All The Action Sports News You Can Use

by The Editors on May 3, 2021

Yet again we have gone through all the action sports headlines so you don’t have to and distilled them down into a long list of stories you might be interested in. If not, no worries. It was good exercise for our copy and paste fingers. Never want to let those keyboard skills get on the fade. Follow the jump and enjoy.

Skateboarding
Tony Hawk Gives Away Blood-Stained Skateboard To Fan, Cool Or Gross?!
Leila Nazarian’s skateboards are built as bridges for cultural understanding
Giant skateboard coming to Canterbury to promote Tokyo Olympics
76-year-old Timaru skate boarder told to grow up
Skateboard star gives youth tips to overcome peer pressure
Gnarly Skateboarders Trying Dangerously To Hitch A Ride On Self-Driving Cars
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2: All 15 Special Grind Tricks, Ranked
San Francisco security guard files suit against pro skateboarder, Thrasher magazine and Trump Org.
Injured San Francisco security guard sues skateboarder, Thrasher magazine
Teenager warned after skateboarding on arch of Durban’s Tollgate Bridge
Local pro skateboarder Doug Brown recalls the good old days at Wooster Skateland
Cop Who Violently Arrested Skateboarder Charged With Assault
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater’s Warehouse Might Be The Best Opening Level Of All Time
Warish: Why Riley Hawk Traded “Mystical Demons” for Noise-Rock Catharsis
A Casual Reminder That If You Like The Downhill Levels Of Tony Hawk’s, You Are Wrong
Grosso Forever: Loveletter to Jeff Grosso
Neighbor describes how skateboarding passersby helped capture burglar in north Portland
Skateboarder Confrontation
U.S.A. Skateboarding Names 45 National Championships Park Semifinalists
Concrete Surfers Share New Single ‘Driving’ With Chaotic, Lance Armstrong-Inspired Video
French Chef Mobilizes for Skateboarders in Brooklyn
‘I hope to see you there one day’: Skateboarding legend Tony Hawk gives a shoutout to the future Oconomowoc skatepark
How to Start Learning to Skateboard as an Adult
Local skateboarder designs new improvements at Stratford All-Wheels Park
Photographer from Omaha rode skateboard to success in personal, professional life
Tony Hawk Addresses Drake’s “Bootleg” Vintage Birdhouse Skateboards Hoodie
Nyjah Huston talks skateboarding, Tony Hawk game, and representing USA at the Olympics
Dashawn Jordan On What Return Of SLS Unsanctioned Means To Skate Community—And Defending His Title
Skateboarder Minna Stess Hopes to Meet Simone Biles at Tokyo Summer Olympics: I ‘Look Up to Her’
Skateboarding game OlliOlli World looks like Adventure Time
Why Skateboarding Is About To Be Bigger Than Ever
Behemoth off-road electric skateboard
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2 musings: ‘If it ain’t broke…’ really doesn’t cut it anymore- Technology News
Photographing the origins and rise of skateboarding in 1970s California
Tokyo Olympic: Height-fearing Kiwi skateboarder Krysta Ashwell eyeing Paris 2024 dream
Video: Steve Caballero Talks About his Move From Legendary Skater to Mountain Biker
Pro skateboarder hiking 800-mile Arizona Trail to raise money for Phoenix nonprofit
This man traveled thousands of miles across Australia. He did it on a skateboard
Hoda and Jenna try skateboarding ahead of 2021 Olympics TODAY
Nyjah Huston included in 2021 USA skateboarding team ahead of Olympics in Tokyo
Hawaii’s Heimana Reynolds and Jordyn Barratt named to U.S. national skateboarding team
Nonprofit to give away 60 skateboards to Nashville middle schoolers
Skateboarding star Trent Riley feared missing in Brisbane waters
Skate City Kickflips Onto Switch In May
Skateboarder rolls 2,500 miles along Australian coast
Skateboard shop owner leads push for a downtown DIY park
Meet the chronic asthmatic Cape Town skateboarder who holds 7 Guinness World Records
RIP IN PEACE: Joe Hammeke
Check Out Video From Bam Margera’s ‘Demolition Party’ Where Maskless Partiers Tear Down House
16 THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT SKATEBOARD BEARINGS
Weekend attack on skateboarder in downtown Toronto could be a hate crime: police
Middle-Aged Skateboarding Maneuvers
Inside Shanghai’s tight-knit skate scene
Skate Birds – a diverse community brought together by love of skateboarding
Hang time hangout: At John Dobbe’s Focus Boardshop, thrill seekers find snowboards, skateboards — and now, coffee
Man Design One-Of-A-Kind Skateboard For Nurse Who Helped Save His Life
Bronx Girls Skate creates space for women, femmes in skateboarding
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 And 2 Lands On Nintendo Switch This Year
Here’s What The Cast Of MTV’s ‘Jackass’ Is Up To Now | TheThings
Stacy Peralta’s autobiography of the Bones Brigade
Eric Dressen “My Indys” Video
Mother of late skateboarder Pablo Ramirez looks to bring ‘Brooklyn Skate Garden’ to life • Brooklyn Paper
Ken Block Is Selling Three of his Legendary Ford Hoon Machines
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater Xbox Upgrade Will Force Some To Buy It Again
Vernon woman decked in face in alleged stolen skateboard brouhaha
A scholarship for skateboarders shows you have to be willing to fail in order to succeed
UPDATE: Garden State Parkway ‘Bridge Jumper’ Turns Out To Be Skateboarders
Meet Songline, The First All-Aboriginal Skateboarding Team
Documentary shines light on inspiring Samson Cree skateboarder
‘Locals Only’ art show skates onto Fourth Avenue
Q & A with Tony Hawk: On pulling off his last Ollie 540, showing off mistakes and the truth about ‘Gleaming the Cube’
Mother wants son’s death to change skateboard helmet stigma in Washington
Thailand’s coffin-maker kickflips his caskets into skateboards
Changed the Game: Skateboarder Peggy Oki was the Z-Boy queen
Legendary Skateboarder Tony Hawk to Auction NFT of Trick Footage – News Bitcoin News
Pro skater Tony Hawk on skateboarding injuries and seeing what’s possible in ‘forbidden terrain’
Tony Hawk explains how he turned his passion into a business, how others can, too
Meet the Navajo Nation Skateboarder Going Viral on TikTok

Surfing
It’s Me, God, and Yes, I Do Know What Brian Wilson Would Be Without You: Fine
‘Mouse Would Go:’ Legendary San Diego surfer Jim Robb dies at 87
Two Edinburgh women take to the wild waters across April to raise money for Surfers Against Sewage
GRAPHIC: Surfer’s foot ‘shredded’ by shark bite at Fla. beach
Australia’s surfers seek to justify Olympic selection after rocky start to WSL
Netflix Chronicles Byron Bay’s ‘Hot Instagrammers.’ Will Paradise Survive?
USA Surf junior team gears up for San Clemente contest
64-year-old bit by shark while surfing in New Smyrna Beach
Incredible Australian wave pool to be transformed into a year-round tourist attraction open in 2022
Paddle-out to save Killalea surfing reserve at The Farm may break world record
How hard is it to be a surfing photographer?
Surfer siblings lost $1.6m in bookkeeper ‘fraud’: court
Big Surf water park in Tempe to remain closed for 2021 season
Female surf champion calls out prize money inequality
‘This is like Waimea River wave on steroids:’ Surf park, world’s largest standing wave pool coming to west Oahu
Champion Paraplegic Surfer Sam Bloom Would Still “Give Back” All Her Success If She Could
Disgusting moment raw sewage seeps onto Bondi Beach as surfers ignore warning signs
Harry Gesner’s surf-inspired Ravenseye House is for sale in Malibu
World’s Largest Surf Wave Pool coming to where else? Read more Skip
Betty Van Dyke: Bay Area surfing and organic farming pioneer dies
How Maya Gabeira overcame a life-threatening accident to surf two record-breaking waves
Mick Fanning’s scoliosis led him to breath work. Now, it’s key to his success
Never Watched Competitive Surfing? Here’s Your Guide to One of the Newest Olympic Events
ABC announces commission of new surfing drama, Barons
Fukushima Surfer, Shop Owner Alarmed at Water Release Plan, Fears ‘Contaminated Sea’
Surf drive-in movies in Huntington Beach aimed at giving back to ocean
Pro surfer Connor O’Leary embracing Japanese heritage
Two teenage surfers save two swimmers from drowning in sea off Aberavon beach
Police award for ex-surfer who saved man from drowning
Brazil nuts: Aerial duo are rewriting the surfing textbook on their way to WA
Surfers Hold ‘Paddle Out’ Protest in Byron Bay Against Netflix Reality Show
‘It blew our minds’: the surfers who braved sharks to ride Africa’s mightiest wave
No ocean waves? No problem. River surfing is taking off in landlocked Canada
Great White shark may have eaten missing surfer, says family
Surfer Mick Fanning narrowly avoids running into a shark during WSL competition at Narrabeen
Surf legend John John Florence on chasing bliss over victory in WSL, Olympics
Hawaii’s Carissa Moore eyes consecutive wins at Rip Curl Narrabeen Classic starting Thursday
Caroline Marks ready to surf for Team USA during historic Summer Olympics debut in Tokyo
Two surfers dead in NSW after being pulled unconscious from ocean
Surfer turns pipeline dream into reality after advertising job redundancy
Pro surfer O’Shaughnessy details his nasty Pipeline wipeout and long road to recovery
Paul Theroux’s Latest Book Explores Surfing As A Metaphor For Life
Mick Fanning reveals what’s behind his comeback
Surfers’ Hall of Fame to induct Huntington Beach’s Casey Wheat
Blue-eyed surfer becomes dad-of-50 in sperm bank glitch
Surfers flock to Portland as huge swells create massive waves
Surf Education Academy doesn’t want students to simply ‘go surfing’ but to ‘become surfers’
See Why Carissa Moore’s Huge Aerial Is Already a “Defining Moment” For Women’s Surfing
Dream ride for Aussie surfer who never gave up
Surfer Katherine Diaz killed by lightning while training
California goat joins his surfer owner to ride the waves
A False Positive and 2-Week Quarantine: Surfer Caroline Marks’s “Crazy Ride” to Australia
Surfing documentary: The moments that saw surfing abandon sexist ways and make billions
Legendary surf family loses their home to flames, but their spirit remains unshakable

Snowboarding
Colorado ski areas aren’t talking about skier fatalities. So we asked coroners instead.
Skiers, snowboarders seek refuge from pandemic on closing day at Summit at Snoqualmie
‘Be like Mike’ fundraiser underway for avalanche victim
Breckenridge police seek help identifying snowboard thief
High Country athlete puts North Carolina on snowboarding map
Back to School Street Snowboarding | Rail Report
Thief Steals Snowboards At Breckenridge 17 Days Apart
What Snowboarder Chloe Kim Can’t Live Without
Ski industry clientele got younger, more diverse during Covid
Vail drops its outdoor face mask mandate
Pieps, Black Diamond Voluntarily Recall Avy Beacons | Outside Online
Hatcher Pass Road finally reopens weeks after worst avalanche swarm in decades
Last turns: Most area ski resorts wrap up the season this weekend, Squaw Alpine aims to spin lifts through end of May
Local athlete places in Leadville Freeride Snowboarding competition
Natural Selection Tour Winners Mikkel Bang And Robin Van Gyn Talk Winning Runs, Snowboarding’s Future
The Big One sleeps: Jackson Hole Mountain Resort closes after a masked, powdery year
When the Techies Took Over Tahoe | Outside Online
Tahoe ski gondola at Squaw-Alpine will create North America’s third-largest resort
EDITORIAL: Go get vaccinated!
U.S. avalanche fatalities tie worst on record; Montana records 2, Wyoming 4
Snowboarder Valentino Guseli smashes world record
I’ve Dug About 40 People Out of Avalanches. Only One Survived.
It’s the US’ deadliest avalanche season in years. Experts say Covid is partially to blame
Beaver Creek wraps up 2020-21 ski season with first Closing Day in two years
Snowboarders set to swap snowy slopes for sand dunes of Qatar USA
Shaun White Enjoys ‘Respect’ That Comes with Being One of Oldest U.S. Olympic Snowboarders
Snowboarding sisters carve path to future competitions with family passion for sport
Marmot Basin opens new terrain for skiers and snowboarders to explore
Lack of jurors prompts mistrial in Colorado case against snowboarders who triggered avalanche above I-70
Julie Pomagalski, Former Olympic Snowboarder, Is Killed in an Avalanche
Missing skier and snowboarder located after spending night on Cypress
Lost and intoxicated snowboarder required help from multiple agencies Saturday night
Rescued snowboarder was lucky | Opinion | aspendailynews.com
Shaun White takes 4th behind Olympic favorite in first snowboard event in 3 years
The Vermont Open Banked Slalom goes off without a hitch at Stratton Mountain Resort

Fashion
John John Florence launches Florence Marine X apparel brand
Supreme Is Officially Opening in Milan on May 6
Surf culture propelled ’90s Australian fashion and now it’s back
Jake Burton to Be Remembered in New Burton, Shinola Gift Set
Vans’ New “Grosso Forever” Collection Honors the Life and Legacy of Jeff Grosso
Louis Vuitton Teams Up with Alex Israel for the Surf On the Beach Board
The Women Working to Make Surf Gear More Size-Inclusive
The Rolling Stones Launch New SS21 Fashion Collection Inspired By Beach And Surf Culture
A Surfer, a Fashionista Hunter, a Smiling Earth: Flagler County High School Students’ Best Art Exults in Annual Show
Treads: the ’70s shoe worn by surfies and sharpies is back
DC Shoes Cooks Up Fresh Collection With ‘Bob’s Burgers’
The Best Sustainable Clothing Brands For Women, Men And Kids
The Secret to Salomon’s Success
This Multicolored Vans Old Skool Trainer Just Dropped as an Offspring Exclusive
Vans Brings Back a ’90s Skate Favorite: the Style 57
Element Taps ‘Demon Slayer’ for Graphic-Filled 2021 Capsule
Vans Reconnects with Dime for an Elevated Skate Mid School Collaboration
Pro Skater Daan Van Der Linden’s Nike SB Blazer Court Is Inspired By His Love of Fishing
NEIGHBORHOOD Teases Vans, Suicoke Footwear Collaborations
Surfs Up: Casablanca Drops Bespoke Surfboards and Swimwear
Luxury skateboards and surf skates for the cool kids
Supreme Spring 2021 Tees
Tyshawn Jones is Transforming the Pro-Skater Image – Warby Parker Collaboration
Skateboarding and Cycling Collide as Eric Koston and Justin Williams Talk Sneakers
Vans Places Playful Turtle Print On The Old Skool’s Sidewall
VIDEO: Recycled skateboard art gave Justin LaRose a new start • the Hi-lo
Here’s an On-Foot Look at the Nike SB Dunk Low “What The P-Rod”
Impala Teamed Up With Pea The Feary On A New Skateboard Design
The New Vans Skateboarding And NJ Skateshop Collaboration Celebrates Brick Company Sayre & Fisher

Business
After 25 years, Regina shop owner reflects on growth of skateboard culture in city
TILLYS OPENING MANTECA STORE, OTHERS FOLLOWING
How Vans Went From Tiny Anaheim Company to Global Powerhouse
Vans Founder Paul Van Doren Shares Lessons on ‘Authenticity’ in New Memoir
‘No boundaries’: La Jolla 12-year-old starts magazine and merchandise company to share love of skateboarding
Trending: The North Face, Timberland, Vans Scaling Regenerative Supply Chains
Why Arapahoe Basin Ski Area Is Limiting Its Pass Sales Next Season
Tillys Golf Tournament Raises $200K For Tillys Life Center
American sports brand Vans announces new sustainability targets
How a Newly Opened, Queer-Owned Indoor Skatepark Survived the Pandemic
Downtown San Mateo’s Atlas Skateboard Shop helps with food insecurity
The future of skiing is digital, Vail CEO says
Colorado skier safety bill fails to make it out of committee vote
Ski resorts wrap up a second season under coronavirus
Impress!ve Digital CEO Robert Tadros says skateboarding has taught him how to take risks
Copper Mountain Resort helps 13 nonprofits with Play It Forward Wednesdays
21-Year-Old Man Nearly Dies of Heart Failure After Drinking Four Energy Drinks a Day
Crested Butte Ski Patrol reaches bonus agreement with Vail Resorts
Alterra Mountain Company Announces $207 Million in Transformational Changes at Four Marquee Destinations
“More than we had in the past 12 months”: Sun Peaks dealing with cluster of COVID-19 cases | News
Canada ski resort linked to largest outbreak of P1 Covid variant outside Brazil
New massive ski resort proposed next to Trans-Canada Highway in Chilliwack | Urbanized
Senate bill would require transparency from Colorado ski areas on safety and accidents
Surfers frothing at plans for $30m Coast wave park
AZ Big Media Surf’s up Mesa! entertainment district breaks ground this month
Olympic snowboarder Shaun White invests in Sonoma jerky Krave, becomes brand ambassador
TV Personality Rob Dyrdek Is Building a Machine That Turns Ideas Into Businesses
Rip Curl saves Kathmandu (ASX:KMD) from COVID-19 impacts
Ski patroller unions set to grow in Colorado’s consolidating resort industry
Hot showers and fresh coffee: Inside Coast’s new surf shop

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