It's an awesome feeling when you're ready to learn skateboarding tricks. But before attempting the kind of tricks that require some serious skill, start with the basics of skateboarding and ...

I break down my top tips for new skaters in this playful, rap-inspired skatepark tutorial. From fitting in at the park and following trends to faking it until you make it, I show you how to boost your ...

Lauren Ro is interested in baby gear (she’s a new mom) and the ins-and-outs of decorating a home. Prior to the Strategist, she was a writer at Curbed, and before that was Wes Anderson’s assistant.

Skateboarding is a lot harder than it looks: in the past two months, I've acquired four new scars to prove it. Experienced skaters make gliding up a concrete ramp, inexplicably flipping the board in ...

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Say what you want, but skateboarding has undeniably transitioned from a niche hobby for outcasts to a mainstream sport over the past decade or so. We can thank the Olympics for that, social media, or ...

The Standard's journalism is supported by our readers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Not since Michael J Fox took to a skateboard in Back to the ...

It's an awesome feeling when you're ready to learn skateboarding tricks. But before attempting the kind of skateboard tricks that require some serious skill, start out with the basics of skateboarding ...