Why do skateboarders grind on railings? Was it part of an evolution of the sport, from backyard pools to urban landscapes? Sure. Was it a ridiculous idea from a skateboarder who preferred to risk life ...

[This project is an entrant in our Innovation By Design Awards. Stay tuned for the announcement of winners on October 10.] A year ago, we wrote about the Stair-Rover, a novel skateboard in the early ...

There are lots of dogs out there that can skateboard -- even one that broke a World Record-- but can all of them skateboard down stairs? House of Highlights shared this amazing video on Wednesday ...

Skateboards are definitely a part of the urban landscape, but you know what else is? Stairs. Generally, the two don’t go together – when skateboarders reach a set of stairs, they typically have to ...

Last year around this time, London-based product designer PoChih Lai unveiled his 8-wheeled Stair-Rover skateboard. Using four independently-pivoting sets of two wheels, the prototype longboard was ...

Gliding along sidewalks, grinding along rails and… oh, walking down the stairs? There are some obstacles not even a skateboard can clear, which is why Royal College of Art graduate Po-Chih Lai has ...

Riding a skateboard is one thing. Kickflipping down a flight of stairs is another. But what if there was a skateboard that could cruise down staircases as easily as any other part of the street, ...

This skateboard concept lets you travel down stairs almost as smoothly as gliding down a hill. This seems to be the eighth iteration in [PoChih Lai’s] attempts to add functionality to a board which ...

Colorado skateboarders in Colorado don't need an official holiday to put wheels to pavement: after all, there are 159 skate parks statewide and eight more in development. But last Thursday's ...

Riding on a prayer and four spinning wheels, Tony Alva bombs a hill into traffic, perfectly timing his run into an intersection as the light turns green. Next comes Jay Adams, dropping from his roof ...