And when she started skateboarding, or “sidewalk surfing,” she was one of only a few girls to join the boys in her neighbourhood, flying down a hill on Loring Street atop a makeshift board her brother ...

We’ll admit that most of the Hackaday staff wouldn’t get too far on a skateboard, but that doesn’t mean we can’t appreciate the impressive DIY wheels that [Chris McCann] has managed to ...

Since been given that green light, Emily hasn't looked back, and though she's still learning the tricks of the trade, the wheels ... only a few girls in a sea of guys who actually skate-board ...

Exposure Skate, a nonprofit that will hold its 13th annual skateboarding competition this week, has been one of the most important forces shaping women's skateboarding.

At age 19, she became an ambassador for the fledgling sport, performing demonstrations around the country and doing a ...

In 2009, she created the Association for Women Skateboarders, which organised competitions for women and girls and made sure the Sao Bernardo do Campo skate park had hours reserved for women.

Today, Oct. 14, the second annual Modern Matriarch Skate Jam will bring Navajo girls and women together in a celebration of ...

She was on the cover of Life magazine and performed for Johnny Carson. She was, her daughter said, “a badass and a goody two-shoes at the same time.” ...

The president of an all-girls surf team in 1963 ... McGee first found her way to a skateboard in 1962 through a DIY project: Her brother, Jack, stole the wheels off her roller skates and attached ...

However, in the BBC Scotland documentary Long Live Livi by filmmakers Parisa Urquhart and Ling Lee, we follow the ventures of an all-girl skate crew, “The Snagglerats”, who are determined to ...

This baby doll, from the popular American Girl doll brand ... or gears. The wheels work much like in-line skates or cross-country skis, so when the handlebar is wiggled rapidly, the car moves ...

Like the previous games, you have the option to change the color of your wheels to match the art ... with Vans to add its iconic shoes to Skate. We’ve visited a few skateboarding metropolises ...