak Drive in Fair Oaks, an otherwise serene neighborhood lined with single-family suburban ...

LAGUNA BEACH – A much-debated ordinance regulating downhill skateboarding went into effect Thursday. The City Council approved the ordinance last month, which includes safety regulations such as ...

FRISCO — In a digital day and age when many connections are made by computer, Russell Janoviak befriended the newest, youngest member of his downhill-skateboarding tribe at a Summit Stage bus stop. It ...

APTOS >> In a brief and dangerous period in the late 1970s, downhill skateboarding had more in common with drag racing than it did with its roots in sidewalk surfing. The racers wore helmets and ...

The wind in your helmet, the beautiful scenery, the imminent threat of skin-shearing demise lurking around every corner. If you haven’t had a good look at this terrifying sport, it’s time for you to ...

Downhill skateboarders are bombing down the steep roads that connect Santa Barbara’s front country to its back country. If you regularly drive the steep mountain roads, like Gibraltar, Camino Cielo, ...

CASCADE — The fastest skateboarders in the world rallied atop Pikes Peak over the weekend, adding a new chapter of racing history to the storied peak’s twisting highway. Bombing down a 1.4-mile ...

Rancho Palos Verdes has outlawed the dangerous trend of downhill skateboarding known as “bombing” throughout the city, but officials want more time to consider banning all skateboarding on nine ...

On nothing but a “plank of wood and four wheels,” a group of women are careering down windy mountain roads at breakneck speed, constantly on the lookout for stones, turns and oncoming traffic. For ...

Apr. 16—Hundreds of skateboarders are bombing down Tepusquet Road this weekend for the annual Tepe and Tacos downhill skateboarding race and freeride, while also sharing meals and camping at the base ...

For downhill skateboarders, the feeling of tucking your hands behind your back and bombing down one of Laguna Beach’s steep canyon roads is euphoric: the pressure of G-force as you bank turns, the ...