Last weekend saw the inaugural Asian Championships in Skateboarding Street and Park, held in the city of Meishan, in China’s Sichuan province. This...

There is an old Arabic proverb that has been passed down since the days of the desert tribes, and which runs thusly: ‘Eat the egg- and then eat the...

It has been quite the three weeks here at the Ranking Hoppers Sportsdesk, with the World Skateboarding Ranking’s rolling 18-month results window...

Skateboarding is secretly fascinated with alternative authority figures. Danny Fuenzalida is a skateboarding authority, not just because he has had...

One of the big challenges of any open-format competition series is how to bring through opportunities for entry. The World Skateboarding Ranking is...

If, as the Washington Post’s former president and publisher Philip L. Graham is believed to have said-  journalism is ‘the first...

World Skate would hereby like to announce the Olympic qualification system rules in the disciplines of Skateboarding Park and Skateboarding Street...

In a week of new horizons being realised for international skateboarding in Brazil, none was more significant than the STU Adaptive Skateboarding...

Today’s Skateboarding Street and Park World Championships took place in São Paulo against a backdrop of changing weather patterns which vacillated...

I’ll tell you what: they’re a lively bunch, the Brazilian skateboarding audience. Despite today’s Semifinals here in Brazil being unsettled by...

Friday brought with it Quarterfinals here in São Paulo, and after the surprise exits of yesterday’s big cull you could have been forgiven for...

All photos: Raisa Abal Brazil is different. In a moment in which the wider skateboarding world is wringing its collective hands about engagement...