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Z-Boys: a 1970s skateboarding team that revolutionized the sport forever | Photo: Glen E. Friedman
Z-Boys: the story of the legendary Zephyr skateboarding team
The Z-Boys, also known as the Zephyr Competition Team, were a group of surfers turned skateboarders formed in Venice and Santa Monica, California, in the mid-1970s.
Skateparks: skateboarding entered the Olympic era and there are new rules for building skating facilities | Photo: Shutterstock
How to build a fully certified skatepark
World Skate, the world governing body for the sport of skateboarding, announced the creation of an official skateboard facility certification.
Impossible: the skateboard trick invented by Rodney Mullen will make the deck perform a backflip motion while it is midair | Photo: Creative Commons
How to do an impossible on a skateboard
The impossible is one of the most striking intermediate-to-advanced tricks in skateboarding. Learn how to do it.
Martin Atanasov: the grand winner of the 2021 Best Foot Forward Europe Tour | Photo: Hannes Mautner
Martin Atanasov wins 2021 Best Foot Forward Europe Tour
Martin Atanasov and Liv Broder have taken out the 2021 Best Foot Forward Europe Tour finals at Innsbruck in Austria.
50-50 grind: the first step into the world of skateboard grinding tricks | Photo: Red Bull
How to do a 50-50 grind on a skateboard
Grinds became popular in the 1980s and remained a fundamental technique in modern street and park skateboarding. Here's how to do a 50-50 on a ledge.
Santa Cruz Skateboards: the ultimate skate company was founded in 1973
The story of Santa Cruz Skateboards
Santa Cruz Skateboard is the oldest continuous skateboard company in the world. This is its story.

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