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Eric Swenson Dead: Thrasher Co-Founder Revitalized Skateboarding

OBITUARY

Jun 24, 2011 2:13 AM CDT

Skateboarding Icon Commits Suicide

Eric Swenson shot himself in front of SF police station

(Newser) - The skateboarding world is mourning a man who played a major role in creating the huge subculture that exists today, reports the San Francisco Chronicle . Thrasher magazine co-founder Eric Swenson shot and killed himself in front of the Mission police station in San Francisco. Friends believe the 64-year-old could no...

Skateboarder
Saves Koran
From Torching

Dude, You Have No Koran

Sep 14, 2010 6:34 AM CDT

Skateboarder Saves Koran From Torching

'I snuck up behind him and snatched it'

(Newser) - Sometimes all it takes to stop a debate over torching a Koran is a dude on a skateboard. Texas boarder Jacob Isom has become the latest YouTube folk hero after he rolled up and snatched a kerosene-soaked Koran before it could be set aflame in a local park by the...

Foreclosed Pools
a Mecca for
Skateboarders

Dec 29, 2008 8:12 AM CST

Foreclosed Pools a Mecca for Skateboarders

Pool builders hard hit by housing crisis

(Newser) - Skateboarders in California are making the most of the mortgage crisis: they’re turning the swimming pools at foreclosed homes into skate parks. Tracking local foreclosures, one Fresno skater arrives at empty homes with a pump and buckets, drains the pools, and hops on his board, the New York Times ...

German Cops Hunt
Autobahn Skater

Sep 5, 2008 3:08 PM CDT

German Cops Hunt Autobahn Skater

Daredevil wanted for endangering motorists, speeding

(Newser) - German police are hunting for the anonymous daredevil who piloted a skateboard down a stretch of the autobahn at better than 60 mph, Der Spiegel reports. Police only recently got wind of the stunt, which has been making the YouTube rounds since June, but now want to find and charge...

Skateboarding
Welcomes Back
Dogtown Lord

Jul 30, 2008 6:47 AM CDT

Skateboarding Welcomes Back Dogtown Lord

Original Z-Boy is out of jail and looking to keep his life on track

(Newser) - Legendary skateboarder Jay Adams is slowly getting the wheels back on his life, the New York Times reports. Adams, whose '70s skateboarding career was immortalized in the movie Lords of Dogtown, is in a California halfway house for the final months of a 4-year sentence for his part in a...