Skateboarding is more than just a way of life for Reese Nelson, it’s all she’s ever known.

For years skateboarding was branded as a hobby for rebels or stoners in city streets, schoolyards and back alleys.

Skateboard legend Tony Hawk says he will donate half of the proceeds of autographed photos of himself and BMX rider Rick Thorne to the memorial fund for Tyre Nichols.

Tony Hawk's The Skatepark Project has launched a fellowship program, which is training 12 skateboarding enthusiasts in community organizing and project management so they can build a skatepark in their neighborhoods.

ESPN has closed a deal to sell its majority stake in the X and Winter X Games.

This week’s new entertainment releases include Camila Cabello's third album, a documentary about the life of professional skateboarder Tony Hawk, and Ansel Elgort and Ken Watanabe starring in “Tokyo Vice,” a HBO Max crime drama.

The Academy Awards have always loved a comeback story.

“West Side Story” star Rachel Zegler may get her Oscars moment after all.

Microsoft stunned the gaming industry when it announced this week it would buy game publisher Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion, a deal that would immediately make it a larger video-game company than Nintendo.

Victor Williams, a reporter in Detroit, clearly felt pretty secure about his skateboarding skills. Confident enough to get on a board on live TV and deliver his report -- that’s how confident.

The made-for-television Tokyo Games have gone viral as athletes have taken to social media and NBC used streaming to reach the public in record-smashing and trailblazing ways.

The made-to-watch Tokyo Games, where pandemic precautions prevent permitting spectators, have become a digital affair more than ever.

The age-range of competitors in skateboarding's Olympic debut at the Tokyo Games is remarkably broad and testifies to the sport’s inclusivity.

The Tokyo Olympics are introducing four new sports to Olympic competition — skateboarding, surfing, karate and sport climbing.

Legendary skateboarder Tony Hawk is leaving his mark on the sport's Olympic debut.

The first U.S. Olympic skateboarding team has been unveiled in downtown Los Angeles.

FILE - In this June 25, 2014, file photo, former President Bill Clinton, left, speaks with Zappos.com CEO Tony Hsieh during a forum on the final day of the annual gathering of the Clinton Global Initiative America in Denver. Hsieh, retired CEO Zappos.com, has died. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)LAS VEGAS – Tony Hsieh, the retired CEO of Las Vegas-based online shoe retailer Zappos.com, who spent years working to transform the city's downtown area, has died. “Tony Hsieh played a pivotal role in helping transform Downtown Las Vegas,” Nevada Gov. He genuinely delighted in making anyone and everyone happy.”Skateboarder and entrepreneur Tony Hawk added, “Tony Hsieh was a visionary.

(CNN) - The Olympics needs skateboarding more than skateboarding needs the Olympics. That is the message from skateboarding legend Tony Hawk who told CNN Sport's Patrick Snell, "They need the cool factor." Soon after he launched the video game "Tony Hawk Pro Skater," which established one of the most popular franchises in the medium, generating more than $1.4 billion in sales. "Skating has really infiltrated mainstream culture," said Hawk, who is currently the live broadcast commentator for the Vans Park Series. "You go to a skate park and see a kid trying something and suddenly all the other skaters rally around him and encourage him.

After losing his legs when his bed caught fire as a baby, Max found a new home with his adoptive family in St. Petersburg, Russia. Max's skating and incredible resilience even caught the eye of legend Tony Hawk, who called Max his new favorite skater. Max dreams of being a world-famous skater some day and maybe even competing in the Paralympic Games. And although skateboarding isn't currently a Paralympic event, it just might become one, thanks to Max. RELATED STORIESThis 11-Year-Old Olympic Skateboarding Hopeful Learns Her Tricks by Watching YouTubeWas a Teen Ice Skater Attacked by Her Rival?