Tag Archive | skateboarding

Jimmy Van Doren: Skating’s Accidental Hero

Friday, January 20, 2012

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Jimmy Van Doren: Skating’s Accidental Hero

Jimmy Van Doren, who died last October at age 72, revolutionized skateboarding with his signature #44 deck shoe.

$5 Million in 140 Characters

Thursday, November 10, 2011

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Shaquille O'Neal, Tony Hawk, and other professional athletes are finding that Twitter is a cash register filled with sponsors. All they need to do is tell their fans, in 140 characters or less, to buy Oreos, pick up their Madden video game, or go to a nightclub.

A Tribute to Eric Swenson

Thursday, September 15, 2011

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David Browne celebrates the life of the Thrasher magazine co-founder, a bike mechanic turned skateboarding revolutionary.

Danny Way and the Gift of Fear

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

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He’s the greatest skateboarder ever, a visionary who transcends his sport. At the core of his most outrageous ideas: facing down what frightens him most.

Your Perfect Weekend, April 2-4

Thursday, April 1, 2010

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With winter officially out and spring officially in, we've got three perfect ways you can spend your weekend: Embrace the warm outdoors with a bucket of bait and night out at sea in California, dare-devil trek through the marshy, wildlife-filled swamps of Georgia, or bid farewell to the slippery slopes of winter with one last ski in Maine.

Your Perfect Weekend July 17-19

Thursday, July 16, 2009

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This weekend catch some rays and watch the world's best surfers battle it out in California, join up with America's hiking enthusiasts at a gathering in Vermont, or if you just feel like taking it easy, quaff some beers at Portland's International Beer Festival.