Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Ollie is the gateway trick to the world of skateboarding, serving as the foundation for almost every skate maneuver. Whether ...

If most people got on a skateboard, they would roll forward slowly for a few feet, then fall down and break their wrists. But ...

Ever wondered what it takes to learn how to skateboard? How about to do the most simple skate trick? In this episode of 30 Days to Greatness, Alexandria learns how to skateboard from Skate Kitchen's ...

Take a deep dive into all you need to know about refining the techniques required to master the infamous Ollie, from stance to pop. Allan 'Ollie' Gelfand is the person we have to thank for this iconic ...

Pro skater Tony Hawk explains ground and vert skateboarding in 21 levels of difficulty. From the olllie to the 900 and the heelflip 720, watch how Tony demonstrates and breaks down everything that ...

For a time, the "ollie" was the holy grail of skateboarding moves. Before it was invented, it was the one thing all skateboarders wanted to do, but couldn’t. And when it was finally mastered, it ...

Here’s a problem for keen students of classical mechanics: how can a skateboarder cause their board to leap into the air by pressing down on it with their feet? What I’ve described is a trick called ...

It's time to delve inside the mysteries of unassisted skate flight! We take a deep dive into the constant innovation that makes the ollie an icon of skateboarding. Almost twenty-eight years ago, a ...

When I was about 10, I broke my first skateboard by riding it into a ditch. A decade later, in college, I broke another skateboard within an hour of owning it (surely a record) in a short-lived ...

I was 15, dithering at the top of a mini ramp as my friends egged me on. I leaned forward hesitantly and dropped in. Wham. The board shot out from under me, and I slammed backwards into the ramp. That ...