Nation Aug 06 Marginalized people find community in skateboarding as sport becomes more open By Christopher Booker
Nation Jan 24 Watch 4:01 High school can be hard. Here’s how one teacher helps her students skate through it The past two years of this pandemic have been especially difficult for students, who have experienced major disruptions to both their education and social lives. In a special program that premieres Tuesday, NewsHour's Student Reporting Labs team is exploring how… By Student Reporting Labs
Nation Jun 24 Watch 9:12 Tony Hawk turns 50 — and he has a trick for every year To celebrate his 50th birthday, American skateboarding icon Tony Hawk recently performed 50 of the tricks he created that helped catapult the sport into becoming a social and cultural phenomenon. NewsHour Weekend's Christopher Booker talks to Hawk about his legacy,… By Christopher Booker, Mori Rothman
Arts Mar 17 Photographer enters hidden world of East London skate culture The Stratford Centre, a 24-hour shopping center in East London, might not be the first place you look for an example of the city's skate culture. By Corinne Segal
Arts Sep 22 What skaters can teach us about U.S.-Cuba diplomacy As the U.S. and Cuba thaw relations, Cuba Skate is connecting skaters from both countries through what they call "skateboard diplomacy."… By Alexandra Hall
Jul 15 Artist keeps Austin weird by combining his love of skater culture with fine art By KLRU An exhibit at the University of Texas in Austin asks viewers to look at skateboarding as a process of creation. Continue reading
Jul 15 Watch 3:22 In Austin, using skateboarding as an inspiration for art By Corinne Segal Continue watching
Nov 12 Meet the skater girls of Afghanistan By Larisa Epatko When Madina Khsrawy was 13, she saw some boys skateboarding and asked them where she could learn. It’s not an unusual pastime -- unless you live in Afghanistan, and you’re a girl. Continue reading
Oct 22 Photos capture post-punk and hip hop icons before they made it big By Colleen Shalby Before Tony Alva and Jay Adams were skateboarding legends, before the Beastie Boys went mainstream and before Fugazi was a post-punk icon, photographer Glen Friedman captured their lives on film. Continue reading
Jun 15 Watch Skateboarding Becomes Catalyst for Change in War-Torn Afghanistan Skateboarding as Catalyst for Change in War-Torn Afghanistan… Continue watching