Skateboarding
Why not skate your way through middle age?
Christchurch academic Nick Maitland says skateparks can be a confronting place for people in their 40s. To challenge the idea that middle-aged people should gracefully resign from the board sports… Audio
Richard Smith: Street Skater to Million Dollar Park Designer
Richard Smith turned a passion for skating into a career designing skateparks up and down the country.
He visited 58 skateparks across the US, and has built 80 skateparks here in Aotearoa in just… Audio
Bowlzilla slides back into Wellington
After a Covid-induced hiatus, popular skate festival Bowlzilla National Bowl Skating Championships is hitting the capital city this weekend. The event, which takes place at Waitangi Park tomorrow, is… Audio
Sweet Tooth, Betty, Dave, Murder by the Coast
Film and TV reviewer Chris Schulz joins Kathryn to look at the New Zealand-filmed Sweet Tooth (Netflix), a post-pandemic comic book caper about human-animal hybrids; Betty (Neon), a show about female… Audio
Girls Skate NZ: Empowering girls in skateboarding
An Auckland skateboarding school that aims to empower girls to learn how to skate has just launched a fundraising campaign. Audio
Max Olijnyk: why I love skateboarding
To 'look' like a skater is still a badge of honour even for a "grey-haired dad with a bad knee", says writer and skateboarder Max Olijnyk. He tells Kim Hill why, in his 40s, he's still completely… Video, Audio
Cheerleading in the Olympics
Could pom poms soon be on the podium? There's been a mixed reaction to the possibility of cheerleading being included in the Olympics. Video, Audio
New Zealand's role in shaping the Olympics
Associate professor Holly Thorpe has just returned from Switzerland where she told the Olympic Programmes Commission that skateboarding is the action sport most young people would like for Olympic… Audio