Born on a skateboard? Not quite. But Isa Ruiz learned how to skate not long after learning to walk; her father and coach, Joe Lehm, owns and operates an indoor skateboard park in her native Santa Fe.

Judi Oyama weaves a skateboard through small, white cones lined up on a bike path in Santa Cruz. She’s training to compete internationally as a slalom skateboarder. It’s a sport she’s mastered over ...

Josh Byrd and Sarah Byrd-Compton started slalom skateboarding when they were kids growing up in Madison in the early 2000s. In September, the brother-sister duo will represent the United States in the ...