Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Deathracer Barry Blumenthal rides the pool bowl at Encinitas Skate Park. (Alex Papke / For The Times) Chad Rivera gingerly makes ...

As springtime weather approaches, let’s turn back the clock 60 years to a recreational sports explosion that hit our region. The Sports Time Machine couldn’t help but notice a full-page photo spread ...

SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — It’s a sport that gained popularity in the 1950s when kids took the wheels off roller skates and nailed them to a 2x4 and hoped for the best. Hit a pebble and off you go! So ...

When many adults retire or approach retirement age, they stay active by playing sports like golf, tennis or pickleball, but the members of one local group of San Diego seniors let it roll and stay ...

Skateboards are not complicated design objects. They consist of little more than a simple deck, usually made of wood, which forms the riding surface. The board is completed by a pair of trucks ...

Are surfing and skateboarding separate sports and separate cultures? Or did wave-riding begat “sidewalk surfing” of the 60s while skate tricks and aerials of the 70s brought innovation to surfing? A ...