Skateboarding

'06 Pandemic Poll - AZPX SkateRock installment

Go Skateboarding Day at Cowtown

WHEEL-LIFE DRAMAVISITING THE GODMOTHER OF SKATES

IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL SKATEBORDERS CALL IN THE TROOPS TO HELP FINANCE A PUBLIC SKATE PARK

Best Skateboard Shop

Sub Society
1250 East Apache, Suite 104, Tempe
480-804-9560

Best Skateboard Shop

Cowtown Skateboards

Best Indoor Skate Park

SDG Indoor Park

Best Outdoor Skate Park

Chandler Skate Park

BEST SKATE PARK

Paradise Valley Skate Park

Molten Gold

Jett flakes, so Kreme flies solo and gets his art jones fixed at the Molten Brothers' "Deck" show

Welcome to the Grindhouse

Valley shop makes every day Go Skateboarding Day

Going for gold at the Wedge

Skaters readied their boards for fierce competition at The Wedge skate park this Saturday

Chairmen of the Board

The Molten Brothers pull off another gnarly Nollie

Flogging Molly

Get jiggy with them

Army Recruit

Five, six, seven, skate

Snow Bored

Extreme sports may be fun, but this is not

Let It Ride

Aaron Homoki

Bare a Tone

Love is Carmen's modus opera

Street Music

Videos lay down soundtrack for the skateboard generation

Skate Bored

Truth is cooler than fiction

Lords of the Rink

Boards' best go wheel-to-wheel

Of Ice and Men

Cross-check your hockey jones at Arcadia Ice Arena

The more you huck, the higher you get

Extreme showcase is just for fun

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Extreme showcase is just for fun

Board Stiffs

Holgas decks its halls with "Skateboard Art(ist)"

High Notes

Benefit concert for Drop In Skate Shop owner

Board Stiffs

Local skaters compete for spots on the Mountain Dew Free Flow team

Truck Off

East side, west side skate parks host dual duels

Old School

Two thirtysomething skateboarders attempt to resurrect Phoenix's skate-punk past

Skate or Die!

Contest restores Valley park

Skating Through Life

Mt. Egypt's Travis Graves moves from pro skateboarding to touring the Americana roads with legends

Members of the Board

America's best boarders indulge quarter-pipe dreams

Skate or Die

In the 1970s, the Z-Boys were hell on wheels. Today, they're shredding the big screen.

Chairmen of the Board

Bad-boy skaters perpetuate their own myth in Dogtown and Z-Boys

Hot Wheels

Or: How Tony Hawk turned skateboarding into a multimillion-dollar international obsession

Radio Ga Ga

Once a week, skaters and fetishists take over the studio

Return to the Valley of the Yakes

Skate-punk pioneers JFA make their long-overdue return home

First Fly Day

Skate extravaganza stops traffic on Roosevelt Row

Free Pabst Blue Ribbon Tonight to Celebrate 'Conan'

Mmmm, free beer​If you're sad about Conan O'Brien's cancellation like I am, drown your tears with some tasty free Pabst Blue Ribbon beer tonight at a The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien viewing party at Boulders on Broadway in Tempe. In addition to scoring freebie classy beer, there wi ... More >>

Devendra Banhart Breaks Leg Skateboarding Before Tempe Show, Cancels Tour

"I love skateboarding...what can I say?"​The anticipation for freak-folker Devendra Banhart's show at The Clubhouse was palpable Saturday night -- and it all came to a crashing stop thanks to Banhart's affinity for skateboarding. The rocker "broke some bone" in his leg whilst tearing it up on ... More >>

High Street

Mega nationwide skateboarding event debuts in Glendale

Decked Out

Chandler gallery presents a skate anthology from 1960s to present

Decked Out

Chandler gallery presents a skate anthology from 1960s to present

Board to Death

Chandler gallery presents a skate anthology from 1960s to present

Air Time

Chandler gallery presents a skate anthology from 1960s to present

New Xtreme Grind Java Joint Opens in Chandler

Xtreme Air Jump and Skate Park​This Saturday, June 4 marks the Grand Opening of Xtreme Air Jump n' Skate Park, a new 34,000-square-foot indoor skateboarding and parkour venue at Pecos & McQueen in Chandler. To give parents something to do while their kids are thrashing and grinding the rails, ... More >>

Roll Call

Xtreme Air Jump and Skate Park​This Saturday, June 4 marks the Grand Opening of Xtreme Air Jump n' Skate Park, a new 34,000-square-foot indoor skateboarding and parkour venue at Pecos & McQueen in Chandler. To give parents something to do while their kids are thrashing and grinding the rails, ... More >>

JFA Celebrates 30 Years of Skate Punk

Xtreme Air Jump and Skate Park​This Saturday, June 4 marks the Grand Opening of Xtreme Air Jump n' Skate Park, a new 34,000-square-foot indoor skateboarding and parkour venue at Pecos & McQueen in Chandler. To give parents something to do while their kids are thrashing and grinding the rails, ... More >>

More Oral History of Phoenix Skate Punk

​Over the past couple weeks I interviewed key members of the early '80s Phoenix skate punk. The results, printed in this week's issue, coincide with this weekend's JFA 30th Anniversary show at Hollywood Alley. Everyone I spoke to was funny, insightful, and has a genuine lifers; people doing it ... More >>

Shred Ready

​Over the past couple weeks I interviewed key members of the early '80s Phoenix skate punk. The results, printed in this week's issue, coincide with this weekend's JFA 30th Anniversary show at Hollywood Alley. Everyone I spoke to was funny, insightful, and has a genuine lifers; people doing it ... More >>