Skateboarding News

Skateboarding is a relatively recent outdoor activity, pastime, and sport. Although its roots are deeply attached to mid-20th-century California surfing, the skateboard DNA reveals a connection to a recreational activity born 200 years before in Europe.

First Push Syndicate, established in 2021, hit the ground running with a singular mission: to put skateboards in the hands of as many kids as possible.

On Saturday, October 26, 2026, in the same area and on the same day as the Major League Baseball (MLB) World Series, a city ravaged in excitement needed just a little more chaos.

Patti McGee, a skateboarding pioneer and the world's first professional female skateboarder, passed away at 79.

When London's Selfridges opened in 1909, few would've thought the legendary department store would host a permanent skate bowl more than a century later.

Venice, California, is arguably the birthplace and crib of modern skateboarding. From the Dogtown era and Z-Boys to the days of the Pavilion, torn down in 2000, it's where the first street skateboarding stars launched into stardom.