In 1995, Sony released a camera that would define how the skate video looks (and sounds) right to this day. At around $3,000; the DCR-VX1000, was the first digital camcorder in Sony’s consumer lineup.

The early 2000s were a straight-up golden era for skateboarding videos if you ask me. It was a time when full-length VHS and DVD releases were truly everything. These videos influenced our style, ...

Video might have killed the radio star, but increasingly it is pushing skateboarding—an “outsider” sport, by design—into the mainstream. Skateboarding, which grew out of surfing, has always been ...

Video might have killed the radio star, but increasingly it is pushing skateboarding—an “outsider” sport, by design—into the mainstream. Skateboarding, which grew out of surfing, has always been ...

Before the GoPro and the cell phone camera, there was the handheld video recorder, and for the DIY world of skateboarding, it was a revelation. By the late 1980s, video recorders were smaller and more ...

Chris Haslam gives a skateboarding demonstration at Innoskate 2013 in front of the National Museum of American History. Image courtesy Innoskate. The Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of ...

Skateboarding isn’t quite the mainstream sport that it once was. After all, we don’t even get competent Tony Hawk games anymore. However, tons of people still enjoy it. You don’t really use a ...

Skateboarding kicked off in west-coast America around the 1960s. Thrill-seekers would drop in on empty pools and sidewalks. The city as the skate park has always fostered the four-wheeled ...