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Jan 20 12:33 pm
  • skateboarding

Local DIY skate magazine celebrates the ‘non-traditional’ skater

Cheantay Jensen

Female-founded skate and lifestyle magazine, Bigfoot, is a local media company that builds community for marginalized groups within skateboarding. Now, the company is seeking community support to keep its mission alive.

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Nov 30 9:23 am shared from News

‘Channel Street saved my life’: Ronnie Sandoval’s path from San Pedro kid to pro skateboarder

Fernando Haro Garcia

Professional skateboarder Ronnie Sandoval looks back on how a DIY skatepark under the 110 Freeway set him on a course that landed him on the cover of Thrasher Magazine and a collaboration with Dickies.

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Jul 5 2:00 pm shared from News

Long Beach skater cast for upcoming season of ‘Camp Woodward’ with Ryan Sheckler

Fernando Haro Garcia

“It’s a dream come true,” 12-year-old Julian Jeang-Agliardi told the Post. “I’ve always wanted it.”

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Jun 22 7:33 am shared from News

Go Skateboarding Day draws out hundreds of skaters across Long Beach

Fernando Haro Garcia

Local skate shops Long Beach Skate Co. and Pharmacy hosted skate jams at a couple of the city’s more popular parks such as El Dorado and Bixby Skate Park. 

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Feb 5 2021 1:38 pm
  • Dew Tour

Summer Dew Tour will move out of Long Beach, organizers announce

Cheantay Jensen

The new date and location will be announced in the upcoming weeks, a representative said.

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Oct 26 2019 4:24 pm
  • skateboarding

VIDEO: Mayhem at Halloween Hell Bomb III down Cherry Beach Hill

Asia Morris

We caught a lot of the action, costumes and general mayhem that makes the Halloween-themed event such a draw.

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Oct 31 2018 3:38 pm
  • skateboarding

Skaters land tricks for treats during crowded Halloween Hell Bomb contest

Asia Morris

A large crowd gathered next to Bluff Park Tuesday evening to watch a group of skateboarders shred down Junipero Avenue hill—dubbed “Cherry Hill” by the skateboarding community—during an event promoted as the Halloween Hell Bomb.

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Oct 22 2018 3:49 pm
  • skateboarding

Nike Skateboarding and Long Beach’s BLACK bar have created a limited edition shoe

Brian Addison

Partnering with Nike Skateboarding and helming the artistic talents of Nasty Neckface, BLACK is getting its own high dunk.

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Sep 7 2018 7:00 am
  • skateboarding

‘A dream come true:’ former pro skater brings his skills to kids in Long Beach

Josh Chesler

When Long Beach native Kurtis Colamonico looked out on the more than 70 kids who came to the Skate Kids demo session at last month’s Beach Streets, he saw it as proof of how far his skateboard-tutoring business had come.

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Jun 5 2018 4:54 pm
  • skateboarding

Cherry Hill Skate Challenge Shut Down by Long Beach Police, But Not Before Crowning a Winner

Asia Morris

A raucous bunch of skateboarders repeatedly bombed Cherry Hill last week as part of the first “Cherry Hill Glory Challenge.”

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