A.Skate NJ hosts its inaugural A.skate Mini Masters Saturday at Asbury Eighteen, the mini golf course on the Asbury Park boardwalk at 10150 Ocean Avenue. A.skate NJ is the local arm of the Birmingham, Ala., national foundation, which introduces autistic youth to skateboarding. Two local skateboard industry veterans, Derek Rinaldi and Lou Cuccaro, are the […]

The wait is on but the battle lines have been drawn. Saturday’s Cold War 2017 launched with a double-hitter that kicked off with the inaugural Ice Bowl skateboarding jam at Forth Union inside the Carousel building in Asbury Park’s waterfront. Held from noon to 3 p.m. the area’s best were hand picked by Jersey skateboarding […]

Registration closed two weeks before A.Skate NJ [brought by the team behind Forth Union] held their second skateboarding clinic for children diagnosed with autism. “Registration is closed and we have a waiting list of over 60 families,” they said via social media on Feb. 5. “We are working hard to be able to open up […]

Mother Nature had other plans for the group of cold weather athletes that set off at 8 a.m. Saturday to participate in the inaugural East Coast rendition of the Red Bull Switchboard in Asbury Park. “It’s a bucket-list day, where board sports enthusiasts have the opportunity to surf and skate in the morning and snowboard […]

Boardwalk redeveloper Madison Marquette is bringing skateboarding back to the waterfront with the  launch of Forth Union Skate and Culture Organization Sunday. Through a partnership with Red Bull, a wooden skate bowl will be housed temporarily inside the historic Carousel building. The 3 ½ foot mini bowl [previously housed at Mountain Creek resort in Vernon], […]