Having just celebrated his 52nd birthday earlier this month, Tony "Birdman" Hawk is still doing what skateboarders do. On Memorial Day, Hawk and his family turned up at a Lemoore apartment complex with a drained swimming pool. Understand: an empty swimming pool is nirvana for skateboarders. "Sometimes people ask me...
RuPaul, Tony Hawk, Maya Angelou Join California Hall of Fame
SACRAMENTO — Drag queen and TV star RuPaul, late poet Maya Angelou and skateboarding legend Tony Hawk were among 10 people inducted Tuesday night into the California Hall of Fame. The others were Brandi Chastain, two-time Women’s World Cup soccer champion and Olympic gold medalist; astrophysicist and National Science Foundation...
At Surf Ranch in Lemoore, Celebrities Pay $10K an Hour to Ride Waves
The Kelly Slater Wave Company Surf Ranch, also known as Slater's wave, is a 20-acre surfing park in Lemoore. The man-made waves hit speeds of 20 mph and heights of 8 feet, making it suitable for World Surf League Championship Tour events. Listen to this article: Customers pay $10,000 to...
Watch Skateboarder Mitchie Brusco Complete First-Ever 1260
[aggregation-styles] Sports Illustrated Mitchie Brusco pulled off the first 1260 in skateboarding history at the X-Games Minneapolis on Saturday, completing three-and-a-half revolutions before landing. Brusco entered Saturday as the second skateboarder to ever complete a 1080 on the MegaRamp event at the X-Games. Congratulations to @Mitchiebrusco84 on the first-ever 1260....