Nearly four years ago, Summit’s Loryn Roberson hung up her longboard, her racing kit and helmet to go all in on her career path. Though the decision led Roberson to a communications manager job at ...

Rule No. 1 of downhill longboarding: Don’t become a human crayon. On a calm Saturday morning, a cyclist is slowly grinding up the western side of the 8.5-mile Vail Pass bike path. He reaches a long ...

The world’s fastest skateboarding hill is a long, winding piece of road stretching a little over a mile, riven with bumps and cracks and bearing the unlikely name of Harmony’s Downhill. In three days ...

Picture yourself flying down Mount Lemmon: the wind in your hair, saguaro cacti racing by at 40 miles per hour, following the pavement on a road that stretches 22 miles. Now picture experiencing all ...

At the sound of the gun, five helmeted men balanced on long skateboards and clad neck to ankles in protective leather suits began furiously slapping the pavement with their feet, propelling themselves ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Downhill skateboarding, also known as longboarding, is like big wave surfing on blacktop. Even experienced riders say it’s risky. "It's almost undoubtedly dangerous," Ryan ...

The riders zip past the gravelly sidelines, a blur of ripped jeans and shorts with light and dark T-shirts and low-top sneakers. Many sport blocky knee pads. A few rock full motocrosslike leathers.

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 ...