BOSTON — People who skateboard using a type of board called a longboard may be at greater risk for severe injuries than those who use regular skateboards, a new study suggests. The study included ...

An RIT advertising and public relations student is ranked 15th in the world for downhill longboarding. Max Wippermann hopes to improve that ranking this year, beginning with a race in British Columbia ...

Some crouched, hands scraping the ground as they cut closely around corners at breakneck speed. Others took the corners wide with just a shift of hips and their arms outstretched, standing tall like ...

Critics say it is inherently dangerous and, for the most part, illegal. But longboard skateboarders say their rapidly-growing sport is largely misunderstood. They are urging authorities to work with ...

PORTLAND — As the evening deepens, Adam Lund, 19, is driving an ambulance behind seven longboarders on a Southeast Portland hill. Music blasts inside the cab and Lund describes what it’s like to “bomb ...

Eric Rineer had never stepped foot on a skateboard in his first 38 years, didn’t know a deck from a truck, an ollie from a kickflip. “I had no idea whatsoever,” he said. “I don’t want to use the word ...

Jonathan Pascual, 22, is president of Northridge Longboarders club. The group had been meeting on the rooftop of G3 parking structure since Feb. 4, 2009, but was approved by AS Senate as an official ...

The NoBull Bayou Battle is back for a second weekend of longboard racing. The three-day event, sponsored Carve Skateshop and hosted by Houston-based Team NoBull, will be Jan. 8-10, 2016. Team NoBull ...

ARLINGTON — Longboarders from as far as Singapore gathered in Arlington over the weekend to race. Chris Kuhn, 36, of Arlington, fashioned a longboard for his 6-year-old daughter. He attached metal ...

BOSTON — People who skateboard using a type of board called a longboard may be at greater risk for severe injuries than those who use regular skateboards, a new study suggests. The study included ...