The Ollie is the gateway trick to the world of skateboarding, serving as the foundation for almost every skate maneuver. Whether you're a novice skater or a seasoned rider looking to take your skills ...

Today, everyone says that the ollie is the first trick beginner skateboarders should learn, making it a right-of-passage of sorts. Pushing off is a fundamental skill for any skateboarder. After all, ...

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 ...

After years of struggling with the ollie, I set out on a month-long journey to finally master this fundamental skateboarding ...

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 ...

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 ...

To celebrate its new traveling exhibit, “Tony Hawk: RAD Science,” the Museum of Discovery and Science will put on a two-day RAD Science SkateFest May 25 and 26 presented by Ramp 48 and Island Water ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. TOKYO (AP) — At the Tokyo Olympics, it’s ...

Allan "Ollie" Gelfand is the person we have to thank for this iconic skateboarding move. In 1976, he finally figured out a way to do airs on a skateboard without having to actually grab and hold the ...