VIDEO: Mayhem at Halloween Hell Bomb III down Cherry Beach Hill
We caught a lot of the action, costumes and general mayhem that makes the Halloween-themed event such a draw.
Skaters land tricks for treats during crowded Halloween Hell Bomb contest
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.
Nike Skateboarding and Long Beach’s BLACK bar have created a limited edition shoe
Partnering with Nike Skateboarding and helming the artistic talents of Nasty Neckface, BLACK is getting its own high dunk.
‘A dream come true:’ former pro skater brings his skills to kids in Long Beach
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.
Cherry Hill Skate Challenge Shut Down by Long Beach Police, But Not Before Crowning a Winner
A raucous bunch of skateboarders repeatedly bombed Cherry Hill last week as part of the first “Cherry Hill Glory Challenge.”
Long Beach Craftsman Gives Used and Broken Skateboards a Second Life
“You know, it wasn’t until I found this that I was able to break out of the mold of being handed blueprints by everybody else—to build things for everybody else,” said LaRose.
App Developed in Long Beach Connects Skateboarders Worldwide
For the small team of Long Beachers that make up the app-making company Join the Heard—Damian Hagger, Duncan Plexico, Christopher Carneal and Adam Page—there had never really been a moment until now for the quadruplet to pursue a passion project of their own. This was mostly because they were busy creating social networks for the passions of others rather than their own love: skating.
Iconic Skate Zine Set to Debut 11th Issue in Long Beach
In the 1980s, Lockport, NY native Larry Ransom was obsessed with two things: skateboarding and skate culture. Come 1990, he and friend Eric Shugats created a now-iconic skating zine that will be debuting its eleventh issue right here in Long Beach.