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skateboarder

American  
[skayt-bawrd-er] / ˈskeɪtˌbɔrd ər /

noun

  • skateboarders
    plural
  1. a person who rides a skateboard, especially habitually or with skill.


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“Like a dream come true,” said skateboarder Kyle Martin, 37, between ramp jumps.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

“That’s Mecca,” said Ted Barrow, a skateboarder and architectural preservationist who has defended the fountain at public hearings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026

Caballero has been a pro skateboarder since he was 15 and fear doesn’t stop him today — “I’ll stop when my body tells me to stop,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2025

The winner, chosen from a shortlist of 11 photographers, was Daniel Dian-Ji Wu, Taiwan, 16 years old, for his image of a skateboarder doing a trick, silhouetted against a sunset in Venice Beach, Los Angeles.

From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2025

It’s filled with jars and specialty items instead of pill bottles, sitting under his shrine to his favorite skateboarder, Paul Rodriguez, and the entire Colombian national soccer team.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott

“We’ve heard a wide range of perspectives from various stakeholders, including skateboarders, and that input will inform the next phase of design,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026

To boost interest in Circle Jerks, Trust recruited famous skateboarders to shred through Los Angeles in a new video for the 1982 song “Wild in the Streets,” which was released on YouTube in 2022.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 7, 2025

For five years it hosted the country's finest and keenest skateboarders, witnessing flips and tricks as a new subculture boomed in popularity.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2025

I was 18 years old, and I was immediately swept into this incredible world of skateboarding — pro skateboarders, all of them young and living hard and fast lives.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2024

Guards rode forebears like professional skateboarders, shifting the Alkean hoverboards from rail to rail so fast Tony Hawk would’ve been jealous.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

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