Skateboarding is in the spotlight as X Games completes its three-day weekend in Ventura on Sunday. Four of the five events left are skateboarding events, which begin at 9 a.m. with the Women's ...

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UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: She made it. SUMMERS: On Tuesday, Arisa Trew made history when she became the first female skater to land a 720. That is two full rotations in the air. And she did it at an event ...

A 13-year-old girl is changing the skating world two revolutions at a time. Australian skateboarder Arisa Trew became the first female to land a 720 while competing at the Tony Hawk Vert Alert event ...

With the help of social media, a new generation is resurrecting the sport’s most spectacular form. Tony Hawk hopes Olympic organizers are paying attention. By Lindsey Adler Tony Hawk took ...

(CNN) — Australian teenager Arisa Trew has become the first female to land a 720 – a skateboarding trick involving two full rotations while in the air – as she competed in the Tony Hawk Vert Alert ...

SALT LAKE CITY — A 13-year-old just became the first female in skateboarding to land a 720 in competition – a trick that has the boarder completing two full rotations in the air. Arisa Trew of ...

On the opening day of Tony Hawk’s Vert Alert at the Delta Center last year, 13-year-old Arisa Trew of Australia became just the third woman to perform a varial 540 on a skateboard. In a showcase the ...