Tony Hawk

KHVT Hosting Kickoff Party to Raise Funds for New Skate Park

Kingshighway Vigilante Transitions, or KHVT for short, aims to improve the community one skatepark at a time. But to make their plans completely concrete, they're going to need some more cents for cement. Their next step? A Kickstarter.com campaign. For the uninitiated, the crew of skate enthusiast ... More >>

Them Bones

ADHD and Food Dyes: Seven Videos That Make the Connection

There's been a lot of back-and-forth recently about the connection between artificial food dyes and attention deficit disorder. Some studies link food dye to ADHD; they're making the children unhinged little maniacs! Others, like one done by the Food and Drug Administration, suggest that parents ne ... More >>

10 Things to Do for $10 This Weekend in St. Louis, Aug. 13-15, 2010

As the temperature tops 100, RFT has discovered some cool ways to stay, well, cool in these dog days of summer. We've got art, music, magic and more indoors, plus a skate show and bike race for you daredevils who want to brave the heat. Viva la air conditioning!

Into the Vallely of Death

St. Louis Video: Sinister Dane, "Absence of Angels" Tony Hawk Skateboarding

Sinister Dane playing "Absence of Angels" at the old Fire House in 1994. Tony Hawk is there skateboarding on a half-pipe. What?

All Hands on Decks

The Sleeping

8 p.m. Monday, July 16. Creepy Crawl, 3524 Washington Boulevard.

Follow the Money

Readers call out Paul McKee and Prince Joe.

Strong Bonds

Joe to Hank Aaron: Don't sell out! Back Barry!

Hungry, So (Not) Angry

A local music fan starts Broke & Hungry Records, Matador Records gets its videogame on and the debut of "Yo! RFT Raps"

Spray-On Soul

Getting Up is a flawed but fascinating ode to graffiti 's early years.

Save the Princess!

Skate or Die

Back in our day, we woulda gone uphill both ways to get to Tony Hawk's Boom Boom HuckJam

Skate Bored

The Z-Boys roll into Dogtown again, and truth is cooler than fiction

All A-board

Skate to fame and fortune at Saturday's PlayStation Big Hook Up event

Walk a Mall in Our Shoes

St. Louis Mills confounds

The Hawkman Cometh

Tony Hawk wants to see how many people he can get to say "Boom Boom HuckJam"

In Any Sport, What Is the Most Difficult Thing To Do?

Week of March 26, 2003

One-Wheel Roller

King of the rink Leo White is ready for prime time, but is prime time ready for him?

The Battle of the Paddle

Loot dreams, pre-teen stars, Russian immigrants and (cough) very old men have the St. Louis table-tennis scene popping off

Skate or Die

Thrill-seekers on wheels of all sizes are invited to a get-together

Film Openings

Week of May 8, 2002

Skate or Die

In the 1970s, the Z-Boys were hell on wheels. Today, they're shredding the big screen.

Hot Wheels

Or: How Tony Hawk turned skateboarding into a multimillion-dollar international obsession