June
Why street sports are taking over this fine arts stage
Breakdancers, BMX bandits and parkour runners are about to break down the door to where Joan Sutherland sang her last public note.
April
How skateboarding helps this director switch off
Dulani Van den Broek, director, engineering and asset management at KPMG in Perth, never misses a skate class, which has taught her that it’s okay to fall.
August 2024
The new king of skateboarding worries he’s too old. He’s 21.
Keegan Palmer joined fellow Gold Coaster Arisa Trew in taking gold. It was his second, and he wants more. But the skateboarder frets he might be past his prime.
Why the world should fear skateboarding’s smiling assassin
Arisa Trew – Australia’s youngest-ever Olympic gold medalist – is the product of an elite training program that mixes three hours of school a day with a lot of backside airs.
July 2024
Aussie surfer rides best Olympics wave as swimming schedule heats up
The Australian star has progressed to the next round; Watch to watch at the Olympic Games tonight; Barnaby Joyce insinuated voters should use their ballot papers as bullets at rally. Follow the latest here.
The 14-year-old Olympian who could make history in Paris
Skateboarder Chloe Covell could become the youngest gold medallist in Australian Olympic history.
August 2021
How Gina Rinehart ‘saved swimming’
The sports supported by Australia’s richest person yielded the best results.
Ring-ins lift Australia’s medal tally to within a whisker of history
Two canoeists who had never competed together internationally and a teenage skateboarder have given Australia’s medal tally a massive boost.