By Ryan Fonseca From Los Angeles Times Los Angeles—In what was far and away the most fun and most grueling reporting assignment of my career, I took on a challenge that’s possible in only a few places on Earth: surfing in the ocean and snowboarding in the mountains on the same day. It’s a good…

SAN DIEGO—Extreme sports legend and Carlsbad native Shaun White plans to retire after competing in the Beijing Winter Olympics. The 35-year-old White, once dubbed the “Flying Tomato” because of his flowing red hair, has participated in four Winter Olympics in his career, winning gold in the snowboard halfpipe event in 2006, 2010, and 2018. “This…

If parents thought homeschooling meant kids sitting in front of a computer screen at home (as the pandemic taught), one Florida couple begs to differ. They take a more passionate approach—incorporating a love of surfing and skateboarding into the equation. Mom Toni Frallicciardi once viewed homeschooling in a negative light. Then in 2018, after a…

Thirteen-year-old Sky Brown has become Great Britain’s youngest Olympic medallist after taking the bronze medal in the women’s skateboard park event at the Ariake Urban Arena in Tokyo. In a remarkable finish, Brown kick flipped her way into the history books by posting a score of 56.47 in her third and final attempt to come…

TOKYO—Japanese 13-year-old Momiji Nishiya clinched the Olympic title in the women’s street skateboarding competition on Monday, shedding tears of happiness after nailing her final trick and becoming the country’s youngest-ever gold medal winner. Nishiya came out on top of an unusually young field of competitors, with all three medalists in their teens. Brazilian silver medalist…