Bored tween leads charge for Sausalito skatepark
Twelve-year-old Tate Gieselmann of Sausalito was bored and restless: nothing for kids to do in Sausalito, he says. So he came up with an idea: a skateboard park.
Behind the scientific gobbledygook method
CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos may not be confused with Einstein, but he deserves a break after a particularly cruel intellectual ordeal.
Peter G. Miller: If a buyer can't get a loan, it's time to look for another buyer
Q: I have a property with an existing mortgage and a lot of equity.
Calif. schools are hot spots for skaters
LOS ANGELES -- The daunting handrail at Belmont High School near downtown Los Angeles draws skateboarders from such places as Hollywood, Manhattan Beach and Marina del Rey.
Serious skater Dave Abair branches out
Out in Burlington last week, Dave Abair, of St. Albans, paused to follow a metal railing with his eyes down three flights of cement stairs to the pavement of a parking lot below. "Man, I wish I had my board," he said, and shook his head.
Railroad St. Bar & Grill is back on track
LINFIELD -- When Mike McClosky purchased a run-down apartment property that included a bar in October 2005, he knew he was in over his head.
Off Limits
Flippin' awesome: No sooner did the antics of 22-year-old skateboarder William Spencer go viral than he split town for California, where he's reportedly exploring a career as a stuntman.
February 7, 2007
We knew that local skateboarder William Spencer was the purveyor of some wacky tricks, but this? Fast plants, early grabs, finger flips, uh, hand stands . . . board-to-board-to-board transfers?