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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Given the opportunity, most athletes try to practice as much as possible. But when it involves flying down twisting, hilly roads at speeds up to 60 mph on a skateboard or luge sled, finding an ...

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 ...

MANILA, Philippines — Southeast Asian Games downhill skateboard racing gold medalist Jaime de Lange said the other day he wouldn’t be surprised if the sport makes it to the Olympics, maybe in 2024, as ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The superstars of downhill skateboarding are a fearless lot. Tucked into a crouch and nearly tripling the speed limit, the leather-clad heroes of downhill skateboarding jostled one another racing last ...

Jamie Hart clutches his skateboard and walks up the hill for the third time this recent morning – always back up the hill, like the myth of Sisyphus with a wooden deck and wheels. An SUV slows down to ...