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Shaun White and Nina Dobrev are engaged. He faked a dinner invite with Anna Wintour to propose

Oct. 30, 2024 15:41 PM EDT

Former skateboarder and Olympic snowboarder Shaun White and actor Nina Dobrev are getting married. White’s publicist Jennifer Peros confirmed the engagement Wednesday. White popped the question last weekend at The Golden Swan, a New York restaurant and presented...

Older guys Macdonald and Oberholzer set a gold standard for skateboarding fun at the Paris Olympics

Aug. 07, 2024 14:23 PM EDT

PARIS (AP) — It didn't matter to 51-year-old Andy Macdonald that he was among the lower-ranked finishers in the men’s park skateboarding competition at the Paris Olympics. He still considers himself a winner “People are like: ‘Are you going for the gold?’ And...

Australia's Arisa Trew wins gold in women's park skateboarding at Paris Games

Aug. 06, 2024 14:28 PM EDT

PARIS (AP) — After Australia's Arisa Trew scored a 93.18 on her final run in women's park skateboarding Tuesday at the Paris Olympics, she knew she was heading to the podium. The wait to see exactly where she would land was excruciating. It was only when a 92.63...

The 49-year-old skateboarder who crossed paths with dragons on 4-wheeled odyssey to 2024 Olympics

Aug. 05, 2024 06:21 AM EDT

PARIS (AP) — Of the 10,500 athletes at the Paris Olympics, skateboarder Dallas Oberholzer is surely the only one to have crossed paths with dragons on his four-wheeled round-the-world odyssey to the 2024 Games. The 49-year-old from South Africa had to go to the jungles of Peru to...