Skate News

With big names entering, flawless lines and massive tricks, the E-FISE Montpellier by HONOR contests were a blast! Votes have been counted and judges scores are in and these are the top athletes who will be going through to the finals to determine who is crowned the overall winners.

8 Sep 2020   |  

World Rookie Tour Skateboard 2020 will kick off with the Bring Da Truckaz Rookie Fest in Chemnitz, Germany. After 5 months of Coronavirus break, the Black Yeti is stoked to be back on board and to welcome young skaters to the first qualifier event of the season at the Konkordia Park in Chemnitz.

31 Aug 2020   |  

With the aim of spreading the unique values of our sport worldwide and raising the level of competition all over the world, World Skate proudly announces an awesome new project: The World Skate Academy will officially begin courses in October 2020.

3 Aug 2020   |  

World Rookie Tour restarts the show after lockdown: Coronavirus restrictions in fact, forced the shutdown of all the World Rookie Tour events around the world in March. But now a strong call from Yeti headquarters has announced the restart of the tour: the Black Yeti is coming back to town!

2020 World Rookie Tour Skateboarding schedule is out, announcing 4 qualification events and the world finals in Austria (scroll down to photos to see the poster in full size).

3 Aug 2020   |  

Check this brilliant clip from Vans showcasing the true spirit of skateboarders!

21 Jul 2020   |  

Our favourite inspirational skater, Sky Brown, always pushes the limits and wows with her skate skills. Now she adds 'writer' to her long list of achievements and all round awesomeness!

23 Jun 2020   |  

In light of the postponement of the Tokyo Summer Games and safety regulations and guidelines concerning the COVID-19 pandemic, Dew Tour’s annual summer skateboard competition will now be held May 2021. The event in May will serve as the last Olympic qualifying event in the U.S before the Tokyo summer games.

17 Jun 2020   |  

SPoT & Converse CONS are bringing some quarantine relief with this Instagram competition.

10 Jun 2020   |  

Oscar Niemeyer is generally regarded as Brazil’s greatest ever architect, designing iconic buildings in his native Brazil and abroad. And as a tribute to his stunning creations, Pedro Barros and Murilo Peres were given a one-off access-all-areas pass to skate his architectural designs ranging from the National Congress Palace in Brasilia to the Contemporary Art Museum in Niterói.

Pedro Barros and Murilo Peres perform during the video recording of Sonhos Concretos project in Niteroi, Brazil on November 21, 2019.

10 Jun 2020   |  

The EOLO project in Spain united León with Sheckler, Sorgente and Wright.

28 May 2020   |  

Shifting from snow to street, the third installment of the Real Series 2020, Real Street, drops six never-before-seen skateboard video parts on XGames.com and Youtube today. A full World of X Games episode will air Saturday, May 16 on ESPN2 with a re-air on May 23 on ABC, featuring all six video parts, behind-the-scenes footage and athlete interviews.

Pictured rider: Dakota Servold

11 May 2020   |  

In Norway, skateboarding was banned for 11 years during the 1970’s and 1980’s. A few hardcore devotees defied the law and skated in secret keeping the sport alive. In Norway’s Skate Ban, a new documentary from the Olympic Channel, skateboarders of the era who have witnessed of the transition from the prohibition of skateboarding to it being a nationally funded sport and now on the programme for the Olympic Games in Tokyo.

5 May 2020   |  

After many discussions regarding how to deliver an edition of FISE World Series Montpellier that can meet the safety and security requirements needed in response to COVID-19, Hurricane Events, in consultation with its partners, has taken the decision to organize a fully digital FISE Montpellier event in 2020.

30 Apr 2020   |  

Vans officially announced the beginning of a historic partnership with skateboarding legend and global youth icon, Tony Hawk. Sharing a profound heritage in action sports and an undisputed commitment to skate culture, Vans and Tony Hawk unite in 2020 to create authentic and inspiring brand initiatives that will enable creative expression through skateboarding.

Tony Hawk.

13 Apr 2020   |  

Dan Mancina cannot visually make out a ledge or ramp, but that didn't stop him from tackling them in 2018 on a skateboard in Detroit.

Skateboarder Dan Mancina, is seen at the Wigle Recreation Center (AKA The Wig) in Detroit, Michigan on October 10, 2017.

3 Apr 2020   |  

The Adventure Sports Network (ASN) and MTN DEWⓇ announced today that its annual summer Dew Tour skateboard competition and festival will now take place September 10-13 at the Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, Calif., the event’s home for its fifth consecutive year.

30 Mar 2020   |