These are news stories pulled from the main stream news about skateboarding...

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:15:17 GMT School, city officials discuss skateboard park (Suburban Journals) The long effort to get a skateboard park in Waterloo still faces some big hurdles.

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:54:27 GMT Skateboard park location back in limbo (Adirondack Daily Enterprise) SARANAC LAKE - If a skateboard park is going to be built in Saranac Lake, it won't be in the village's William Morris Play Park.

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:49:00 GMT Hammacher Schlemmer Introduces The 19-mph Skateboard (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) Attention bipeds: Hammacher Schlemmer brings you a way to navigate through your neighborhood that's anything but pedestrian. The company, renowned for its unusual gadgets and problem-solving products, now offers a motorized skateboard that travels at up to 19 mph.

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:19:02 GMT Hammacher Schlemmer Introduces The 19-mph Skateboard (redOrbit) NEW YORK, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Attention bipeds: Hammacher Schlemmer brings you a way to navigate through your neighborhood that's anything but pedestrian.

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:42:35 GMT Xero's eBoard Neo skateboard is battery-powered, gun-controlled (Engadget) It may not be the first electric skateboard, or the fastest , or the least skateboard - like , but Xero's new eBoard Neo is controlled by a gun, and that's got to count for something. In addition to attracting attention from the law , this board will propel you along with ease at 14 miles per hour, hit 0 to 20 (kilometers, presumably) in just four seconds, and last for around 13.5 miles on a ...

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:24:50 GMT New equipment added to Goffstown skateboard park (The Goffstown News) BY SARAH LEBRUN Thanks to numerous donations, three new pieces have been added to the Goffstown skateboard park. According to Goffstown Recreation director Dave French, nearly $4,000 in donations was received for some new stairs, a rail and a bench. And on Saturday, Nov. 14, despite heavy rain, members of the Goffstown High School baseball team and skateboard enthusiasts gathered to install the ...

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:44:09 GMT 10-Year-Old Shot In Arnold (KDKA Pittsburgh) A 10-year old boy was flown to the hospital after a shooting in Arnold.  Tory Wilson's uncle says his nephew was riding his skateboard when he was shot in the upper leg.

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:06:30 GMT Skateboard legend invited to city (The Marietta Times) Grand opening ceremonies for Marietta's new skate park next spring could include a visit from skateboarding legend Tony Hawk. "We've sent a letter to Tony Hawk and said we would work around his schedule if he could attend our grand opening," Mayor Michael Mullen announced during Thursday's Marietta City Council meeting.

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:30:15 GMT New face rides onto the scene for skateboarding news (The Florida Times-Union) Hi, I'm Russell Bortzfield and this is my first of what will hopefully be many Do It Big columns. Previous writers Lucas Milano and his older brother Jacob before him have moved on to bigger and better things, and I can only hope to do half as good a job as they did. I'm 16 and a junior at Englewood High School in honors classes. Even with schoolwork, I can usually find time to skateboard, and I ...

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:05:43 GMT A New Musical Marriage in Los Angeles (International Herald Tribune) Gustavo Dudamel, Hollywood star: duly noted. But now the real work begins.